Star Wars

Have the Best Day Ever and Watch Over 100 Amazing Vintage Star Wars Toy Commercials 

The official Star Wars website made our day, and we have to say thanks. StarWars.com posted an article full of vintage Kenner Star Wars toy commercials, and they’re just about the best thing ever. It’s easy to forget just how formative these toys were not just for Star Wars fans, but for both the toy…

If Kylo Ren Was an Inside Out Character, It Would Look a Little Something Like This

Torn between the dark side and the light, Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens was surely one of the more emotionally conflicted movie characters in 2015. But how to visualize that? Enter the characters of Pixar’s Inside Out. Artist Dan Hipp has taken the characters from the Pixar hit and created a beautiful,…

Star Wars Will Rock Your Next Dance Party, Thanks to Rick Rubin

History has shown that Star Wars fans will buy anything. Food, sheets, underwear—anything with Star Wars on it sells. Well, maybe not “anything.” They seem to be pushing the boundaries with their latest creation, an electronic dance album. It’s called Star Wars Headspace and will be released digitally on February 18, and to retail stores…

This Week’s TV: The Walking Dead is Back, and All Your Favorites Are Probably Going to Die

Plus this week’s TV episodes feature the smackdowns we’ve been waiting for: The Flash vs Killer Frost, Supergirl vs. the Black Mercy, and Freddy Kruger vs St. Valentine himself! It’s all on This Week’s TV! Tonight Supergirl (8PM, CBS) For the Girl Who Has Everything Can Kara escape the “Black Mercy”, a parasitic plant that…

Lionsgate Thinks Terrorists and Star Wars Stole Its Hunger Games Money

Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, puts Star Wars in the same category as terrorists in terms of screwing its bottom line. Wait, what? Yesterday, Lionsgate had a brutal earnings call. Its third quarter profits were nowhere near what investors expected, and it blamed a disappointing performance from the final (and good!) Hunger Games…

Eight Things We Want From Rian Johnson’s Star Wars Episode VIII

The stars are hyping it. The director has been teasing it. It’s really not that far off. Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Star Wars: Episode VIII will be going into production very soon, and as that date approaches, we’ve already started thinking about what we’d really love to see in the movie come December…

The Power of the Dark Side Is Basically Kittens

The Force Awakens, as you might have figured with the title, is about a resurgence of the power of the Force in the Star Wars galaxy. But according to the movie’s crew, petulant villain Kylo Ren has something very much in common with this adorable kitty: the way they sound. In an extensive interview with…

Oh, So That‘s Why Leia Doesn’t Trust the New Republic in The Force Awakens

The zillions of tie-in stories for The Force Awakens revealed there was going to be a scene in the movie where Leia acknowledged that her former colleagues in the Senate were just as likely to want to have her killed as they were to ignore her. A new Star Wars novel is going to explore…

A New Interpretation Of The Force Was Revealed On A Trippy Star Wars Rebels 

Star Wars Rebels keeps showing us these fascinating corners of the Star Wars universe that the main movies can’t quite get to. Last night, we discovered something very important—namely, that not everyone in the galaxy agrees on what the Force even is. In the episode, called “Legends of the Lasat,” Zeb discovered two members of…

Francis Ford Coppola Wonders If Star Wars Was Really Worth It

Francis Ford Coppola is really worried that making a whole bunch of Star Wars movies ruined George Lucas. Which leaves us wondering if we would trade more Star Wars for a lot of original Lucas content. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Coppola said: George [Lucas] is kind of a genius but I think it’s a pity…

The New Lego Star Wars Game Gives Us an Official Parody of the First Force Awakens Trailer

Way back in the old days of Thanksgiving 2014, when we got our first ever look at Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it was inevitably followed up by tons of amazing parody remakes—including the customary Lego versions. But now we have what is essentially an official parody of that first teaser trailer, and it’s amazing.…

Mood Lighting Is This Life-Size BB-8 Floor Lamp’s Only Skill

Now that almost everyone on the planet has seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it’s officially time for BB-8 to finally take the merchandising torch from R2-D2. We’ll definitely miss Artoo, but how could we ever say no to products like this life-size BB-8 floor lamp? An original ThinkGeek creation, the lamp stands 26-inches tall…

You Can Now Look as Dashing as Poe Dameron In This Star Wars Replica Jacket

Okay so the innate handsomeness of being Oscar Isaac isn’t included, but just as Poe’s jacket suited Finn, we’re sure anyone wearing this would get a Dameron seal of “Damn, looking good” approval. It’s that nice a jacket. The not-officially licensed replica comes to us from the aptly named Film Jackets. It is available in…

How Star Wars: The Force Awakens Combined Practical and Digital FX in a Revolutionary Way

Star Wars and visual effects have always developed in tandem. The original trilogy is known for its groundbreaking practical effects; the prequel trilogy was made with landmark digital effects. Now, with The Force Awakens, both the practical and the digital have been fused in ground-breaking ways. The blending of these types of effects not only…

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Summarized in a Hilariously Crude 60-Second Animation

If you haven’t seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens yet, why bother? Just troll the entire world by saying you were too busy or that Star Wars is just okay or that you’re totally fine with missing out on whatever silly pop culture thing takes over the world for a few minutes every year. Just…

Star Wars Rebels Went Full Western in a Mandalorian-Filled Episode

Made famous by Boba Fett, the Mandalorian race has long been a Star Wars mystery. On the latest episode of Star Wars Rebels, not only did we learn more about them, we learned more about our new favorite Mandalorian, Sabine. The episode was called “The Protector of Concord Dawn” and featured the Rebels trying to…

Harrison Ford is going to clue us into the upcoming Disney Star Wars theme parks on February 20. During a Wonderful World of Disney TV show celebrating the 60th anniversary of Disneyland, Han Solo himself will appear and reveal new information on the park extensions that are currently under construction in Anaheim and Orlando. Until…

This BB-8 Art Is Adorably Tragic

From the first moment we saw him, BB-8 rolled into our hearts like no droid ever has. His hilarious, crucial role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens worked to only deepen that love. Now, artist Alex Griendling is using that all against us. Griendling has created a piece of art that uses two iconic “thumbs-ups”…

5 Live-Action Star Wars Shows Disney Should Be Making Right Now

Last week, we learned that Disney wasn’t making a live-action Star Wars television series anytime soon. That’s a shame, because if there is one benefit to sweeping away the old Expanded Universe, it’s that there is now so much of the new galaxy to explore, and TV would be a perfect way to do it.…

Wait a Minute, Is Batman a Murderer in Batman v Superman?

And Zack Snyder reveals why the film is packing so much stuff in. Gal Gadot discusses the feminism of Wonder Woman. Yes, much to your understandable shock, there will be a lot more Star Wars and Marvel movies in the future. Plus, intriguing new Rogue One details, and The Flash casts another speedster. So many…