Star Wars

This Star Wars Rogue One Rumor Doesn’t Make Much Sense But We Love It

Hard to think of a better way to start your work week than a juicy Star Wars rumor, right? The latest one is a doozy and it concerns Felicity Jones’ lead role in 2016’s Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. Rumor is, she’s the daughter of Boba Fett. Before we dive into that, let’s set the…

io9 Germain Lussier

So You Want To Join The Empire: The Finer Details

Last week in this series, I took a look at how you take a rough kit of plastic and bring it down to a workable pile of plastic. Rough cutting brings the vacuuformed parts into recognizable shapes, and gets you closer to the part where you begin to assemble the suit as a whole. Before…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Mark Hamill’s Autographs Are The Best

Imgr user raggedrabbit has posted up a number of Luke Skywalker cards that Mark Hamill has signed. Apparently, the actor has a bit of fun when he signs them, leaving snarky notes in addition to his signature. See the full gallery here. [Imgr via Dangerous Minds]

io9 Andrew Liptak

Could New Live-Action Star Wars TV Shows Really Be Heading To Netflix?

Bruce Boxleitner says that he’s done with Tron. Stephen Amell says Arrow will never give Oliver Queen his comic book goatee. Transformers 5 gets its writers. Plus, new pictures from Batman v Superman and The Walking Dead, a new clip from Fantastic Four, and a look at the cool spaceships of The Expanse. Spoilers! Tron…

Television James Whitbrook

This Week’s Star Wars Comic Gives Us A Badass Old Ben Kenobi

Back in the days of the prequels, Obi-Wan Kenobi could flip around and swing his lightsaber everywhere like any other action hero—while Ben Kenobi was a much subdued Jedi. That is, until this week’s issue of Marvel’s Star Wars, which gives us an Old Ben who can do a lot more than silly wooping noises.…

io9 James Whitbrook

This Desk Vac Proves R2-D2’s an Awesome Sidekick Even When He Sucks

There’s no reason to feel upset when you see R2-D2 forced to do menial jobs—that’s exactly what droids were built for. Believe it or not, he will thoroughly enjoy his latest role as a tiny $24 vacuum for your desk, and happily suck up your bagel and Doritos crumbs. Powered by a single USB cable,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

This Hololens Tech Brings Us One Step Closer to Star Wars Holograms

When I watched Star Wars: A New Hope for the first time as a five-year-old, my face looked like O_O for two straight hours. Spaceships! Lightsabers! Robots! But one piece of future that wormed its way even deeper into my brain was the Millennium Falcon’s holographic monster mash chess game, aka Dejarik. It was the…

Tech News Darren Orf

Death Star Timer Counts Down to Dinner Instead of a Planet’s Destruction

Opening your oven to find a tray of burnt brownies isn’t quite as devastating as learning that your home planet was destroyed—but it’s pretty close. So instead of wiping out worlds, this Death Star kitchen timer counts down to when it’s time to yank something out of the oven. Simply twisting the Death Star’s top…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Fake a Birthday Every Day Just To Get These New Star Wars Balloons

The older you get, the less excited you are to celebrate another birthday. But that all just changed with these new Star Wars helium balloons from Amscan. If you thought Stormtroopers were easy to kill before, now they can be taken out with just safety pins. Available in the coming months from your favorite party…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

These Videos Show All the Changes Ever Made to the Star Wars Trilogy

Even before George Lucas created his Special Editions, the filmmaker was tinkering with Star Wars. Case in point, if you saw the 1977 original in 1977, it didn’t have an “Episode” or even a title beyond “Star Wars.” That was added in 1981 and ever since then, the changes haven’t stopped. In a series of…

io9 Germain Lussier

The Coolest New Toys At The Hong Kong Animation, Comics And Games Expo

ACGHK 2015 took place over the weekend, and the best and brightest of the Asian Toy scene were out in full force, showing off their coolest products and teasing some new ones. Here’s the very best of what’s was on the show floor in Hong Kong! Hot Toys had plenty of their already-announced new figures…

Tech News James Whitbrook

So You Want To Join The Empire: Measure Twice, Cut Once

Last week, I started a series that will look at how one goes about building a set of stormtrooper armor. At that point, I hadn’t actually gotten around to doing anything: I had a box full of rough-cast plastic parts. This week, we’re doing something with that box of plastic: cutting and trimming. https://gizmodo.com/so-you-want-to-join-the-empire-building-stormtrooper-a-1718805318 When…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Watch The History Of Aliens In Film Starting In 1902

