Delcan was a pilot that was never seen in the Star Wars films,
he was just too good of a pilot... he would have made them
all look bad.

Happy HELLoween!

My good Buddy Symlink left me a message
on my Darth Vader refrigerator white board...

Friends are sooo rad.

Tonight's Family Guy Episode of "Blue Harvest" was the best.
Just like other Family Guy episodes with Star Wars Spoofs,
it was right on.  My favorite line on the show was "Get your Fat
Space Ass over Here".  I do hope they make the TRUE "Blue Harvest"
which for people that don't know (wanna be fans) that means, The
Empire Strikes Back".  I can't wait for this to be on DVD, I will have
to wear out my Media Center DVD copy for the the time being.

~VIVA STAR WARS~

My Birthday sometime in the 80's

R2-D2 Cake with Space Toys (non Star Wars Except for Vader)

Yoda Pinata (Non Lucas Film Licensed)

The new Star Wars Clone Wars TV show is looking pretty cool.
A trailer has been released and here are some screen shots.

YUP and another

Check out the trailer for your self.

http://www.starwars.com/video/view/000478.html

MAN these are some of the coolest things I have SEEN!
I know I would have one... only if it weren't a Federal
offence to steal USPS stuff.

I can' wait for the Star Wars stamps to be released.
Back in 1996 I had to order some from Australia
because the USA was to L4m3 to have COOL stamps.

Here is my favorite one.

Go vote on your Favorite http://www.uspsjedimaster.com/

Now I am the Master!

~VIVA Ice Cubes Got More Stamps... Git in CARLOS!~

This weekend I was watching my new dvd's of the Original Unaltered Star Wars Trilogy and noticed something in Return of the Jedi that I never noticed before.  The scene where Leia frees Han Solo from Carbonite, I noticed a Taun Taun Head on the left hand side of the wall.  You can see in the above picture, that it looks like it is some type of hunting trophy. I can not seem to make out what the other creature is on the right hand side, maybe you can.  I looked at the same scene in the remastered Jedi and could not make out the Taun Taun as well.  I am glad to see I can still notice new things in these old movies.  Here is a screen capture of the scene that I am talking about.

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Bust out those DVD's to see what I am TALKING ABOUT!

Finally we get a digital versions of the Original Unaltered Star Wars Trilogy on DVD!
Yes, there were digital versions of the OG Star Wars movies on Laser Disk, BUT we had to flip the DVD’s every so often or wait for the disk to "auto" flip which RUINED it. But now we get to watch them without interruption.  These are not the COOLEST DVD's but they will do.  George is one Stubborn dude, not wanting to release the original versions so he made us PAY.  He took the fans cries too technically, here is how I think Georges conversation went in his mind...

GEORGE LUCAS:
"Hummm, so the FANS want the movies the way they were in 1977, 1980, and 1983...ahhh.  OK so I will release them like they were, no new CG, no *Han Shoots first*, no new Palpatine hologram, no Haden C at the end of Jedi Ect. OH yeah, I can't forget to make SURE it is STEREO 2.0 LIKE IT WAS BACK THEN, and I will not remaster every frame like I did on the last DVD's,  I would NOT want to ALTER it.. hehehhe CHUMP ass Fans YOU will PAY the PRICE for your LACK of VISION!" hahahahaha CHAAAACHING$$$$$$$.

At least we get the movies UNRUINED.

GO OUT and GIT your DVD'S!!!

