My friend Bonnie Burton works at Lucas and she takes excellent photos for her Flickr stream. I especially like this one. Link

At left, actress Mink Stole as Connie Marble in John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS (1972):

"I guess there's just two kinds of people, Miss Sandstone – MY kind of people, and ASSHOLES. It's rather obvious which category you fit into. Have a nice day." — Read the rest

Bonnie Burton of Lucasfilm says,

Ever wonder what it would be like to see Yoda fly by your head or hear Chewbacca buzz instead of roar? Now you can find out thanks to entomologists Arnold Menke and David Vincent. These bug experts named new wasp species discovered in 1983 after their favorite Star Wars characters: Polemistus chewbacca, Polemistus vaderi, and Polemistus yoda.

Tom Rielly of TED wrote a great review of the Maker Faire on the TED Blog.

Where can you find a man riding a giant giraffe robot, a fire-spewing electric cart equipped with sheep's wool seats, a plug-in Prius that gets 100 mpg, teams playing Segway Polo, model rocket launches, fashion shows with inflatable dresses, and parents and children enjoying every minute of it?

Boing Boing pal Bonnie Burton says,

This Halloween, have General Grievous from "Revenge of the Sith" greet youngsters as they come to your door looking for treats. The new AudioCast is filled with terrifying sounds from the Star Wars galaxy and features all NEW dialogue by Matthew Wood as General Grievous.

BoingBoing's embedded Lucasfilm correspondent Bonnie Burton says,

Claire Rind, a robotologist at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in England, screened a Star Wars film just for a bunch of locusts so she could monitor their brain activity for research to design a collision-avoidance system for cars.

You know, I could really use a photo of Darth Vader strangling Elmo right about now: Link. The image comes from a weekly photo caption contest on starwars.com that features images gathered from fan events and Lucasfilm archives.
(Thanks, Bonnie Burton! — Read the rest

Chewbacca on drums: Link. The image comes from a weekly photo caption contest on starwars.com that features images gathered from fan events and Lucasfilm archives. (Thanks, Bonnie Burton!)

Roll your own "VADER HAS A POSSE" stickers: Link (JPEG) to a printable sheet of assorted designs.

Provided to Boing Boing readers by Bonnie Burton of Lucasfilm, who explains, "One of our designers made that sticker. And yes, that's [Darth Vader's] weight with the suit on. — Read the rest

Boing Boing readers are a shutter-happy lot — you send us links to your online photo sets each day. Try as we might, it's hard to keep up with you guys! Here are four picks from this week's heap o' submissions:

Bonnie Burton says, "Here at Lucasfilm, it's well known that if you find a Star Wars collectible, chances are Director of Fan Relations Steve Sansweet already has it in his museum aptly titled, 'Rancho Obi-Wan.' — Read the rest

My friend Bonnie Burton works at Lucas Films. She says: "We just posted a great "Easter Eggs in Episode III" article on starwars.com, if you want to check out all the cool stuff we point out that people may have missed when they saw the film:"

Did you spot the Millennium Falcon in Revenge of the Sith?

Buck the Stag puts Big Mouth Billy Bass to shame. Buck is a remote-controlled faux taxidermy mount with a motion sensor that triggers his animated renditions of such classics as Sweet Home Alabama and Suspicious Minds. The big value-add though is that you can also speak into a wireless mike and your words will come from Buck's mouth. — Read the rest

Bonnie Burton started her own blog — Yay! Link Discuss