When the Imperial prison barge Purge breaks down in a distant, uninhabited part of space, its only hope seems to lie with a Star Destroyer found drifting, derelict and seemingly abandoned. But when a boarding party is sent to scavenge for parts, only half of them come back — bringing with them a horrific disease so lethal that within hours, nearly all aboard the Purge will die. And death is only the beginning.

For aboard the Star Destroyer, amid its vast creaking emptiness that isn’t really empty at all, the dead are rising, soulless, unstoppable, and unspeakably hungry.

What is awesome is that there are a number of fans that have come up with trailers for the book. This post has a large number of them, but here’s my favorite.

Pretty creepy.

There is an issue on Talos that need correcting, and something’s odd with the proportioning on Anubis. I’d like to think that I’d fix them…but I probably won’t :D Anyhow, I’m pleased enough with the coloring to post them here.

BioWare has a track record of developing outstanding computer role-playing games including the recent XBox 360 game that took the world by storm, Mass Effect. That game company can weave a story that rivals the ability of Blizzard and I have high hopes that they will be able to deliver on this MMO. Only time will tell!

A little while back, I did some searching and found a nice list of Star Wars pronunciations over at StarWars.com. Here are a few that may help ease your frustrations:

1. Asajj Ventress – ah-SAAZJ
2. A’Sharad Hett – AA-shaa-raad
3. Borsk Fey’lya – BORSK FAE-lee-yaa
4. Caamasi – kaa-aa-MAH-see
5. Corran Horn – KORR-runn
6. Darth Caedus – KIE-duss (rhymes with “hide us”)
7. dianoga – die-aa-NOE-gaa
8. Elegos A’kla – ELL-ehh-goes AA-klaa
9. eopie – ee-OE-pee
10. Executor – igg-ZEKK-yoo-tur
11. Honoghr – HONN-noe-gerr
12. Ilum – ILL-umm
13. Jabiim – jaa-BEEM
14. Jacen Solo – JAE-senn
15. Jorj Car’das – george CAR-dass
16. Joruus C’baoth – joe-ROOS suh-BAE-oth
17. Kir Kanos – KEER KAE-noes
18. krayt dragon – KRATE
19. Nar Shaddaa – NAR shah-DAA
20. Noghri – NOE-gree
21. Captain Pellaeon – PELL-lay-onn
22. Tycho Celchu – TIE-koe SELL-choo
23. Vergere – vur-ZJEER
24. Prince Xizor – SHEE-zor
25. Shi’ido – shee-EE-doe
26. Ssi-ruuk – SEE-rook
27. Twi’lek – TWEE-lekk
28. Yevetha – yeh-VEE-thaa
29. ysalamiri – ee-saal-aa-MEE-ree
30. Ysanne Isard – ee-SAAN IE-sard
31. Yuuzhan Vong – YOO-zaan
32. Zonama Sekot – zoe-NAH-mah SEE-coat

But where did this epic phrase come from? I found out yesterday that I had inadvertently blogged about the origin without even realizing it in titled Star Wars, Backstroke of the West. As I mentioned in my previous post, this was Star Wars Episode III recorded in theater, dubbed in Chinese, then subtitled in English off the Chinese dubbing…thus resulting in truly hilarious phrases, such as “Like, reach the man, Good good good let us counter-attacking.”; “The Presbyterian Church like enjoys you not.”; and of course: “Do not want”.

This gem that I’m focusing on in this post occurs when Anakin Skywalker – clad in his Darth Vader garb – learns of Padme’s death. In Episode III he yells: “Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!”, however, the skillfully done translation of the Chinese dubbing to English resulted in the beloved phrase: “Do not want.”

Beautiful. The world has seen this phrase’s real-world usefulness and has embraced it with open arms producing high-end content like the lolcats at I Can Has Cheez Burger:

Thanks to Sara for sending me this!