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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Force Awakens Stuff: Winners!
Last week Disney released an image of the official product packaging for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It was up to our image-manipulating community to package the products—or not, in the case of this week’s winner. There is absolutely nothing inside AlienofDoom’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens package, but the words “Collector’s Box” and official…
By Mike Fahey Published May 10, 2015 -
Of Course Star Wars Is Coming To Disney Infinity 3.0
Teased since the release of 2.0 last year and officially revealed via Game Informer’s June cover story, Disney Infinity adds Star Wars characters to the toys-meet-games mix. While the inclusion of Star Wars characters comes as no real surprise, the variety is pretty impressive. We’ve got the original trilogy, the prequels, some Clone Wars characters…
By Mike Fahey Published May 5, 2015 -
The First Five Minutes Of My Favorite Star Wars Game
No Jedi. No lightsabers. Just four hardcore Republic Commando clone bros with a long row to hoe. What makes a good Star Wars game? Judging from Luke Plunkett’s declaration of the best video game from the franchise and my own personal pick, the first step is getting rid of the space wizards altogether. Just toss…
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2015 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Force Awakens Stuff
Disney has announcedthat September 4 is the day all the toys and merchandise for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will hit store shelves. Accompanying the announcement was a blank box with easy to mimic placeholder fonts. IT’S A TRAP! I know we did a Star Wars ‘shop contest last week, but some opportunities are too…
By Mike Fahey Published May 3, 2015 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Bling Side Of The Force: Winners!
Last weekwe challenged our Photoshop-savvy readers to out-bling a Darth Vader helmet covered in gold. We’re going to need more precious metals. While many of this week’s entries took a more modern approach to making sure everybody knows how much money Star Wars characters have, ‘Shop Contest regular uscg_pa took a more…traditional approach? Sure, we’ll…
By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2015 -
What A New X-Wing, Tie Fighter Could Look Like
X-Wing Alliance, the last proper space sim set in the Star Wars universe, was released in 1999. The 20th century. The chances of us getting another one are approximately 3722 to 1. But that’s OK! We can always dream. And hope that this indie game actually gets made. This is STAR FORCE. It’s a space…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2015 -
CultureSomeone Put A Star Wars AT-AT In Arma 3
On today’s Highlight Reel we have ArmA III AT-ATs, illegal hair loss in GTA V, sitting guardians in Destiny and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Destiny – Sittin…
By Chris Person Published April 29, 2015 -
Come On, Disney, Hip-Hop Stormtrooper Needs to Be Star Wars Canon
“Can I walk onto a Star Wars set and fit into the background?” A lot of the costumes on display here could do exactly that. Probably not Hip-Hip Trooper, though. He’s definitely Expanded Universe… unless things change. Thousands of Star Wars fans converged on Anaheim more than a week ago for the annual Celebration fan-fest.…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 29, 2015 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Bling Side Of The Force
Last week a Tokyo jeweler covered a Darth Vader helmet in gold, leading to at least two obvious questions—why just the helmet, and why only Vader? Surely the entire extended Star Wars cast is deserving a shiny metal makeover. Ginza Tanaka may have had good intentions, but he fell way short of his completely assumed…
By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2015 -
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The Gold Darth Vader Helmet You’ve Always Wanted
The Dark Side of the Force? Oh no. This is the bling side. Tokyo’s Ginza Tanaka has covered a Darth Vader helmet in gold. According to The Wall Street Journal, the jeweler won’t divulge how much it cost to create this glittery Vader and isn’t offering the mask for sale. Instead, as Reuters adds, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2015 -
When Luke Skywalker Sucked at Being a Jedi
In the original Star Wars trilogy, we saw Luke Skywalker pull off amazing shit. Destroying the Death Star. The cool-ass sequence where he stormed Jabba the Hutt’s skiff. (That somersault!) We saw him struggle a lot, too. But, the newest issue of the Star Wars comic gives us a glimpse at how bad his self-doubt…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 22, 2015 -
Bulgarian Music Video Is Weird Star Wars
The latest video from Bulgarian group Deep Zone Project features some familiar co-stars. Not sure if they’re official ones, though. Yeah… I’ve got a very bad feeling about this. Plus, Star Wars: Kinect flashbacks. The video, which was spotted by Europ Popped, doesn’t even look remotely official. The tune is called “May the Force Be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2015 -
Force Awakens Actor Roamed Star Wars Con Disguised As Clone Trooper
Cosplay can be pretty useful, especially if you use it as misdirection. And that’s exactly what John Boyega, star of the upcoming Star Wars movie, did at a convention recently. As The Daily Dot writes, Boyega was at the Star Wars Celebration last weekend…as a Clone Trooper. Nobody noticed! That was the point, of course.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 21, 2015 -
The Brilliant Star Wars Galaxies Idea That Didn’t Happen
In 2003, way before anyone could even imagine a Star Wars-Disney union, thousands of eager padawans signed up for an online game called Star Wars Galaxies. Today, Galaxies is no more, rendered obsolete by a glut of other massively multiplayer RPGs including BioWare’s recent Star Wars: The Old Republic. But back then the SOE-developed game…
By Jason Schreier Published April 21, 2015 -
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…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 20, 2015 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published April 18, 2015 -
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…
By Jason Schreier Published April 17, 2015 -
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…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 17, 2015