I agree completely Empire of dreams was great!

Good grief where do you come up with titles? Makes no sense, completely random (that I can tell) and really funny.

Sandie, the topic is a Simpsons quote. :)

Wil! We're waiting for you on the East Coast! Why don't those guys at Creation give you a spot at the con in October in Cherry Hill (Philly) or the Thanksgiving con in NJ (NYC). Been WAY too long since we've seen you on the right coast!

Or maybe you can find a geek-oriented con out here to come to!

--*Rob

That Star Wars special was indeed amazing. Kurt Russell as Han Solo? Cindy Williams as the princess? Could have been a much different set of films. I'm still reeling over the fact that if Tom Selleck hadn't been contractually obligated to do Magnum PI, he would have been Indiana Jones!

bahaha. what's a diorama?

i Love the simpson's reference.. [the title for whomever doesn't get it.] i am a huge groening fan and like the website you linked to said, i have every episode on dvd. and on empire of dreams, i am so not a star wars geek either - but this one was really awesome.

I love that you put a Star Wars referencing Simpson's quote on an entry which includes references to both Star Wars and another cartoon by the creators of Simpsons. It's circular, it goes up and down, and around.
Love the Futurama moments!

Simpsons air time and me being home never coincide. Yes, yes...I have a VCR, but theres a season of WitchBlade and a couple other movies that I havent watched yet.

And I agree...the East Coast really is a nice place. The NC mountains are absolutly gorgeous this time of year.

oooh a poker blog! awesome.. bookmarked. :P

*POW*

*FWAP*

*BOINK*

Is it a BIRD? is it a PLANE? no its SUPERWIL!

(this is re the conventions by the way)

Hope you get over your hatred of flying soon... can i hypnotise you?? huh huh can i can i??

A xx

I don't know if I'm a Star Wars geek or not, but I absolutely loved Empire of Dreams. Particularly the interview portions with Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford. Fisher is so funny and well-spoken, and it was great to hear Ford give props for his career to Lucas.

The longer version of Empire of Dreams is going to be on the Star Wars trilogy DVD. The one that aired was the edited version.

Very cool.

Lucas is so lame. Special edition, yech!
Empire of Dreams was cool. Just a painful reminder of how LAME the special editions are... Don't even get me started about the prequels... ugh.

WTF?!?!

You wouldn't sign Bobby The Mat's nor MY copy of Python and you're taunting the world with such an offer?

Bastard!

Well, it's a rarity, kids. Go and get it!!

While i really cant stand star wars, (no self respecting trek fan should as lucas got all of his good ideas from st.) that line may be one of ralpg wiggums best. a close second would have to be, "the doctor said id have less nose bleeds if i just kept my finger out of there!"

anyhoo, Wil! you have to come to the east coast! im tired of trekk'n to vegas and L.A. for good con's!

Farnsworth: "Tell them I hate them!"

Best Futurama Episode EVER!!!!

I was caught up by Star Wars: Empire of Dreams too. Of course, I've been a Star Wars fanatic since I was 9 and the first movie came out. Watching that documentary had a lot of nostalgia-impact for me.

I was really glued to the set watching Empire of Dreams. I'm amazed that those movies ever got finished and ended up being *good*. Some of the first takes and the other voices they tried would have made it a lot poorer movie, which would have been probably still cool to a 9 year old (hey, I even liked Space: 1999 back then), but I doubt it would have stood up to the test of time like it has.

Yay for Lucas goodness! :)

Chris

Bah! The first frickin' time I don't go to GnomeDex and Wil goes! Dammit, Wil! Damn you Pirillo! Damn all of Lake Tahoe!

Have fun - the GD is insane!

-idio

I just brought up the web interface of my tivo (from work) and told it to record the Star Wars program on Sunday.

Thanks for the heads up will.

-Jason

Hi Wil, how are you? I know this is not related to the post, but I wanted to respond to the post "In Labyrinths of Coral Caves" here, since I didn't get to respond yesterday.

Look, we've all tried to "fit in" at one point or another. Everyone falls victim to trying to be like the "cool kids" at some point in their lives. Good for you for realizing that it doesn't matter what other people think, certainly not the media. You're an intelligent guy with a heart of gold. Nowadays, both of those traits are hard to find in men, especially around the area I live in. But you've been blessed with both of those characteristics (not to mention you have a knack for writing and acting).

Obviously, Anne wouldn't have married you if you didn't have any of those things, and you wouldn't have so many people who support you and love you. But they do, and they always will no matter what, and that's all that matters.

And even though you are intelligent, kind and talented, part of the reason we all love you is because we can relate to you.

And we're all going to continue to support and love you because whether or not you know it, you have a connection with us and the rest of your fans. So you don't have to apologize to us.

On a side note (and actually relevant to the topic "Miss Hoover, I Bent My Wookie"), I'll try to rent Empire of Dreams this weekend. And I like The Film Geeks' Poker Blog. (He mentioned that if he could play poker with anyone, he'd like two of the players to be Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles. That's cool because Whose Line Is It Anyway? is one of my all-time favorite shows!)

