Exponentially More Awful Than the Holiday Special This entry is an apology of sorts to Leonard Nimoy, whose "The Legend of Bilbo Baggins" video I described here as a hundred times more awful than the Holiday Special. How wrong I was. How very wrong.

More Freaky Robots As demonstrated here, I've got a jones for real-world robotics (or at least things that look like real-world robotics). Here's two of the coolest, freakiest robots yet created:

Lostwords: The Clone Wars Sourcebook As a follow-up to my entry on the Essential Guide to Episode I, here's the scoop on another book that was written but ultimately cancelled: The Clone Wars Sourcebook.

Lostwords: The Essential Guide to Episode I I often get questions about The Essential Guide to Episode I, a book that was announced in the press but never released. Here's an overview of what it would have been, and you might be surprised by how much of it you've already read!

A Hundred Times More Awful Than the Holiday Special True, this video has been kicking around the internet for ages, but my blog wouldn't rest until I made a permanent link to one of the true classics -- Leonard Nimoy singing Bilbo Baggins.

The Star Wars Comics Companion Amazon.com has an eighteen page preview of the Star Wars Comics Companion, now on sale.

The Shining: Now a Heartwarming Family Drama The Shining is the scariest movie I've ever seen. Forget the famous "Here's Johnny" scene. When I have nightmares I see those two little girls, or that freaking guy in the bear costume.

Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Became an Evil Overlord If only Prince Xizor had read this list. Not to mention Ming the Merciless, Thulsa Doom, Doctor Doom, and Dr. Evil.

The Joys of Working in a Shared Universe Three words: luminescent mouth linings.

Classic Trilogy Imponderables: What Happened to TK-421? Inspired by Paul Ens's musings on who the other prisoners in the Death Star were, I'm vexed by another imponderable from Star Wars: A New Hope.