Star Wars

Samurai Vader And Ronin Boba Fett Realize Star Wars’ Japanese Influence Beautifully

Would the original Star Wars trilogy have been better if George Lucas had steered closer to its samurai movie inspiration? It certainly would have looked cooler, as demonstrated by Bandai’s Tamashii Nations Meisho Movie Realization Boba Fett and Darth Vader figures. We’ve been drooling over the sculpture work of Japan’s Takayuki Takeya for ages. He’s…

Mod Turns Star Wars Shooter Into 2D Fighter

You won’t be able to see whether Darth Vader’s lightsaber can deflect a hadouken or witness the power of Chun Li belting the snot out of Han Solo, but it’s a cool twist on Jedi Knight that should at the very least help rectify the memory of that trashy Star Wars beat-em-up from the 1990’s…

Imperial Shuttle Oversees The Operation At LEGO Tatooine Base

Not just the landing pad and its anti-gravity elevators, but this whole custom LEGO Imperial base is awesome. And it shows how huge an Imperial Shuttle really is. This fantastic diorama was made by Estonian LEGO enthusiast Nikolai Mordan (via Brothers Brick). It’s worth taking a closer look, the Tatooine base is full of cool…

Star Wars Battlefront III Prototype Apparently Leaks

A playable version of the old, cancelled Star Wars Battlefront III has apparently surfaced, popping up on Reddit this afternoon via a user who claims to “take interest in prototype games.” Reddit’s moderators quickly deleted the post, explaining that they need to remove links to pirated copyrighted material, which this apparently was. I say “apparently”…

Star Wars: Episode VIII Delayed To December 15, 2017

The next Star Wars movie in the new trilogy has been pushed back a bit: Episode VIII will hit theaters on December 15, 2017, several months later than its initially scheduled summer 2017 release date. Per StarWars.com, the Rian Johnson-helmed sequel to last December’s The Force Awakens will be in theaters almost two years to…

The Star Wars Game I’ve Played Every Day For Three Months Straight

This is Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. It’s a game I called “another f**king mobile Star Wars card game” when it was announced. A game I called “not bad . . . not great, either” at launch. A game that’s been part of my daily routine since mid-October. EA introduced Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes…

Why Composer John Williams Knows More About Star Wars Than You Do

John Williams knows more about Star Wars than you do. I mean, not in the ‘who was R5-D4’s original manufacturer in the Expanded Universe’ sort of way. I mean narratively, and emotionally. This post originally appeared on Gizmodo Australia. It’s fair to say that while The Force Awakens has been received with near universal acclaim…

Redesigning Star Wars’ Coolest Vehicles (Using LEGO)

Whether it’s Ralph McQuarrie’s original vision or more recent efforts, Star Wars is famous for its sweet vehicle designs. Yet over the past month, talented LEGO builders have been messing with the iconic Snowspeeders and X-Wings, redesigning them to either look more contemporary, or just look cooler. They’re entries in a competition over on From…

Let’s Rank the Star Wars Movies, Best to Worst

With a new Star Wars movie out, the first in ten years, now is as good a time as any to see how all the films stack up. That’s right, it’s time to put the Star Wars movies through the Pecking Order paces—much like with have with everything from the Final Fantasy games to, more…

What Star Wars: The Force Awakens Looks Like Without Visual Effects

Let’s take a closer look at the CGI and special effects in The Force Awakens, shall we? Oscars has a great breakdown of the VFX before/after featured in the latest Star Wars, and it’s definitely worth a watch. Amazing to see how much of this stuff is recorded ‘in real life’ versus what is constructed…

Two Star Wars: The Force Awakens digital pinball tables launch this week in Pinball FX 2, Zen Pinball 2 and Star Wars Pinball across all of the platforms. Except the Nintendo ones. Otherwise yeah, all of them. Here’s a quick look at both tables in action.

Some Of The Best Star Wars Cosplay From The Past Five Years

Over the last five years, Beat Down Boogie has been all over the country filming cosplayers at sci-fi shows and nerd conventions. And wherever there were cosplayers, there were Star Wars cosplayers. This video catalogues the best of them. I love the mix! Yes, there is film-quality cosplay on show, but there are also a…

What Happened When I Brought Kylo Ren Into Fallout 4

I think maybe Kylo Ren has a taste for blood after the end of The Force Awakens… OK, so, the video above is the culmination of a few hours of messing around with mods in Fallout 4. Specifically, I downloadedKylo Ren – Adam Driver 2.0 from Nexus Mods, and it gave me a character that…

2016 Is A Crucial Year For Star Wars: The Old Republic

With Knights of the Fallen Empire, the latest expansion for SWTOR, Bioware tried something different, and right now I’m not talking about all the gameplay changesI applauded back when it first hit in October. The game is in a better place than it was. Now it has to keep improving. Though KOTFE did technically release…

Kylo Ren Hates Losing at Arcade Games

Pro-tip: If you are playing Taiko no Tatsujin with Kylo Ren, let him win. Via Twitter user RugusuLee, here is a glimpse of what happens when you don’t. [Photo: RugusuLee] [Photo: RugusuLee] [Photo: RugusuLee] Top image: RugusuLee To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is…

Bless This Sweet Little Star Wars Kickstarter [Update]

Devin Tripp, from Grapevine, Texas, says he is 20 years old. His is not the first name that springs to mind when you’re thinking of development of a new Star Wars “open world RPG”. Nevertheless, Tripp—who is “not a very good programmer” and “an even worse artist”—has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Star Wars Open…

Look At These Force Awakens “Action Figures”

Hot Toys, whose work on comic book movies has been nothing short of inspiring, also have the license to make figures based on the characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. They’re so good. There are already a ton of the large, detailed figures announced, from stars like Rey and Finn to Kylo Ren to…

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Minus the Movie Stars, the Expensive Effects, and Hollywood

Star Wars movies aren’t cheap. They are filmed all over the world and require numerous practical and digital effects. That costs money. But what if you made The Force Awakens trailer with friends on a budget? A very low, low budget. Then, I guess it would look like this. Nice work, penny pinchers! This isn’t…

There’s a PC Hiding Inside This Huge Star Destroyer

What looks like a Venator-class Star Destroyer replica at first is in fact an incredibly well-made case for a gaming PC. We have to take a closer look to see all the hardware, hidden by modder Sander van der Velden, functioning as the engines and other parts of the massive ship. The frame was made…

There Has Been A Cosplay Awakening

There’s already a ton of great Kylo Ren cosplay out there, but I haven’t seen one go the extra milelike Alhon has The outfit is great, but it’s the location that makes these shots so fantastic; he went outside in a “Minnesota blizzard”, which not only gets him a nice dusty effect on the black…