Club Jade

Fox News caught up with George at Cannes and he says there’s a strong possibility for sequels. With, as many have been contemplating, Shia LeBeouf in the lead. Oh, George, you crazy diamond.

Next up, The Clone Wars and why it’s not being released by Fox:

“No one wanted it,” he told me. “Every studio rejected it, including Fox, and I’m very loyal to them. They have right of first refusal. Eventually I brought it to Warners. It’s the first time that three components of the studio have acted together. It’s very exciting.

…Every studio? Huh.

• Celebration Japan: Carrie Fisher is the first big guest announced.

• LOTF: Invincible came out, we gave a copy away, and author Troy Denning is out on tour. And don’t forget LOTF week!
• Fan art: Font Vader (right,) Mara, Lumiya, and Tenel Ka.
• Expanded Universe: Del Rey is back, probably. Shocking!
• Star Wars: How far has $20 million gone since 1977?
• The Clone Wars: Jedi News interviews director Dave Filoni; Disney Weekend-goers get an early look at the movie this summer… Take our trailer poll before Sunday.
• TV: Look for Dollhouse in January.

Guests of honour will be Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro. Details and how to register here.

Or good guys.

OK, Firefly fans, this is your last chance to buy the shirt off Jayne Cobb’s back. The California Browncoats are assisting Adam Baldwin in an auction to benefit the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation.

“Shepherd Book once said to me, ‘If you can’t do something smart, do something right.’” — Jayne Cobb

Mara Jade: Double Shot (Clickthrough to see the whole thing) by Rachel Moir. She’s got more Star Wars art in her gallery, including some that may be spoilery.

I swear I did not realize until today that this was going to be a run of redheads. Oh well: It is Club Jade, after all.

Check back Saturday for the final (and biggest!) installment of LOTF fan art. (Featuring characters with all hair colors!)

Gosh, everyone has a trailer these days.

Thus concludes unofficial Joss Whedon day here at CJ… OR DOES IT? Stay tuned.

To celebrate (!?) the ending of this very eventful TV season, EW counts down 20 of their favorite season finales. Plenty of genre shows make the cut, including Star Trek: TNG, Farscape, Alias, The X-Files and Buffy (above.)

Did your favorite make the list? (IMO: Both Alias and The X-Files had better finales than they ones they chose.)

It’s Fox upfront time, and now we have an ETA on Dollhouse: Look for it on Mondays in January, paired with 24. (A better deal than Firefly, as I guess 24 is still considered a hit… And let’s not forget Buffy started midseason as well.) J.J. Abram’s Fringe, a series that is nearly never mentioned without some sort of X-Files hat tip, is their “big draw” and will be headed for Mondays in the fall, paired with The Sarah Connor Chronicles or Prison Break. (Or, Sarah Connor may go to Wednesdays.) More details at USA Today and Variety.

John Scalzi takes a look at Star Wars success when compared with Speed Racer’s failure - and how blockbuster culture has changed in the last thirty-some years. (A great companion to this piece is the NYT’s impressive box office chart from February.)

Lady Vader by NikitaNielsen. (Click the image to see the whole thing.) She also has several EU character portraits in her gallery.

Check back tomorrow morning for the next installment of LOTF fan art…

DarkHorse.com posted a lone Star Wars preview yesterday: Legacy #24. Fair warning: This actually reveals quite a bit more than we’re used to seeing in previews.

Attendees at Disney World’s Star Wars Weekends will get a look at an exclusive clip from the upcoming movie.

• The Brits really love them some Star Wars wedding: The GFFA-themed marriage ceremony of Bramwell Brightey and Tamsyn Lofts showed up in both The Guardian and The Sun today.

• Could Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull beat Revenge of the Sith at the box office? That’s the magic of inflation!
• No jail time for drunken Vader attacker. Shocking!
• The Force Unleashed is “greatest Star Wars story that we’ve ever told in a video game,” says LucasArts’ Cameron Suey. Better than Masters of Teräs Käsi? That’s unpossible!

The Dark Lord of the Sith… in letterform. Neat, huh? (via)

ETA: Death Star!

Queen Mother by Shea Standefer. Shea also has pictures in progress of Jaina, Allana and Tenel Ka with Jacen. But she’s probably best known in fandom as am accomplished Jaina costumer. You can see more of her art on DA, and an impressive array of costumes at tempered-steel.net.

Check back tomorrow morning for the next installment of LOTF fan art!