Trek VS Wars - an update

The rivalry between Star Wars and Star Trek has recently been expressed through William Shatner and Carrie Fisher. I did an earlier post on the subject, and you can revisit it here. Now Mr Sulu AKA George Takei has given his input into the matter with a nice video and which he offers these wise words:

Fellow star folks, cool it down and shut your big wormholes! Each is wonderful in its own special way.

I agree, Shatner should shut up. Anyway, it's a cool video and Sulu is pretty funny. He wants to unite the two star camps against a common enemy: Twilight. I don't know what the star folks can do about the Twilight juggernaut, but it's a completely different type of movie. Who would you rather see: Princess Leia, Captain Kirk, or an emo Vampire?

Star Wars Christmas

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It's almost Christmas, and who could forget that wonderful Star Wars Christmas Special starring Chewie and all his Wookie pals? Not to mention Bea Arthur's stunning performance, it was a very special festive sensation in all its kooky glory. As Adam Frucci says in his great post at Splitsider, it's a bit like a Tim and Eric episode; kind of surreal, goofy humour. Well here you can watch it again on Google Video and relive the magic!

Ninja Force Battle

A lone Jedi confronts an army of Sith ninjas in this amazing battle! Great fighting and Force action by Team2X! Love the ending!

Darth College Carol

The students at Algonquin College are studying hard for exams, when suddenly Darth Vader appears with a Santa hat and an electric guitar! He plays a few power chords and then conducts an array of disciples in a rousing rendition of 'Carol of the Bells'. See how he holds the entire library in his Force-Grip and shows that there truly is no limit to his power!

Cello Hello

Finally some high-class Star Wars references! This is an amazing video of Steven Sharp Nelson playing the Star Wars theme on cello. He plays both the Jedi and the Sith parts, and it's all acted out really real; completed with lightsabres for the cello bows of course, and lots of other cool action. I like it when Darth Vader turns up and starts playing Cantina Band on the accordian, and Chewbacca also features. Steven Sharp Nelson makes other videos as The Piano Guys, and he ends the video with some Jedi mind tricks and attempts at hypnosis to further The Piano Guys' Agenda.

The above was high-class, now the standard is very much lowered. There is this pretty dumb Youtube video response by MeganSpeaks, in which she asks whether you would rather be Jedi or Sith.

And this monstrocity from lovelliemain:

Star Wars Christmas

This is a pretty awesome home-made comedy video by a true Star-Wars fan. The story is great: while playing Skyrim, Francis is interrupted by his mum asking him if he wants to open some Christmas presents. Although Skyrim is an absorbing game and he seems to be quite a gamer, who could resist the lure of opening presents early? Not this guy, and it looks like this would be the only possible reason (besides necessities) that he'd willingly stop playing. See his eyes light up when she gives him two presents, which unwrap to reveal Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader lightsabres. When he is unwrapping one, he quite rightly says "This better not be that Qui Gon Jinn shit." Luckily it wasn't. The rest of the video consists of Francis going nuts and trying to duel his disabled brother, who is 'the worst Vader'.

This is actually, youtube user boogie2988 and he has a channel with a lot of videos and playlists. He does lots of videos playing this Francis character, but he also does serious videos. Even though this is meant to be funny and is scripted, only a Jedi could be this convincing..

Infinite and yummy village faces deathstar attack!

Source: Neatorama

It was a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away when I last posted to this blog, well it's still a galaxy far far away, but now The Force has moved this young Jedi to make another attempt at the perfect Star Wars blog post.

I just have to convey my deep appreciation and very real pleasure when I lay my eyes upon this edible - and electric - tribute to Star Wars! This is a skillfully constructed chocolate, breakfast cereal, and gingerbread Ewok village and dazzling green LED deathstar! I can't say enough how magnificent this is; this fan has gone to such lengths to affirm their love of Star Wars, but also has done so well with it to create a priceless - and yummy, by the look of it - artefact. This is really an amazing use of The Force and impressive to say the least! The Ewoks look so cool and cute and are so well detailed they could even be toys if they weren't chocolate; there are even C3PO and R2D2 hangin' out with the 'woks!

This is the creation of baker extraordinairre Darcy at the Infinite Yums blog, and I also understand he received assistance from an entity known as Lemur on the deathstar. He built the Ewok village for a charity auction, and I'm sure it will fetch a good amount. Here is a great photo of the beautiful village but there are many more on their blog, and you can also read up on the whole process. Great work, Darcy and Lemur!

Gingerbread walkers on Hoth

Source: Boing Boing

Following on with the edible theme, here is a gingerbread AT-AT! This edible walker was created by the Black Market Bakery, and is on display at Orange County's Discovery Science Museum. There have been many impressive AT-AT creations that I haven't posted about and people are clearly fascinated by these mythical beasts, so I might post some of them. This is a great one, looks yum too. It reminds me of the old days in the battle of Hoth when these fearsome walkers used to patrol the streets. I'd like to see a snowspeeder trip this one up; gingerbread everywhere!

Trek VS Wars

Watching this video of William Shatner talking smack about Star Wars is almost sickening, but I feel I have a duty to show it. Seen here, Shatner sounds off about his delusions of grandeur with regards to the legacy of Star Trek. According to Shatner, Star Trek is far superior to Star Wars, and he also says Star Wars is derivative of Star Trek. The nerve of this guy at age 80 to still be carrying around his old grudge with Star Wars. Get over it old man, Star Wars kicks Star Trek's ass! Don't even get me started about the giggling - and possibly flirting - interviewer.

