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Real People Actually Live in Tatooine, Like, Right Now
Mos Espa is the Tatooine spaceport that not only Anakin Skywalker called home, but also held the podrace in Star Wars: Episode I. The location is fiction, but the people who live there right now are very real. After George Lucas and his crew wrapped filming, they left the set standing—much like they did with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2012 -
Warning: Dating A Jedi Might Lead To Him Force Choking Your Teddy Bear
Note: the language here is a bit NSFW, so proceed with caution. Personally I think dating a Jedi would be pretty damn cool. I’d tell my Jedi boyfriend to play pranks on people all day. But we’re through if he ever force chokes a teddy bear. There are some lines people just should not cross.…
By Tina Amini Published June 29, 2012 -
This Amazing Gotye Parody Longs For ‘The Star Wars That I Used to Know’
I’ve heard Gotye and Kimbra sing “Somebody That I Used To Know” approximately 1 billion times. I am, I guess, like 50% sick of the song. (It’s a very good song.) But this? This is pure brilliance. Eddie King and Tyler Marshall from Teddie Films have made this spectacular parody of the song and its…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 29, 2012 -
That’s No Moon…It’s An Insanely Detailed Death Star Made Out of a Ping Pong Ball
Japanese craftsman tatumaru5963 took a ping pong ball, cut a piece out of it, made some alterations, painted it up and hey presto. A teeny tiny version of the Second Death Star. I look at the size of this thing, I try to think of the skill needed to get it looking this good, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2012 -
What a $750 Pair of Star Wars Figures Look Like
You know what? Never tell me the odds. It was only yesterday I took a look at Sideshow’s new Boba Fett figure, and today, they’re wheeling out two more. Well, one? Two figures, but they come in the one box. The pairing is an obvious one: C-3PO and R2-D2. Unlike the company’s Sixth Scale pieces,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2012 -
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Check Out My 12″ Boba Fett
Um. Here he is. Part of Sideshow’s line of sixth-scale Star Wars figures, this Boba Fett piece arrived at my house this morning. He really is quite lovely. While loaded with around a billion accessories and display stands, this is a large-format (12″) “figure”, and not a “statue”. Much of his arsenal is interchangeable, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2012 -
These Guys Went to a Tunisian Desert to Save a Star Wars Film Set
The Lars family homestead, last seen in the newer Star Wars films, is one of the more iconic locations in the Star Wars universe. It’s where Luke Skywalker’s journey begins and, from a certain point of view, it’s where Obi-Wan Kenobi’s comes to an end. Sadly, the set used in some of the films has…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallHave You Ever Broken A Controller In Anger? I Have.
It’s OK to get frustrated by a video game. They’re often designed to do just that. But there’s a line you cross once you get past frustration, and once you get to the other side, you’re in angytown. That’s usually not OK. It’s a sign you should maybe put the controller down, take a step…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2012 -
This Isn’t How I Imagine a Star Wars / Rogue Squadron Pilot to Look
When I think “Rebel Alliance” (or “New Republic”) pilots, I think of people like Wedge. Biggs. Porkins. Maybe even poor old Dack. But that’s a close-minded view based on a decades-old film trilogy! As regular Kotaku readers may already know, in Star Wars’ expandiverse, Jaina Solo – daughter of Han and Leia – ends up…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2012 -
Hey, Darth Vader, Stop Being so Dramatic
It’s the lowest point in Darth Vader’s career, and possibly the lowest point in any of the six Star Wars movies. But we don’t need to be so sad, for unintended reasons, when the Sith Lord screams out in anguish. There’s still room for a laugh. These shirts show that such cries are actually pretty…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 20, 2012 -
BioWare is ‘Looking at Free-to-Play’ for Star Wars: The Old Republic
Back in December BioWare’s dueling doctors told us they couldn’t see their newly-launched massively multiplayer online Star Wars role-playing game going free-to-play in the foreseeable future. Then BioWare botched several free game updates and lost a good chunk of the game’s subscribers. Suddenly free-to-play isn’t looking so bad. In an interview with Games(TM), lead designer…
By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2012 -
Who’s Making Star Wars 1313? A Rebel Alliance Inside George Lucas’ Empire
It’s a transitional time for the video game division of the kingdom built by Star Wars. It’s been about two years since Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the last full-blown game released by LucasArts. TFUII got blasted as a major disappointment and squandered the goodwill built up by its predecessor. Then, severe cutbacks to…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 14, 2012 -
Star Wars Meets Total Recall in the Crossover of my Dreams
Oh man. You know that Skyrim x Star Wars fantasy helmet from yesterday? The one for a charity drive? Take a look at this one, from the same showcase. It’s the same premise: take Boba Fett’s helmet and do something else with it. Only this one’s gone a little more left-field and has blended the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2012 -
This Star Wars x Skyrim Crossover Turns Boba Fett Into the Dragonborn
In lieu of a Star Wars vs Skyrim comics series, ala Superman and Batman vs. Aliens and Predator, I’m more than happy to call this boutique helmet project the finest idea for a crossover between the two franchises. It’s a helmet designed and built by master craftsman Harrison Krix, and is designed around a simple…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2012 -
Why Star Wars 1313 Doesn’t Let You Be a Jedi
Don’t get too attached to the guy you see shooting blasters and jumping from ship in Star Wars 1313‘s screenshots and videos. He’s just a placeholder character plopped into place for the purposes of the game’s unveiling. LucasArts isn’t divulging very much about the story or characters in the just-revealed Star Wars 1313, but creative…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 6, 2012 -
Star Wars: 1313 Looks Good Enough to Rip the Ears Off a Gundark
We saw a pretty muddy clip yesterday, but today Lucasarts has released official media for its upcoming Star Wars title 1313. And, yeah, at least visually, the thing looks great I’m not sure the world, let alone this E3, needs another third-person, cover-based shooter, but just seeing the “classic” Star Wars universe make a video…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 -
Star Wars 1313 Looks Absolutely Amazing
I don’t know how it plays. I haven’t played it! But the new Star Wars game, 1313, looks incredible. This clip we’ve got here shows the PC version of the game, and while it looks cinematic, it’s said to be entirely in-engine. Most of it being, clearly, gameplay footage. No further info on release dates…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
There’s a New Star Wars Game, and it’s Called 1313
A brand new Star Wars video game has been officially revealed tonight. It’s called Star Wars: 1313 While little has been actually disclosed about the project, Lucasarts describes it as a “third person cinematic action adventure game”, while the title is named for “Level 1313, a ruthless criminal underground deep below the surface of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 -
Looks Like the Next Big Star Wars Game Stars Boba Fett
The same GameTrailers spill that leaked the announcement of a Castlevania Lords of Shadow sequel also mentions a new Star Wars game called 1313 As we expected when a site was trademarked by Lucasarts, 1313 strongly suggests this is a Boba Fett game, since Boba’s use of the CT-1313 is about the only significant time…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
Five Comics That Question Everything You Know This Week
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 22, 2012