Star Wars

House Hunters Tatooine

We have a guideline here Casa de Bogardus that if control of the remote is in possession of one individual and that individual leaves the room, after a period of time the person not in actual custody of the remote may take temporary possession of the device until the original possessor returns. Such temporary possession becomes permanent after a slightly longer undetermined period of time.

Donna was watching House Hunters Getaways* when she left the room for a few minutes. I was listening to the FRS getting their butts kicked by Tampa Bay on the laptop and after a few more pitches leaned over and grabbed the remote to do a little surfing for background imagery. About 10 channels later I found two droids (not phones) walking across a desert.

*Is it just me or does this show now have more permutations than CSI or Kardashian sisters?

The PCP told me this morning that my blood work was peachy keen and the hospital hasn’t called to tell me one of my blood cultures turned into a pulsing, glowing broccoli shaped thing, so I must be fine. I’m going to blame my slight puckishness on the two antibiotics I’m taking, because I know for sure that they are responsible for making my mouth taste like I’m sucking on nickels.

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Don’t Waste Your Money

On seeing Star Wars Episode 1 in 3D, there is a better Star Wars movie that you can watch now for free. Internet users were asked to remake “Star Wars: A New Hope” into a fan film, 15 seconds at a time. Here is the “Director’s Cut” version.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ezeYJUz-84#!

Or watch on YouTube: Star Wars Uncut

I’m Nearly Speechless

In spite of what the content of the actual movie is, the trailer is surprisingly SFW (Safe For Work.)

httpvh://youtu.be/QiKPjPLPLh4

TV shows like Star Trek or X-Files, OK, but this? An XXX parody of Star Wars? Sacrilege! Although if it didn’t include some possible kiddie stuff, the parodies of Episodes I, II & III might be improvements over Speilberg’s efforts.

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Sandcrawler

This bit of folded paper is kind of crude compared to the cute Minimimmo and not nearly as slick as The Alien, but the Star Wars geek in me just had to make it. Trouble is, it is not so recognizable as to what it is. My wife who has seen A New Hope as many times as I have, thought it might be from Firefly. Of course when she said that I thought, “Oooh, oooh, maybe somebody has done a papercraft Serenity.” Sure enough, someone has, and the plans are on the God-blessed Internet. Unfortunately what I have been doing so far in no way prepares me to make that model. I’m just graduating from Papercraft Pre-school and this project is Graduate School level. It is approximately 80 pieces cut from thirteen 8-1/2 x 11 sheets with instructions consisting of 14 jpeg images.

From IMDB’s trivia page for Star Wars:
While George Lucas was filming on location in Tunisia, the Libyan government became worried about a massive military vehicle parked near the Libyan border. Consequently, the Tunisian government, receiving threats of military mobilization, politely asked Lucas to move his Jawa sandcrawler farther away from the border.

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