Star Wars

Every Rogue One Shot That Was In The Trailers, But Not The Movie

We’ve discussedthis already, but just so you can see it all laid out, here’s a video by Vashi Nedomansky showing all 46 shots shown in Rogue One’s trailers that didn’t make it into the actual movie. Some would have been reshot, others perhaps filmed only for the trailer as a promo, others still might turn…

What We Liked And Loved About Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The Star Wars universe expanded in a whole new way with the release of Rogue One, the first in a series of live-action films exploring the bits between the main episodes. We assembled a ragtag band of Kotaku writers to talk about this very different sort of Star Wars movie. Set between the events of…

The Art Of 1313, A Star Wars Game We Never Got To Play

Star Wars 1313 was a big-money game in development at Lucasarts, scrapped after the publisher’s demise and seemingly never to return. We may never get to play the game, but we can look at its concept art and dream. It gives us a real good look at the design and feel of Coruscant’s seedy underbelly.…

The Big, Beautiful Ships Of Star Wars

Ansel Hsiao is an artist who has worked on games like Halo 4. Today, though, we’re interested in his exquisite 3D Star Wars art. We actually featured some of his workback in 2011. It’s been five years since then, and just as technology and our expectations about 3D art has increased, so too has the…

Battlefront‘s New Update Made Lando Calrissian Unstoppable 

Star Wars: Battlefront just released its Rogue One: Scarif DLC. It adds new heroes, an additional game mode, and also managed to turn Lando into the toughest hero in the galaxy. Step aside, Jedi and Sith. Billy Dee Williams is here to save the day. The key to Lando’s newfound success isn’t a deal with…

The expansions are coming! The Division’s intriguing Survival expansion is hitting PC and Xbox One on Nov. 22, later on PS4. The final expansion for Star Wars Battlefront will be out on Dec 6 for season pass holders, later for everyone else. It’s set on maps based on the upcoming Star Wars Rogue One movie.

When Customized Figures Are Excellent 

As we’ve seen before, artistSam Kwok takes figures and customizes them. The result is very, very good. To see exactly what Kwok does, here is comparison to between a figure that pre and post customization. Nice, no? You can see how his custom paint work brings the figure to life in a new way. Check…

Lego Star Wars Siege Of Takodana Lets You Play As The Bad Guys

Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens shows us another side of one of the movie’s pivotal moments in the new Siege of Takodana DLC. Join Kylo Ren and his Stormtrooper pals as they blow up a perfectly good sci-fi theme restaurant. While there’s a much better mission involving Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma included in…

Empire Strikes Back Costume Melts Hearts Before It Reaches The First Marker

Custom motorcycle artist Clint Case made this Halloween costume for his son. It’s wonderful. Potentially grisly, depending on how many Wampas are left in the wild in the mainland United States, but wonderful nonetheless. Clint, if you can scrounge together the materials for an adult version, that’d be great, thanks. Via Laughing Squid

The Final Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer

Well, this looks very good. Here is the second story trailer, apparently the final one before the movie gets its December release. I do imagine we’ll get a slightly recut international trailer (maybe Japanese?) with a few more seconds of new footage, but this should give you an idea of what to expect when it…

BioWare Announces New Story Expansion For The Old Republic

Knights of the Eternal Throne, a new story heavy expansion for BioWare’s Star Wars MMO will release on December 2. It will continue the story set in the previous expansion, Knight of the Fallen Empire. The announcement featured one kickass trailer. The trailer focuses on Senya, a Knight of Zakuul and former wife of the…

Lego Star Wars‘ Lame Explanation Of How Poe Survived Crashing On Jakku

Crash-landing on Jakku after escaping The Finalizer, rebellious Stormtrooper FN-2187 fears his newfound Resistance friend dead. But Poe Dameron survived to fight another day, and the latest Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens DLC explains how. It’s pretty dumb. There was much hyping of the special missions in Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens and…

How Can Love Be Wrong If It Feels So Right?

Some cosplayers just want to see the world burn. Leia is Galacticat, Riker is her boyfriend. Photo by Alexandra Lee Studios

An Excellent 105-Minute Review Of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

So, so many years after his now-famous reviews of the Star Wars prequels, Mr. Plinkett returns with some (well, many) thoughts on The Force Awakens. Among other things.

Keep Your Eyes Peeled For These Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Retailer Exclusives

Think yourRogue One: A Star Wars Story toy shopping adventure is over? Have you been to Kohl’s yet? How about Walgreens? Entertainment Earth? Here are six sets of retailer-exclusive Hasbro Star Wars toys to add to your shopping list. The shorter versions of Hasbro’s premium Star Wars Black line of figures are so much better than…

Star Wars Space Battle Has No Chill

Darren Tan is a freelance artist from Singapore who has done a lot of work for board game giants Fantasy Flight, and in particular their Star Wars titles. Below you’ll see some of Tan’s work for the company, from Armada (which is great) to X-Wing (also great) to the new card game Destiny You can…

Star Wars: Uprising Is Coming To An End

Last year around this time, mobile developer Kabam and Disney released Star Wars: Uprising, a “dull Diablo clone” set between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. It’s shutting down in November. As of yesterday, folks still playing Uprising for whatever reason can no longer make in-game purchases, and they’ve got…

The Dark Side Always Gets The Cooler Outfits

This is Miss Sinister (who we’ve featured before) as ass-kicking Star Wars witch Asajj Ventress. You can check out more of Miss Sinister’s work at her store page Costume fabrication by GSTQ Fashions and Monqiue Renee. Light sabers by Travis Wood, Pixel Bash Props and Zatcaskagoon. Electronics by Sublime Lightworks

Players Celebrate As Star Wars Battlefront Cuts An Amusingly Controversial Feature

It’s rare that the removal of a feature from a video game makes fans of that game happy, but fans of Star Wars Battlefront seem pretty happy that, thanks to a new update, anyone playing as a Stormtrooper in the game is forced to keep their helmet on. “No more wretched storm troopers without helmets,”…

The New Death Star DLC Makes Star Wars Battlefront More Interesting

The new paid Death Star expansion for Star Wars Battlefront won’t significantly alter the game’s reputation as a fairly casual shooter designed for quick, chaotic fun. But it does add an interesting three-stage mode that culminates with the possible destruction of the Death Star. That new mode at least makes a session with the game…