-Vanessa Nichole

Dig the title :)

Minor correction: it's spelled "wookiee".

Dammit. Finally a con close enough to my house I can actually make the drive and I have to work.

The Fates are conspiring against me.....

HAN SHOT FIRST!!!!!!

To have Greedo shoot first or to have them shoot at the same time to teach a lesson to kids is so stupid.

The whole point of Han Solo's character is that in the beginning he is shady, a scoundrel. He doesn't believe in the rebellion or the force, he is a realist a skeptic. As his character develops he believes in both the rebellion & force more and more.

For the D&D geeks Han's alignment kinnda goes from being Chaotic Neutral in the beginning to Chaotic good....

Loved Empire of Dreams. Been a Star Wars fan my whole life (ok, since I was 7 1/2), and cannot wait to see it on DVD. Ya, I hate that it's the special editions, and I had planned on boycotting them...but, well, it's STAR WARS. What can you do?

Thanks for the heads up on your appearances, Wil. Just let us know when you're coming to the mid-west. I'll be there!

Melissa

Man, why aren't there any cool events with cool guests inside Australia? This blows. The last decent event was a 3 day web design summit that I wanted to go to, but unfortunately for $750 it didn't excite me quite enough. hahaha

Hey, Wil, I like your plan to lower spam comments; make the security key so long that only serious commenters will want to type it in. ;)

Half the fan of Futurama that you are? I bet I'm double that! I'm twice half the Futurama fan you are!

Even so, I liked that list of Top 25 moments. But I wouldn't mind reading about what you like in Futurama. If you were half as much as double the Futurama fan I am, you'd write your own list!

Futurama rules.

That is all.

I saw the Star Wars thing too. I only have one real comment. TERRI NUNN as Princess Leia!!!!! Yes, she tried out for the role!

I have all these visions of Cinnibun hair-do's singing "I'm a goddess... I'm a virgin... I'm a slut..."

Wild-assed 80's flashback there.

Loved "Empire of Dreams." Really made me think of when Star Wars didn't suck as hard as it does now with these prequels :\ (but maybe I'm just a bitter Old man" ... at 27....)

It's too bad the DVD release of the trilogy is that remastered crap, where Greedo shoots first and with the changed Ewok music.

no way, the best ralph wiggum line is "my cat's breath smells like cat food!"

"I found a moon rock in my nose."

EoD was a great show, and it is kind of surprising that the flicks got done. I was glad to see that they spent more than two seconds talking about David Prowse (The Englishman in the Vader suit) He had a small role on the BBC tv version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as the bodyguard for Hotblack Desiato, and I remember an interview that started off with someone asking him why Lucas didn't want to use his voice for Vader and I forgot what Prowse's reply was, because I was laughing so hard at his thick accent, picturing that coming from under Vader's helmet. Poor guy, he didn't even get to be the face of Anakin at the end of Jedi, instead that part (and the part of Anakin-Jedi Ghost) went to Sebastian Shaw, until now, for in the new DVD's you have Prowse in the suit, James Earl Jones as the voice, Shaw in the unmasked scene, and finally, Hayden Christensen as the Jedi-Ghost. Talk about a complex character...

stupid dog episode!! STUPID DOG EPISODE!!

that is the saddest thing ever. I can't even watch that episode again.

Yes, Empire of Dreams was quite good.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed they have not managed to mess up the DVD mixes of 4 - 6 TOO terribly badly.

I was not really expecting to watch all of Empire of Dreams, but it hooked me completely. I enjoyed the interviews with Carrie Fisher and Ford, too, but also just remembered what a great film the first one (fourth one?) really was. I remember seeing Star Wars in 1977 - I was 16 years old, and I saw it three times in about as many weeks, on three different teenie-bopper dates. I had been a huge American Grafitti fan, so enjoyed seeing Harrison Ford, but then I remember the sudden "Mark Hamill crush" that took me over...oh the shame of all of it now...but still, the first film was truly ahead of its time, in more ways than one. Rock on, Mr. Lucas.

Once again, I get to be the idiot here. But then, Im not the Idiot Doof Extrordanaire for nothing. Im unfamiliar with the Star Wars thing. This is probably because I spent the past couple months completely cut off from civalization. Email me if ye want, jade_dagger@yahoo.com

STAR WARS: EMPIRE OF DREAMS will be re-airing on A&E Sunday, Sept. 19th @ 12:00pm for those wanting to see it 9 (or re-watch it)

I've been a big SW fan since I was a kid. Can't wait to buy it on DVD next week!

OK - I'm too lazy to figure out PGP with Eudora or I'd send this via e-mail. Anyway, on appearances pages and such, it would be cool if you created an iCalendar file for each event, then had a link to it. That way, when we open the link, the file opens in iCal/Outlook/whatever is handling those files, and you can add it to your calendar. I'm a geek, too, but an old one; I want those computers to do my work for me. You can hand-code the iCalendar stuff, or use Apple's iCal, export it from Outlook, or any of a myriad (OK, really a few) other ways, but it would be a cool addition.

