? MichaelAusiello: I’m hearing good things about J.J. Abrams’ The Catch from multiple sources, including the show’s leading man, Greg Grunberg. “I’m really proud of it,” he told me via e-mail. “It turned out to be such a fun, great show.

J.J. wrote a killer script, and I kicked ass!” (I swear, the two of us were separated at birth.) There’s also lots of good buzz surrounding the NBC comedy My Name Is Earl, starring Jason Lee. Hey, speaking of Kevin Smith’s go-to guy, here’s a little tidbit free o’ charge: Lee would likely have been the star of Josh Schwartz’s now-dead O.C. spin-off Athens. Actually, forget the free-o’-charge thing. That’s worth at least $2.

Smith, a notorious comic book and ?Star Wars? geek, asked Skywalker to play a temperamental version of himself and somewhat profane variation on Skywalker for his movie ?Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.?

?When I read the script, I laughed and said to my wife, ?There is no way Lucasfilm is going to sanction this movie. This thing is filthy. There are 30 f-words on every page, lesbian sex, pot-smoking. This is just not going to fly.?

?When I called Kevin back I said, ?I?d love to do it, but you?re going to have a problem clearing it with legal.? And he told me he?d already sent the script to Lucasfilm and the only thing they objected to was the color of the light sabers. They wanted the light sabers to be a different color from the ones in the ?Star Wars? movies.

?If that doesn?t give you an idea about what a bunch of nerds they are,? Hamill says, laughing.