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Rogue One Director Gareth Edwards Gives His Side of the Reshoot Controversy

Earlier this year, you couldn’t say the words “Rogue One” without hearing the word “reshoots.” The fact the filmmakers were going back to remake large scenes of the movie sparked massive debate and controversy online. But now, after months of silence, the director of the film has finally given his side. That would be Gareth…

Movies Germain Lussier

I Would Happily Live in This Gigantic AT-ACT Playhouse

Colin Furze is best known as the internet’s most lovable mad scientist, responsible for building everything from working hoverbikes to thermite cannons. But every Star Wars fan on the planet is going to be insanely jealous of the little kid who gets this AT-ACT playhouse the Furze just build. Standing just over 18 feet tall,…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

How to Perfectly Fake a Glowing Lightsaber in Photoshop

It’s time to face the facts: lightsabers aren’t real, and they’re simply not going to exist in your lifetime. The closest you can get to realizing your Jedi fantasies is through this excellent tutorial by Mathieu Stern showing you how to properly fake a lightsaber using Photoshop. Basic Photoshop skills will allow you to simply…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Everything You Need to Know About Rogue One

Let’s not kid ourselves here: You know what Rogue One is. You know it’s the first stand-alone Star Wars film, and you know it’s about the Rebels’ attempt to steal the plans to the Death Star. But we’ve been waiting for this movie for so long that we thought we’d bring everything we know for…

Movies Germain Lussier

Adorable BB-8 Alarm Clock Goes Nuts When It’s Time For You to Wake Up

As adorable robots go, it seems almost impossible to ever get angry at The Force Awakens’ BB-8. Which is why turning the little robot into an alarm clock is such a brilliant idea, because no matter how tired or grumpy are, you’ll never be tempted to throw BB-8 across the room when he frantically tries…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

Turning a Hydropower Jetbike Into a Star Wars Speeder Bike Is Totally Brilliant

I’m not exactly sure what’s going on in this Star Wars fan film by Devin Super Tramp but I’m also pretty sure that it doesn’t really matter because it features real life versions of the speeder bike. Refashioning Jetovators, which are basically water powered motorcycles, into the style of a speeder bike basically turns my childhood…

Sploid Casey Chan

There’s One Big Problem With Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman/Star Wars Mashup Video

Zack Snyder has never made it a secret that he’s a Star Wars fan. During production on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, he and Star Wars director J.J. Abrams would exchange fun photos on social media, mashing up the DC and Star Wars universes. But Snyder just took it to another level. On the…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Daisy Ridley Thinks The Force Awakens Already Answered the Mystery of Rey’s Parents

Did… did Daisy Ridley get an extended cut of The Force Awakens no one else has seen yet? Pretty much since Rey was first revealed as a character, people have been wildly speculating about just who Rey’s parents really are. In fact, I’m pretty sure the vast majority of the Star Wars cast has been…

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Now You Can Measure How Long It Will Take for R2-D2 to Get Sick of Being Merchandised

Aside from Hello Kitty, it’s hard to think of a character whose image has been slapped onto more products than Star Wars’ R2-D2. Everything from oven mitts to coffee makers bear the little droid’s likeness, and now you might even see him pop up on construction sites as an officially-licensed tape measure. Created by ThinkGeek,…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

There’s a Nifty Star Wars Rebels Easter Egg In the Latest Rogue One Footage

Wow, Rogue One! Not even out yet and you’re spilling out neat little Easter eggs already. Sneaky. If you’d like to stay Easter-egg free, then by all means consider this your warning. It’s a new day, one day closer to the next Star Wars movie being out—and that means yet another batch of TV spots…

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Here’s How Far Diego Luna Went to Play a Rebel Soldier in Rogue One

For Cassian Andor, fighting for the Rebellion is a way of life. It is “the only choice,” actor Diego Luna told io9 at the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story press event this weekend. As the character becomes wrapped up in the mission to steal the Death Star plans, he becomes even more committed to…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Walt Disney World Turned Epcot’s Spaceship Earth Into the Death Star

Now that Disney owns Lucasfilm and everything Star Wars, the company’s theme parks are slowly becoming giant advertisements for the upcoming films. Which is totally cool with us if it means awesome publicity stunts like turning Epcot’s giant spherical Spaceship Earth into the Death Star—complete with a working superlaser. Even if that super laser can’t…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

