Star Wars

The Classiest Star Wars Action Figure Displays You’ve Ever Seen

Everybody likes to see a beautifully-displayed action figure collection, but Korean collector Cho Woong has taken his display to the next level. His apartment will give you a million ideas about how to make your collection look like art. I feel like I’m looking at some Platonic ideal of the Ikea catalog, in which I’m…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 28

Only 10 Hours Left To Get Your “Yoda The Grouch” Tee!

For one day only, you can get this awesome “Yoda the Grouch” Star Wars/Sesame Street mashup t-shirt over at TeeFury. Just $9! Now if only Oscar would use the Force. [via TeeFury]

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 26

TV Shows We Wish Would Swap Writing Staffs

We don’t just love television for the special effects or crackerjack acting, but for the writing. That’s where our heroes get their cool lines and defining moments. And sometimes we wonder: what’d happen if our fave shows swapped writing staffs? That’s right — it’s just like wife swappers, except it’s writer swappers! So put the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 25

Another So-Wrong-It’s-Right Megan Fox Photo, Plus Secrets Of Spielberg’s Next Alien Saga

Spoiler warning: bigwigs explain how the next Iron Man and Superman movies will differ from the last ones. Megan Fox does a crazy tongue stunt in a Jennifer’s Body image. Plus Zombieland pic, Heroes shocker, and Spielberg’s alien-invasion project filming. Superman: James McTeigue, the rumored director of the next Superman movie, continues to make vague,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 25

Mimobot Expands Their Star Wars USB Empire

In case you’ve missed earlier editions of Mimobot’s Star Wars USB drives, they’ve returned (a la Jedi) with new, cuter than ever characters. C-3P0, an Ewok and Vader himself comprise the new $40 line of 4GB flash drives. We’d love to see the three of these guys drink together. The Ewok passes out after his…

Tech News Mark Wilson Aug 24

Why Can’t We Let Go Of Our Past?

Looking through a copy of the comic catalog Previews recently, I realized how many canceled TV shows have been spun off into ongoing comic series: Buffy, Farscape, Jericho, even Galactica 1980… Why can’t we say goodbye to things we love? It’s not just the comic continuations of canceled shows (which also include The X-Files, Angel…

Movies Graeme McMillan Aug 23

This Is The Batman We Want

Never mind crime-fighting and detecting the truth behind dastardly crimes; Brazilian cartoonist Eduardo Medeiros has shown us the truth behind Batman in a wonderful five-page silent strip, including how he really feels about the Man of Steel. As if the grouchy Batman and swimming-pool-appearing Aquaman aren’t enough to make you love Medeiros – creator of…

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 22

Dirt-Cheap Aliens Who Still Look Awesome

Just because science fiction has a low budget, doesn’t mean its alien creatures need to look silly or ho-hum. Here are 10 low-budget alien spectaculars that blew our minds. Some people interpreted last week’s top 10 list of silly alien prosthetics as hating on low-budget science fiction, or dissing the hard work of makeup artists…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 20

The Shakespearean Heroes Science Fiction Should Steal From

William Shakespeare was the J.J. Abrams of his day, reinvigorating Elizabethan England’s worn-out action-adventure franchises. And Shakespeare’s writing still has clues for today’s story-smiths. Characters who switch from nice to nasty? Secret passions? Strange disguises? The Bard got there first. There’s a reason actors are so juiced up to do Shakespeare, besides the fancy speeches…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 19

The Best of Science Fiction’s Oppressed Species

District 9’s crustacean aliens may be the first extraterrestrials to experience South Africa’s apartheid, but they’re hardly the first species to feel the sting of oppression. We list science fiction’s other downtrodden, enslaved, and dehumanized (so to speak) species. The Newcomers (Alien Nation): District 9’s aliens are most often compared to the Tenctonese, better known…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 18

Use The Force, Cary!

It’s as if artist Jim Hance watched North By Northwest and realized the one way possible that it could be more awesome. And that’s not the only pop-culture Star Wars mash-up he’s painted. Click through for more. GALLERY You can see more of Hance’s work here. [Via]

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 15

The Absolute Worst Thing That Star Wars Mania Gave Us [NSFW]

The last human alive, grown in a test tube, begs her robot guardian to teach her about sex, in this hilariously awful scene from 1979’s Star Virgin. “You are a messy biological organism and your erogenous zones are useless.” NSFW! We’ve featured some terrible Star Wars knockoffs in the past, but Star Virgin may actually…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 14

Girls In Bikini Reading Star Wars. GIRLS IN BIKINI READING STAR WARS?!?

