Star Wars

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…

Sixth-Scale Hoth Commander Luke Skywalker Never Learns

It doesn’t matter if it’s 1980 on the silver screen or on the cluttered desk of a guy who critiques toys, if you’re Luke and you’re wearing Hoth gear you need to watch out for Wampas. Commander Luke Skywalker in Hoth Gear is the latest figure in Sideshow Collectibles‘ sixth scale Star Wars line, and…

New Star Wars Book Will Connect Return of the Jedi to The Force Awakens

A long time ago, there was a whole galaxy of Star Wars lore that told stories about the events that followed the destruction of the second Death Star. But the old Expanded Universe is no more. So it’s time to build a new one, starting with a book by Chuck Wendig taking place after the…

Millennium Falcon Papercraft Is A Work Of Art

The attention to small details is just incredible in Polish enthusiast Bernard Szukiel‘s paper replica of the Millennium Falcon. The model is 38″ long and 99% made of paper and, according to the creator, it took 4 years to build using photos found on the web. It’s only 99% paper and not 100% because the…

Huge Star Wars LEGO Set Is Full of Cool Details

The AT-AT walkers are slowly advancing on Echo Base in Martin Harris‘ Battle of Hoth diorama. It’s a huge one that includes everything we’ve seen in The Empire Strikes Back: Snowspeeders, a complete rebel base, a giant snowy battlefield and a some other tiny things. Here’s a video from The Brick Show showing all of…

Anyone Up For Virtual Reality Lightsabers?

Drawing crowds at this year’s Game Developers Conference, this is motion control company Sixense’s forthcoming STEM System for virtual reality motion control. It’s working here with an Oculus Rift. The lightsaber demo is by no means Lucas/Disney-official, but it sure is an an enticing way to show what you could get if you combine VR…

Batman vs. Darth Vader: The Rematch

All you people who cried foul at the end of that brawl where Darth Vader and Batman threw down on the Death Star, this one’s for you. Bat in the Sunwent and made another version of their popular Super Power Beat Down episode that pit Batman vs. Darth Vader few months back. Since it’s an…

What Obi-Wan’s Ghost Should Have Done

Instead of giving Luke life lessons about The Force, some haunting would have gotten the job done a lot faster. Dorkly’s Star Wars short has the most annoying Obi-Wan ghost who also likes to remind Darth Vader about his Hayden Christensen phase. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Princess Leia Wants to Be a Hero in New Comic But People Won’t Let Her

Remember how, at the end of the first Star Wars movie, Leia Organa is the one giving out medals? She doesn’t get one herself. That odd metaphorical distance between her and the other Star Wars heroes is a crucial part of her new comic series. The events in Princess Leia #1 start right at the…

TIE Interceptor Drone Lights Up The Night Sky

In a town far far away, the number of UFO sightings probably went up when drone enthusiast Oliver C unchained his RC quadrocopter, dressed up as a TIE Interceptor from Star Wars Here’s a clip showing it in action. Looks pretty neat and stable: And here’s how it looks (via RCGForums) when it’s not in…

Why People Get So Worked Up About ‘Canon’

Last week the news emerged that director Neill Blomkamp’s recently confirmed Alien movie will wipe away the series’ less celebrated sequels and will pick up the story of Ellen Ripley from James Cameron’s Aliens. “I want this film to feel like it is literally the genetic sibling of Aliens,” Blomkamp said. This post originally appeared…

Saphirais absolutely killing it here as Satele Shan from Star Wars: The Old Republic. Photo by So Say We All Contact the author at [email protected]

Nintendo’s Ballsy Star Wars Knock-Off

Nintendo had a pretty strange relationship with Star Wars in the early years of its video game enterprise. We’ve already seen the weird shit that went down when Star Wars came to the NES, but a 1979 arcade game was even weirder. This is art for Nintendo Space Launcher, one of the company’s earlier arcade…

Cyberpunk Diablo & Studio Ghibli’s Star Wars: An Artist’s Impressions

Stormtroopers are comical at the best of times. Turn them into bearded Studio Ghibli sidekicks and they become downright slapstick. And yeah, Diablo is a fantasy series, but close your eyes and try for a second to imagine it as a cyberpunk thing instead, with neon lights, hacking and sweet future motorbikes. These images, and…

Star Wars Bladebuilders Let You Craft Your Own Impractical Lightsaber

And you thought the lightsaber from the Episode VII trailer was dangerous. Announced today at Toy Fair in New York City, Hasbro’s Star Wars Bladebuilders line finally allows fans of the series to invite new ways to chop their damn hands off. Fans of toys and Star Wars have been waiting for this to happen…

New Star Wars Comic Will Remind You Why You Love (and Hate) Darth Vader

In the first three Star Wars movies, Darth Vader was a fearsome, enigmatic archvillain. The next three Star Wars movies attempted to show Anakin Skywalker as an emotionally turbulent figure of tragedy. The new Darth Vader comic gives readers both of those interpretations and more, enjoyably complicating a villain who been around for a whole…