California Dreaming...

Dearest Students,

I've returned from my research excursion to California and have come back with souvenirs for my Potter and Star Wars fans.

A visit to Grauman's Chinese Theater revealed the magical hand, foot and wand casts of our favorite trio. You can see the video of last year's event here.

This particular cast was difficult to photograph, as it was always surrounded by tourists, which made me sad for the Dick Van Dyke cast which no one seemed to care about. Yours truly was surprised to learn that Dan Radcliffe has tiny, tiny hands, and that Emma Watson is clearly a size 7 shoe.

Rupert Grint's foot cast and I shared a moment:



Shortly afterwards, I got the mother of all foot cramps, which leads me to believe that Grint cast the crampicus footiosa spell from a distance. Either that, or I was wearing inappropriate footwear for the long walk around Hollywood.



A few days later, at a Muggle diversionary park called Disneyland, I witnessed a Jedi training session, part of which I recorded for you:




Younglings were selected from the crowd for the training, and soon found themselves embroiled in a lightsaber battle with a pair of Sith. I happen to think Hogwarts is a better educational experience, but that's neither here nor there.

Unfortunately, students, there was nothing even remotely Twilight-ish to be found in California, the vampires avoiding the incredibly bright sunshine, I'm sure. Speaking of Twilight, our own V is on an excursion of her own, on something Muggles call a "cruise," so the Twilight blogging will be light (or taken over by me if something good comes up).

The trip was quite educational overall, so I am scheduling a field trip back to Los Angeles for the entire class. Permission slips due Tuesday.

Yours,
Professor H.

What a Teaser!

Twilight in HD


Now I don't want to over hype this movie but I think, as a true fan I might have to squee a little longer...

Holy Crap! That video was FREAKING AWESOME! I know every Twilight crazed website has already posted this teaser trailer but it's worth watching every time.

I just keep thinking about how those movie makers are going to recreate my favorite scenes. Like when Edward goes out in the sunlight with Bella and his skin sparkles. What his reaction really looks like when he catches his first painfully intoxicating whiff of Bella. The look on Edward's face when he realizes that James is about to make draining the life out of Bella his next conquest. These are all great scenes that have "WOW" potential. As evidence from the last scene in the trailer, where Edward picks Bella up and they fly out the window, I have faith that there will be more awesomeness to come.

Until next time my squee cohorts.

V.

Ooh, You Beautiful, Blood-sucking People!

Wow is the one word to sum up my reaction to this picture. I don’t know about you but I really can’t wait till the movie comes out. I think about all the time I should be spending doing work while compulsively searching the internet for more on the filming of Twilight. Every wasted minute is utterly worth it.

I love how all the characters are really coming together to bring the book to life. I think I must have read Twilight about 5 times. Every time I think of a character a new face from the movie pops into my head taking the place of my imaginary person. It's little things that get me so excited.

There's also a clip on You Tube, MTV Canada e2 On Set Exclusive,that's pretty cool. I think Rachelle Lefevre (Victoria) is great to watch, funny as hell.

V

Yes, There's Something I DON'T Like About Star Wars...

As Mother's Day quickly approaches I find myself reflecting on the ending of Revenge of the Sith. More specifically the death of Padme. Now call me naive but I got the impression from Return of the Jedi that Padme actually survived childbirth. I mean, Luke asks Leia point blank, "Tell me about your mother, your real mother." Leia goes on to say that she does not remember much because her mother died when she was really young.

Now to me "really young" is between 2 and 5 years of age. I mean, how much do you remember from your infancy? Come on, Leia was only a few minutes old when Padme died. So this now leads me to believe that Leia never knew she was adopted and the memory of her "mother" is of Bail Organa's wife. Which then leads to the question: why was she sad? Was she sad because the Republic no longer existed or was her health a reason for her sadness? Clearly, I must do some more reading on this matter.

Next, my thoughts on Padme. How could someone that was so headstrong, who risked her life on many occasions, just give up and die when her man turned evil? She sensed the good that was still in Anakin and she was strong enough to give birth. It seemed she did not fight for her children. The man she loved was no longer there so she stopped fighting. As a mother I cannot comprehend this. Don't get me wrong, I love my husband dearly, but the love that I have for my girls is on a totally different level. If I were Padme I would totally mess up the story. I would have fought to live for my children. I could not leave them alone to face the monster that their father had become. I could not risk him turning them to Dark Side. Now I must add that I don't know if my feelings would have been different had I not been a mother when I first read the story (yes, I read the book before I saw the movie). To this day I break down in tears every time I read of Padme's death or see that part in the movie. I don't cry for Padme, I cry for Luke and Leia. They never really knew their real mother and they never had the chance to. That is the real tragedy.

Jedi J

What's on the Star Wars Horizon...

Stormtroopers on Deal or No Deal? The Star Wars saga on Spike TV? Is this just some random Star Wars coincidence? I think not.

Get ready because in three short months Star Wars is returning to the big screen! This August an animated Star Wars movie will be released dealing with the Clone Wars. This will usher in new episodes of the Clone Wars animated series on television. The next big happening will be the live action television series, which is still in the development stages. This I do know--it will take place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Although no major Star Wars character will be a central character in this series, it is still highly anticipated. I will have more details later.

Just a reminder, Star Wars Weekends are back at Disney's Hollywood studios, formally MGM studios. Click here for a complete list of activities and celebrity appearances check out this link.

May the Force be with You,

Jedi J

Deal? Or no deal? There is no try...

Attention all fanboys! The Deal or No Deal models will don Stormtrooper armor and Princess Leia slavegirl costumes for tonight's two-hour episode of Deal or No Deal.

What is the male version of "squee?" "Squoo?" "Squow?" Yes, squow. Squow, men, squow away!

I, for one, wish they'd haul out a couple dozen Han Solo impersonators. Just sayin'...

Professor H.

Can you Squee in Lolspeak?

Can you decode the title of this post? Here's help. According to the Urban Dictionary:

"Squee. v.
A noise primarily made by an over-excited fangirl, however it has spread rapidly and is now widely spread among the web community.

Omg!! New Harry Potter book out!! Omg Squee squee! omg!!!"

"lolspeak. n.

Any form of typed text language that is not in propper english, usually in referance to cute cat pictures

1.) -I can haz cheezburgr?
- Dude, stop speakig in lolspeak, just say "can I have a cheesburger?"

2.) iz in yer compooter, eatin yer megabitz"

Now that you can lolspeak wif us, enjoy dese pikturs from our fandoms. Kthx. bye.


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We is in ur fandom, squeeing all over teh place. Mwah.