Star Wars

This Week’s TV: Say Goodbye to Under the Dome and Hello to Z Nation!

What’s on this week? Season premieres of Continuum, Z Nation, Gravity Falls and From Dusk Till Dawn! The series finale of Under the Dome – and possibly Extant, too, I don’t know, it remains to be seen. All this, and more cartoons than our black hearts deserve on TV this week! Tonight: Lego Star Wars:…

So You Want To Join The Empire: Arm Up, Part II

After last week’s misadventure with a couple of components, it’s time to get back on track with finishing out the arms for the Stormtrooper. This week, we’re finishing up the arms. To recap, here’s the 501st Legion’s Costume Reference Library entry for the upper arms: Upper Arm Armor For 501st approval: Armor is fully closed.…

Explore The Galaxy Far, Far Away With This Interactive Map

The Star Wars universe is loaded with hundreds of planets. Now, design agency nlcud has put together an interactive map that’ll allow you to explore the galaxy, planet by planet. This is a neat feature – it allows you to jump from planet to planet, and details the size, year, climate, terrain, population and length…

The Mythbusters Play With Lasers In Their Latest Star Wars Episode

On tonight’s episode of Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie return to Star Wars for some inspirations. Among the things they figure out? Just how fast a blaster shot moves, and how people can dodge out of the way. In the clip below, Adam explains how they came to find out just how fast blaster bolts travel.…

Soon, We’ll Learn Why C-3P0 Has A Red Arm

Since May, we’ve known that C-3P0 has had gone through some replacement parts in the three decades since the end of Return Of The Jedi. Now, Marvel promises that they’ll tell us exactly how that happened. Really. In December, Marvel Comics will publish a one-shot comic, C-3P0, written and drawn by James Robinson and Tony…

The Ultimate Guide to Today’s Coolest New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Toys

Force Friday is finally upon us! Yes, Disney and Lucasfilm have deemed today as the ultimate Star Wars consumer holiday, and unleashed a swathe of new The Force Awakens goodies to empty your wallets on. Want to get a look at the hottest toys out today? Here’s our guide, just in time for you to…

You Can Snuggle With a Sith Lord Thanks to Star Wars Pendleton Blankets

I know! You didn’t buy anything for Force Friday because you’re practical: You were holding out for something really useful when it came to Star Wars merch. When winter comes and your bedroom is as cold as Hoth you’re gonna need a blanket. Why not have it be one of these Star Wars Pendletons? Just…

Someone Hacked Open Sphero’s BB-8 To See How It Works Inside

If you were lucky enough to find one of Sphero’s wonderful BB-8 toys on Force Friday and are curious how it works, the folks at uBreakiFix were kind enough to hack theirs open to explore its inner workings—so you don’t have to sacrifice yours. There aren’t too many surprises inside BB-8, though. His spherical body…

Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now

TGIFF! That’s two Fs given for #ForceFriday. Some of us have been up all night gathering alllllll the new Star Wars merch: the good, the evil, the items more expensive than the price Jabba put on Han Solo’s head. I have to admit, the one thing I am super excited about is the fact that…

Stare This Talking Yoda In the Eyes and You’ll Never Be Able To Look Away

We’re not seeing a lot of new Yoda toys this Force Friday, and that’s probably because we all remember the character dying during The Return of the Jedi. There is one, though, and with its intense set of animated eyes it will stare deep, and uncomfortably, into your soul. But leaving you feeling chilled and…

New Star Wars Crap That Makes Me Want to Cut My Hand Off With A Lightsaber

Happy Force Friday! Today’s the official day that new Star Wars merchandise begins spewing forth from Lucasfilm and Disney. Too bad there are so many horrible The Force Awakens products floating around like Imperial garbage in a Death Star trash compactor. Have you seen a Force-disturbing Star Wars product that should be expedited to the…

Get the inside scoop on Star Wars’ hard-working model-makers! In honor of Force Friday, we’re hosting a giveaway of two copies of Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop. To enter, you just have to sign up for the Insight Editions email list, and two winners will be chosen. Good luck, and may…

A Remote Control Walking AT-AT Is the Perfect Zero-Maintenance Pet

Who wants to be bothered walking a dog, changing a cat’s kitty litter, or cleaning a fish tank when all this remote control walking AT-AT needs is an occasional new set of nine batteries? It’s the perfect pet, and is guaranteed to never go crazy during a thunderstorm. At $130 it isn’t quite as cheap…

The Best Star Wars Loot From Force Friday

OHHHHH hell yeah. Star Wars toys galore. Welp. May the Force be with your credit card. Our resident toy nerd Andrew Liszewski is sleeping off a long day of amazing coverage over on Toyland, but here are the very finest posts from the Force Friday haul. Pottery Barn’s Millennium Falcon Star Wars Bed Nerf’s Chewbacca’s…

The Real Death Star Was Far Less Complicated Than This Perplexus Maze

It’s almost impossible to grasp how much design and engineering would be required to build a space station the size of a moon. But it’s probably still easier than navigating a tiny metal ball through the twists, ramps, and other obstacles inside this Death Star Perplexus maze. At $40 this Death Star version of the…

Kylo Ren Lightsaber Chopsticks Look Impossibly Uncomfortable To Hold

It might look cool in all the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teasers and trailers, but the tri-blade design of Kylo Ren’s lightsaber just doesn’t work elsewhere. Take these novelty chopsticks, for example, that look like the most uncomfortable thing you could ever try to hold in your hand. They probably work just fine for…

Force Friday Was A Disaster For Many Star Wars Fans

I’d been looking forward to this for months: Force Friday, the big reveal and release of the first toys from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I’d previously lined up for toys from Episodes I, II and III—and VII was going to be no different. But this Force Friday was a truly awful experience. And the…

A Death Star Bean Bag Chair Is the Ultimate Comfort In Your Living Room

Did it really take this long for a product designer to connect the dots between a spherical bean bag chair and the spherical Death Star? Why haven’t Death Star bean bag chairs existed since The Empire Strikes Back when the Lucasfilm marketing machine was in full swing? At 31-inches across it should be large enough…

A New Version of Star Wars Monopoly Swaps Tophat Tokens for Jedis

It certainly isn’t the first Star Wars-themed version of Monopoly, but Hasbro’s latest edition is the first to ditch that classic square board. In its place is a round-shaped board that has players trying to build bases on a variety of different planets instead of buying up fancy properties. In the original version of Monopoly…

Crap, it Turns Out That Pottery Barn Millennium Falcon Bed Costs $4,000

Working under the assumption that Star Wars fans have an unlimited supply of nostalgia and funds, Pottery Barn has priced its new Millennium Falcon bed at $4,000. So have fun explaining to your kids why they’ll have to choose between a fancy bed or college. The bed is hand-painted, though, and made from real hardwood…