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When Star Wars Meets High Fashion, AT-AT Drivers Ride French Bicycles

Artist John Woo throws together two very unlikely things – high fashion and the characters of Star Wars – in his “He Wears It” series of prints and images. Don’t let the name fool you, there are ladies as well. And some characters from outside the Star Wars universe, like the T-1000. But mostly, it’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2012

Hey, LucasArts—How About Making a Star Wars NBA Game?

We get sent weird and hilarious emails all the time, but there is a subtle brilliance to what one Australian reader, Chris, is proposing. I’ll just offer it here, verbatim: Hi Owen, Mate, would love to see LucasArts bring out a Star Wars sports game, featuring arcade-style NBA, NFL, baseball and NHL. I would love…

By Owen Good Published March 16, 2012

This Weekend, Play Star Wars: The Old Republic For Free

BioWare’s galactic MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic normally costs money to play, but not this weekend. And by “weekend” I actually mean Thursday through Monday, because as EA rightly assumes, if you can’t afford a subscription, you might not be doing much on Friday anyways. Beginning Thursday, March 15 at 12:01AM CT and running…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2012

Great Moments In Gaming Humor, Liquidious Fleshbag

The companion characters in Mass Effect are living, breathing, loving characters with unique personalities and motivations. They are also pretty boring. They could learn a lot from HK-47, the assassin droid from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. “Correction: Assassination is my primary function. I also possess excellent hearing and can bend spoons.” The…

By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2012

Will the Next Star Wars: The Old Republic Update Make it the Game You Want to Play?

Today BioWare released a video outlining the sweeping changes coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic in game update 1.2. With the evolution of the game’s Legacy system and new Warzones, Flashpoints, and Operations in the pipes, is it sad that what I’m most excited about is new lightsaber colors? Yes, this is very sad,…

By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2012

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Taiwanese Ladies Awkwardly Holding Xbox Hardware

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Holding hardware makes pretty much anyone look like a doofus. There really isn’t a “good” or “correct” way to hold gaming hardware. No, scratch that. The correct way is to hold it in your hands as if you are playing. But that makes for crap photo…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2012

The Horror, the Terror, the Custom Star Wars Figures Made of Baby Doll Parts

Once you see these cannibalised figures, you cannot unsee them. You may not sleep tonight, either. They’re the work of Etsy seller GeekyVixen, and take various pieces of Star Wars merchandise, various old-timey children’s toys (and some other figures from the 80s) and smash them together until what’s left is sheer horror If your tolerance…

By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2012

The Kinect Star Wars Dancing Mingame is Even More Horrifying Than I Imagined

Ignore the podracing and dueling portions of this Kinect Star Wars video and jump directly to around :50 in the video. I probably should have apologized first. Too late now. Whatever reasons I might have had to purchase Kinect Star Wars, this negates each and every one of them. I had heard of this dancing game.…

By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2012

Jinx Supplies Both Sides of the The Old Republic War with Fresh T-Shirts

Quick, what class do you play in Star Wars: The Old Republic? What faction? If it took you a moment to answer, you could probably do with one of Jinx’s new line of SWTOR-inspired chest coverings. So one of the guys I know at Jinx emails me the other day and asks me if I…

By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2012

A Cat. Watching Star Wars.

This is a perfect storm. It’s as if the internet gods got together and created this just to show what they were capable of. It is, as noted in this post’s title, a cat watching Star Wars—no, a cat sitting up while watching Star Wars Cat is watching “Star Wars” [YouTube via GWen Harlow via…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 1, 2012

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Japanese Cops Crack Down on Darth Vader

When Darth Vader showed up in Osaka to march about and promote the 3D Star Wars flicks, it was glorious. When he did the same in Tokyo, it was glorious, too. That is, until the cops showed up. This past weekend, Darth Vader and his Imperial Stormtropper, the Japanese Garrison of the 501st Legion, strutted…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 29, 2012

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Neglected Regions Carve Out Their Own Home in The Old Republic

When Star Wars: The Old Republic launched last December across Europe and America, players on the other side of the world were told they would have to wait until some time in the indeterminate future before they would be allowed to join Bioware’s first MMORPG. But gamers—not to mention Star Wars fans—are a determined lot.…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 28, 2012

I Bet I Know Why You Will Play Kinect Star Wars’ Dance-Off At Least Once

It’s going to take a hell of a turnaround to get me to change my tune on Kinect Star Wars. Yeah, Totilo said the game’s improved over what I played at E3, but, come on, a dancing game? I mean, how stupid is that. Do I look like a guy who wants to— fast forwards…

By Owen Good Published February 26, 2012

Star Wars: The Old Republic Players Average At Least Four Hours Per Session, Love Sundays

The average player of the massively multiplayer game Star Wars: The Old Republic plays the game between four and six hours per session, according to one of the chief architects of the game. “When they play, their sessions are absurd,” Greg Zeschuk, head of BioWare Austin, the studio leading continued development of the game told…

By Stephen Totilo Published February 24, 2012

The Death Star Arrives in Earth Orbit, They’re Here for our Toys

In this neat ad for Toys ‘R Us in Denmark, the Death Star pops into Earth orbit and Imperial shuttles start landing. In Denmark. Which seems pretty believable. That’s where all the LEGO is. If I came from outer space for something, it’d probably be LEGO.

By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2012

Meet Admiral Ackbar, Who Still Hasn’t Seen the Original Star Wars

Everyone knows Frank Oz, of The Muppets fame, voiced Yoda in the Star Wars movies. Ditto for James Earl Jones and Darth Vader. But do you know who did the voice for Admiral Akbar, uttering one of the most widely-used lines from the original trilogy (IT’S A TRAP!)? Or the voice of Mr. Head Tentacles…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2012

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George Lucas’ Daughter Could Kick Your Ass

She really could. She could kick a lot of people’s asses—not just yours. That’s because Amanda Lucas is a mixed martial arts superstar. Lucas began MMA in 2008 after taking Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes. The former dance instructor’s first fight was in May of that year. “I got beat up pretty bad,” Lucas told Sports Illustrated.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

Kill a Room Full of People With Your Brain (For Fun)

This Darth Vader may not have James Earl Jones’s wicked baritone or David Prowse’s imposing height (nor even Hayden Christensen’s adolescent whine), but the evil overlord skills on display simply cannot be denied. It just goes to show: there’s a little force-wielding maniac in all of us. Seriously, how great would it be to be…

By Kate Cox Published February 14, 2012

Not a Jedi Mind Trick: Kinect Star Wars Xbox 360 Bundle Out on April 3rd

Those rumors about an April debut for the Kinect Star Wars game—and the fancy console associated with it—have turned out to be true. Xbox exec Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb confirmed an April 3rd date on Twitter and an official press release cites a $450 price for a console + Kinect + game bundle.

By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2012

Darth Vader Invades South Osaka (Noooooooooo!)

When I first moved to Osaka, I lived near Shinsekai—a rough part of town in the south. My apartment was clean and spacious, but the area was populated with drunks, prostitutes, and gangsters. And this weekend, it was filled with Imperial Stormtroopers. Shinsekai is one of the stigmatized parts of Osaka. Many in North Osaka,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 7, 2012