Star Wars

BioWare’s Star Wars Games Are Not Official Star Wars Canon

With the new Star Wars movies, Disney basically tossed out everything in the Extended Universe. At last week’s fan convention, someone asked what it meant for BioWare’s games. What “canon” means for Star Wars has changed in the last few years. While Disney is reigning in what is and isn’t considered “official,” it’s still open…

So Many Mandalorian Mercs At Star Wars Celebration 2015

How many Mandalorian mercenaries can you fit in the Anaheim Convention Center? Looks like all of them. With close to a hundred of them in the shot above alone, Mandalorian mercenaries (or Mandos for short) make up the majority of our second batch of Star Wars Celebration 15 cosplay photos, courtesy of the fine folks…

Star Wars Battlefront Looks Cool, But I’m Not Ready To Get Excited

Star Wars fans are easy marks. It’s one of our kind’s more endearing qualities, even while it tends to leave us vulnerable to being exploited. And we have been exploited, even by, perhaps accidentally, the man who created this universe and brand. When you’re sitting in a big room full of hardcore fans at Star…

Watch The First Trailer For Star Wars Battlefront

After a decade of cancellations, false starts, and one tragic studio demise, this is the year we’ll finally see a third Star Wars Battlefront game. Here’s our first look. Today as part of the Star Wars Celebration, publisher EA released a trailer for their upcoming take on Battlefront, which is developed by DICE (best known…

The Coolest Cosplay from Star Wars Celebration 2015

“It’s time to put on makeup/It’s time to dress up right/It’s time to raise the curtain on the Empire Show tonight!” Unless you’ve been trapped in a Death Star garbage compactor all week, you probably know that Star Wars Celebration is happening right now. And, of course, the fanfest for folks who love the Force…

“The coolest man in the galaxy” is getting his own comic book when Marvel launches a Lando Calrissian series. The first issue by Charles Soule and Alex Maleev hits in July, joining the three other excellent Star Wars series being published by the House of Ideas. Contact the author at [email protected]

First Star Wars Battlefront Details Emerge

The third Star Wars Battlefront—just called Star Wars Battlefront—will be out on November 17 for PC, Xbox One, and PS4. It’ll take place during the original film trilogy and let people play as iconic characters like Boba Fett and Darth Vader, according to an AP report. It’ll also let you go to a planet from…

Custom LEGO Star Wars Sandcrawler Gets The Size Right

If the official 3,296-piece version of the Jawa’s desert vehicle wasn’t big enough, here’s a colossal one built by Peter Brookdale As you can see in the video shared by The Brick Show, it’s not just a big chunk of brown bricks. but a rather detailed version with working tracks and a ramp. To contact…

Here’s The New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

Good afternoon, everyone. Here’s a new trailer for that movie about space. The teaser, which opens with a great Luke Skywalker monologue about his family’s connection to the Force—and sets the stage for plenty of speculation that this new set of movies will star his kids—is full of sizzling moments that will likely be analyzed…

We’ve Solved The New Star Wars: Battlefront Teaser

For the past few days, EA has been teasing a spectacular new image from the upcoming video game Star Wars: Battlefront, which they’ll be showing off Friday as part of this week’s Star Wars fanfest. The teaser, split into eight parts and posted on EA’s Twitter and Instagram accounts, contains pictures like this, clearly leading…

Nothing Says Japanese Culture Like Star Wars

Every spring in Japan, families with sons set up samurai armor displays so that their boys grow up to be healthy, strong, and understand the true power of the Force. Wait, what? I have three sons, so in preparation for Children’s Day on May 5, we set up this small suit of armor (or “yoroi”…

Star Wars Is Being Re-Released. Again.

Laserdisc, VHS, Blu-ray… if a physical media format has existed, then it’s a safe bet that the Star Wars movies have appeared on it. Now the classic sci-fi saga is coming out in Digital HD. That’s right; starting April 10th, you’ll finally be able to download the films to your devices. Announced today via Collider,…

How LucasArts Fell Apart

In June of 2011, then-LucasArts president Paul Meegan spoke publicly about his plans for turning the company around. “In recent years, LucasArts hasn’t always done a good job of making games,” he said at the time. “We should be making games that define our medium, that are competitive with the best of our industry, but…

Sci-Fi Trailer Is Star Wars vs Halo vs Star Trek vs Mass Effect

Galactic Battles is a short film that laughs at the idea of a mere cameo. It’s also a copyright lawyer’s worst nightmare. Or dream day on the job, depending on who they’re working for. In case that gif—which crams Halo, Star Wars and Star Trek into around two seconds of footage—doesn’t make it clear, Galactic…

Very Impressive R2-D2 Replica Goes Looking For Love

Artoo In Love is a sweet little short film about the galaxy’s favourite astromech droid, and his search for female companionship. With a mailbox. Before you ask, no, it’s not that kind of movie. The movie itself is OK, I guess, but those droids! R2-D2 was built and operated by Grant McKinney, and while he’s…

Look What Square Enix Did To Star Wars

To be honest, I kind of like it. As noted on Figsoku and Famitsu, this is the “Variant” line of Square Enix’s collectible Play Arts figurines. “Variant” means the design has been slightly changed or modified, as in these Star Wars figures. The tweaks to these characters, along with the battle-worn appearance, work well—a lot…

R2-D2 Gets Seriously Badass

The force might not, but Yamaguchi Katuhisa‘s creativity totally is with this R2-D2 figure. R2 finally steps up, with its parts getting mixed up with other toys, and becomes the first astromech droid capable of beating the hell out of Imperial forces. He posted all these pics and a bunch of others on his Twitter.…

Why would someone cosplay as a zombie Stormtrooper? For the kids, of course. The folks behind Cosplay Boom talk to the person behind this gory get-up as part of a new documentary series about Star Wars fan culture. Contact the author at [email protected]

Darth Vader Now Has an Evil C-3PO and R2D2. I Like Them Already.

The new Star Wars series starring the Dark Lord of the Sith is finding a lot of success in one small conceit: Darth Vader is a lot deeper than anyone thinks. In the movies, Darth Vader is primarily portrayed as a blunt instrument. A fearsome enforcer for Emperor Palpatine who’s seemingly content to simply push…

One Man Spent Four Years Making A Homage To The Video Game Tie Fighter

By now, you’ll have surely seen that sweet Tie Fighter clipdone in an anime style. What I don’t think is getting enough attention, though, is just how much the short owes to Lucasarts’ 1994 video game Tie Fighter. The entire project is a homage to the game. From the name (the short is also called…