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Why Are Star Wars Droids At Their Best When They’re Homicidal Maniacs?

Star Wars’ droids are usually meant to be a little bit too cute for their own good—just look at BB-8! But we also love when that cuteness is subverted with a violent streak, like with Knights of the Old Republic’s HK-47, Rebels’ Chopper, or the Darth Vader comic’s Triple Zero and BT. Or, case in…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Turns Out Beastie Boys Goes Much Better With Rogue One Than With Star Trek

Remember when the Internet was aghast at the first Star Trek Beyond trailer, soundtracked with the Beastie Boys hit “Sabotage”? It might not have fit well with many people’s idea of boldly going (and thankfully the film was much more traditionally Trekky than that trailer), but it turns out it really works for Star Wars.…

io9 James Whitbrook

Obi-Wan Kenobi Tries Not to Hate Himself in This Excellent Fan-Made Teaser Trailer

What happens when you go from being one of the most prominent Jedi masters in the galaxy to an old man hiding out in the desert? Well, for one thing, your hair gets really long. There’s a great story waiting to be told about what Anakin Skywalker’s mentor did after cutting down his protege on…

io9 Evan Narcisse

Hollywood Is Getting Its Very Own Star Wars Cantina

This winter, a pop-up Star Wars cantina is opening at a mystery location in Hollywood, CA. No droids allowed, presumably. Nerdist broke the fun news. It’s called the Scum and Villainy Cantina and reservations open next week for daily two-hour timeslots. In that slot you get two drinks, a souvenir pint glass, and more. If…

io9 Germain Lussier

Disney May Have Found a Way to Deflect Lasers With a Lightsaber

When Disney opens 14-acre Star Wars areas in California and Florida in the coming years, there’s no doubt everything will be state of the art. In fact, a new patent suggests they’ve figured out a new way to make lightsabers work in the real world, but maybe not in the way you think. A website…

io9 Germain Lussier

New Rogue One Trailer Reveals How the Rebels Find Out About the Death Star

A slightly different, international trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has hit the web. With it comes a few seconds of new footage and one very intriguing reveal. Watch the reveal for yourself and we’ll discuss it after. So it seems Galen Erso, Mads Mikkelsen’s character, is the one who let the Rebels…

Trailers Germain Lussier

A Stormtrooper Is Haunted By His Past In This Stunning Star Wars Fan Film

Life as a Stormtrooper is miserable. You’re a faceless cog in a giant machine (that also happens to be a rather evil machine), you shoot at some rebels, probably miss, and then probably die. But this brilliant fan film digs a little deeper into the life of one Stormtrooper to examine the trauma of fighting…

io9 James Whitbrook

Kenny Baker, The Actor Who Brought R2-D2 to Life, Dies at 81 [Update]

Kenny Baker, the man who played R2-D2 in the Star Wars films has died at the age of 81, after battling a long illness. (Updated with reactions from Star Wars community) As reported by The Guardian, Baker first became famous in 1977 for playing the lovable robot in Star Wars IV: A New Hope. Even…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Kylo Ren Loses It While Watching the Rogue One Trailer

You’d think Kylo Ren would be happy to see his grandfather once again on the big screen, but that’s not the case in his latest reaction video to the new Rogue One trailer. The video was created by the Auralnauts over on YouTube, who already have riffed on our misunderstood villain in other videos. So…

io9 Carli Velocci

Many Bothans Will Not Be Dying in Rogue One

The only Mon Mothma line anyone remembers in the original Star Wars trilogy is “Many Bothans died to bring us this information.” With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story being about the Rebellion stealing Death Star plans, everyone keeps making Bothan jokes. Please stop it. Because many Bothans did not die to bring us this…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

I’m Pretty Sure I Creeped Out the New Han Solo

I didn’t mean to. I just walked into a theater to see a movie, and there he was—Alden Ehrenreich, the actor recently cast as the young Han Solo, one seat away from me. He was just there to see a movie on a quiet Sunday afternoon, just like me. It was only after I sat…

Movies Germain Lussier

Everything Revealed in the New Rogue One Trailer

We finally got another trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story last night, and it was packed full of new stuff—including, of course, Darth Vader. We’ve gone through it with a magnifying glass and all of our nerdery to see what secrets and details are hiding inside it. The opening shot is of this…

