May 20, 2004

Thanks to Dastoli Digital, fine film makers of movies like The Vorzyd Gambit and Errand Boys, for linking to the Happy Jawa!

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May 19, 2004

Film makers! Check out out the Free Range Film Festival and get your films seen by a real, live audience in a real live barn! Submission deadline is June 30 and the festival is July 30 & 31. I'd love to see some Star Wars fan films there. Check out their website for more information.

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April 8, 2004

Thanks to Ken Lawton at the Fan Film Database for linking to the Happy Jawa.

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April 7, 2004

Thanks to the keepers of the Perfect Duluth Day weblog for linking to the Happy Jawa. Perfect Duluth Day is a blog by Duluthians and some former Duluthians and it's about anything we want it to be about - mostly culture, politics, cool finds, hobbies, and geeky pursuits. I blog there under the name Ironic1.

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April 7, 2004

Ken Lawton, director of Why Alderaan, Episode III Trailer, and other fan films, has provided a useful utility for those who just can't wait for Star Wars: Episode III to come out. It's a countdown clock anticipating the May 19, 2005 release. You can get the code for your own site here. Ken, and I say this with admiration, you are a bigger geek than I am.

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April 6, 2004

Happy Jawa is now at happyjawa.com!

If you have the old address bookmarked or linked, don't worry, it still works. Thanks to deadbeets sysadmin, computer geek, and all around great guy Karl Wyant for granting the Happy Jawa space and doing all the hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo to get the domain name.

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April 4, 2004

Thanks to Robin Goodfellow for a link on their links page. Robin Goodfellow, in some odd way, was key to the origin of the Happy Jawa. Joe, the manager there, was encouraging staff and regulars to do reviews of games, comics, books or whatever would be of interest to Robin Goodfellow's customer base (in other words, geeks). I started writing a fan film review for them and Joe suggested I come up with a snappy title. I have been in a Star Wars role-playing group which is currently doing an all jawa campaign, and so jawas immediately jumped to mind. Hence, the name. There you have it, folks, the origin of the Happy Jawa.

So, thanks again to Phil (aka Robin Goodfellow webmaster, Chieftan Dunna Kunk, and Nek't Plah) for the link.

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Atom Films - Star Wars Fan Film Awards
rating: Hubba

Docking Bay 15
rating: Bantha Poodoo

Fan Film Xchange - Films
rating: Piece of Stuff

The Force Net - Films
rating: Utinni!

Google - Star Wars Movies/Fan Films
rating: Piece of Stuff

iFilm - (Unofficial) Star Wars
rating: Piece of Stuff

MilkandCookies - SciFi and Fantasy
rating: Piece of Stuff

Mos Eisley Multiplex
rating: Broken Droid

Utinni! "Yeehaa!"

Hubba "Yum yum."

Piece of Stuff "Not bad if you overlook the broken bits."

Broken Droid "Needs fixed."

Bantha Poodoo "Avoid at all cost."

Check out these other review sites...

The Fan Film Menace - reviews by Adam Bertocci, maker of Run Leia Run

Fan Film Xchange - a mixture of reviewers

Fresh Bananas - you review and see others' reviews

Star Wars Fan Film Reviews - short reviews by Fetthead

Love them links...

Echo Station - all the Star Wars a body could want...

The Force Net - ...and then some

Free Range Film Fest - Farm fresh films.

Geek Prom - geeks dancing with the fishes under the northern lights. Be sure to check out the geek links.

Ironic Days - my own weblog

Jawa Force - because Jawas rock

Minnesota Force - Feel the force? I can't feel my toes!

Perfect Duluth Day - "often wry, ready for fun, a little on the desperate side"

Robin Goodfellow - my personal geek-out store

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