LINK TO INFO AT STAR WARS.com
http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/release/video/news20060503.html

~VIVA BETA MAX!~

Some people might not know what the above is... it is a *RARE*
Star Wars figure called "Snaggle Tooth (blue version)". This action
figure was quickly pulled from the stores because it was not what
the character was supposed to look like.  Lucas Film sent the toy
company a black and white waist up picture to create the figure
from, which is why it was made incorrectly.  The character should
have been reddish in color, half as tall, no boots, and with fur on his
hands and feet. Blue Snaggle Tooth could only be purchased by
getting the Sears exclusive Cantina Scene toy set.  How did I get
mine?  Let's look back to 1994 when I was hunting around a flea
market in El Paso Texas.  Some poor sucker had a box full of action
figures for sale that were 50 cents each.  So I SNATCHED all the
Star Wars figures I could find, including Mr. Blue Snaggle Toothand,
with (hands shaking) I paid the man and ran home.  If you would like to
collect one, go to ebay and search, but make sure you have
at LEAST $200-$300 bucks cause that is how much it will
set you back.  If you read through his crap, I think it means you
are a Star Wars fan or just bored.

Here is a screen shot of an auction for a Blue Snaggle Tooth on Ebay

Looks like the new Star Wars Unedited Original Trilogy DVD's will match the DVD theme that Episode's 1-6 have.

I guess George heard all the Nerds cries and made it match the themes.

Here is then link to the offical site on the news, it also has higher rez pictures.

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/release/video/news20060516.html

Finally we will see THIS SCENE

in Star Wars ON DVD.

Looks like I will be dishing out more ca$h to George to get the REAL versions
of Star Wars on DVD.  I am glad he is reversing THIS WORK he did on Star Wars

and put them BACK the way I remember them AND the way they should be.

I do have a question... will he make the WIDESCREEN DVD header, footer and Binding
GOLD to match Episodes 1-3, or will he RUIN me ONCE again and make them SILVER.

I have a BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS that GEORGE will make them some other color
just to PISS me Off.  And I bet when he does that he will be sitting in his chair
at Skywalker Ranch, licking his fingers while he counts his cash, giggling like
Palpatine saying "You, Want, This..."

ALL I want is my DAMN collection to MATCH... OHH MAN, maybe his plan is to make them
Silver Again... then RE-RELEASE Episodes 1-3 in SILVER so they match... JUST to FORCE
me to buy them again.  Man this is a never ending circle of Cash in Georges Pawz.

Link to News of Release of DVD: http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/release/video/news20060503.html

About five months ago I sent away for some "Star Wars Early Bird Figures" and they finally came.

These figures are only available if you send away by mail, similar to the ones back in 1977.
You had to buy the Early Bird Certificate Package ($29.00)then mail in the Certificate with the Original
reciept in-order for them to send them to you.  I was worried that I would get screwed, because
I purchased my Early Bird Certificate on the Internet. I was happy to see that I did not
get pooched like I thought I was. The figures are pretty cool but the COOLEST one is Luke Skywalker,
which they made his Light Saber slide out like the first 3 3/4 figure did back in 1977, total Retro to the MAX.

Star Wars Early Bird Picture Slide Show

~~VIVA Star Wars~~

Look at this new 25h anniversary Lithograph and see if you can tell me what is wrong with it.

Well if you can see it the answer, it is below.. (Highlight between the dashes)

---The shot of Palpatine is NOT from Empire, it is from Return of the Jedi. ---

I can not believe Lucas let this be created!

THIS IS IT, I AM SELLING ALL MY STAR WARS STUFF.

Link to StarWars.com Information on Lithograph

This weekend I went to the San Jose Flea Market and found some bad ass Star Wars bootleg figures. I have a couple of bootlegs that I found at Dollar Stores, and other clearence stores, but they are not as cool as these. The bootlegs I have look like they were created from real Star Wars figures by making a mold from the real figure. The funny thing about these is that they are figures that were released in 1997, but with Revenge of the Sith packaging. Each of the packs came with four figures and one vehicle, which are all painted incorrectly. The packs were for six dollars each but a friend of mine talked them down to the price of two for eleven dollars. Here are some pictures of my scores.

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Figure Close-Up 1

Figure Close-Up 2

Figure Close-Up 3

Figure Close-Up 4

~VIVA BOOTLEGZZZ~

It looks like the DVD for Revenge of the Sith will be out November 7th 2005. Why do we have to wait 7 months for that, it should be ready AS SOON as I exit the movie theather on May 19th.

