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All the New Things We Learned From the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Blu-ray

What more can be said about Star Wars: The Force Awakens that already hasn’t? It’s literally been a topic of conversation for years, and you’d think it would slow down eventually. Instead, it’s the opposite—especially since the film hits digital download today and we found a ton of new info in the extras. Both the…

Movies Germain Lussier

The End of Star Wars Rebels Could Be Coming Sooner Than Anyone Expected

Joe Russo discusses Civil War’s darker tone. Jared Leto extols the virtues of playing the Joker in Suicide Squad. Gwendoline Christie promises more Brienne action on Game of Thrones this year. Plus Ewan McGregor is game for an Obi-Wan movie, new pictures from Arrow, and a new SHIELD clip. To me, my Spoilers! Justice League…

Television James Whitbrook

The Producer of Star Wars Rebels Answers Your Burning Questions About That Epic Finale and Beyond

The second season of Star Wars Rebels just ended, with an episode that had huge ramifications not just for the show, but for Star Wars as a whole. Death! Deceit! New characters! Old characters! Twists! Mystery! It’s the kind of episode you just have to talk about—and we did just that, with the best person…

Television Germain Lussier

Sabine Wren Will Get An Expanded Role In Star Wars Rebels Season Three

The finale of Star Wars Rebels season two aired Wednesday and it’s almost certainly knocked your socks off. We’ll have much, much more on that Thursday morning but, in the meantime, we have some huge news about season three. Speaking to io9, Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni revealed that Sabine Wren, the artistic, demolitions expert…

Television Germain Lussier

A New Art Show Brings Your Favorite Movie Quotes to Life

Quotes are the currency by which we pay respect to our favorite movies. If you can spout off a one-liner from a movie, odds are it has a special place in your heart, and that belief drives an awesome looking new art show in Los Angeles this weekend. The show is called “What’s My Line?”…

io9 Germain Lussier

How Oscar Isaac Convinced J.J. Abrams Not To Kill Poe In Star Wars: The Force Awakens

You’ve probably seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens a few times—but on April 5, you get to discover it all over again when it arrives on Blu-ray. The disc includes a great documentary called Secrets of The Force Awakens, and we’re excited to debut an exclusive clip. In this clip, called “Poe Comes Back,” co-writer/director…

io9 Germain Lussier

The Ultimate Star Wars Action Figure Is Life-Sized and Costs $8,000

Don’t bother spending your weekends scouring toy stores for hard-to-find Star Wars figures. Nothing on the shelves at Toys ‘R’ Us can even begin to compare with Hot Toys’ new First Order Stormtrooper from its Life-Size Masterpiece Series. Standing over six-feet tall it’s easily the most impressive Star Wars figure ever created. It comes with…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Daisy Ridley’s Force Awakens Audition Was Intense As Hell

The Force Awakens had lots of lovely surprises—but one of the biggest of all was just how relative newcomer Daisy Ridley completed nailed her portrayal of Rey. Now that we’ve seen her audition though, it’s hard not to see why the production team fell in love with her, too. This short clip from a documentary…

io9 James Whitbrook

Tracking the Journey of Luke’s Lightsaber Throughout All the Star Wars movies

It started out as Anakin’s lightsaber, of course. And then Obi-Wan held onto it before he gave it to Luke. And then new characters carried it in The Force Awakens. And then who knows where it will go. This video, expertly edited by Christopher Sherwood, tracks the journey that the lightsaber has taken in a…

Sploid Casey Chan

New Star Wars Rebels Clip Teases a Major Connection to the Old Expanded Universe

This week’s season finale of Star Wars Rebels promises to pack an emotional punch for fans waiting to see Darth Vader and Ahsoka Tano duke it out, but on top of that, it may show that Disney’s Star Wars canon is accepting elements from a part of the old Expanded Universe many dearly miss: Knights…

io9 James Whitbrook

Obama Keeps Inviting Star Wars Stormtroopers to The White House

Today’s Easter Egg Roll at the White House had everything: The Easter Bunny, lots of Easter eggs, and… stormtroopers? For some reason Star Wars stormtroopers keep showing up at Obama events. But the weirdest part might be that Obama hasn’t even seen The Force Awakens yet. Every two-term president has a scandal in their second…

Tech News Matt Novak

How the 1940s Superman Cartoon Changed Eveything

The Superman cartoons from the 1940s were animated with a beauty and fluidity not seen before, but they were also hugely influential outside the world of animation. In order to achieve realistic movement, the series’ animator Max Fleischer—who also created Popeye and Betty Boop—used a technique he invented called rotoscoping. The process involved animating on…

