They will be mine

Oh, yes.

Tournament of Wookiees Parade

We somehow missed this when we were without the Intarnets:

Lucas smells the roses

Filmmaker George Lucas is coming to the Tournament of Roses Parade, and he's bringing a few hundred friends with him.

The Star Wars creator, the grand marshal of the 118th parade in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year's Day, will be accompanied by Darth Vader and 200 stormtroopers who are members of the "501st Legion," a group of fans from 22 countries and 36 states.

The Grambling (La.) State University Marching Tigers also will perform, dressed as Imperial officers.

In a first look at the concept drawing, one float depicts the Forest Moon of Endor, complete with cuddly Ewoks. The second imagines the city of Theed on the planet of Naboo, featuring three Queens of Naboo in ceremonial attire.

A couple years back, tiki attended a Star Wars con in Germany. Everyone was dressed as imperial officers.

O noes!

CHRIS SANDERS NO LONGER DIRECTING AMERICAN DOG

The Internet started buzzing last Thursday when the blog Newlywed in Dubai reported that Chris Sanders (LILO AND STITCH) had been "fired" as director of Disney's AMERICAN DOG (scheduled for release in 2008). Many people, myself included, have really been looking forward to this film, and it's hard to believe that Disney, under the new enlightened leadership of John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, would remove a talent like Sanders from his pet project. But that's exactly what has happened and it may not be such a bad thing....