Chewbacca won’t be coming to Baltimore next year.
Organizers of the Star Wars Celebration V rejected the city because its convention center doesn’t have enough room, said Tom Noonan, who heads the city tourist bureau. The four-day gathering could have attracted 35,000 visitors and filled 12,000 hotel room nights — a larger impact than any convention the city currently hosts.
That doesn’t factor in the media attention a Star Wars convention draws. Like Star Trek, fans of the George Lucas films are passionate about everything Star Wars.
Fanfest-type conventions are huge draws for tourists. Baltimore’s largest convention, Otakon, last year brought in $27 million in spending and 26,300 fans of Japanese animé.
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Wonder what's happening with Orlando? That's another spot that's been mentioned a lot. Think Chicago is the only other one in the running?
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cheerful - Elvis has left the building:Hate On Me
Via Tommy, this is supposedly the promo for the finally revamped Star Tours. Good news: 3D yay! Bad news: for those of you who aren't jiggy with the prequels, well, it's prequels. For us, it's kinda trading Jar Jar for Ewoks, but YMMV.
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tired
Poll #1443127 Because we can't decide
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Ummmm, so....
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Oh, god just make it stop.
2 (16.7%)
Teh kewl. Me likee. 0 (0.0%)
Those are lightsabers? Growing out of the guitars? 2 (16.7%)
Makes the Holiday Special look like Ibsen. 0 (0.0%)
J-E-D-I! 3 (25.0%)
I can't seem to get beyond them spelling it "light saber" in the description. 0 (0.0%)
Where is Bea Arthur when you need her? 2 (16.7%)
Did they really rhyme "stir" with "Skywalker?" 3 (25.0%)
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confused
From Pierre. Great new Mickey D's campaign in France.
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amused
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Insanely talented buddy Amy from the local Star Wars gang crocheted this blue hippo Leia. (She's the one who made the Yoda who sometimes helps President Obama on his Seekrit missions, plus our truly insane Stitch hat. Oh, and Aloysius the Bantha.) Anyways, this is actually kind of a double joke. There's these weird Kinder Egg blue hippo characters that maybe you have to be German to really understand. Anyways, a few years ago, they made all the Star Wars chara as trippy blue hippos. Plus there were vehicles and displays. And, oh, yeah, chocolate. Anyways, we xeroxed a hippo amiguri pattern for Amy from one of the books we've found impossible to use, and like 30 seconds later, she produced this Princess Hippeia!
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impressed
Forwarded by my adorable officemate.
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Been doing a lot of Trek babbling lately, so put this up to balance our our karma.
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Luis is an insanely talented tattoo artist. He shared a piccie of one of his latest tat's here:
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excited
Ooooo! Look what we just gots at QFC!!!!!!
That means....it's pollin' time!!!
Poll #1395511 Trekkie Quiz
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If this cereal box were for some nefarious reason inserted into Mr. Tikistitch's beloved Star Wars cereal room, how long do you suppose it would take our adorable (but slightly oblivous) spouse to detect it?
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No time at all - the room would instantly reject this incursion! 2 (9.5%)
He's adorable, but slightly oblivious, so probably a while - about as long as it took him to find Marvin the Martian in Jabba's court 4 (19.0%)
Wait, Star Wars, Star Trek - there's a difference? 0 (0.0%)
You are Scientist, Tiki, have Tiki Labs LLC TEST IT! 6 (28.6%)
SIMON PEGG! *faints* 1 (4.8%)
Oooo, Planet Vulcan shaped marshmallows! 8 (38.1%)
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accomplished
SARLACC Crafts Day
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Star Wars crafts day yay! Guess what I made???
Got more paint on self than on Mighty Mugg.
The complete photo set is here.
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bouncy
The Carrie Fisher show was totally hilarious. We guess it follows her book pretty closely. Lots of Star Wars references (see above). Oh, and if you're in the first row, beware of glitter!
Mr. Tiki got totally busted for taking this picture though. They warned us prior to the show not to take any flash pictures or video. So imagine our surprise when we quietly snapped an iPhone picture, and were confronted (during the middle of the show!) by some sycophant from Fisher's entourage, who snottily demanded Mr. Tiki erase the photo. So, OK Carrie Fisher Pony Tail Guy, we'll erase it. Right after we put it on Intarnets.
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Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
Slumber in the Belly of the Beast
In the sub-zero wasteland of the planet Hoth, only the strong survive... and of course those lucky Jedi protected by the thick skin of a Tauntaun. Now after exhaustive movie viewing research and analysis ThinkGeek Labs has isolated the exact synthetic compounds needed to re-create Tauntaun fur. What have we done with this supreme knowledge? Created a Tauntaun sleeping bag of course.
This high-quality sleeping bag looks just like a Tauntaun, complete with saddle, internal intestines and glowing lightsaber zipper pull. Now when your kids tell you their favorite Star Wars movie is "Attack of the Clones" you can nestle the wee-ones snug in simulated Tauntaun fur while regaling them with the amazing tale of "Empire Strikes Back".
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Item #6 in this baffling article, "Ten Things a Girl Never Wants to See in Your Room" is an image of Mr. Tikistitch's complete set of vintage Star Wars action figures. They are not currently in our house, as they are on loan to the EMP Science Fiction Museum. However, they were definitely located in the charming Mr. Tiki's room whilst we were dating. One wonders, what kind of "girl" would not be hella impressed by a complete set of vintage Star Wars action figures (in mint condition!!), and further, why the hell one would invite such a pathetic creature to their room in the first place?
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Speeding driver tells State Patrol he was rushing to bid on eBay
Just after 9 p.m., a State Patrol trooper patrolling Interstate 90 saw a speeding 2004 Volkswagen R32 passing other vehicles in the express lane in the Mount Baker Tunnel. As the Volkswagen came out of the tunnel, the trooper clocked it going 110 mph as it continued across the floating bridge. With the trooper behind him, the driver eventually pulled over on Mercer Island.
The driver, who was identified as Garrett, told the trooper he had to get home to Fall City because he was late bidding on a coveted item and eBay was about to close the auction, said Trooper Dan McDonald, a spokesman for the State Patrol in Bellevue.
You know how this is gonna end, don't you?
According to McDonald, Garrett "didn't say what he was bidding on but the trooper said his car was filled with Star Wars stuff."
Garett's car was impounded — with all his Star Wars collectibles inside — and Garrett was booked into the King County Jail on suspicion of reckless driving.
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We've totally posted this before, but since the boys were talking about it yesterday....
For those who haven't seen this before, Warning: EARWORM! You have been warned.
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Urban Outfitters has Boba!
And, he's even on sale.
Awww. *squeezes huggable Boba* Boba, you ruthless intergalactic bounty hunter, you.
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chipper
Not sure what the hell this is, something ron forwarded, but it looks interesting.
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