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Continuum: Tim Dry’s Memoir Now An Ebook
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The Emperor’s coming here?

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New Tidbits From Drew Karpyshyn’s Upcoming TOR Novel
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Disney Star Wars Dance Off
Posted By Dustin on May 19, 2012:
Good Guys VS Bad Guys!

Happy Birthday Peter Mayhew
Posted By Dustin on May 19, 2012:
Chewbacca turns 68!

Carbon-Freeze Me Experience Video
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Carbon-Freeze Me Experience Video

Continuum: Tim Dry’s Memoir Now An Ebook
Posted By Dustin on May 19, 2012:
Check it out today!

CVI: Ian McDiarmid Will Be There!
Posted By Eric on May 18, 2012:
The Emperor’s coming here?

Weekly ForceCast: May 18, 2012
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MTV Chats With The Kinect Star Wars Composers
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And streams tracks from the game

SWW: Jason Fry Erich Schoeneweiss Attending June 1-3
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Plus tips reasons to attend at Suvudu

New Tidbits From Drew Karpyshyn’s Upcoming TOR Novel
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In a new blog post at his website

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Continuum: Tim Dry’s Memoir Now An Ebook

Posted By Dustin on May 19, 2012

Tim Dry, who played JQuille Whiphid and a Mon Calamari Officer in Episode VI writes in to tell us about his new ebook that is now available to buy as an ebook from:

iBookstore

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US price is only $3.99!

SYNOPSIS

English mime, musician, photographer and actor Tim Dry was featured as JQuille Whiphid and a Mon Calamari Officer in Episode VI Return Of The Jedi. These are his honest, amusing, irreverent and very often surreal recollections of being in the movie and of his subsequent appearances twenty years later at Star Wars Conventions all over the world in the 2000s.

CONTINUUM a series of things that blend into each other so gradually and seamlessly that it is impossible to say where one becomes the next.

Foreword. By Robert Watts.

CHAPTER 1. CAUSE AND EFFECT. 1982.How I got the job in the first place. My other work as half of the mime/music duo Tik Tok before and during the audition.

CHAPTER 2. INSIDE THE PALACE OF DREAMS. Filming. The studios and the sets. Inside Jabbas palace. The actors and performers. The story and the characters. The mechanics of filming. The costumes and the heat. Directors and Producers. The scale of it all. Jabbas sail barge. Dressing room pranks.

CHAPTER 3. “ANYONE ORDER THE SQUID?” More filming as a Mon Calamari Officer. The costume and set etc.

CHAPTER 4. A POSTERIORI. Life goes on after filming. The Premier etc. My role as The Alien in the horror movie XTRO.Inside Tik Tok world supporting Duran Duran, Gary Numan etc. Recording our first single.

CHAPTER 5. GENTLEMEN TAKE POLAROIDS.
Some tales from my somewhat unpredictable career as a performer in the 1990s.Including TV Commercials, co-presenting a food and drink series for UK TV and my role in the Cable TV series The 10th Kingdom.

CHAPTER 6. RETURN OF ‘RETURN OF THE JEDI’. The growth of the Autograph Conventions. How did I become a part of this? Fans. Collectors. Obsession and pan-generational love for the saga. Boys with toys.

CHAPTER 7.”HEY, JOHNNY DONUTS!” Chicago Convention 2004.

CHAPTER 8. I AM EURO WHIPHID. Some European Conventions.

CHAPTER 9. “IS THAT YOU IN THE COSTUME?” Some UK Conventions.

CHAPTER 10. SAYONARA SANITY. Tokyo 2005.Shop signings and madness!

CHAPTER 11. FLICKER. Celebration IV in Los Angeles 2007.Big!

CHAPTER 12. WHERE’S THE GRASSY KNOLL? Adventures on the way to a Dallas Convention 2008.

CHAPTER 13. A HIT FROM A MYTH. What Star Wars means to me, and an overview of its mythic origins and enduring power.

10 Pages of photos.

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Carbon-Freeze Me Experience Video
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Continuum: Tim Dry’s Memoir Now An Ebook
Posted By Dustin on May 19, 2012:
Check it out today!

