Gizmodo: Yoda

Leaked Clone Wars Trailer is the New Force Hotness

Jack Loftus — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:40:39 EDT

Feast your eyes—squinting a bit—on the leaked two-minute trailer that was briefly seen in YouTube and then pulled off just to be rescued at the last minute by a Polish Corvette, saved into an astromech droid, launched onto a desert planet, and found by us in a garage sale somewhere in Kraków. Or something like that. The trailer further shows the work of the three hundred 3D animators who have been working on this project at Lucasfilm Animation for the past three years. And except for its lousy quality it, it seems that we are in for a ride (here's hoping Mr. Lucas didn't write the dialog.)

Yoda, Palpatine Statues Fight It Out in Realistic Miniature

Charlie White — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:15:15 EDT

Can't seem to get enough Star Wars? Now here's a 15-inch altar at which you can worship, with ARTFX Kotobukiya statues of Yoda and Palpatine fighting and shooting sparks out their fingers at each other, and it'll only cost you $174.99. It's relatively big, with Palpatine standing 11 inches tall, but whatever that purple shit is coming out of their fingers, we really don't want to know. Not to worry, though, that scum is removable. Take the jump for a couple of closeups of the Forceful battle.

You'd think for all that money this model would come to you already assembled, but no. You still must snap together the sacred parts. You'll have to wait, too, because this glorious sculpture won't be available until next March. [Star Wars Shop, via The Uber Review]

Star Wars Characters Now Hassle You From the Dashboard of Your Car

Charlie White — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:45:00 EDT

In addition to all those saints and Jesuses you have on your dashboard protecting you from god-knows-what, now you can add Yoda, Darth Vader and C-3PO, blurting out an assortment of thirty Star Wars sayings with every bump and jostle. Take the jump for a video showing these characters nagging the driver, along with a further description of each one of these new sacred figurines.

At 5 inches tall, Yoda is the shortest of the three, and he utters 11 various phrases from the Star Wars movies. The annoying C-3PO is 6 inches tall and talks the most, of course, blurting out 14 inane phrases at the most inopportune times. Darth is 6 inches tall, and he says just eight things, probably reminding you that he's your father and so forth. Talk is cheap, each is $9.99. [Think Geek]

Star Wars Super-Deformed Plushies Are Far, Far Away From Realism

Charlie White — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:00:00 EDT

Comic Images just released a new line of Star Wars plush dolls, but with really big and ugly noggins. Standing proud at 7 inches, the considerably sized plushies are a cheap $12.99, and so far Yoda and Vader are ready to ship—perfect for those of you who want to unwrap them right away and get down to some Force-powered head butting.

Chewbacca and the always-anonymous Stormtroopers are due out this month. The dolls can be picked up at Entertainment Earth. – Kevin Hall

Product Page [Entertainment Earth]

Yoda Backpack

Jason Chen — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:33:09 EDT

Stay on target! Star Wars nerds can add one more scene of the original trilogy to their re-enactment list. Inside this Yoda backpack you can place your lightsaber, your MacBook, and a cellphone to call mom to pick you up when you're all done. If they'd only make a slave Leia full-sized plushie. – Jason Chen

Plush Yoda Backpack [Thinkgeek via OhGizmo]