Digg has compiled a really cool video that looks at how we’ve used aliens in films, starting with 1902’s A Trip to the Moon and going all the way to 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy. This isn’t a comprehensive look by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s interesting to see a bit of a…

Movies Andrew Liptak

Can A Home Drone Kill You? The Mythbusters Test With A Chicken Says Yes

Tonight’s episode of Mythbusters, Flights of Fantasy features two very different types of flying machines: drones and a Lockheed U-2 spy plane. Show hosts Adam Savage and Jaime Hyneman took a couple of minutes to chat with us about the episode and the rest of the newly-rebooted season of the show. Tonight’s episode sees the…

Television Andrew Liptak

A Nude Hope is a Cheeky, Impudent Take on Star Wars Burlesque

A Nude Hope is a cheeky, glittering, and hilarious Star Wars parody burlesque, and the very best way to spend a Friday night. The Geekenders are a burlesque collective of roughly eighty people in Vancouver, BC. They’ve been running the first of their Star Wars parodies, A Nude Hope, off and on since November 2013.…

io9 Mika McKinnon

Michael Jackson Wanted to Play Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars Prequels

BECAUSE OF COURSE HE DID. Ahmed Best, the actor who has the uneasy distinction of performing the motion capture and doing the voice of one of the most reviled characters of all time, told this amazing story in an interview with Vice: That’s what George [Lucas] told me. Me, Natalie Portman, and George’s kids—we were…

io9 Rob Bricken

Hot Toys’ Princess Leia Is On A Diplomatic Mission To Raid Your Wallet

Nice and easy there, toy collector. Hand over your wallet and nobody gets blown away—this amazing Leia wouldn’t give two hoots that your blaster was set to stun! Yes, finally, Hot Toys are bringing the exquisitely detailed hair buns of A New Hope-era Princess Leia to their increasingly impressive line of Star Wars figures, and…

Tech News James Whitbrook

This Is What a Monstrous 18-Foot Long Millennium Falcon Toy Looks Like

A few days ago it was revealed that Hot Toys was building a sixth-scale toy version of the Millennium Falcon that would match the size of the company’s incredibly detailed 12-inch figures. And today we already have our first peek at the monstrous creation on display at the Ani-Com and Games convention in Hong Kong.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

You Aren’t Ready For The Full Explosive Power Of This Movie Art

Chris Skinner has an incredible eye for drama and excitement. The freelance illustrator from Sheffield, England has created some of the most vivid and insane movie art we’ve seen in ages. Including some deep cuts, like Quatermass, and some truly vivid Godzilla action. Here are some of our favorite Skinner images—to see way more, check…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Carry Your Keys, Wallet, and Death Star Plans in This R2-D2 Handbag

Centuries of gender role reinforcement have ingrained the idea that women carry purses, while men stuff everything they need into every last pocket on their person. But with this R2-D2 dome purse that ThinkGeek is now selling, there’s finally no reason for anyone to feel embarrassed about carrying a handbag. The purse’s main pocket isn’t…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Star Wars Rogue One Rumor Doesn’t Make Much Sense But We Love It

So You Want To Join The Empire: The Finer Details

Mark Hamill’s Autographs Are The Best

Could New Live-Action Star Wars TV Shows Really Be Heading To Netflix?

This Week’s Star Wars Comic Gives Us A Badass Old Ben Kenobi

This Desk Vac Proves R2-D2’s an Awesome Sidekick Even When He Sucks

This Hololens Tech Brings Us One Step Closer to Star Wars Holograms

Death Star Timer Counts Down to Dinner Instead of a Planet’s Destruction

Fake a Birthday Every Day Just To Get These New Star Wars Balloons

These Videos Show All the Changes Ever Made to the Star Wars Trilogy

The Coolest New Toys At The Hong Kong Animation, Comics And Games Expo

So You Want To Join The Empire: Measure Twice, Cut Once

Watch The History Of Aliens In Film Starting In 1902

Can A Home Drone Kill You? The Mythbusters Test With A Chicken Says Yes

A Nude Hope is a Cheeky, Impudent Take on Star Wars Burlesque

Michael Jackson Wanted to Play Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars Prequels

Hot Toys’ Princess Leia Is On A Diplomatic Mission To Raid Your Wallet

This Is What a Monstrous 18-Foot Long Millennium Falcon Toy Looks Like

You Aren’t Ready For The Full Explosive Power Of This Movie Art

Carry Your Keys, Wallet, and Death Star Plans in This R2-D2 Handbag

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