August 18, 2008

The Clone Wars, Reviewed

Earlier, I promised a review of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Here goes...

The Good

It goes without saying, but I'm a sucker for lightsabers and R2-D2. Plenty of both in this movie. The "vertical" battle on the side of mountain was totally cool. Whoever played Obi-Wan was dead ringer for Ewan McGregor. And I liked how they gave the clones a little personality; they seemed heroic. If they can develop that further in the series, it will add an extra wallop to Order 66 in Revenge of the Sith.

The Bad

Still a lot of cheesy, stilted dialogue coming out Lucasfilm these days. I will cut this movie some slack because it seems obviously aimed at a younger audience (the whole thing has very much a Saturday-morning-cartoon feel), but still--it doesn't need to be Shakespeare, it just needs to not induce cringing. Very little sense of urgency; of course you know that the heroes are going to make it, but you have create a least a little drama. Some parts of the plot painfully obvious, and some are needlessly complex.

The Ugly

An uncle of Jabba the Hutt as a drag queen in a seedy Coruscant nightclub? Really?

Overall

C+. Star Wars fans will have some fun; everybody else can skip it.

August 15, 2008

Clone Wars R2


Clone Wars R2
Originally uploaded by rdeetz

This is definitely one of my favorite R2s. Lots of features and great deco. Now if they could make one just-like-this in a "realistic" sculpt.

In the words of Anakin Skywalker...

"Yippee!"

I'm headed to see The Clone Wars tonight. Stay tuned for a full review...

August 13, 2008

Two Minutes of Awesomeness

Vimeo Tribute: Star Wars on Vimeo

Love it!

August 05, 2008

The Official Star Wars Blog » More Snapshots from Comic-Con 2008

I love it:

The Official Star Wars Blog » More Snapshots from Comic-Con 2008

I need to figure out where I can get some of those "sleepy droid" costumes.

July 10, 2008

Geekanerd: 30 Questions My Girlfriend Asked Me About Star Wars

I thought this was hysterical:

Geekanerd: 30 Questions My Girlfriend Asked Me About Star Wars

My favorite:

26. How did Leia know how to get Han out of the carbonite?
She knows what she's doing. She could have asked Lando how to work it. There's just a little switch on the side.

July 09, 2008

Nintendo Wii Lightsaber | GeekAlerts

'Nuff said:

Nintendo Wii Lightsaber | GeekAlerts

Could come in handy once The Force Unleashed is released.