Link to an article on theforce.net

I just read on some new features coming out for the StarWars.com Hyperspace subcription, one of which is a Star Wars Blog for members to have. This Blog will be available for the public to read. Will I start using that Blog for all my Star Wars thoughts... I will have to see how much they regulate what is posted.

Link to New HyperSpace Features: Click Here for Link

In a one of my previous blogs I showed some of my Star Wars Loot that I got at a Midnight Star Wars Toy event. Here is a close up of one of those items.

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This is Palpatine "LightSaber Attack!" with a BLUE lightsaber. Only the first run of this figure came with a BLUE light saber, now it comes with a RED one. Here is a link to the article at RebelScum.com that shows the two variations. This is one reason that us collectors FLOCK to opening day of these figures cause we know we will get lucky with some first run variation, exclusive, or rarity. This isn't only KOOL for collectors it is also much more KOOL for George who will be getting MORE of my ca$h, cause I will also get the normal RED saber Palpatine... this is one never ending "hand George more of my BONEZ" circle.

I wish I could see the day when my Great Great Grand daughter or son takes all my plastic bins FILLED with star wars MOC (Mint On Card) figures to the Antiques RoadShow and ask how much they are worth. I know the person giving the appraisal will be DROOLING at all the RARE ones I have and will be shaking in his BOOTZ at the site of my BLUE SNAGGLETOOTH. Then my Great Great Grand daughter or son will tell the story of how I got that RARE figure at a Flea Market for $.50. THEN when the appraiser tells him or her how much it is worth I am sure they will answer with a "WOW and I thought these were just some useless unopened plastic toys. At this time you will see *STEAM* seep through the dirt from my grave.

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Yesterday I went to pick up my tickets that I purchased online (with the help of Mike) from the Automated Ticket Robot, and here is a documentary of it. Click here to start documentary.

While the tickets were printing I had the same feeling of excitement I felt back in 1999 when Episode 1 came out, I just KNOW this time the movie will be much much better. These tickets are for the Midnight showing on the 18th ONE day before the official day. I am planning on seeing it again the day of the 19th to see any details I may have missed the night before, and to RUIN it for others that have not seen it. I will be the one in the theater YELLING stuff that is about to happen to RUIN it for others... well I might not... but it would be funny if I did. Here is my Tickets from Episode 1 back in 1999

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Having the tickets in my hot little hand makes it seem like the day will never come! GAWD darn IT.

At Midnight on April 2nd the new Star Wars Revenge of the Sith toys were released world wide. I went with a couple of my fellow Star Wars fans Carlos, Bobby, and Mike to a midnight release at Toys R Us. Here is a picture of my goodies I scored.

 
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I almost found all of the new 3 3/4 inch figures and here was my check off list. Star Wars Check List

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I just finished in-putting my new figures in my Star Wars Figure database which is now up to 515 MOC (Mint On Card). I have been collecting Star Wars figures since 1994/1995, so it is sorta nice and sorta sad that my collecting days are coming to a close. Here are some funny pictures that Mike took while the big day was going down.

Star Wars Fest 2005 Pictures

Here are the MP3z of ROTS!!!! and HOLY DANG this sound track is RIGHT next to Empire in how good the music is.

Here is the link to the MP3s

Looks like we are going to get bombarded by Star Wars stuff once again like we were with Episode 1. Episode 2 wasn't so bad, we didn't see JUNK like Lottery Ticket themed games. Here are some new items we will see that I took with my phone camera (sorry for the low quality).

New Corn Flakes Boxes

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California Lottery 42 Million

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I am thinking of getting the Corn Flakes, but who knows I bet I will get suckered into getting the Lottery tickets too.

Words can not describe how cool this trailer is, here is a few screen shots to help show how BADASS it is.

This one gave me chillzzzzz.

