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70min Star Wars: Episode 1 movie review better than actual 130min movie

Mike Stoklasa‘s review is really long @$$, but seems to fly faster than Anakin’s pod-race sequence!  It’s a bit like Film Making 101 meets Yahtzee.  The humor can get disturbing at times, but it is brutally honest with an eye for the structure and purpose of film.

Perhaps Gizmodo’s headline describes it aptly by saying that [...]

Want Yoda kicks?

Saw some Star Wars themed Adidas kicks while walking around the mall. There were only 2-3 models on display (Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, and something else that’s… black). Looking through the official catalog showed me this:

Answer to the question above:  WANT!

BTW, the collection’s intro video is a nice mashup of clips from the movie, [...]

“The Secret History of Star Wars” (ebook)

I’ll let the author, Michael Kaminski, introduce his free downloadable book in his own words:

The Secret History of Star Wars is a new full-length e-book exploring the writing and creation of the Star Wars saga. Culled from over 400 sources and filled with quotes from people such as George Lucas, Gary Kurtz and Mark Hamill, [...]

Nomad Log 2008.05/22, Geek Stuff and Lists

Geek Stuff

A New Hope: The Future of Star Wars
R2-D2 Ice Bucket with Han Solo Ice Molds Makes Any Drink Nerdier
‘Street Fighter’ Opens February 27th – After the Van Damme movie, I’m very leery of the words “Street Fighter live-action movie”.  Let’s hope this will be different.
Death Note Manga Spawns Movie, Crime Wave
Vintage Japanese Robots Storm [...]

Vote for Your Favorite US Postal Service Star Wars Stamp!

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will be releasing a set of Star Wars stamps in celebration of Star Wars’ 30th anniversary. The stamps are scheduled to be released on May 25, 2007. Aside from having a chance to win trips to Star Wars Celebration IV (assuming you play the game on the website), [...]

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (OMFG!!!)

I don’t know why I haven’t run into this before!

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a game slated for November 2007 (this year) developed by LucasArts. Apparently, it’s going to be released in multiple platforms (though the PC doesn’t seem to be on the list so far). It appears to be an action [...]