Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Death of Jar Jar Binks - The Phantom Edit

This would have made Episode I: The Phantom Menace so much better!

Now though, if they would let me write an episode of the animated series The Clone Wars, my entire episode would be killing Jar Jar over and over and over again. All of which would be made possible by Palpatine who had Jar Jar cloned for just this kind of circumstance.

-GJ

Pacific Rim (Movie Trailer #2)

Another awesome trailer for this highly anticipated 2013 film; we'll be in line on opening night, how about you?

-GJ

Image of the Day: Mushroom Revolution

Today's image provided by Deviantart user: Joey-Zero

-GJ


Monday, January 7, 2013

A Short Review: Star Wars - Scoundrels

Once again Timothy Zahn has struck gold with his latest Star Wars novel, Scoundrels; a tale of corruption, thievery, and revenge.

Scoundrels features such classic characters like Han Solo, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, and one surprise appearance. We also come to know of Bink, her twin sister Tavia, Dozer, Zerba, Kell, Rachele, and Dayja. Also featured in the story is an Expanded Universe favorite, Winter.

What was enjoyable about this novel was that not only did it feature characters we know, but it showed what they were up to between Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Also answered was the all elusive question of what the heck happened to all of Han's reward money?!?

The placement in the timeline was also a negative for me at the beginning of this novel. With both Han and Lando seeing each other now, it felt like it would take away from what we've come to know as that gut wrenching, what's going to happen moment when the two come face-to-face on Bespin. But ultimately by novel's end Zahn had made sure to restore that moment.

A little bit longer Star Wars novel for a change, Scoundrels comes in somewhere at around 390 pages, but fear not, it's a simple read and will have you so engrossed that you won't want to put it down.

Star Wars - Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn earns a 5/5.

-GJ

Image of the Day: Genocide

Today's image provided by Deviantart user: Abiogenisis

-GJ