Trailers Katharine Trendacosta

The New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer Has Finally Arrived

The second trailer for the first standalone Star Wars film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, has finally arrived, urged forth by the legions of fans (and their memes of fraught anticipation) forced to sit through hours of Olympics coverage to see it. Was it worth it? HELL YES IT WAS. (Heavy breathing.) We’ll have…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

Report: The Han Solo Movie Will Include a Young Lando Calrissian

If Lando is in the young Han Solo movie, does that mean we’ll get the history of the Millennium Falcon, too? The news comes from The Wrap, which reports that the film is casting the part of Lando Calrissian. And… that’s it No other details, but that does hint that it’s going to take place…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

A Tour of the Many, Many Posters I Own That Aren’t Even On My Walls

So far for Senior Week, we’ve already well established that I’m a freak. Cold Han Solo, waiting in lines for hours, but this is where I go over the edge. The fact that, as a compulsive poster collector, I have more posters in my flat file than I have on my walls. So I figured…

io9 Germain Lussier

Sorry, You Have to Buy The Force Awakens on Blu-Ray Again (and Also a 3D TV)

We all knew this was coming, but it doesn’t hurt our wallets any less. Disney has just announced that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is coming to 3D Blu-ray November 15. The four-disc set will include a feature commentary by J.J. Abrams and new deleted scenes. Which, honestly, are the biggest selling points. The 3D…

Movies Germain Lussier

Everything We Know About Your New Favorite Droid, Rogue One‘s K-2SO

There are loads of exciting things coming with the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story but high on that list is K-2SO, the surly droid voiced and motion-captured by Firefly’s Alan Tudyk. The actor dropped a few new details about the droid’s history and his less-than-sunny personality. In a new interview with Entertainment…

io9 Germain Lussier

The 10 Greatest Lines I Have Ever Waited In

The best things come to those who wait—especially those who wait in line. Giving up their precious time to stand in a line for hours (or days) to do or see something cool has always been a badge of honor for fans. I have many such badges, because I’ve waited in a lot of lines…

io9 Germain Lussier

I Only Love Han Solo When He’s Cold

Han Solo is my favorite character ever. In anything. I’m guessing, I’m not the only person who feels that way. He’s simply a badass with a swagger that’s second to none. For some reason, though, I personally have a weird fetish when it comes to Solo. I only love him when he’s cold. What the…

io9 Germain Lussier

The Third Season of Star Wars Rebels Premieres September 24

The next chapter in the Star Wars universe will be here before Rogue One. It’s the return of Star Wars Rebels, and Disney XD just announced we can expect season three to finally premiere on September 24. Along with the announcement, here’s a brief teaser: For more on what to expect in season three, here’s…

Television Germain Lussier

Why Are Star Wars Droids At Their Best When They’re Homicidal Maniacs?

Turns Out Beastie Boys Goes Much Better With Rogue One Than With Star Trek

Obi-Wan Kenobi Tries Not to Hate Himself in This Excellent Fan-Made Teaser Trailer

Hollywood Is Getting Its Very Own Star Wars Cantina

Disney May Have Found a Way to Deflect Lasers With a Lightsaber

New Rogue One Trailer Reveals How the Rebels Find Out About the Death Star

A Stormtrooper Is Haunted By His Past In This Stunning Star Wars Fan Film

Kenny Baker, The Actor Who Brought R2-D2 to Life, Dies at 81 [Update]

Kylo Ren Loses It While Watching the Rogue One Trailer

Many Bothans Will Not Be Dying in Rogue One

I’m Pretty Sure I Creeped Out the New Han Solo

Everything Revealed in the New Rogue One Trailer

The New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer Has Finally Arrived

Report: The Han Solo Movie Will Include a Young Lando Calrissian

A Tour of the Many, Many Posters I Own That Aren’t Even On My Walls

Sorry, You Have to Buy The Force Awakens on Blu-Ray Again (and Also a 3D TV)

Everything We Know About Your New Favorite Droid, Rogue One‘s K-2SO

The 10 Greatest Lines I Have Ever Waited In

I Only Love Han Solo When He’s Cold

The Third Season of Star Wars Rebels Premieres September 24

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