Head over to StarWars.com to see it for your self

I just saw a really well done movie spoof of R2D2 and ET the Extra Terrestrial. Too bad Americas didn't make it, it might have been better...(more violence), but still... it is pretty cool.

Here is the link to the site R2Movie.com

 

StarWars.com just posted the offical date for the FULL Star Wars Revenge of the Sith trailer which is March 10th 2005 9PM. This reminds me of the time when I was downloading the first Episode 1 trailer.

MORNING 1998: Joey is franticly downloading the new SW Episode 1 trailer in a office which he is sharing with a fellow Systems Administrator “Bobby”. He has been downloading this for the past hour, and it was taking so long because Starwars.com didn’t think THIS many bandwidth Pirates would be downloading it. Bobby, on Instant messenger, is talking to his other Cyber Monkeys and finds out that StarWars.com's servers are being overloaded and not able to serve any more connections because of the hammering of TCPIP packets. Joey is very nervous watching the status display showing 79 percent because he knows if this disconnects he will not get to watch the trailer. Bobby then gets up to get a cup of coffee (I guess so he can watch the trailer and have a caffeine snack) and TRIPS on the Ethernet hub which disconnects Joey's ethernet cable and CUTS off Joey’s download at 98 PERCENT before completion! Joey is STEAMING UP but just keeps on trying to refresh StarWars.com in hope that he will be able to complete his download. He is not successful. Bobby then IM’s one of his Cyber Pyratez “Hoover” across Highway 101 who has just COMPLETED the download of Episode 1, and there is no response after Hoover says, “I just finished the download”… Hoover then types “ HOLY SH*T…OH MY GOD…JHC… HOOOOLY SH****T, DAMN THAT WAS BAD! Joey is about to BLOW HIS TOP cause he has not see ONE frame of this new Star Wars ALL because the last 2 percent of the download did not finish.

LATER AT “Windy City Pizza” FOR LUNCH: Joey runs to a table and sets up his Toshiba Tecra PII 300mhz 64mb of Ram and gets ready for the showing of the new Star Wars Trailer. For the first time Joey meets Hoover, a fellow Sys Admin that Loves Star Wars and can Air Guitar/Air Drum any and every Van Halen song with the same skillz as himself. In Joey’s eyes THIS is his hero at the moment and Bobby has made up for his blunder for introducing him to Hoover. Hoover hands Joey a CDR labeled “TRAILER B” with a shaking hand Joey SNATCHES it out of Hoover's hand (almost causing blisters on Hoovers Finger tips) and begins to snap it in his laptop CDROM. Hoover asks “Will that THING be able to play it?” Joey answers “YEAH it will it is a New Toshiba Tecra PII 300mhz 64mb of Ram and 4gig hard drive, I think it can handle it.” Joey, Bobby, and Hoover start to watch the trailer and with each second passing you can see tears building up ready to drip down there faces. With each rumble of sound you can see hairs on the backs of there necks stand up. Silence is all that is heard after the viewing of the trailer. They THEN go off on how cool it was, saying “ did you see.. and then… yeah that part, the sound made me get the chills and… Bobby, Hoover, and Joey finish off the afternoon with some pizza and walk into the Sunset knowing they have found true friendship for years to come. The End

StarWars.com Offical Release Link

WOW! It looks like Apple is FINALLY doing something COOL, they are making a Star Wars Revenge of the Sith Ipod. I am so glad I didn't WASTE my ca$h on a 60gig iPhoto with no STAR WARS feature. I WILL GET THIS JUNK. Here is the link.

RebelScum Article Link

Lego Star Wars video game in April, HUMMM, I hope it doesn't suck. I have a HIGH standard of Star Wars and Legos, cause I use to play with my Legos and make Star Wars vehicles and such. SO this better be EGGGGZACKLY (or better) than I imagined in my head when I was a kid. When this comes out I will probably get the PC and Game Boy Advanced version, sucks that there will not be a Game Cube version. Check out the offical site it looks pretty cool so far.

