I just saw an exciting email from the Star Wars Shop! If any of you out there may still have some holiday shopping to do, you can take advantage of StarWarsShop’s new “Top 10″ category, featuring some of their best selling and most giftable items. Among the items listed is *ahem* the Slave Leia apron that I DESIGNED! SO, for a limited time you can buy one item in the “Top 10″ category and receive $5.00 off each additional “Top 10″ item in your order. The discount will be applied in Step 4 of the checkout process. Offer ends December 31, 2010.

I’m also thrilled to discover that the apron was included in a few of the gift baskets that were sent out by Lucasfilm.  Felica Day posted this photo to twitter expressing her thanks for the gifts and said, “Thanks for the box of goodies! Best apron ever!!”

This new shadow box commission could be a companion piece to the Falcon Cockpit commission I did last year!  I had a great time putting it together and as always, am thankful and grateful that there are fans of my artwork out there.  You too can commission a shadow box or some other original art work from my online store.

Tonight is the special advanced theatrical screening of the next 3 episodes of the Clone Wars.  This new story should give us a little more information about Asajj Ventress’ backstory as well as introduce us to Darth Maul’s brother Savage Oppress.  The video below is a short introduction of Savage Oppress.

While I’m not opposed to introducing new characters into the Star Wars story line, it does seem to be a bit odd that this new character happens to be the brother of the big bad guy from Star Wars episode I.  Another thing that I find interesting is the way that this new character seems to be bringing some new powers with him.  Powers that have not been seen yet in Star Wars.  This leads into a discussion about what is a “real” Canonized Star Wars story and what is simply the interpretation of a creator working outside the Star Wars universe.

I really enjoy seeing bits and pieces of stories considered to be outside of the “official” Star Wars universe finding they’re way into Star Wars the Clone Wars (there by validating them).  I’m expecting that tonight’s special showing of the Clone Wars will allude to part of Asajj Ventress’ story as told by Genndy Tartakovsky in the original Clone Wars animated series.  I’m equally excited to see Savage Oppress use some of the force powers as displayed in one of my video games “The Force Unleashed” as you can see in the video below.

Next we’ll have to discuss what it is that gives Savage Oppress and Starkiller such super force powers.