Darth Plaegius, Batman, Utter Douchebaggery, and more

While taking a break from  Batman: Arkham City, I perused the internets yet again for useless pieces of information and stumbled across these tidbits of geekdom that may or may not interest you. Continue reading for those little gems that caught my eye!

Ever since we heard Senator Palpatine say the words, “Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?” in Revenge of the Sith, fans have been clamoring for a book about Palpatine’s Sith Master and finally, we are going to have it! – RandomHouse

Attention cosplayers: if you aren’t screen accurate or in tip top shape, this douche is on the prowl to tear you to pieces. Asshole. Mayhaps we should tweet him or email his editor about our displeasure. Douche of the Week goes to Jordan Burchette – Men’s Fitness

Fan of the Justice League of America? Check out this truly enticing trailer of Justice League: Doom based on the JLA comic arcs before the reboot, admittedly with some changes and embellishments – IGN

This past Wednesday brought us the death of a cosplay great : Ryan Jones. Known around the Doctor Who cosplay, circuit, Jones’ portrayal was particularly spot on, he was even confused for David Tennant. RIP, Ryan Jones. For more info on Ryan, please click the link. – Geeks Are Sexy

On the heels of the stunning success of Batman: Arkham City, we are also dealt some tragic news: Mark Hamill is officially done voicing the Joker. Noooooo! – Geek Rest

One of my favorite past times is trolling DeviantArt and I stumbled upon none other than Greg Capullo’s DA page. For an effing rad gallery of batman art, take a peek! – DeviantArt

Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy coming to Vertigo?!?! Count me in! Lovers of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo MAY want to pick this up when released. – Vertigo Blog

A Battlestar Galactica movie has been in discussion and now, it looks like they’ve found a writer! Frak! Who else is excited? – Deadline

I’m apprehensive of a Punisher adaptation, especially since the two movies were definitely less than stellar. Perhaps they could take a page out of MysterioMaximus’s book for the upcoming TV series. – MTV

What did YOU find interesting this week?