Star Wars

R2-D2 And C-3PO Are Out Of Control

Forget C-3PO’s new red arm. That enhancement is nothing compared to Yamaguchi Katuhisa’s figure modifications of the two old, otherwise peaceful, robo-buddies. He swapped a few parts of R2-D2 and C-3PO figures with ones from Ultron, Snake or a Ghost in the Shell Tachikoma to create the most powerful fighting force the Star Wars universe…

Star Wars Fan Spends A Year Building The Best LEGO Millennium Falcon Ever

LEGO builder Marshall Banana spent a year planning and building this 7,500 piece replica of the latest version of Han Solo’s ride. It’s one of the most beautiful pieces of garbage I’ve ever seen. The official LEGO set for The Force Awakens’ Falcon is 1.329 pieces, and it doesn’t look so hot. The biggest official…

Fan Builds Huge 3-Foot Tall Star Wars Ewok Village

Quite a surprising choice for a Star Wars-themed LEGO build. But KW Vauban’s Ewok village is so amazing it almost makes the little furry bastards of Endor lovable. Here are some close-ups (more pics over here), showing memorable moments from Return of the Jedi and some familiar faces hiding under the trees. To contact the…

Kylo Ren’s Fake Twitter Account Is The Best

If you haven’t seen Force Awakens yet, SPOILERS AHEAD Seen it? OK, so you know that Kylo Ren is…not your average villain. He’s a villain-in-training, a moody young man with feelings and a lightsaber, which should eventually make for some interesting character development, but for now makes for an excellent parody Twitter account someone has…

The Force Awoken

JokerLolibel with a pretty good Rey. Photo by Eva

Fallout 4 Star Wars Mod Lets You Kill People With Lightsabers

Because your murderous wasteland rampage needs a little extra something, don’t you think? “Lightsaber Renew” is a cool Fallout 4 mod created by invalidfate, and not only does it let you equip a lightsaber, it also comes with the appropriate shoom sound effects whenever you unleash it. You get a few color choices, too, including…

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Was Beaten In Japan By…Yo-Kai Watch

There has been an awakening. Whilethe new Star Wars movie crushes box office records across the US and Europe, let’s take this moment to consider that not every market awards box office victories based on cash money. Japan, for example, tracks movies based on the number of ticket sales, not how much money was made…

Counter-Strike: Global Awakening. WeAreSOLST1CE took Counter-Strike and added a dash of Star Wars. How? Perhaps they spoke words with such mellifluous power that we’re collectively hallucinating something that isn’t there. Or maybe they, you know, edited a replay. One of those.

What We Thought About Star Wars: The Force Awakens

We recently took a break from our usual back-and-forths about video games to chat about the new Star Wars movie: what we liked, what didn’t make sense, what we think will happen next. Join us, if you will. Warning: this one’s full of spoilers. Don’t read it unless you’ve already seen the movie (or don’t…

Star Wars N64 Looks Like It Was Found In The Wreckage Of Jakku

Inspired by The Force Awakens, artist Vadu Amka decided to make a Star Wars console themed after the desert wreckage scattered all over the planet Jakku. It took him around 30 hours to make, and involved everything from hammered aluminium to sanding to melting tin sheets onto the thing. You can see more pics of…

How Stars Wars Mobile Games Are Celebrating The Force Awakens

Battlefront has its Jakku maps, Disney Infinity 3.0 has its movie adventure, but about the platform with more current Star Wars games than any other? Here’s how the mobile side of Star Wars gaming is celebrating the release of Episode VII Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes EA’s collectible character role-playing game was custom-built for quickly…

The Force Awakens Is a Very Good Star Wars Movie

“Oh my dear friend, how I’ve missed you,” says a returning character to another in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. They’re glad to see each other again. I was, too. Throughout the decades since we first met them, the metallic, furry and extraterrestrial personas of Star Wars have felt like larger-than-life acquaintances who’ve been gone…

A Funny Thing Happens At The End Of Disney Infinity‘s Star Wars: The Force Awakens Play Set

The Disney Infinity Star Wars: The Force Awakens adventure loosely follows the events of the new movie from start to finish, though one particular dramatic development is glossed over. Spoilers are going to happen here, kids. Seriously, if you’ve not seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens yet and plan on doing so, do not read…

Of The Eight Trailers Before Star Wars, The Slowest One Got The Best Reaction

People in the movie theater where I saw Star Wars The Force Awakens on Thursday night started grumbling by the time the fifth or sixth trailer rolled out. Each green preview screen was another delay. But the eighth trailer won us over. First we had this: Then, if I’m remembering the order correctly, this: Then…

Star Wars The Force Awakens Deserves A Better Disney Infinity Play Set

While Star Wars mobile games are going crazy with The Force Awakens content, the only way to play through bits of the new movie on your game console is via Disney Infinity 3.0—and it feels very familiar. Minor early plot snippets in the video, nothing major I promise. I’m sure we’ll get some The Force…

The Marvel Comics Prequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is Kinda Weird

The end of Star Wars: Episode VI made it seem like all that fighting between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire stopped once the credits rolled. Of course, wars don’t end quite like that. A Marvel Comics series that just ended this week features a few characters who will connect the old Star Wars movies…

Stephen Colbert’s Ridiculous Plan To Save Everyone From Star Wars Spoilers

Everyone will be able to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens soon. You know what that means, right? SPOILERS WILL BE EVERYWHERE. Hell, those of us who are unlucky enough may already be spoiled, thanks to jerks on the internet spreading all sorts of info about The Force Awakens. Stephen Colbert knows how horrible that…

Look At This Boba Fett Controller 

There was an official Star Wars console released this year. It was…not great. Much better is this unofficial, custom-made Boba Fett effort for the Xbox One by Devin Smith It’s just…perfect. Not just the colours, but the wear & tear, digital counter and canvas “underwear” as well. This isn’t for general sale, but if you…

Star Wars Kama Sutra Book Is Surprisingly SFW

Stores around the world are overflowing this week with official Star Wars merch. A new book, The Extremely Unofficial and Highly Unauthorized Star Wars Kama Sutra, is very much, well, they make its official status pretty clear in the title. The name says it all. This is a book on sex positions. But instead of…

In Memory of Ralph McQuarrie, the Artist who Designed Darth Vader & R2-D2

I run theFine Art feature on Kotaku because it’s an aspect of the creative process that I have a big interest in, and the utmost respect for. Indeed, there was a point in my life where I hit a fairly substantial crossroads, and if I hadn’t gone down the path that led me here, I’d…