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Disney Already Scraping The Bottom Of The Star Wars Barrel
If you were wondering how long it would take Disney to really grab the Star Wars franchise by the neck and start squeezing, the answer is: not long! This (admittedly slick) clip is a tease for a Star Wars “takeover” of Club Penguin, Disney’s kid-centric online game. Yup.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 4, 2013 -
Man Finds 1983 Homebrew Star Wars Game, Is Awesome
We’ve all had stories of finding lost games before – my copy of Rogue Galaxy had been missing since 2009 before I found it hiding in a drawer – but you don’t hear many like this, where stuff has been missing for over 30 years Weird Paul here made a bunch of primitive stuff for…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2013 -
In 1986, C-3PO Recorded A Rap Song. Do Not Thank The Maker.
Anthony Daniels, the voice (and body!) of C-3PO, is a talented guy. He does the C-3PO “bumbling aristocrat” thing very, very well. What he does not do well is rhyme over beats. This long-lost commercial is from 1986, and is from a TV special recorded to promote the then-new Star Tours ride at Disneyland. It…just…It’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2013 -
The First 30 Minutes Of Star Wars, Precisely Recreated In Minecraft
The monumental plan of the man called Grahame is to recreate the entirety of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in Minecraft. It’s coming together; he’s teased the first 15 minutes of his project, which now has blocky Star Destroyers and jawas on Tatooine. As the description says, the clip should be in sync…
By Gergo Vas Published June 26, 2013 -
It’s Not Wise To Upset This Amazing Wookie Cosplayer
You know, you might think it’s easy cosplaying as a wookie, but it’s not. All that hair, it’s tough getting it to look right. So hats off to mcm1015 here, who has done one hell of a job. Ignoring the easy Chewbacca route, instead we get Snoova, a mercenary created for the Shadows of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2013 -
Children’s Cake Smuggled Aboard Corellian Corvette, May Contain Plans
Well, Marc Freilich’s six year-old son just got about the coolest birthday cake on the planet. Sure, the cake itself is a near-sighted scrap pile that’ll be malfunctioning within a day, but with hungry boys around, it won’t need to last that long. Hope he made his wish before sticking the knife in. Also hope…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2013 -
This LEGO Star Wars Trench-Run Is One In A Million
While I’m impressed by the attention to detail in this re-creation of Star Wars‘ iconic last ditch torpedo-shot (as displayed at the Brickworld LEGO convention and photographed by Peter Mowry), I’m almost more impressed with how effectively it captures the mess of grey junk that covers the exterior of the Death Star. The full LEGO…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 18, 2013 -
LucasArts Might Be No More, But They’re Still At EA’s Press Conference
Looks like there’s a chance that we might be seeing what something with regard to EA’s exclusive license to develop Star Wars games at the company’s E3 press conference today. Kotaku‘s Jason Schreier snapped this pic and said that about 10 seats are reserved for LucasArts folk at the venue for EA’s press event. Disney’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 10, 2013 -
Together We Can Ace This 120 Question Nerd Equivalency Test
At last weekend’s Denver Comic Con, animator and syndicated cartoonist Rich Moyer assembled a team of 120 characters from games, comics, science fiction and fantasy, and challenged children to name each one. Are you guys going to let children show us us? Moyer provided a numbered answer sheet for this limeted edition poster, available now…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2013 -
The History, And Evolution, Of The Star Wars Logo
It’s one of the most iconic logos in all of pop culture, right up there with – ahem – Disney’s branding, but for the longest time, Star Wars enjoyed a mish-mash of logos and title fonts, a mess that, believe it or not, wasn’t locked down by Lucasfilm until the last minute. Changing names from…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2013 -
When A Star Wars Hotline Broke AT&T
If you suffer under the yoke of AT&T, and enjoy tales of their suffering, this will cheer you up: back when Empire Strikes Back launched, an automated call-in line designed to market the movie broke part of the network. How? This was 1980, and the technology for that sort of stuff just wasn’t there yet.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2013 -
Even If You Hate Angry Birds, You Gotta Admit These Toys Are Great
Hasbro will be selling this bulk pack of Angry Birds action figures as a Comic-Con exclusive. On 364 days of the year, I would rather drink poison than buy Angry Birds action figures, but boy, roping vintage Star Wars packaging into the mix sure does change things. While they’re technically individual figures, they’ll be sold…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2013 -
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Stormtrooper Surrounded by Japanese Police After Murderous Tweet
Twitter account @vmlvlltl recently uploaded a message: “At noon on May 26, 2013, I will kill people at Sapporo Station.” This was @vmlvlltl’s sole message, and the user’s name was “Phantom Slasher Notice” (Toorima Yokoku or 通り魔予告). The account is now suspended, but Twitter users in Sapporo began re-tweeting the threat and warning each other.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2013 -
An Extinct Bug That Looks Just Like A Jawa
Whether you’re in the US or the UK, chances are most of our readers are off on holiday today. So…enjoy. An extinct cockroach that looks just like a Jawa. Funny, yes, but the story is also slightly tragic; the species was only discovered very recently, living inside a volcano in Ecuador, but ever since it…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2013 -
The Best Star Wars Cosplay You’ll See This Week
Reader Jules lives in Ireland. He’s cosplaying here as Old Republic’s enormous Darth Malgus, which might seem ambitious, but when you consider Jules stands 6′ 6″ himself – 6′ 8″ in the costume – you start to realise how perfect this is. He built the costume entirely himself; the other people you see in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2013