What I like about this version is that Han Solo shoots first. Seriously, check out minute 1:10. Oh well, who I am kidding: I just love the acting. [Star Wars Blog]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 14

The Greatest Nerdware We’d Steal From Our Favorite Fans

You think your science fiction memorabilia is impressive? The scifi fans depicted in movies and TV have way cooler shit than you do. Here are 10 nerds who don’t even exist in real life, and whose collections still pwn yours. Luke’s Landspeeder Bed, 17 Again Ned Gold, played by Thomas Lennon, was mercilessly teased and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 12

Ooohh, New Ecko Star Wars Hoodies

We never knew what angels wore before we first laid eyes on the original Marc Ecko’s Boba Fett hoodie. Now, the label is offering six new Star Wars branded pieces of apparel. https://gizmodo.com/dealzmodo-star-wars-hoodies-for-59-5079380 It’s hard to pick a favorite from the new collection, but the $150 X-Wing fighter jacket is ever so tempting, while the…

Tech News Mark Wilson Aug 12

Top 10 Silliest Alien Prosthetics

Movies and TV have made huge strides towards giving us awesome-looking superheroics, but let’s face it: aliens still mostly look like Hare Krishnas after a candle-related accident. Here are the 10 most ridiculous alien head modifications from classic scifi. Antennae The Pathetic Rationalization: Snails are already kind of alien, right? They’re French, which is like…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 11

This Kid Actually Sleeps in a Y-Wing

Some parents are nuts. First, the mom who built a 98-inch screen on his son’s bedroom ceiling. Now, a father who built half a Y-Wing in his son’s bedroom, hanging from above, with the bed on top. https://gizmodo.com/exemplary-mom-builds-98-inch-screen-inside-kids-bedroom-5323788 Click to viewWell, at least I am assuming that this is a kids’ bedroom in a family…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 11

The 20th Century The Way It Should Have Happened

Part-Star Wars homage, part-alternate history, If Star Wars Was Real retells the history of the 20th century with some added players, offering up a Photoshopped-fantasia of nerditry and “What If”s. Click through to see more. If Star Wars Was Real (Via)

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 8

Death Star Costume Doesn’t Take Into Account The Use of Arms

“That’s no moon… that’s a guy standing by himself in the corner at a party.” [HolyTaco via Make]

Tech News Adam Frucci Aug 6

This Place Is Deader Than Alderaan…What, Too Soon?

Genre stand-up is hard – who hasn’t endured a friend doing LOTR jokes late at night? But nothing is more brutally painful to watch than a Star Wars stand-up routine. That’s why we’ve rounded up five of them for you. Star Wars Stand Up Comic – watch more funny videos Hossan Leong Star Wars Stand…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 5

The Classiest Star Wars Action Figure Displays You’ve Ever Seen

Only 10 Hours Left To Get Your “Yoda The Grouch” Tee!

TV Shows We Wish Would Swap Writing Staffs

Another So-Wrong-It’s-Right Megan Fox Photo, Plus Secrets Of Spielberg’s Next Alien Saga

Mimobot Expands Their Star Wars USB Empire

Why Can’t We Let Go Of Our Past?

This Is The Batman We Want

Dirt-Cheap Aliens Who Still Look Awesome

The Shakespearean Heroes Science Fiction Should Steal From

The Best of Science Fiction’s Oppressed Species

Use The Force, Cary!

The Absolute Worst Thing That Star Wars Mania Gave Us [NSFW]

Girls In Bikini Reading Star Wars. GIRLS IN BIKINI READING STAR WARS?!?

The Greatest Nerdware We’d Steal From Our Favorite Fans

Ooohh, New Ecko Star Wars Hoodies

Top 10 Silliest Alien Prosthetics

This Kid Actually Sleeps in a Y-Wing

The 20th Century The Way It Should Have Happened

Death Star Costume Doesn’t Take Into Account The Use of Arms

This Place Is Deader Than Alderaan…What, Too Soon?

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