“Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead” says VisibleU
May 11, 2011 at 6:21 pm | Posted in Humor, Miscellaneous | Leave a commentIn case you saw the hilarious Vader spoof newspaper today that alluded to the death of Osama bin Laden, but instead used Obi-Wan Kenobi, many of you might have wondered who was behind the joke. Of course going to galacticempiretimes.com didn’t reveal much, but doing a little sleuthing we here at Roqoo Depot were able to find the culprits: VisibleU. You can check out their site and see for yourselves as they admit to the prank. Together with RobertScottArt.com, VisibleU became a pretty big hit with their viral campaign. It makes you wonder if we’ll see anything more out of them.
And in case you haven’t read it yet, you can see the spoof newspaper here.
Posted By: Skuldren
Databurst From the 501st
May 11, 2011 at 1:32 pm | Posted in 501st, Databurst From the 501st, Events, Star Wars News | Leave a commentTags: Vader's fist
Latest 501st Databurst events schedule. Be sure to mark your calenders and show your support.
May 11th
- Garrison Carida Fairless will be in Hills, PA for the Barnes and Nobles Attack of the Authors East Coast Tour.
May 12th
- Old Line Garrison will be in Bethesda, MD for the DK Books Authors East Coast.
May 13th
- Great Lakes Garrison will be in Novi, MI for the Motor City Comic-Con from May 13-15.
- Canadian Garrison will be in Novi, MI for the Motor City-Comic Con from May 13-15.
May 14th
- 14-May Southern California Garrison will be in Los Angeles, CA for the Childrens Tumor Foundation Walk.
- 14-May Southern California Garrison will be in Anaheim, CA for the Anaheim Artcrawl.
- 14-May Central California Garrison will be in Roseville, CA for the Star Wars Galactic Gala.
- 14-May Central Garrison will be in Sioux Falls, SD for the Children’s Miracle Network fundraiser.
- 14-May Central Garrison will be in Des Moines, IA for the Iowa CureSearch Walk for Children’s Cancer.
- 14-May Central Garrison will be in Des Moines, IA for the Wedding Honor Guard.
- 14-May Cloud City Garrison will be in McMinnville, OR for the UFO Parade.
- 14-May Connecticut Garrison will be in Seymour, CT for the Strand Theater – Star Wars Original Trilogy.
- 14-May Garrison Carida will be in Parkersburg, WV for the Wood Co. WV. Relay for Life.
- 14-May Garrison Carida will be in North Wales, PA for the Montgomery Twsp. PA Police Celebration.
- 14-May Garrison Carida will be in Bernville, PA for the Bernville, PA Library Event.
- 14-May Georgia Garrison will be in Decatur, GA for the Star Wars Book Tour.
- 14-May Great Lakes Garrison will be in Byron Center, MI for the Cub Scout Recruitment Day.
- 14-May Great Lakes Garrison will be in Flint, MI for the Crim Kids Classic.
- 14-May Midwest Garrison will be in Lockport, IL for the Lockport Library Visit.
- 14-May Midwest Garrison will be in Crest Hill, IL for the Crest Hill Library Visit.
- 14-May NorthEast Remnant Garrison will be in Piscataway, NJ for the Piscataway Library Event.
- 14-May Ohio Garrison will be in Eastlake, OH for the Captains Baseball Game.
- 14-May Ohio Garrison will be in Columbus, OH for the Make a Wish Big Wish Gala.
- 14-May Old Line Garrison will be in Greenbelt, MD for the Explore at NASA Goddard.
- May 14-15 Canadian Garrison will be in London, ON for the London Rogues 5th Annual Star Wars Sci/fi,Fantasy Celebration.
May 15th
- Central Garrison will be in Waverly, IA for the Make-A-Wish send-off party.
- Garrison Carida will be in Wilmington, DE for the Great Strides Walk.
- Great Lakes Garrison will be in Detroit, MI for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Music of John Williams.
- New England Garrison will be at Pawtucket, RI for the Paw Sox and in Manchester, NH for the Granite State Comicon.
Next databurst…May 18th.
Posted By: Skuldren
Shelly Shapiro Live Chat Coming Soon
May 11, 2011 at 11:03 am | Posted in Books, Star Wars News | Leave a commentTags: del rey, shelly shapiro
Star Wars Books will be conducting another live chat on their Facebook page, this time with Del Rey editor Shelly Shapiro. Shelly is the editor at large for Del Rey’s complete line of Star Wars books. With the shutting down of the starwars.com forums, this will be a great time for fans to reconnect with Shelly Shapiro.
The live chat will be at 3:00 PM EDT on May 19 and will be conducted via Facebook.
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Star Wars Omnibus: The Complete Saga – Episodes I Through VI
May 11, 2011 at 10:24 am | Posted in Comic Books, Dark Horse, Star Wars News | Leave a commentTags: omnibus, the complete saga
Earlier we reported the new August solicitations from Dark Horse that were posted by Comic Book Resources, however, TheForce.Net picked up something that CBR missed: Star Wars Omnibus The Complete Saga. At 600 pages, this omnibus will collect Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace; Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones; Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith; Star Wars: A New Hope – The Special Edition (each of these was a four issue series done by Dark Horse); as well as Marvel Star Wars issues 39-44 which cover Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, and the four issue Star Wars: Return of the Jedi comic series also by Marvel.
All of these comics have already been collected as trade paperbacks (and Marvel issues 39-44 were included in the A Long Time Ago… Volume 2 omnibus), but this will be the first time all of them have been gathered in one collection. The Star Wars Omnibus: The Complete Saga is set to go on sale October 12 this year.
Posted By: Skuldren
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