A depressing series of news days lately.  What can make us feel good?  Jon Stewart?  Stephen Colbert?  Star Wars?  How about all three? Yet another reason to regret leaving San Diego--where the Force for Change ends at Comic-Con.  May the force ever be in your odds!  

What epitomizes American summer more than baseball?  Star Wars!  Well, Star Wars + baseball: Star Wars night at a Cardinals game!

I am scheduling this for Friday, as I think that mid-APSA is the best time for some Star Wars medley mash.  I could be wrong, of course.

As Comic Con approaches and the Course for the Force begins, we, of course, want to sing:

I thought Charli's return meant I was off this beat, but what the hey. What if Shakespeare wrote Star Wars? Check it out here. Come to think of it, the whole brother and sister not knowing each other and almost falling in love seems like a Shakespeare comedy, does it not?  Oh really?  Never mind.

The lesson apparently is that Lucasfilm still exists?  This is the second year that the Nerdist folks have combined with Lucasfilm to raise money for charity.  How so?   By having a relay of folks carrying a lightsaber to Comic-con in San Diego.  Oh, and posting a series of silly youtube videos.  Here is the first one for this year:

With tomorrow being May 4th, it is only good and proper that we mark the eve of that most awesome of nerd holidays with this video. I have a serious case of envy.  It would be a heap of fun to do what it takes to join the 501st Legion.  I would definitely choose to wear a Rebel outfit.  But I don't have the dedication or the skills to do what it takes. All I can say is: May the Fourth Be With You.  And it will be with all of us soon enough as Disney starts kicking out new Star Wars movies on a regular basis in just two years.