Empire

Is It Too Late to Stop Amazon?

The brain-splitting moment happened about a week ago. A video (watermarked with the logo of a camera from Ring, an Amazon company) showing a man delivering an Amazon package, finding a box of snacks on a porch, then dancing went viral. My mind failed to find joy in the moment. Think of the moving parts.…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Dec 18

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The Simple, Vital Role General Hux Has in Star Wars‘ First Order

As a shade of its forebearer, the First Order at times feels like an organization in search of an ideology beyond simply being the Empire all over again. In the past few weeks of Marvel’s Age of Resistance anthology comics, it’s been given a lens to examine some of the disparate parts that make up…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Sep 6

Awesome short film shows Star Wars from the Empire’s perspective

Watch this. Now. TIE Fighter is a short animation by Paul Johnson that shows a bit of Star Wars from the perspective of the Empire. It’s done in the style of anime from the 80’s and shows an aerial fight scene between TIE fighters and X-wings and is pretty much so awesome that Disney should…

Sploid Casey Chan Mar 24

Back to the Future Wasn’t Supposed to Have a Sequel

Great Scott! Did you know that Back to the Future was never supposed to have a sequel? Imagine that reality for a second — a world without Marty McFly’s hoverboard and shoes and flying DeLorean? The mind reels! Director Robert Zemeckis explained it all in Empire magazine’s oral history of Back to the Future: We’d…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 21

The complicated truth behind the empire of the United States of America

Let’s celebrate the USA on July 4th! How big does the celebration go across America? Across the 50 states, duh. The 48 contiguous, Alaska and Hawaii. But what about Washington DC? And the Indian territories? Puerto Rico? Guam? The Virgin Islands? And let’s not get into places you’ve never heard of like Johnston Atoll and…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 3

Dog Sacrifices Dignity In the Service of This Star Wars AT-AT Costume

Halloween was a hoot this year, but Angie never looked any of us in the eye ever again. Probably shouldn’t have reenacted the harpoon gun scene with her tiny legs. Nope, probably shouldn’t have done that at all. [LAIKA via Super Punch via Boing Boing]

Biology Jack Loftus Oct 8

It’s a trap! All six Star Wars movies getting 3-D theatrical re-release

First Lucasfilm announces a Star Wars box set on Blu-ray, and now they’re planning to re-release them theatrically in 3-D. But are you willing to sit through the prequels to see Empire in 3D? You may have to. http://io9.com/5612939/star-wars-blu+ray-boxed-set-coming-in-fall-2011 Lucasfilm has announced that 2012 will see the beginning of the 3-D conversion of the Star…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 29

Empire Strikes Back almost didn’t get made: Inside secrets of Star Wars’ first sequel!

The book trailer for J.W. Rinzler’s The Making of The Empire Strikes Back is a must-watch, full of juicy secrets. Glimpse the original script by Leigh Bracket, check out concept art, and find out how ESB almost fell through. The book will be in stores October 12th.

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 15

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Empire Edition

In today’s Remainders: Empires. Apple tends to theirs at their annual shareholders meeting; Verizon reinforces their cellular empire for Spring Break action; and the Galactic Empire’s graphic design team faces off with Ole Miss’s new rebel mascot. And more! It’s a Mascot! Ole Miss has been without a mascot since 2003, when its Colonel Reb…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 25

The World’s Oldest Swiss Army Knife

This could very well be the world’s first Swiss Army Knife. Bearing a striking resemblance to modern multi-tools, it has at least six distinct functions and originates from the Roman Empire circa 200 A.D. If our multi-tools today, with their screwdrivers, pliers, and the rest, center on fixing things, this Roman predecessor is more useful…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 30

Galactic Empire Begins Invasion of San Francisco

Informed by the Bush Administration that a Rebel base is located in the heart of San Francisco, Imperial forces surrounded the city in advance of a full-scale invasion. While Imperial Admiral Piett promised administration officials that the assault would commence only if the Rebel forces fail to surrender by 8PM PDT tonight, video reports on…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 16

Sexy Recruitment Posters For The Empire

Although most of the stormtroopers in the Star Wars movies turned out to be vat-grown clones of Boba Fett’s daddy, perhaps some of them were citizens from around the Empire doing their duty. These concept art recruitment posters by Feng Zhu might have been plastered in cantinas and spaceports around the galaxy in an effort…

io9 Kevin Kelly Jan 2

Is It Too Late to Stop Amazon?

The Simple, Vital Role General Hux Has in Star Wars‘ First Order

Awesome short film shows Star Wars from the Empire’s perspective

Back to the Future Wasn’t Supposed to Have a Sequel

The complicated truth behind the empire of the United States of America

Dog Sacrifices Dignity In the Service of This Star Wars AT-AT Costume

It’s a trap! All six Star Wars movies getting 3-D theatrical re-release

Empire Strikes Back almost didn’t get made: Inside secrets of Star Wars’ first sequel!

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Empire Edition

The World’s Oldest Swiss Army Knife

Galactic Empire Begins Invasion of San Francisco

Sexy Recruitment Posters For The Empire

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