Star Wars

Star Wars: Rogue One: The First Trailer

Oh hey, that’s right, there’s a new Star Wars movie coming out this year. No Finn or Rey, but there are Rebels and Imperials, so that’ll still do quite nicely. Here’s our first proper look at it.

Cosplaying Finn & Rey Are A Perfect Star Wars Family

The Real Finn and Rey are a cosplay duo from Utah, who…well, the name kinda says it all. They’re an actual couple (currently engaged, getting married in May), and that kid in the BB-8 suit isn’t a random baby stolen for cutness purposes, it’s theirs. All photos here—and yes, they were taken in a real…

Poe Dameron Intensifies

Leo Camacho, that’s one hell of a pilot. Photos by York in a Box. They were taken at WonderCon last month.

Toy Time Wields UltraSabers’ Renegade Combat Lightsaber

Plastic toy lightsabers are fine if you just want to goof around. Light FX models are great if you want something more ornamental. UltraSabers Renegade Combat Lightsaber is for serious fans who want their own version of Star Wars’ iconic weapon to take into battle. Ever since I saw the first Star Wars movie in…

The Best Scene In Star Wars: The Force Awakens

There are a lot of good scenes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This one is my favorite. It happens a little over 30 minutes into the movie. Immediately after meeting, nervous ex-stormtrooper Finn and scavenger-with-a-destiny Rey have been thrown into a desperate battle for their lives, first fleeing a TIE Fighter attack on Rey’s…

Marvel’s New Poe Dameron Comic Expands The Star Wars Universe

Marvel’s Star Wars comics have been pretty damn good so far. But the creators on these titles have had it easy: they’ve been working with characters who have been popular and well-loved for decades. The team doing this week’s Poe Dameron comic has a tougher job: keeping the momentum going from one of the biggest…

The Force Awakens On Game Consoles

Like the Force, there is a light side and a dark side of purchasing a digital copy of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on your PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. The light side involves the iconic fanfare and a jovial BB-8 rolling across the screen. And the dark side is the PlayStation 4. No fun…

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Is Now On Steam

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron on the Nintendo 64 was the first game that made me feel like I was really soaring through a Star Wars movie, my X-Wing buoyed by glorious trumpets and gentle flecks of Bantha poodoo. Now it’s on Steam. The arcade-y flight game, originally released on Nintendo 64 and PC back in…

Star Wars, Batman Collide In Cosplay Extravaganza

The Biker Scout Helmet Project is a Lucasfilm-blessed charity event which has asked special effects, props and cosplay experts from around the world to design and build custom Scout Trooper helmets. Like this one. It was made by Julian Checkley from Order 66 Creatures & Effects, and his idea—to bring a little Batman to the…

BB-8 Cosplay Is Cute Enough To Kill Stars

You know how R2-D2 is actually controlled by the 3’8″ Kenny Baker? This BB-8 cosplay is kinda like that. Only without the desert heat. Or adults. The suit was made by William Minamoto, one of the best droid builders on the planet, while the kid inside is his daughter.

EA is passing out Star Wars: Battlefront credits to anyone who logs into the game this weekend on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or PC, in case the Outer Rim downloadable content wasn’t enough motivation. I plan on logging in later. I will forget. I will not get 5,000 credits.

Over 250,000 People Have Pirated A Leaked Copy Of The Force Awakens

If you were wondering why you’ve suddenly started seeing lots of very high quality Force Awakens gifs over the last day or so, you’ve got your answer. As TorrentFreak report, the REPLiCA pirate group have gotten hold of a Force Awakens Blu-Ray a few weeks early and uploaded HD versions of the film on torrent…

What Makes LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Different From Other LEGO Games

With 18 LEGO movie games released since 2005, the developers at TT Games are constantly finding new ways to spice up the standard stud-collecting adventures. The first gameplay trailer for LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens shows off the three they’ve come up with this time around. The game’s new Blaster Battles essentially add third-person…

That Lightsaber’s Not For You, Rey

We’ve highlighted some Rey cosplay here before, but none as specific as this, which recreates an outfit she wears for only minute or two at the very end of the film. Cosplay by AlyCat

Darth Vader In Fallout 4 Is More Powerful Than You Could Possibly Imagine

Apologies to Obi-Wan Kenobi, who famously uttered the phrase in the first Star Wars film, but becoming a translucent blue bit of heroic motivation has nothing on what Vader does to the rebel forces in this modded Fallout battle. Not content to simply recreate everyone’s favorite little podracer in Fallout 4, YouTube’s Cosmic Contrarian staged…

Here’s your first look at gameplay footage from Star Wars Battlefront’s upcoming Outer Rim expansion, including a cute nod to Han and Greedo’s preference for shooting each other first.

Star Wars Comes To Valve’s Virtual Reality Headset

Trials on Tatooine is an upcoming “virtual reality experience” for the Valve/HTC Vive. If ever a tech demo was going to sell expensive VR units, it may well be this one. Made by ILM, it looks like a little guided tour kinda deal, where you’re dropped in the Star Wars universe, shown some sights, subjected…

Kylie Ren Is Also Very Upset About Darth Vader, Life

Cosplayer Mistress of Fear calls this Fem Kylo Ren, but I figured—in keeping with the theme—that Kylie Ren had a better ring to it. The lightsaber is obviously eye-catching, but check out the detail she’s worked into stuff like the sleeves and robes; it’s almost a shame, because the all-black nature of Ren’s outfit means…

The Force Awakens’ Concept Art Had Some Cool Ideas

The website of Industrial Light & Magic, the design and effects team made famous by the original Star Wars, has shared a massive art dump from The Force Awakens, containing images from throughout the film’s development. Which is probably more exciting than the art itself! I mean yes, it’s nice seeing some near-final artwork here,…

Star Wars: Rebellion: The Kotaku Review

Most Star Wars games put you in command of a few brave heroes of the galactic struggle. Star Wars: Rebellion, a new board game from Fantasy Flight, puts you in command of the whole damn war. Veteran PC gamers may remember that in 1998 Lucasarts released a strategy game called Star Wars: Rebellion, which let…