CVI: Ian McDiarmid Will Be There!
Posted By Eric on May 18, 2012:
The Emperor’s coming here?

Weekly ForceCast: May 18, 2012
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MTV Chats With The Kinect Star Wars Composers
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SWW: Mimoco Signing Giveaway
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Ian McDiarmid, the actor who unforgettably played the evil galactic mastermind and the ultimate villain of the Star Wars saga, will be making a rare convention appearance at Star Wars Celebration VI, appearing on-stage and signing autographs.

In 1983, McDiarmid embodied the full depth of the dark side as the Emperor in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, his face hidden under ghastly makeup and his eyes concealed behind sickly yellow contact lenses. When his true face was revealed as the apparently kind and helpful Senator Palpatine in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999), he projected a different kind of evil — a subtle manipulator of galactic events, a villain hidden in plain sight. As the prequels progressed, so too did Palpatine’s plans until finally, in Revenge of the Sith (2005), McDiarmid got to play evil at its fullest, and revealed the true power of Darth Sidious.

This will be McDiarmid’s first time at a US Star Wars Celebration (he made a brief appearance at the opening ceremonies of Celebration Europe), and his first time ever signing at the Celebration Autograph Hall. (Please visit www.officialpix.com for more details on the Hall.) He will also appear on stage in special behind-the-scenes programming, offering attendees a rare opportunity to hear about the making of Star Wars from his perspective.

Ian McDiarmid is a veteran performer and director on the London stage, and has received acclaim for his work in Shakespeare and modern fare. From 1990 to 2002, he was the joint artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, where he helped transform it into an international theatre of world renown. In addition to Palpatine, moviegoers know McDiarmid from such roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dragonslayer and Sleepy Hollow. A lover of fine music, McDiarmid was the host of the DVD edition of Star Wars: A Musical Journey that accompanied the soundtrack release of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.

The Emperor is coming here! Double your efforts to attend the biggest Star Wars party in the galaxy, August 23-26, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. For the latest news updates on Celebration VI, check out StarWars.com’s Celebration VI page here!

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CVI: Ian McDiarmid Will Be There!
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MTV Chats With The Kinect Star Wars Composers
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SWW: Jason Fry Erich Schoeneweiss Attending June 1-3
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New Tidbits From Drew Karpyshyn’s Upcoming TOR Novel
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CVI: Ian McDiarmid Will Be There!
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MTV Chats With The Kinect Star Wars Composers
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SWW: Jason Fry Erich Schoeneweiss Attending June 1-3
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Plus tips reasons to attend at Suvudu

New Tidbits From Drew Karpyshyn’s Upcoming TOR Novel
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SWW: Mimoco Signing Giveaway
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CVI: Ian McDiarmid Will Be There!
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The Emperor’s coming here?

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MTV Chats With The Kinect Star Wars Composers
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And streams tracks from the game

SWW: Jason Fry Erich Schoeneweiss Attending June 1-3
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Plus tips reasons to attend at Suvudu

New Tidbits From Drew Karpyshyn’s Upcoming TOR Novel
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SWW: Mimoco Signing Giveaway
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Exclusive hand-printed poster!

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CVI: Ian McDiarmid Will Be There!
Posted By Eric on May 18, 2012:
The Emperor’s coming here?

Weekly ForceCast: May 18, 2012
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And streams tracks from the game

SWW: Jason Fry Erich Schoeneweiss Attending June 1-3
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Plus tips reasons to attend at Suvudu

New Tidbits From Drew Karpyshyn’s Upcoming TOR Novel
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SWW: Mimoco Signing Giveaway
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Exclusive hand-printed poster!

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The Ewoks are sentient furred bipeds native to the moon of Endor. They are curious individuals that stand about one meter tall. They are extremely skilled in forest survival and the construction of primitive technology like gliders and catapults. They are quick learners when exposed to advanced technology, however.

The Ewoks accepted members of the Rebel Alliance into their tribe, and allied themselves to their cause. The Ewoks helped in the ground battle to destroy the Imperial shield generator built in their forests, and their primitive weapons felled the stormtroopers and the scout walkers of the Empire. Their help paved the way to victory at the Battle of Endor.

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