Sunday, January 30, 2005

Empire at War

Remember how I mentioned a possible upcoming Star Wars RTS? Well, it's official: Empire at War is coming this fall to a PC near you! It looks really good. Check out the web site for some early screenshots and concept art.

Labyrinth of Evil -- All Done!

Mere minutes ago, at 18:45:15 (that's 6:45 PM for the less military-minded of you), I completed Labyrinth of Evil. Making that even more impressive is the fact that, in between starting and finished the book, I had to get new shoes, sleep, go sledding, go to a play (Kiss me Kate), and do all my homework. :-)

Labyrinth of Evil was extremely good! In fact, I may go so far as to call it the best book I've ever read -- and even if it's not, it's very close. The book ends mere minutes -- possibly seconds -- before Episode III, and ties in wonderfully with all the other Clone Wars material -- the books, the comics, and even the Cartoon Network cartoon netork cartoon series, which up until now I hadn't seen referenced in any other material.

Labyrinth of Evil ties in even more closely with the online comic strip Reversal of Fortune (available online at StarWars.com for Hyperspace subscribers) and, presumably, the second (or is it the third?) season of the Clone Wars cartoons. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the events leading up Episode III.

Saturday, January 29, 2005

Labyrinth of Evil

This morning, as soon as I woke up, I finished Cloak of Deception, which I've been reading for a week or so now. Then, right after breakfast, we went to Barnes and Noble to pick up Labyrinth of Evil. At first we thought it wasn't there, but then realized we had walked right past it on our way to the usual spot for new Star Wars books -- Valentine's day has affected the store layout somewhat. :-)

The rest of the day I spent reading Labyrinth of Evil and sledding (I made a nice little snow tunnel, which was fun), and just now I went to a production of Kiss me Kate. I'm now about halfway done with the book, and hope to have it finished by Monday. It's really good!

Bedtime now. Adios.

Saturday, January 22, 2005

The Badonkadonk

Six horsepower, a top speed of 40 mph, a 400 watt sound system, and a design that looks like it was pulled right out of Return of the Jedi? Yup -- the JL421 Badonkadonk! Read more here, and then be the first ever to buy one here! (And it's only $20,000!)

Oh, and be sure to check out all the pictures at Amazon.com. :-)

Sunday, January 16, 2005

More Reading, Blog, and Web Site

Well, I'm done with Dark Rendezvous now -- I just finished a few minutes ago. Then I read the Labyrinth of Evil excerpt, which was VERY interesting -- after all, it doesn't come out until the 25th. I'm now up-to-date on all the Clone Wars material, except for the comics. I've been hoping to check them out some time -- if only I could find a nearby comic store.

Yesterday & today I worked on some updates to my web site, including the Star Wars section. You may have noticed a couple changes to this page today. There's now a Link bar on the right with all the sections of my Star Wars site. There's also a new title. As for the rest of my Star Wars site, I added a couple drawings I've done and a photo album from Skywalker Ranch. Check out by clicking the nifty new "Media" link on the right!

Sunday, January 09, 2005

Dark Rendezvous

I just started Yoda: Dark Rendezvous the other day (same day I finished Jedi Trial), and I'm already about halfway done. It's really good -- just like all the other books I've been reading lately! It's a good time for Star Wars publishing! :)

Friday, January 07, 2005

Waiting for Star Wars

I just read about Jeff Tweiten, who started waiting in line in Seattle on January 1st for Episode III!!! Check out his web site here.

May the Force be with you, Jeff! :-)

In other news, I just finished Jedi Trial. It was really good. Next up is Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, which is supposedly also great. Also, the other day I uploaded the new version of my Star Wars site. It's still a work in progress, but you can check it out by clicking the site banner at the top of the page.

Sunday, January 02, 2005

The Beginning of the End...

...of vacation, that is. Click here to see my overview of all that I did, including a lot of Star Wars stuff.

I'm now almost done reading Jedi Trial, which I started soon after I got it on Christmas. It's pretty good. After I finish, I'll probably read Dark Rendezvous, which I hear is really good.

Yesterday I watched most of Episodes I and II in honor of the fact that this will be the last year a Star Wars movie comes out ever!!! :-(

Well, a major movie anyway. I've watched some of the Ewok movies, Caravan of Courage and Battle for Endor, over vacation, and I think there's room for a lot more movies like that in the future.

Over vacation I also worked on a Special Edition of a movie-style book report I did in 7th Grade for X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar ("Book 9 in the exciting series!"). Hopefully I'll be able to post the file to my web site some day.

Speaking of my web site, I have to get to work on it now. May the Force be with you! :-)