Leia strikes back

Carrie Fisher - rightfully disgusted at Shatner's attitude - has posted a video response to William's original video. In this video, her interviewer is much cooler and she is funnier and more sensible than Shatner could hope to be. She even makes a somewhat funny joke: Klingon sounds like a laundry detergent. Anyway, she debunks Shatners claims that Star Trek is superior. As she says, it's not even in the same league, and the Star Wars merchandising is much better. In your face, Shatner!

Shatner's last retort
This is where it stands now. At the time of this posting, just a few days ago, Shatner posted a reply to Carrie. Here Shatner resorts to immature comments about Carrie being skinny and so on, and we get to the heart of the matter. In this video, Shatner admits that he wanted to play Darth Vader - it would have been horrible - but was denied, and this is the real reason for his personal vendetta against Star Wars. He has no real arguments other than empty premises he offers to somehow validate his arrogance, but he better step off!

The Sith who Stole Christmas or The Grinch who Stole Sithmas

Here is a funny(?) little video outlining Darth Vader's similarity to that nasty Grinch bastard. It's a montage of clips showing the ruthless Vader doing mischief set the the Grinch music song; thus implying that Darth Vader is the Grinch. As far as I know, they've never been in the same room together, but I think Yoda looks much more like the Grinch.

Doggy gets in on the AT

Source: Super Punch

Seen here enjoying an AT-AT moment, this dog proudly sports the AT-AT dog costume creation by Katie Mello. More cute than scary, I think this guy would be pretty easy to take down with a snowspeeder.

AT-STree

Source: Obvious Winner

Wow, what a cool treasure! Since I'm on such a roll posting about AT-ATs, here's an example of the quicker and more compact AT-ST. This is not your usual garden-variety AT-ST - okay well I guess it is because it goes in your garden or backyard - but this is an actual treehouse of one! That's right, someone has lovingly built this Star Wars structure as a cool cubby for kids or even older kids.

From Wikipedia:

The AT-ST is a two-legged walker introduced in The Empire Strikes Back and featured extensively in Return of the Jedi. Due to their design and movement, they are often dubbed "chicken walkers".

AT-AT liquor cabinet

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Another AT-AT delight! This one is for those long nights drinking hard - Star-Wars themed, George-Lucas approved - liquor and reminiscing about the good old days in the battle of Hoth. While you're drinking alcohoth you could be admiring this custom-made wooden AT-AT liquor cabinet made by Colin Johnson! Well done Colin, another fine example of The Force being harnessed for good not evil.

Star Seuss

Adam Watson has done a great job reworking the Star Wars story and themes into a Dr Seuss-style tale. It's really good, as if Dr Seuss himself was doing Star Wars. As Watson says "the Star Wars universe really blends with the goofy, strangely-named world of Dr. Seuss pretty easily."

Star Wars movies

Star Wars has inspired countless movies, now artist Matt Ranzetta has payed homage to the Star Wars influence by creating some wonderful movie posters. Classic movies with a Star Wars twist you didn't imagine. I love the Cool Hand Luke poster!

Early Star Wars masks

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Here is a pair of rescue masks from the 1800s that may well be inspirations for C3PO and Darth Vader. One of the manufacturers of these masks was called Vajen-Bader, which can be shortened to Vader.

Anakin Volkswagon

The new commercial for Volkswagon features home-movie footage of the young Anakin Skywalker (later to become Darth Vader) learning to use the force. As we all know, Darth Vader was a big fan of the classic black glove; but in those days Anakin didn't wear gloves. We see Anakin practicing the force on an exercise bike, washing machines, a dog, a baby doll, and his lunch. Finally, he manages to start the ignition of his father's car. The punchline is that his father thinks he started the car with his keyring!

Give the gift of Greedo

One of the most memorable and fantastic characters of the Star Wars movies is the loveable bounty hunter Greedo! Everyone loves Greedo, and who could forget that famous scene at the Mos Eisley cantina? Greedo was always cute, and now he has been made even cuter by flickr user BackyardBirderWa; who has fashioned this wonderful crocheted Greedo. It's a great gift idea! She has a website in which she sells special items such as these.

Star careers

Looking for employment? It's hard to find a job these days, and even harder to find a Star Wars job. There are six officially sanctioned careers fit for a Star Wars fanatic, they are:

• Sith Apprentice
• Ewok Chief
• Bounty Hunter
• Jedi Knight
• Death Star Laser Operator
• Jabba's Slave Girl

You could spend days just debating the merits of each of these careers, but thankfully there is this handy flow chart to help set you on your path. Just answer a few simple questions and you will find out 'which occupation meant for you is'. I got Jedi Knight, which is what I was going for anyway.

Star Wars goes blu

Here's a litte promo clip for the new SW sets that they're to release on blu-ray. There are 3 sets and apparently it's "the most anticipated Blu-ray release ever" believe it or not.

Who put the sex in Star Wars?

Star Wars is sexy. That's a bold claim, and while not one that I personally agree with, there are many sick Star Wars freaks who have all sorts of fetishes related to the space fantasy movies. Here is but one example of this; someone has created a series of pinup images featuring various characters in skimpy outfits and in poses like you would expect from the likes of Marilyn Monroe. Knock yourself out!

Trooper Tattoo

Here's a wonderful back tattoo that a devoted Star Wars fan has adorned their body with. The artwork is quite impressive, with many figures and themes from Star Wars mythology. Don't get any ideas, or maybe do.