~THIS www.betternotsuck.org~

Friday, I found the new Star Wars Revenge of the Sith Sneak Preview Figures and they are very cool. The new packaging is nice, more plastic to keep the edges from getting bent by the Ruiner Gremlins. I got two of General Grievous, one to keep MIB and one to play... I mean display.

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Starwars.com has posted the opening crawl for Revenge of the Sith and here it is

EPISODE III Revenge Of The Sith

War! The Republic is crumbling
under attacks by the ruthless
Sith Lord, Count Dooku.
There are heroes on both sides.
Evil is everywhere.

In a stunning move, the
fiendish droid leader, General
Grievious, has swept into the
Republic capital and kidnapped
Chancellor Palpatine, leader of
the Galactic Senate.

As the Separtatist Droid Army
attempts to flee the besieged
capital with their valuable
hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a
desperate mission to rescue the
captive Chancellor...

SOUNDS BAD ASS!

Link to Offical Site Article.

A new Star Wars real-time strategy is coming out Fall 2005. I hope it doesn't STINK as bad as their last RTS called Force Commander. The screen shots look pretty cool, and so does the fact that it is for PC only,... so start the tears flowing MAC only users.

Lucas Arts Link to Game

I got my new Star Wars Insider Magazine in the mail yesterday and WOW! They put some NON HyperSpace pictures which are very, VERY JUICY. Here is one of the BADDDDER ASSSER one of General Grievous. Like I said before, George HAD BETTER not screw this one up, or he will have to pay the price for his lack of vision.

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WOW These Star Wars Revenge of the Sith covers are darn COOL! I hope the movie is just as KOOL, but who knows George has found a way to RUIN the movies with little STUPID stuff, like Anakin Riding some bull/tick animal.

StarWars.com LINK -- Final Covers: Episode III Books

WOW I hope the movie is as KOOL as the poster. I heard Spock is going to VulCAN grip JarJar and Kill him.... Oh wait that was a daydream I had.

Finally got the Original Star Wars Trilogy on DVD! It was quite a task, from having to WORK in the morning, to getting a newbie cashier, having a cashier trainer give you a display box that is empty, to having to wait at customer service to pickup my presale DVD. It was fun anyways, I got to spend some time with some fellow Star Wars Fans, and find some Star Wars Figures that I have been lacking. Here is a photo album of the journey. Star Wars DVD Journey Pictures You don’t know the POWWWER!

Star Wars DVD’s Finally... "I HAVE YOU KNOW!"

Click Image for Full Size In the Spirit of the Star Wars DVD release that will happen Tomorrow, I wanted to post this picture of a pen I found last year. It is a BIC Grip Roller, the top of the pen looks very similar to an Astromech Droid that we all know. I wonder if George gave the "OK" for this? Here is a close up of the top

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~Heard It Here Before TheForce DOT Net~

I was on SourceForge.net and I can a cross a project called Jedi Code Format, so I quickly CLICK CLICK CLICKED. After reading about the project I was pretty sad because it was LAME code written for Borland Delphi Object-Pascal. It seems to me that all of a sudden after EP1 came out, all sorts of Jackasses are calling them selves Star Wars Fans. Here is the stupid Link the useless code.

Here is an other "right clicker" I found on the web in 2000... and this image is CORRECT!

It is official! Revenge of the Sith is the official Title for Star Wars Episode 3. Link to official site title reveal I can not wait to see this movie! George must have READ my Blog where I said he HAD beST not use CG Wookies, he should just hire real ones to do the acting.. looks like that is eGGGZactly what he did.

I just got the new Star Wars Insider, and OH MY GOD, the new Clone Trooper looks Cool. Here is a scan of a page. Click on the picture for the full scan

This is the reason I LOVE to put the christmas tree up, cause I get to pull my Star Wars ornaments out of storage and display them. Here is a look at them Star Wars Ornaments

This is sooo 1997 But is STILL as cool as it was back then... (this is another web "right clicker" back in ’97)