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We’re knee deep in pre-production, and sure that you’re all going to really dig the end result… but we need your help!

YOUR MISSION:

In writing the Galaxy News script, we decided that we want the crawl at the bottom of the newscast to be five minutes of original, never repeating Star Wars news stories and one-liners.

Post ideas as comments below before it’s too late.

You all well know by now that the Operation Olivia winner has been announced. While some of you are congratulatory, and relatively content with the announcement, others… are not. I don’t blame you for being upset or disappointed.

HOWEVER, some of you are being really hilarious babies about it, and I think it’s worth bringing up. The range of negative opinions spreads from curt…

…to outright belligerent.

As most of you know, Olivia Munn’s choice for the winner of the Operation Olivia contest will be announced later this week, September 24th. Tension is high, people are anxious. Olivia tweeted earlier that she’s already narrowed down her favorite six entries. Here’s what she had to say about two of those videos:

Whoa, you guys. I know the deadline is almost here, but you really put on the afterburners. There are so many new submissions, I’ve hardly had time to watch them all (let alone write a snappy blog about them). Well done, chums!

Let’s dive in, shall we?

Hey there fanboys and fanladies!

Another week in the Operation Olivia countdown is over, and some serious contenders uploaded videos. I’ll be doing a weekly round-up of the Atom team’s favorite videos uploaded, as well as offering some constructive feedback and discussion on the ideas bouncing around the site.

Olivia Munn joined Lucasfilm’s Bill Gannon and past Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge winners Trey Stokes (Pink Five), Robert Reeves (Padme), and Chris Crawford (Star Wars Gangsta Rap) on Atom’s fan film panel Saturday night at Comic-Con. And the audience followed, with nearly 500 fans packing the room, many of them “OMFG” members from Munn’s fan club, eager to get a close-up look at their idol, discuss Munn’s well-known love of pie, and find out what the Playboy cover girl is looking for in an Operation Olivia contest pitch.

I remember when it was hard to convince action figures to star in my fan films, let alone a real live girl. So imagine my nerdy delight when I showed up for my second day of work here at Atom, and they told me that we’d gotten the queen of geek girls to make Star Wars fan films with us – Olivia Munn!

Dude, Olivia Munn’s autograph and photo appearance this morning at Atom’s Comic-Con booth (3445) was downright bedlam! Absolute chaos. The line ran clear around the corner. In fact, Comic-Con (aka The Man) had to shut it all down as the aisles were just at a deadlock. A pure flash mob of drooling, ogling nerdom — as their queen was in the house. Playboy mags (Olivia dons this month’s cover) were being signed. Photos were being taken. Dreams fulfilled. Check the scene out…