http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/08/rock-paper-sith-lord/

Following each rainy season, Ewok young, called "woklings," participate in a coming-of-age rite called thecul patu, ("culling of the pathetic" − not "summer camp" as previous interpreted by military sources).

http://punditkitchen.com/2009/06/05/political-pictures-vladimir-putin-space-station/

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/06/the-islamic-roots-of-star-wars.html

http://juliasegal.tumblr.com/post/116906636/george-lucas-and-r2-d2-unfinished

I recently picked up FX-6, which (I think?) completes the droid staff that built mechanical Darth Vader. I love the detail on FX-6, but it is by far the most fragile figure in my collection.

It melted my heart when Lainey saw that Lucy had Artoo Potatoo, and she scampered up to me and said, "I need R2 too!"

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Nintendo Wii Lightsaber | GeekAlerts

Could come in handy once The Force Unleashed is released.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars trailers and video clips on Yahoo! Movies

(Note: I couldn't get the video on the page to work, but I was able to view the trailer in QuickTime by clicking one of the HD links in the table below.)

Here's hoping the movie is half as good as the trailer makes it look.

Also, I love that it is rated PG for "sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language and momentary smoking." I wonder if "momentary smoking" is as in somebody-lights-a-cigarette or as in somebody's-arm-is-smoldering?