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April 21st Meeting Notes

BOOK NEWS

Carmel Book Signing (May 31st)
Aside from Karen Travis, SW Artists Tom Hodges and Matt Busch will be there as well

Darth Plagueis Novel
The powers that be have canceled the novel for now

Death Star Novel
Steve Parry (who wrote Shadows of the Empire) and Micheal Reeves are writing a new novel about the construction of the first death star

MAD Magazine
Mad Magazine will be releasing all of it’s Star Wars spoofs in one book to be released sometime in October

MISCELLANIOUS

Simon Pegg on Starwars.com
Pegg (Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) is the focus of a story on how he came to love the Star Wars universe on StarWars.com

The Harrison Ford lunch auction is up to $10,201

The 501st Trading Cards
The trading cards have become collectible items
The newest Series (Series 5, 251-300) will be making their debut at Celebration 4
The 10th Anniversary card will be run in a limited printing of 10,000 in metallic ink
Lucas crashed in the grandprix charity race he entered (insert your own Ewok joke here)

Stamps
The new stamps will be debuting at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in L.A.
The Post Office has set up a site (upsjedimaster.com) for the public to vote on their favorite stamp. Voting runs until May 23rd, and the winner will be announced May 25th

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) have plans to build high-tech binoculars much like the ones Luke used. The binoculars have been dubbed “Luke’s Binoculars” and will allow soldiers to see miles into the distance day or night…they also will creepily attach to one’s cognitive functions

Aintitcoolnews.com says the working title for Indy 4 will be “Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods”

Lawrence Kasdan (wrote ESB) has been selected for the rewrite of “Clash of the Titans”

Free Comic day is May 5th, and there will be a running of 25 figurines at each location

TOYS AND COLLECTIBLES

Master Replicas Super Super Exclusive
Master Replicas has a 100 piece exclusive of the Shadow Stormtrooper Limited Edition Helmet
It’s going to be offered in a lottery reserved exclusively for the 2007 Collectors Society Members

30th Anniversary Collection Figures
Wave 3 – A New Hope
Darth Vader, Biggs with Cape, Luke Skwalkwer with moisture evaporator, Jawa and LIN Droid, Imperial Stormtrooper and McQuarrie Concept Chewbacca
Wave 4 – Return of the Jedi
Boba Fett from Christmas Special, Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker, CZ-3, Umpass-Stay, McQuarrie Concept Darth Vader, Hermi Odle and C-3PO with Salacious Crumb

Toys R Us. Com
Pre Order Tie Interceptor Starfighter
181st Imperial Fighter Group (led by Baron Fel). Comes with ship (red stripes indicating kills of ten or more) and pilot, $34.95

Remote Control Droids
R5-D4, R5-X2

Lego
Toys R Us exclusive
Luke with X-wing (Echo Base)
Epi 1. Senate Cruiser with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon and Pilots

GAMES

Empire at War
Now available for Mac Users, need a OS 10.4.8
Can only play against Mac users over the internet

Force Unleashed Molecular Matter Video
At Starwars.com is a demo video of the new technology to that displays damage more realistically…i.e. things blow up in the game the way they do in the real world

CELEBRATION 4

Exclusives
McQuarrie R2-D2 and C-3PO designs are rumored to be turned into a figure
Ghost of Yoda GG bust from ROTJ
Star Wars Battle Figure Stand Pack
Same as were packed in the 2006 Saga Collection figures, but these will have the names of the movie (6 Epi. 1; 6 Epi. 2; 7 Epi 3; 7 Epi. 4; 6 Epi. 5; 6 Epi 6; and 2 EU)

Events
Force FX Lightsaber Battles
Three categories: Battle (choreographed), Freestyle Challenge (you go, the opponent goes, you go, and they go) and Master Exhibition (you just show your stuff)
Costume Pageant
Held 5/25 and 5/27
Rumors of a Costume Parade
Star Wars Galaxies Development Summit
Sold out (will be held 5/26)

Celebrities Added
Aaron Allston
Zach Jensen (Kit Fisto)

NEXT MEETING

May 19th