Artoospotting and more excuses to blow money

While driving to Subway for lunch today, I spotted an Artoo mailbox. Miraculously, I did not swerve off the road and crash into the Hooters across the way. But it sure did make my day. On the way back to the office, I saw people walking around the mailbox, looking at it. When I read the paper this evening, I saw a small blurb about the mailboxes, which gave away the other two locations of the mailboxes in town. All of which are a short distance from my house. Heh heh...

Imagine my joy at Sideshow announcing its newest 12" figure, ANH Leia. She goes for pre-sale next Friday. Not as happy as I would be if it was Bespin Leia, but pretty cool nonetheless. I'm sure, however, celosia2 is even happier about the Celebration IV exclusive Luke 12" ;).

Then I see on ShopStarWars.com that it is selling those Chubbies nesting dolls. Of course, I ordered the Vader/Anakin one.

This is free...a mix of Justin Timberlake's "Sexyback" with "The Imperial March":

http://www.stickam.com/editMediaComment.do?method=load&mId=174879383

Indy IV Watch: Cate Blanchett rumors

So, would she play an elf queen or Katharine Hepburn?

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19394

ROTJ SE 10th anniversary

Actually, the 10th anniversary of ROTJ: SE was two days ago (March 14, 1997...delayed from March 7), but I didn't actually see it the day it was unleashed. You see, I had taken several weeks off from working to study and I was b-r-o-k-e. So no day off to see ROTJ. I went on Saturday night instead with my mom and my brother at the same theater where I saw the previous two SE releases. The part I was anxious to see was the altered ending, with a new tune John Williams wrote for it. Sure, there was the altered part with the "Jedi Rocks" number in Jabba's palace too (any of you remember the big el stinko over *that* change?), but the new ending sequence was going to have a quick snapshot of a new planet, Coruscant. Before 1997, Coruscant was only described in the EU and only seen through some Ralph McQuarrie paintings that were never used, back when Lucas considered the Empire's capital world as a location in early drafts of ROTJ. We heard rumblings it was going to be an important locale in the upcoming new set of movies. So this was exciting stuff.

Sure enough, there it was with the collapsing Emperor statue and the crowd surfing stormtrooper. The voice you can hear yelling "the son of the sons" was repeated again during the parade at the end of TPM. Even though I never had a problem with "Yub Nub" (as I call it) on the original track, I really liked "Victory Celebration." I figured back then that in light of the prequels, it would better match the bittersweet tone of the saga overall. I also liked how the different locations were brought in. It showed that the struggle against the Empire wasn't just about Luke and his friends.

The ROTJ: SE DVD version though, is even better, with Naboo in the end sequence and the changes made to Anakin so that it fits in better with the saga overall.

Whew, it all went by so fast. But it was an awesome time to be a SW fan.