Rogue One‘s Riz Ahmed on Playing an ‘Average Joe’ in the Star Wars Universe

At the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story press event this weekend, we got a chance to talk with Riz Ahmed, who plays Bodhi Rook, a skilled pilot who leaves his gig with the Empire to join the Rebellion for reasons we learn early in the film (but won’t spoil here). Soon he becomes involved…

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This Rogue One Mystery May Have a Very Cool Solution

Ever since we first saw footage from Rogue One, we’ve wondered about that one mysterious shot of a kneeling hooded figure in front of a mysterious, foggy tube. Who’s the figure? What’s inside the tube? Well, a seemingly innocuous featurette for the movie might have provided the answer. https://gizmodo.com/every-cool-detail-we-spotted-in-the-rogue-one-a-star-w-1769606654 Yesterday, as part of a bevy…

io9 James Whitbrook

Ezra’s Introduced to a New Lightsaber in This Star Wars Rebels Clip [UPDATED]

Correction: Whoa. Talk about a brain fart. Of course this is the Darksaber, a saber introduced in The Clone Wars. It’s not new like the article originally said. I mean, it’s new to Ezra, but not us. The original post has been edited below. Apologies for my idiocy. One of my favorite things about Star Wars…

Television Germain Lussier

George Lucas Likes Rogue One More Than Force Awakens, and Other Fun Facts We Learned This Weekend

We attended the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story press event over the weekend, ahead of the movie’s release next week. Spoilers were, of course, verboten—but fun facts and random nuggets were not. Here are five things we learned from a pair of press conferences featuring various members of the cast and crew. 1) George…

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Stormtrooper Tries Out for the Force in Texas Police Recruitment Video

The Fort Worth Police Department must have someone there who really, really likes Star Wars, or they just want to capitalize on Disney’s new annual tradition. The department released its second recruitment video in two years where a villain or lackey from the Star Wars universe tries (and fails) to get a job as a…

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Rogue One Director Stole the Death Star Plans

Looks like we don’t need to see Rogue One anymore, because we already knows how it ends. During a live Facebook chat with the cast, director Gareth Edwards announced that he stole the Death Star schematics prop from the set of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Well, he never fully admitted it, giving us…

io9 Beth Elderkin

These Wonderful Rogue One Jackets Make Us Want to Move Somewhere Very, Very Cold

Ever since The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars and the cold have gone hand in hand. So it makes perfect sense that Columbia has teamed up with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story for some super freaking cool new jackets. The three jackets, based on the outfits of Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor, and the Death…

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Jyn Erso Kicks Stormtrooper Butt in the First Clip From Rogue One

Poor Stormtroopers, they practically exist to get their white-armored butts handed to them to make everyone else look good. Debuting on last night’s Tonight Show, the clip sees Jyn and Cassian flanked by Stormtroopers on Jedha, forcing Jyn to break out her space-baton and go to town on the Empire’s boys and girls in white.…

Movies James Whitbrook

Rogue One Director Gareth Edwards Gives His Side of the Reshoot Controversy

I Would Happily Live in This Gigantic AT-ACT Playhouse

How to Perfectly Fake a Glowing Lightsaber in Photoshop

Everything You Need to Know About Rogue One

Adorable BB-8 Alarm Clock Goes Nuts When It’s Time For You to Wake Up

Turning a Hydropower Jetbike Into a Star Wars Speeder Bike Is Totally Brilliant

There’s One Big Problem With Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman/Star Wars Mashup Video

Daisy Ridley Thinks The Force Awakens Already Answered the Mystery of Rey’s Parents

Now You Can Measure How Long It Will Take for R2-D2 to Get Sick of Being Merchandised

There’s a Nifty Star Wars Rebels Easter Egg In the Latest Rogue One Footage

Here’s How Far Diego Luna Went to Play a Rebel Soldier in Rogue One

Walt Disney World Turned Epcot’s Spaceship Earth Into the Death Star

Rogue One‘s Riz Ahmed on Playing an ‘Average Joe’ in the Star Wars Universe

This Rogue One Mystery May Have a Very Cool Solution

Ezra’s Introduced to a New Lightsaber in This Star Wars Rebels Clip [UPDATED]

George Lucas Likes Rogue One More Than Force Awakens, and Other Fun Facts We Learned This Weekend

Stormtrooper Tries Out for the Force in Texas Police Recruitment Video

Rogue One Director Stole the Death Star Plans

These Wonderful Rogue One Jackets Make Us Want to Move Somewhere Very, Very Cold

Jyn Erso Kicks Stormtrooper Butt in the First Clip From Rogue One

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