Category Archives: Star Wars

Trope Tuesday: Fate Worse than Death

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It’s Tuesday! Which means it’s time to dive back into that wonderful time sink full of literary themes and devices, TV Tropes. On the docket this week: Fate Worse than Death

Think death is the cruelest fate? Think again. There are several things much worse: torture, taxes, and tofu, to name but a few. And more often than not, some unlucky soul will experience it. Originally, this phrase meant rape; that’s still one possible meaning. And now there’seven worse than that.

This phrase is usually used in a Just Between You and Me moment by the Evil Overlord as he boasts about the agony-inducing Death Trap that awaits the hero for delaying his plans. It’s also fairly commonly used as a warning to the hero against seeking forbidden power or knowledge, and consequently to foreshadow the particular Karmic Death the villain will suffer because of meddling with the universe’s Cosmic Keystone.

The Galaxy Far, Far Away is practically filled with fates infinitely worse than death. I mean, there’s being digested over the course of a thousand years by a Sarlacc. Forcing to merge and become one with some sort of Eldritch Abomination. Getting frozen alive. Carnal relations with giant bugs. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather take a blaster bolt between the eyes than face down the other horrors the Galaxy seems to have in store for people.

Jason Fry Releases Fifth Batch of ‘EG to Warfare’ Endnotes

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Ask any fic writer who has dabbled in Star Wars military fiction and they’ll tell you they have pulled their hair out trying to find out just how the rank system works between various military factions. Thankfully for all of us, Jason Fry and Paul Urquhart managed to answer some of those questions definitively in EG to Warfare.

Paul writes: “This section had to combine the basic four-color rank stripes from Attack of the Clones with the more complex grade system from ‘Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic’ in Star Wars Insider #84, as well as stray references to additional ranks in various novels, and it had to make them all work with the unit structure. I’d have liked to have done something with the unit formations, which real soldiers tell me are unrealistic, but I subtly hinted that the Kaminoans are a bit unrealistic and childlike in their liking for neat, obedient ranks of expendable troops. More on that when we get to the Empire….”

For more information, check out the fifth batch of endnotes on Jason Fry’s Tumblr.

More from the Coruscant Craft Fair

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It’s the end of the semester over here, and that means one thing–my immune system has given up and decided that I need a couple of days to recuperate from running non-stop.  Naturally, that means I spent far too much time on Pinterest this week.

So, remember those shoes I posted last time?  Check out Geek with Curves for instructions on how to make your own Star Wars shoes using old magazines and Mod Podge.  Don’t feel like doing it on your own?  Fashionably Geek has a link to an etsy store where you can buy handpainted R2-D2 Toms.

If you’re more into cooking, how about a set of these for the kids: Chewbacca cupcakes.

If you’re making them for the adult crowd, I might suggest using this recipe which adds to the chocolate-y goodness by including Guinness. (No, there is no redeeming nutritional value to these at all.  But they’re Chewie cupcakes!  Who wants there to be?)

 

If you’re more into needlework instead, take a look here at these crocheted Granny Square TIE fighters from Craftzine.  Each fighter has a different granny square as its foundation.  Unfortunately, there aren’t any instructions.  But if you’re looking for Star Wars-themed crochet, you can buy a pattern for a mini Yoda amigurumi over at Etsy.

 

In fact, you can get more than just Yoda.  The seller features 12 different Star Wars amigurumi patterns at her Etsy store. Aren’t they cute?

New Mystery Star Wars Project Announcement Incoming

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Hit it, John Jackson Miller!

Could this be the original trilogy project Dark Horse hinted at during C2E2? We’ll have to wait for the actual announcement to know for certain, but that won’t stop any of us from stooping to rampant speculation.

I, for one, am hoping we’ll finally get a book or comic filled with Bren Derlin Facts.

Sideshow Introduces New Stories and Statues in “Mythos”

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Toy maker Sideshow is introducing a new line of Star Wars figures they dub “Mythos.”

The Star Wars Universe is limitless with possibilities, its mythology ever-expanding. Our art team wanted to contribute to that expansion by telling new stories about some of the most compelling Star Wars characters. With the encouragement of Lucasfilm, we created the Mythos line of statues.

This line of collectibles will be populated by characters from new and existing story lines. We will bring history, unique details and personal choices to each in order to elaborate on who they are. Through the design and sculpt process our goal is to delve deeper into these established characters and offer our own interpretations of what they have done outside of the Star Wars canon.

They already have concepts and art for a Darth Maul and Obi Wan figurines. While these figurines look to be extremely well done, what really catches my eye are the interesting pieces of story that take place outside of the films. Obi Wan’s page includes a brief little first-person introspective that takes place just after he delivers Luke to Owen and Beru Lars.

While  these figures are neat, I’ve got to agree with Dunc over at Club Jade …

Anyway, the “new” part of the equation? Psst, there are a few existing characters you guys haven’t done yet, in any form. I mean, we are still waiting for that Mara. Or even, hell, a Leia not wearing a metal bikini. Or a Padme. Have they ever done a Padme? An Ahsoka? What do the Gamorrean fans have that we don’t, Sideshow? TELL US.

I would buy these figures as well, Sideshow.

Via Club Jade

George Lucas Approves New Book Project

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While no one’s sure just how deeply involved George Lucas is with Star Wars Books, there’s always reason for excitement/optimism/fear/loathing when word gets out that he’s personally approved something. Take it away, Lucasfilm executive editor and writer J.W. Rinzler:

If I had to wager a guess, I would say it’s some kind of reference book ala the Essential Guide series.