May 2012
11 posts
Good Sunday Reading
While I continue to figure out the oncoming Jar Jar June, enjoy these three recent thought-provoking pieces, and please visit these sites regularly for enlightened Star Wars writing (more on the “Worthwhile Links” on the right!):
From the SWPAS:
http://starwarsprequelappreciationsociety.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/free-star-wars/ From The Star Wars Heresies:
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Phantom Phindz, part 10
The worm has turned: the same old Phantom Menace merchandise has been sitting at stores for the past four months, and it’s gotten verrrry stale. The glut of it all is preventing any other new non-TPM Star Wars stuff that I want from showing up in my area, which is a downer. I haven’t seen anything really *new* for ages; the last of the TPM toys that was supposed to come out a couple of...
Ric Olié and His Cat
I’m pretty terrible at Twitter, but one of the people I follow there is Ralph Brown. Ralph is a Renaissance Man: actor in dozens of movies and television shows, award-winning playwright, musician…and of course, the face and soul of RIC OLIE. Ralph posted this picture of himself and his cat Roxy—aka Ponko, the other day:
…which inspired me to draw this:
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Watto Loves Sebulba...the song
You didn’t think I’d let Phantom Menace Day (TPM was released 13 years ago today!) pass without something special, did you??
If you like it, feel free to download it and put it on your “PODRACING ANTHEMS” playlist! lyrics: I’m betting heavily on Sebulba I’m putting my cash on the champ don’t like the odds against Gasgano can’t take a chance on...
10 Years Later...
To celebrate 10 years of Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Prequel Appreciation Day, please enjoy this series of pictures of how things changed (or didn’t) from The Phantom Menace to AOTC. For more AOTC/Prequel celebrating, visit The SWPAS!
Phantom Menace Holiday Decorations, part 1!
As I threatened in the very first post I made back in January, I finally have pictures of the Phantom Menace holiday decorating I started doing shortly after Christmas. Generally with Star Wars stuff, I don’t like to make our whole house feel like a toy store, and usually will only put one or two small SW things on display in the living room/dining room—it maximizes the impact of my...
Masked Menace!
Before I get into MASKED MENACE, I want to remind everybody that next month is “Jar Jar June”…I’ve got plenty of different things planned, but if you have any Jar Jar-centric suggestions, I’m all ears—just comment here or on the TPMTH Facebook page. As you probably know by now, I love all the cheap kitsch that came out during the TPM blitz in 1999. There was an...
The Very FIRST Phantom Phindz: May 3, 1999
Over the past few months, I’ve laid out in (nauseating?) detail various shopping missions to find Phantom Menace treasures. They’ve been fun (mostly), but nothing could ever compare to the rush of May 3rd, 1999, when TPM merchandise went on sale at 12:01am…the legendary first MIDNIGHT MADNESS! Ever since starting TPM:TH, I’ve been waiting to present my very first...
Portraits of Uncelebrated Characters of The...
(click here for larger image) Rayno Vaca, taxi-cab driver of the Coruscant skies—he takes on such illustrious fares as Anakin Skywalker and The Great One, but no matter how many high profile passengers he transports, it’s never enough to make us forget how much he looks like one of the “Predator” aliens (sans nightmare mouth). Still,...
