Video - George Lucas On The Lucasfilm Disney Buyout!

 George in the depths of a wretched
 hive of scum and villainy

Over at StarWars.com's youtube channel, they released a three minute video of George's take on why this is a good thing for Lucasfilm, *cough* Sorry just had a tickle in my throat, its was as if a million 70's era kids just felt their childhood *shat* *trampled* upon, *cough*.   Here  is the video clip:

So as Lucas is stepping down/retiring, a Mrs Kathleen Kennedy takes the helm. George  goes on to say "When I first made Star Wars everyone in Hollywood said that this is a movie Disney should have made." 

But George, I'm sure your younger-self , purer, albeit much poorer self, would have scoff'd at that idea. Was't that idea, to hell with Hollywood, and its perception and methodology of making films that you as well as the cadre of young new film makers back in the day strove for, to essentially "prove them wrong".  Not sure if this is wisdom or a brain vessel pop'n...

George goes on to say "Well, I said I'd never do any more Star Wars Films, BUT that doesn't mean I wouldn't let others do it!" Kathleen says "We're ABSOLUTELY making more Star Wars Movies". Kathleen goes on to say that its important to "protect" these characters, which I read as we'll be lawsuit crazy if you anger the Disney entity and send cease and desists on anything vaguely star wars-ish. DIY, Golden "Leia" Bikini, DENIED!  I hear there are lots of European and Asian people served with papers to stop using the name Han! (just kidding)

Kathleen earlier indicated that  "Disney defines Family Entertainment." Or put another way, what ever brainwashed version of what Disney is promoting these days as "Family Entertainment."  I mean it seems they've had issues with what "family friendly" is since Disney's inception, but for a more recent view just look at the tripe that is on the Disney /ABC Channels. This "entertainment" is pitched to their demographic on a daily basis, a demo which they created called the "tweens". It should never had been one.  I curse Disney and Nickelodeon for "tweens". 

I'm not hopeful of the future of the Star Wars brand, perhaps they will leave Lucasfilm alone like they've done with Pixar, but I doubt it.  There is to much cash to be made from the public masses.  As an example, the last few Pixar films have been "meh", Brave? It was visual eye candy only, the story was pretty much Finding Nemo for tween girls.  

So be prepared to get your jedi robes all in a bunch as we're going to be seeing Episodes 7-9, 10-12, 13-15... coming to a theater soon, then on dvd, then on blue-ray, then on dvd/blue-ray box set, and whatever media format we have by them. I can't wait to see Grand Dad Skywalker talking about how in the old days you had to stack rocks, run around with little green dudes on your back, and lift x-wings out of swamps to get your force cred. Ug.

Makes me want to go check out a Star Trek Convention! (kidding!!)

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SWTOR - Tour of the Planets, Sort of...

Found this on the youtube by the fun folks over at Starfleet Dental. Its got a nice mix of an old song and kind of shows you the galaxy in a footloose sort of way! ;)





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Star Wars The Old Republic (BETA) - PLAYING LIVE

I got into the Star Wars The Old Republic Beta Test for this weekend and it appears that the NDA was lifted so we can talk about the game.  I thought "hey why not stream my play!" so I am.  Enjoy! 
(I might be in a queue for a bit so please be patient)

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To Anger All Geeks At Once - Part Deux!

Over at geeksaresexy.net they posted a pic up which was sure to "Anger All Geeks At Once".  I felt they left a few "key" demographics out and have thus fixed their pic! Hehe.


I give you "Anger All Geeks At Once - Part Deux!"

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Minecraft STTNG and ALU

Check out this minecraft video, it shows how large things can be and what one person can achieve in this game is pretty mindblowing.

First up is a one to one scale replica of the Starship enterprise - The Next Generation's Version halnicholas who created this is asking for help in finishing off the decks as what is depicted here is the scaffolding.  He also has up on his youtube site what he wants the interior to look like as a guide of course!

Second is the theinternetftw who created a 16-bit ALU and it performs mathematical functions and is going to be part of a larger project to create a full CPU. Crazy! 

So what I'm wondering is where is the 1:1 Deathstar's 1 & 2? Huh? Huh?  Geek Army get right on that!


update: REMEMBER ME! by reddit user WanderingGuru

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The Redshirt v. Stormtrooper Paradox - Your Mind Has Been Blown!

Edward O'Conner postulated the Redshirt vs Stormtrooper Paradox that would occur if the two geek universes were to collide in a chance meeting between an away party of Redshirts from Star Trek and a squad of Imperial Stormtroopers.

Taking into consideration the nature of Redshirts in Star Trek(minor characters who usually die quickly after being introduced), the pseudo-philosophical question of "What would happen if Imperial Stormtroopers and Redshirts got in a firefight?" is well-known among fans of both series. It’s a paradox, because even though it’s a redshirt’s destiny to die quickly at the hands of the enemy, Stormtroopers simply wouldn’t be able to kill them due to their poor combat skills.

Let that sink into your grey matter for a second or two.  The stormtroopers would open fire with their blasters but not hit anything, and yet the redshirts would certainly die.  Wait, um, huh, what? *explosion*








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Death Star Memorial To Be Built!? (Too Soon?) hehe

While some might take offense I think its healthy to make light of serious situations. Especially when this one does such a fine job of things such as adding a conspiracy theory to how/why the death star was blown up!