Star Wars

The Lucas Version Of The Force Awakens Trailer Is A Bit More Dense

Those enamored with the directorial style of the legendary George Lucas surely noticed the big problem with theteaser trailer forStar Wars: The Force Awakens — not enough stuff. Fixed. It’s not that hard, J.J. Abrams, as YouTuber Michael Shanks readily demonstrates (via Tech Crunch). Just add some crazy creatures, mention trade negotiations and — oh…

Watch The First LEGO Trailer For Star Wars: The Force Awakens

As soon as the excitement over yesterday’s teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens died down, LEGO animator Snooperking went to work, recreating the entire thing brick-by-brick. It’s a bit sloppy, but he made the entire thing in under 24 hours, so he can have all the leeway he wants. From the YouTube description……

The Internet Reacts To Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ First Trailer

There was a ton anticipation around the new Star Wars trailer this morning—lots of people found themselves refreshing websites over and over just to watch the teaser. Unsurprisingly, now that the trailer is finally here, people have a lot to say about the new Star Wars movie. The trailer isn’t very long, and it’s not…

Watch The First Trailer For Star Wars: The Force Awakens Right Here

Finally! The wait is over. Here it is. The real deal. This is the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens As promised, the footage clocks in at around 88 seconds, giving a very brief look at what to expect when Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters in December 2015. Have a few GIFs:…

Fake Star Wars: Force Awakens Trailer Is Most Impressive

You are not looking at a real trailer for The Force Awakens. Sorry! It’s phoney. Fake. And fan-made. But you know what, for what it is, this is pretty good. Uploaded by YouTuber Romeo Lux who wrote, “Awesome! Great tone to this trailer! Now I just can’t wait for the real thing!” As pointed out…

​Fight Between Batman and Darth Vader Ends Exactly the Way It Should

It’s the kind of thing fans have argued about for ages: Could the Dark Knight take down the Dark Lord of the Sith? The newest video from the Super Power Beat Down web series—which pits heroes and villains from different fictional universes against each other—has the guy who used to go by Anakin Skywalker facing…

Awesome Cosplay Takes Star Wars, Superheroes Back To The 16th Century

Over the weekend,photographer Sacha Goldberger took part in an exhibitionat the Grand Palais in Paris. His show was all about taking cosplayers back to the Renaissance. Both his images and the costume work are simply out of this world. I mean, just look at them. Everything about them is perfect. The demure modelling, the photos…

Stormtrooper Walking Across Australia (Not Yet Killed By Spiders)

Scott Loxley, a member of the 501st Legion, is walking around Australia. It’s a big country, I should know, but I also know that he’s walking around the parts full of animals that kill humans for sport. In 18 months, Loxley has walked 5700 miles, which is just over halfway. In keeping with the Australian…

The Internet Reacts To Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The seventh Star Wars film officially has a name now—and the internet has a surprising amount to say about a subtitle. Mostly, there are a lot of jokes out there. It’s hard not to poke some fun at the title, which manages to be both grandiose and generic. If nothing else, “The Force Awakens” opens…

Star Wars: Episode VII Is Called… The Force Awakens

Filming is done on the seventh Star Wars film, which today got an official name: The Force Awakens Discuss.

Star Wars Sandtroopers Do Not Need Nipples

Samurai or not, Sandtroopers don’t have nipples. Well, didn’t. This one does, it seems. Heh. Here, you can see a photo of an Imperial Sandtrooper figure. The photo was created by Rich Alot from RebelScum.com. Notice how many things are labelled? Notice how not one of those things is nipples? Er, two of those things.…

Chocolate Carbonite Freezes More Than Just Han Solo

Henry Hargeaves is a food photographer and his latest project sounds like a really random one. Putting all our favorite childhood characters and their shape in frozen carbonite-looking chocolate. Just like Jabba did it with Han Solo. There they are. Raphael, Homer, Batman, Optimus Prime and more. All edible. And he got the facial expressions…

Kid Dresses As Jawa, Steals Hearts, Not Droids

You know a costume is awesome when it lets you forgive someone for taking a video in portrait mode. Chris Hirano made this outfit for his daughter for Halloween, and in addition to looking great it also had some neat effects like a soundboard so she could shuffle around making authentic jawa noises. Whether she…

A Totally Accurate Guide To The Races Of The Star Worms Universe

Ah yes, the Star Worms universe. So full of unforgettable characters and spooky aliens. Let’s take a trip down memory lane , shall we? As a follow-up to his guide to the races in the Star Trip universe, devoted Trekkie Neil Cicierega put together a guide to the fictional alien races of Star Warp. Watching…

All the Deaths from the Original Star Wars Movies, in Three Minutes

How many people became one with the Force in the Episodes IV-VI of the Star Wars films? Have a look at this montage of death scenes from the original trilogy and find out. This video from Digg keeps a running tally of all the on-screen deaths from Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return…

A TIE Fighter and the Iron Giant, from artist-slash-game-dev Derek Laufman. These are part of the Inktober campaign, where artists create one ink drawing a day in October to improve their skills. Laufman’s already pretty good, as you can see. There’s more of his stuff below, and on his deviantART and Tumblr pages. Derek Laufman…

You Can Grab 89 Star Wars Comics for $15

The Humble Bundle has been branching out from just games for a bit now, but today they have 89 comics available if you pay at least $15. You’re reading Numbers, a blog on Kotaku that examines games and culture through the lens of math and statistics. To contact the author of this post, write to…

LEGO Star Wars Build Is a Huge 60,000-Piece Work of Art

Polish LEGO enthusiast Michal Kazmierczak picked a rather surprising scene from the Star Wars universe for his truly impressive build: the tiny red planet Mustafar, where Anakin fought Obi-Wan Kenobi and, as a result of his loss, he became Darth Vader. Just for comparison, the official LEGO Death Star, one of the largest in the…

Take a Look at the First New Star Wars Arcade Game in Years

The best part of the Star Wars arcade games of yore was how they transported you into the movies, letting you be the one destroying the Death Star and defeating the Empire. A new bunch of Star Wars machines are going to do the same thing for today’s audiences, starting next January. Star Wars Battle…

Darth Revan Gets His Own Star Wars: The Old Republic Expansion

The hero/villain/it’s complicated who launched Star Wars’ distant past setting in 2003’s Knights of the Old Republic gets another shot at the spotlight in Shadow of Revan, a digital expansion for MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, launching in December. In retrospect, Star Wars: the Old Republic might have done a lot better at launch…