This hand-crafted item was found in a hobby store in California specializing in miniature items for doll houses. It is a tiny copy of the Shadows of the Empire paperback, with front, back and spine, and printed interior pages. Now your Star Wars action figures can read about their Expanded Universe adventures.
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Available now from Wizard Entertainment is issue #121 of ToyFare. Star Wars fans should snatch it up for their great mix of toy coverage and immature jokes, but this issue’s Twisted Toyfare Theater is entirely devoted “The Star Wars Holiday Special.” Ackmena, Saun Dann, Lumpy and all your favorites (except Jefferson Starship) from the cringe-mas* special are here.
It’s the issue with Homer on the cover, and inside you’ll find articles on The Simpsons Movie, Doctor Who, M.A.S.K. and more. For more info about ToyFare, head to their official site here.
*Yeah, we know it was a Thanksgiving day special, but then the pun doesn’t work.
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This one is strictly for fellow math nerds. Star Wars has no shortage of memorable numbers. Now, astound your friends at MIT and JPL by rattling off where within Pi’s endless series of digits said numbers can be found.
1138, as in detention block… ? Why, it’s 5,698 digits in.
2187, as in detention block…? Why, it’s 3,317 digits in.
3720, as in odds-against survival in an asteroid field…? Look 5,543 digits in.
3263827, as in garbage masher…? That one, you have to go 42,703,611 digits past the decimal points.
Find out more here. We now return you to your less numerical day-to-day life.
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Amazon.com’s listing for Episodes I and III on DVD have credits in alphabetical order, producing some unlikely marquees. At last, the true stars of the saga get center stage!
The other films in the series, though, have credits listed in billing order.
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A showcase of some of the amazing astromech droids crafted by the R2 Builders, including clips from the Extreme Droid Challenge and proof that R5-D4 should have been a daycare supervisor. Kids love him.
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This is my favorite thing about covering several Celebrations: running into familiar people again and again.
Celebration II (2002)
Celebration III (2005)
Celebration IV (2007)
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Earlier today at Celebration IV, Joe Corroney, Tom Hodges and myself sat and chatted with Hyperspace members in the Fan Club Lounge. Much of the chatter was about The Clone Wars trailer, which had just debuted that day, but we did turn specifically to the subject of webstrips eventually, and here’s what we had to say.
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Invincible, by Troy Denning.
That was the big news out of The Legacy of the Force publishing panel. More on this later (watch this space)…
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Amira Sa’id, acclaimed professional belly dancer (and Star Wars fan!) is teaching fans how to belly dance in her special seminars. Sa’id is performing in the fan-favorite costume — her Slave Leia outfit. More Slave Leia costumers are welcome to join her for her lessons, but all fans can take part, or just come to enjoy the show.
Sa’id, who has a degree in physics, is a professional belly dance instructor, choreographer, and performer from Orlando, Florida. Her award-winning belly dancing tribute to Princess Leia has been in demand at conventions nationally since its debut in 2005. The name Amira Sa’id means “happy princess” in Arabic. Amira hopes all her audiences will share her joy and join the dance.
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Anyone else see this intriguing little image on the front page of StarWars.com?
Pardon the coyness, but I wonder what that’s all about?
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