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Subway Car Drama

Trilogist — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:35:45 +0000

This is great. Imagine riding on the subway and suddenly a Star Wars scene happens in front of you.

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ImprovEverywhere: Star Wars Subway Car

Even More Star Wars Cakes

Trilogist — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:47:45 +0000

Recently I was browsing around the internet and stumbled across yet another Star Wars cake on Great White Snark. Star Wars and cake are two of my favorite things, as past posts have suggested. This one scores big on difficulty points.

So a bunch of folks got together to make a wedding cake for a nice guy named Jason. They put in a combined 60 hours on the project, which would have been about $5000 at standard rates, but this was clearly a labor of love. Or a strong desire to root out your enemy’s secret base, with cake. Either way it worked to great effect.

That story led me to another previous occasion involving a bucket of bolts with frosting: the Millenium Falcon cake. Check out the links below, and enjoy! If you would like to bake me a Star Wars cake, contact me today!

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Spotlight: Star Wars Grinnell

Trilogist — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:37:13 +0000

Star Wars fan films — be they good or bad — are a creative expression of people’s love for Star Wars. Some are ambitious and serious, others are light-hearted and funny. Here’s one that doesn’t take itself seriously, yet has some impressive effects for a fan film.

Check out Star Wars Grinnell directed by Henry Reich, winner of the 2009 Titular Head Film Festival. Congratulations, and thanks for entertaining us all.

*apologies for using Wikipedia as a source!

Stormtrooper Donates Kidney

Trilogist — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:09:49 +0000

photo credit: Official Star Wars Blog

Honor is such a cool thing, even if it is amongst Imperials. What’s the stormtrooper creed? Strength, honor, and ~~may your aim be true.~~ And we saw this in action recently, when one unfortunate ‘trooper found himself needing a kidney. A matching donor was found — not surprisingly — with his brethren in the 501st. He received the donated kidney and all went well. No medical droids involved, and no broken hearts.

All kidding aside, it’s good to see that kind of support from the SW community. To the 501st: you’re a class act!

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Wired: May the Kidney Be With Fellow Star Wars Fan

Star Wars, Summarized

Trilogist — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:44:58 +0000

As told by someone who hasn’t seen the saga, except in “bits and pieces.” Hard to imagine there’s still holdouts left out there, but there you go.

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

The People vs. George Lucas

Trilogist — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:46:48 +0000

“He was in the right place at the right time. Naturally, he became a villain.”

If there’s one thing I’ve noticed, it’s that fans both love and hate George Lucas, just as they both love and hate the Prequels and all things Star Wars. One glance at forums such as the Galactic Senate shows the passion with which fans from both camps bring to the great debate.

From the oldest days in the ancient past (we’re talking mid-90′s here) fans have sought outlets to express themselves. Email groups and message boards morphed into social networks, blogs, and podcasts. But now there is a new medium. Now you can express your opinion as part of a feature film.

Some time ago, The People vs. George Lucas came to my attention. It is a feature film documentary, currently still in production. The premise: George Lucas, the man you love and hate, is taken to court on the trial of the century. YOU have been summoned to offer your testimony. Will you be a witness for the prosecution, or for the defense?

It’s a brilliant setup. If there’s one franchise almost guaranteed to elicit impassioned responses, it’s Star Wars. Expect loads of user submitted videos. In addition, the production has gathered celebrity testimony from individuals such as Gary Kurtz, David Prowse, Todd Hanson, and others.

Head on over to their site (link below) to participate. The guidelines are fairly straightforward:

Have an opinion, record it in video (in one of several specific formats – see guidelines)
Sign a talent release (for those in the video), and a program submission release (for the video itself)
mail in the materials and release forms (you may also upload the video via ftp)

Thanks to Alexandre Phillippe for the news! I know it was a week ago but the more publicity the better, right?

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And last of all, here’s the HD trailer as found on Youtube:

Winning the Steam Wars Contest

Trilogist — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:53:57 +0000

photo credit: Bohman
“The concept is simple: recreate a vehicle from Star Wars in steampunk style.”

Interestingly enough, a winner has been announced in the classic “Steam-Wars Contest” over at the FBTB (From Bricks to Bothans) forums. You know we here at JediNet can’t resist a story if there’s Star Wars, Legos, and steampunk involved. Congrats to Nabii and RebelRock for winning 1st and 2nd places, respectively. And there were some very nice prizes to be had!

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Drum roll please … Steam Wars Winners Announced! [via]