Sploid Avery Ellis

It’s 2026 and Anyone in This Room Could Be a Hologram

Holoportation is now a thing, so start slapping everyone in arm’s distance to make sure they’re real. This new technology by Microsoft Research uses 3D motion capture and Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality hardware to “holoport” people from one place to another, which is definitely going to contribute to a universal feeling of paranoia in the…

Tech News Avery Ellis

A Side-By-Side Shot Comparison of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the Original Star Wars

The new Star Wars and the original Star Wars are pretty much the same movie. Everyone can agree on that right? That’s not a bad thing! When you’ve got a formula that works, you don’t have to add in a Jar Jar. Here’s a side-by-side visual comparison from Zachary Antell that shows the similarities between…

Sploid Casey Chan

We Finally Have Footage of The Force Awakens‘ Deleted Scenes

And now they move! Just after Wednesday’s still images of the deleted scenes on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Blu-ray, Disney has released a teaser trailer. For deleted scenes. Only Star Wars could pull this off, but we kind of love it. Obviously, the full deleted scenes will be on the digital HD release…

Movies Germain Lussier

So What Happens to the DC Cinematic Universe Now?

As the reviews of Batman v. Superman have been rolling in, so have your questions about the suddenly shaky future of the DC movies. But if you’re ick of BvS ‘ BS, we’ve also got how Deadpool 2 will handle Cable’s parentage, why the Captain Britain show was never happening, and how to handle non-nerdy…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Star Wars Rebels Brings Back a Familiar Villain Next Week

It’s been teased since that bombshell of a trailer, but next week’s Star Wars Rebels is throwing another familiar face into the mix, one not seen since the days of Clone Wars. And that’s in addition to a heartbreaking reunion between Ahsoka Tano and Darth Vader. Obviously, there’s going to be some spoilers ahead if…

Television James Whitbrook

Turn Your Roomba Into the Star Wars Droid You Already Pretend It Is

iRobot’s Roomba vacuum cleaners are about the closest thing you can get to having a real Star Wars droid at home. In fact, many Roomba owners are happy to pretend their robovac is just a shorter version of R2-D2 while it works away, and this decal set will help make that even more believable. There…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Our First Glimpse at The Force Awakens‘ Deleted Scenes

Ever since The Force Awakens released, we’ve known there were several scenes trimmed from the movie—entire characters were cut, or even moments from the trailers. Those scenes are making their way to the movie’s home release next month, but now we have our first look at some of them. Entertainment Weekly has some new photos…

Movies James Whitbrook

You Can Now Torrent a Blu-ray Version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (If You Dare)

Well, it finally happened. After months of crappy cam videos, the Blu-ray version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is available on torrent sites all over the internet. Let me be very honest with you, though: you probably shouldn’t download it. Lots and lots of people are downloading it, however. Torrent Freak reports that 250,000…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

All the New Things We Learned From the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Blu-ray

The End of Star Wars Rebels Could Be Coming Sooner Than Anyone Expected

The Producer of Star Wars Rebels Answers Your Burning Questions About That Epic Finale and Beyond

Sabine Wren Will Get An Expanded Role In Star Wars Rebels Season Three

A New Art Show Brings Your Favorite Movie Quotes to Life

How Oscar Isaac Convinced J.J. Abrams Not To Kill Poe In Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Ultimate Star Wars Action Figure Is Life-Sized and Costs $8,000

Daisy Ridley’s Force Awakens Audition Was Intense As Hell

Tracking the Journey of Luke’s Lightsaber Throughout All the Star Wars movies

New Star Wars Rebels Clip Teases a Major Connection to the Old Expanded Universe

Obama Keeps Inviting Star Wars Stormtroopers to The White House

How the 1940s Superman Cartoon Changed Eveything

It’s 2026 and Anyone in This Room Could Be a Hologram

A Side-By-Side Shot Comparison of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the Original Star Wars

We Finally Have Footage of The Force Awakens‘ Deleted Scenes

So What Happens to the DC Cinematic Universe Now?

Star Wars Rebels Brings Back a Familiar Villain Next Week

Turn Your Roomba Into the Star Wars Droid You Already Pretend It Is

Our First Glimpse at The Force Awakens‘ Deleted Scenes

You Can Now Torrent a Blu-ray Version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (If You Dare)

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