April 2012
10 posts
Naboo Swamp Creatures are OOZING with Excitement!
People often talk about how important the “used universe” aesthetic is to Star Wars, but equally important to creating an immersive reality is the sheer amount of life teeming in the background. Whether it’s Banthas, Dewbacks, and Womprats running around on Tatooine (RIP Krayt Dragon), or Wampas and Tauntauns on Hoth, or Dragonsnakes and Bogwings sliming it up on Dagobah, animal...
Phantom Phindz, part 9
In this “Phantom Phindz”, a return to far-flung Victor, child flash mobs at the LEGO store, and the poisonous pill of false hope! Last Sunday, Valerie and I hit the new LEGO store that opened in the mall in Victor, NY a week prior…bad move!! It was like walking into a Chuck E. Cheese 9 months after Valentine’s Day, and there was really no navigating the store. I found what...
The "Weird Subtexts" of the Half-Fans
I read this article titled “10 Ways Self-Hating Fans Make Genre Entertainment Worse” yesterday on hipster sci fi site io9.com. Though the author says right off the bat that she’s probably been guilty of each point on the list, it’s still pretty rich for io9 to post this article, as editorially, they’ve been textbook Half-fans for awhile now…and particularly so...
Portraits of Uncelebrated Characters of The...
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Poor OWO-1. Always in the shadow of OOM-9, the celebrity Battle Droid Commander who’s had multiple action figures and other pieces of merchandise available over the years to sate his rabid fan base. OWO-1 (or “Oh-WHOA-One” as I like to call him— think of a young Joey Lawrence saying it) was the...
Bombad Birthday(s)
Yesterday was my birthday, which is irrelevant…what is relevant is the presence of The Phantom Menace in this and past birthdays! First up is this Jar Jar birthday card my sister sent me back in 2000:
Fantastic. The fact that it’s written in Gungan dialect makes it even better! The inside doesn’t dissapoint, either—
Whoever designed this card must have really gotten...
