Darth Vader Voiced By Schwarzenegger

Hello Youtubes! A bit of a silly post but I know a certain Master Jedi would've loved it. He was a dear friend whose impact still resonates. This one's for you SC. The Force will be with you always. Darth Vader Voiced By Schwarzenegger Jason Einert

Happy 35th Star Wars! And Batman Narrates...

35 years ago today, back in May 25, 1977, Star Wars premiered for the first time in theaters. Let's celebrate with some silliness. Voice actors Kevin Conroy (Batman), Billy West (Fry), Tara Strong (Bubbles), Rob Paulsen (Pinky), Maurice LaMarche (The Brain), John DiMaggio (Bender) and Jess Harnell (Wakko) does a reading of the Star Wars: A New Hope radio play as different characters. Mostly characters throughout their voice acing careers. Tara Strong does Darth Vader as Bubbles, John DiMaggio does Princess Leia as Jake the Dog, Rob Paulsen does Han Solo as Christopher Walken... you get the picture. Kevin Conroy is the only person who stays in the same character: Batman! The Dark Knight narrates Star Wars! The video is about an hr and a half long. Initially, I thought about just listening to the opening (when Darth Vader boards the Ambassador's Cruiser) and save the rest for later but I couldn't stop. So here's your warning, make sure you have an hr and half to spare before clicking on the video. And you may experience extreme stomach cramps, snorting, and/or farting from laughing too hard. ECCC 2012: Star Wars Trilogy: The Radio Play - Official Video emeraldcitycomicon

Waltz of the Force

Padme as the Sith Lord: "Black Swan" What does the Ballet and Star Wars have in common? Natalie Portman I guess. But that's not the answer I'm looking for. Actually, there's not much in common unless... I take the Phantom Menace's light saber duel and mesh it with Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers..." Thank you Tchaikovsky! Thankovsky!

New York Comic Con 2011

Hotspot It was hot, smelly, claustrophobic, and exhausting. It was the New York Comic Con. Combined with the Anime Festival under one roof at the Javits Center, the Comc Con resulted in a record breaking attendance of 105,00 people. Literally a sea of people packed from wall to wall. Sounds intimidating? It was. It also had all the qualities I listed above but, what drew all those people to this place? The answer is one tiny word, FUN! The one thing that can supersede anything. When I was younger, I played basketball in 90 degree weather with 90 percent humidity for hours and not notice the heat because, it was FUN! There also was the time when I went skiing in subzero temperature, during hail conditions, when the snow was frozen and slippery. All that didn't matter because of the FUN! Such a small word for such an awesome vehicle for perseverance. The New York Comic Con was definitely an awesome experience. For the entire weekend of October 14th-16th I was overwhelmed by the convention. It was electrifying. I was thinking, if the Matrix needed energy, this would be the place to harness an unlimited supply. I had never experienced anything like it. Waves and waves of people flowing towards their fandom. There was something there for everyone. The vendors had a variety of interesting collectibles to offer. From food to toys to books to clothes, movies, posters, etc... The next neighborhood over from the Vendors Area was the Artist Alley where the artists were hard at work on fan commissioned sketches. It was nice to see a few familiar faces in there. Sarah Richard, Yuko Ota, J. Scott Campbell, and Adam Hughes were among the many talents in the Alley. In order to escape the hordes of people, I'd had to wait in line to get into the panels. Sometimes I was in queue for more than hr. They were worth the wait though. This year's big draw was the Walking Dead and the upcoming Avengers movie. During The Avengers Panel, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth showed up to talk about the movie. Mark Hammill (Luke Skywalker) was also a guest for 2 separate panels. One dedicated to the Jedi Knight himself and the other was a promotion for the "New Gen" comic book (and soon to be movie). Mark Hamill was available for autographs as well. In order to get his autograph, I waited in line at the Autographing Area near the Hasbro Pavillion where the costume contest and some of the performances were held. Then there was the Anime Festival area. To get there, I banked a right at the giant balloon of Finn and Jake from Adventure Time to go up to the upper level of the Javits Center. A large number of Anime cosplayers were gathered there. I can't do the convention justice in this article. It's tough for me to put in words of being under one roof with thousands of creative cosplayers, hundreds of events, the many geek gods and goddesses promoting our favorite shows, movies, videogames and comics... and most importantly, to share a spot with a hundred thousand people whom are passionate about the same things I am. All those years of being made fun of for liking the things I like was washed away by this gigantic ocean of (my fellow) geeks. I belong! Even after a week I am still shocked and awed. I'm definitely going again next year and I recommend everyone to go, even at least for a day. It's a once in a life time experience to be in this ginormous assemblage of enthusiasm. There's a lot more after the "JUMP!"

"Yes Man," Starring Darth Vader

Hello Youtubes! OneMinuteGalactica presents: "Yes Man," Starring Darth Vader My copy of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on blu-ray pre-ordered in January still hasn't been processed by Amazon by the way. The release date was this past Friday, 9/16/11. Come on Amazon! What's the hold up? What's the point of pre-ordering?