Great link to the futurama list, Wil. When I got to number 1 I smiled, and remembered that was the only cartoon I have ever cried(a few tears) to. And I almost never cry for movies/tv.

Best. Episode. Ever.

Wil,

This is off-topic but we need your help. Spike TV has cancelled ST:TNG. Your fans are having withdrawal symptoms. A quick note from you would convince them to reinstate Star Trek. Please!!
Spiketv.com/interact/feedback/

Thanks so much!!

Freeman :)

Dood! if yer gonna be at tahoe in october I'll be there! It'll be my B'day present to me!(10/04/62)
if you have your books with you I'll buy one of every!
you are on my list of top 5 authors.(right next to Robert A Heinlein) Saw the special on Star Wars------->agree completely!
Loved you as Wesley Crusher, and for the last 3 years, I have loved you as Wil Wheaton ,Writer.
your Blog is (at minimum) a twice daily stop.
I completely understand your infatuation/undying love of the Goddess Anne.(I don't know how many times I have read "we close our eyes" and it still brings me to tears.)
Know this Wil: If you doubt yourself, you are mistaken.

See you in Tahoe!

Empire of Dreams was the making of special I've always wanted. Can't wait to see the whole thing on the DVD.

BTW, love your articles in Dungeon Magazine. Makes me remember why I love gaming.

Damm It Wil!!!.. The hell with everyones opinions about you..

It's your Career, Life and all that goes with it..

If I got so conerned about all this "Crap" when I was in the "Music Biz" I'd 'a Been Dead years ago and not had the nearly 40 years that I did get..

Listen to the "Wife", sometimes they "Know Best"..

Atleast She can see what is "Going on" Outside of what you as a person are seeing the way the rest of the world views you..

Wifey's are like that, They seem to know sometimes (kids also seen to know).. hehe.

Trust your Family, they are the ones that will always be there..

SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

email me Dude!!!!!

Keith Dick
Xgaming

kdick10711@earthlink.net
keith.dick@gmail.com
keith@xforce3d.com

And!!!!!!!!!!

Yes Let's do a link Trade...

http://lifetimegamer.blogspot.com/

I dug Empire of Dreams, but found some things lacking, probably because I'm a major SW geek. Otherwise it was great and I saw some footage I'd never seen before. I wasn't even going to buy this new DVD edition, but now I'm reconsidering based on bonus material alone.

However I'm HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED that they took the original actor for Vader out at the end of ROTJ and put Hayden in! (when you see Vader and ObiWan and they are transparent blue). Why can't Lucas leave it alone! Bah.

A google of "Just a Geek" and "Review" turns up 4K+ hits. Sampling them last night, they are overwhelmingly positive.

Your book is out there, being read. It's good stuff, amigo, keep it coming.

Hi Wil! Long time reader, first time poster. Wanted to thank you for the link to Linucon (somehow we had missed that it even exists), but as Houstonians we are thrilled to have a show right next door. We are both sci-fi fans and my husband was the linux penguin for Halloween. I just registered my husband and I (badges 119 and 120), and we are looking forward to buying you a Guinness and maybe playing a little poker. Can't wait. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the Poker Geek link. Last night I had to watch the World Series of Poker final table with my husband. Although he's a geek of many different varieties, he is quickly becoming a poker geek. So, why is it that I still beat him at Texas Hold 'em?

I heartily agree with those that posted before me....the East Coast is a nice place to visit. Wil - Please do!

I also enjoyed Empire of Dreams. One of the advantages of being older is that I saw SW for the first time as an adult (20+). It is one of two movies that I've seen twice in a theatre. The second time I took my good friend and oh-so-anti-gun-and-violence-person. She abolutely loved it!

I LOVE FUTURAMA!!! I LOVE POKER (can' bet yet, damn my 15 year oldness)!!! I wanna steal the wind-up Bender, please! Lookie a wookie in a tree *steals wind-up Bender while you're distracted.

whoa. that security code thing got long.

watching that star wars behind the scenes thing made me think that I wouldn't have picked carrie fisher for the role. I thought corvette summer kid was right on the money though. and harrison as ham salad couldn't be better.

very soon, it will be cheaper to film these movies on location.

Why did they miss the "Snu Snu" episode in The Top 25 Futurama Moments?!

I love Futurama...and now I'm off pixy stix so I'll make sense. I love the Bear Hospitable one, mean nasty old Prof. Farnsworth stunned the cute running little one. He could have lived, we must save them!

Okey, WHAT is Star Wars:empire of dreams, and why havent I heard about it!?! New movie, or and I being a total idoit and am totally off track. Anywho, I'm too lazy to post in the previous one as well, I am like that with coffee as well. If i dont get my morning cup, everyone beware, i go Crazy!

Thanks for linking to my site, friend :)