Star Wars, Geek Culture, and Power Converters
Well it’s not exactly a fanwork since it was from a long-discontinued album, but close enough! The above video is a jazz cover of Han Solo and the Princess that was arranged by bassist Ron Carter for the album Empire Jazz, a collection of select covers from The Empire Strikes Back.
Jacen Solo killed Mara Jade, but at least she still looked super hot!
The most concise, hilarious, and accurate description of the post-Return of the Jedi Expanded Universe I’ve ever seen. Found on Tumblr; insert obvious spoiler and language warnings here.
We all love Star Wars mashups, right? Especially when they involve cheesy TV shows? Well, here’s another great one by OneMinuteGalactica – Star Wars Chips!
Thanks to Club Jade for the link.
Well, you knew it was going to happen eventually. There’s a mashup of the Pacific Rim trailer with the opening from Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.
It’s amazing.
Is it any surprise I’m featuring a Les Miserables oriented fanwork? No! I love Les Mis, and I cannot wait for the movie to be released on Christmas Day.
I found this excellent video on YouTube. The ultra talented Nick Pitera sings nine songs from Les Mis – male AND female parts – and he does them all wonderfully. The video is 13 minutes long, but it’s definitely worth a listen.
Every morning I listen to The Morning Stream, a really great podcast hosted by Scott Johnson and Brian Ibbott. The other day they played a cover of “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepson.
Surprisingly I found myself dancing along. It’s a really awesome cover! I searched the internet to find a YouTube link. Lo and behold, I learned that the artist is Eric Calderone, and he does tons of other covers, some of them very relevant to our geeky interests.
Behold, heavy metal Indiana Jones and Star Wars. Check out Eric’s YouTube channel for all his videos. He also has a Facebook and Twitter.
Art by Paul Bateman.
Okay, so I realize that “Smuggler’s Gambit” was written and performed by professionals (I was there!), but I still wanted to present it for Fanwork Friday. Why? Well, the radio drama was written by Star Wars fans—Kyle Newman and F.J. DeSanto—and it was performed live, in front of an audience of about 2,000 Star Wars fans at Celebration VI, without any rehearsals. It’s not an officially sanctioned work, just fans (with a lot of skill and resources) having fun at a convention. Also, it’s awesome. David Collins does an absolutely fantastic Han Solo, second only to Harrison Ford. He’s joined by many other voice actors from The Clone Wars, including Dee Bradley Baker and Ashley Eckstein.
You can download the full audio and see a video clip in Newman’s blog post at the official site.
One of my favorite cheesy 90s shows is Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. As a 13-year-old girl I shipped the hell out of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. So this fanvid, by lotusflower85, really hit the spot for me. The song is, of course, the Love Theme from Superman by the great John Williams.
