Star Wars

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Is this how Star Wars: Episode VII will begin?

Disney Buys LucasFilm, Star Wars Episode 7 Coming In 2015

This is not a joke. Multiple news outlets are reporting that Disney has bought LucasFilm, and will release Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015 Will it star Luke? Anakin? Jar-Jar? We have no clue. All we know is THAT SHIT CRAY. On top of that? Disney “plans to release a new Star Wars feature film…

Luke and Leia Use the Force in This First Taste of Angry Birds Star Wars

Now kiss! Rovio doesn’t deliver sibling smooching in this first gameplay teaser for Angry Birds Star Wars, but they do give us Lightsaber swinging and pink Force-pulling, so I’ll forgive them. Is it possible for a pair of cartoon birds to possess a smoldering sexual tension? You probably shouldn’t answer that. Just enjoy the strangeness…

This Guy Has Been Luke Skywalker More Times Than Mark Hamill

Sure, he’s done amazing work behind a microphone over the last few decades, but let’s be honest. For most people, Mark Hamill is Luke Skywalker. At least, he is in three motion pictures and stuff like a Christmas special he would probably rather forget For over a decade, you’ve probably seen – or at least…

X-Wing: Miniatures: The Kotaku Review

Lucasarts seems intent to never release another game in the X-Wing (video game) series so long as I live. That’s fine. Whatever. I can cope with that now that I can clear a tabletop and play a game of Fantasy Flight’s X-Wing (the miniatures game) instead. Built on the same bones as Wings of War…

Here’s What Is (and Isn’t) Included In Free-to-Play Star Wars: The Old Republic

We’ve known since July that Star Wars: The Old Republic would be going free to play this fall. Now, developer BioWare has published a detailed list showing just what the free tier of the game includes. Players who keep paying a monthly subscription fee of course have access to all features and content. Free players,…

It’s West Side Story. With Lightsabers.

I’ve always enjoyed the kinda-sorta-dance-fights in West Side Story, especially the tragic knife fight in the rumble between Riff and Bernardo. But you know what would make them better? If instead of pocket knives, the Sharks and Jets had used tiny lightsabers. Watch the video, uploaded by YouTuber speederbikedad. Yep, way better. What other classic…

One Man’s Continuing Quest to Fix George Lucas’ Star Wars Screw-Ups

In case you’ve never come across the project previously, Star Wars Revisited is one man’s personal quest to gently sneak in and “fix” the Star Wars series. Not with re-shoots or drastic edits. Just by painstakingly looking at each frame of the films and touching up the little things that George Lucas overlooked when he…

Pile Of Industry Awards For Star Wars: The Old Republic a Sad Reminder of the Game That Might Have Been

The Game Developers Choice Online awards exist to give folks in the gaming industry a chance to highlight and celebrate the work of their peers in online games. This year’s award ceremony took place last night in Austin. The full list of winners includes nods to Diablo III for best audio and League of Legends…

A Simple Change To a Star Wars Video Game Helped Me Fight Depression

I am a very flawed individual. I am physically flawed, sure, but mostly when I say I am flawed I am referring to my mental state. In the past 17 months, I have had frequent visits with both a psychiatrist and a therapist, and we have been taking aim at those flaws. We have made…

This Halloween, C-3PO and R2-D2 Are Dressing up as Pokémon (or Mario)

Artist Andrea Gerstmann has some ideas for Star Wars‘ most famous droids. In particular, what they can wear this Halloween. It’s a little cosplayception, what with them being characters within characters, but I like it. I can hear them arguing over them already. “What makes you think there are Princesses over there?” “Beep Beep” etc…

Before There Was Angry Birds: Star Wars, There Was Fanmade Angry Birds: Star Wars

Angry Birds: Star Wars doesn’t look half bad! I really like the art style, and if this game adds as many neat new features as Angry Birds Space did a few months ago, it should be really interesting. Now that the crazy crossover is official, it seems like a good time to remember that almost…

Angry Birds: Star Wars Arrives on November 8. We’re Not Making This Up!

Yep. Angry Birds + Star Wars. Just announced this morning by the Angry Birds folks at Rovio. The game will be out for iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, Mac, PC, Windows Phone and Windows 8. Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing man at Angry Birds studio Rovio calls the game “the best Angry Birds game we’ve ever…

Japan’s Amazing Drink Can Sculptures Will Melt Your Mind

Makaon has a hobby. She likes to make sculptures of pop culture characters as well as insects, animals, and more. But she doesn’t use clay. She doesn’t use stone. Makaon uses cans. Beer cans, soda cans, cocktail cans, and energy drink cans are her palette, which she uses to create her mind-blowingly wonderful work. Makaon…

Robotic Admiral Ackbar Cosplay Isn’t a Trap, it’s a Masterpiece

This isn’t just an Admiral Ackbar suit. That would be too easy. This Admiral Ackbar cosplay outfit is part-man, part-Mon Calamari and part-robot Artist, sculptor and costume builder Tom Cuthbert is the genius behind (most of) this costume, which features an animatronic suite (installed by Daniel Valdez) in the head to power the Alliance Admiral’s…

Smash an AT-AT Full of Pigs in the Angry Birds/Star Wars Toy Line

Teased on Friday, we knew that some kind of a crossover between Rovio’s Angry Birds franchise and Star Wars was coming. It’s a natural pairing, given the enormous mainstream reach of those names and their owners’ willingness to license it in the toy space. Well that’s exactly what’s coming. It’s a toy line set to…

It Looks Like The Angry Birds Are Getting A Star Wars Crossover

It appears that some kind of Star Wars and Angry Birds crossover is in the works. Rovio launched a new Angry Birds tumblr account today, with this sneaky *.gif. What is the black bird doing with that cloak and lightsaber? Apparently the world will find out on Monday morning, with an announcement live from New…

Report: Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s lead designer has apparently left BioWare.

Fifteen Seconds of Empire Strikes Back, Turned Into an Old Video Game

Remember Star Wars Uncut? That brilliant project where artists all over the world could submit their own interpretations of fifteen seconds’ worth of Star Wars, then have it all cut into the one insane movie? Well it’s back. With Empire Strikes Back Uncut And just like last time, it looks like it’s going to feature…