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Video: The sound effects of Star Wars

If you see a light saber, you can hear the glowing sound it makes. If you see C-3P0 or R2-D2 or Chewie, you can automatically hear them even if they’re not talking. Vader? Yeah, you hear the breathing. And that goes for X-Wings and Tie Fighters and everything else, the sounds of Star Wars are…

Sploid Casey Chan

Watch The Lost Fantasy Movie That Appeared Before Empire Strikes Back

Black Angel is legendary among Star Wars fans, but also fans of 1980s sword-and-sorcery movies. This short film about a knight returning from the Crusades, who has to enter a mystical realm and rescue a princess, was directed by Empire Strikes Back art director Roger Christian. And it was shown before ESB in Europe and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

See The Best Star Wars Vs. Star Trek Movie 1985 Never Made

I know you can’t swing a dead cat GIF on the internet without hitting some kind of Star Wars/Star Trek mash-up. But still, I highly recommend you take 80 seconds of your life to watch this trailer for The Carbonite Maneuver, which is not only exceedingly well done but actually looks… well, kind of real.…

Movies Rob Bricken

10 Most Messed-Up Versions Of The Hero’s Journey

Everybody knows the hero’s journey by heart at this point. The chosen one gets called to adventure, refuses, accepts, goes on trials, loses a mentor, faces darkness, defeats evil. But sometimes the hero’s journey takes a major detour. Here are 10 hero’s journeys go went to a dark, terrible place. 1) Anakin Skywalker When you…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders and Diana Biller

R2-D2 becomes an action hero in this Jawa-blasting Lego short film

In the Star Wars movies there were lots of times when R2-D2 saved the day, that’s how he became a fan favorite. But deep down you could tell that the little astromech droid yearned to be a true action hero, and in R2-D2 Unrestrained, a Lego stop-motion short film, he finally has the opportunity to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Is This Our First Look At Lupita Nyong’o’s Alien In The Force Awakens?

We recently found out that actress Lupita Nyong’o was using her considerable talents to play a all-new, motion-captured character for Star Wars: Episode VII. Now we may also know what that character looks like, too. As you may remember, Nyong’o is playing Maz Kabata, a space pirate who lords over a wide variety of smugglers,…

Movies Rob Bricken

Here’s Your Chance To Own This Legendarily Weird Star Wars Poster Art

All serious Star Wars fans know the work of Tibor Helényi. The Hungarian painter, who sadly passed away last year, created some of the most-hated and beloved posters for the original Star Wars trilogy. And now, more than one year after his death, the original oil paintings are going to be auctioned off on May…

Tech News Attila Nagy

You need 10,000 pieces to build a Minifig-scale Lego Millennium Falcon

Lego’s Millennium Falcons are some of the toymaker’s largest and most impressive sets, but to keep the price tags reasonable there are some comprises made when it comes to size, scale, and detailing. As the Lego fans at Titans Creations discovered, to build a Millennium Falcon that’s actually perfectly sized for minifigs you’ll need some…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

New Version Of Millennium Falcon Drone Looks Ready To Make Kessel Run

We’ve shared the work of quadcopter wizard and Star Wars fanatic Olivier C. before (check out videos of his TIE Interceptor and first Millennium Falcon builds), but his new Falcon drone is his best yet. (Still no Wookiee co-pilot, though.) Keep watching until the end to see what he’s working on next! H/T Shingo

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It took half a million bricks to build Legoland’s new Death Star

Even with gigantic stadiums dotting the earth, it’s hard for us to imagine just how massive the Empire’s Death Star really was. Over in California’s Legoland they recently added a scale model of the Death Star to their collection, and using around half a million bricks it still ended being only about eight-feet in diameter.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Strangest New Star Wars Rumor Isn’t Even About The Force Awakens

Kevin Feige discusses the Marvel universe post-Infinity War. Hugh Jackman says Wolverine 3 will be his last film as the character. The Arrow/Flash spinoff gets a name and synopsis. Plus casting news for Fear The Walking Dead, Shadowhunters, and the Annihilation movie. So many spoilers! Top image: Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Star Wars Episode…

Television James Whitbrook

These Star Wars Cosplayers Want You to Adopt Pets From a Shelter

The members of the 501st Legion: Capital City Garrison donated their time and costumes to a cuddly cause: the Ottawa Humane Society. It looks like cats, rabbits, dogs, and guinea pigs are on the side of the Empire and the Sand People. These are the pets you’re looking for. Image Credits: Rohit Saxena / flickr/…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

These Star Wars Drone Builders Need To Start Selling Their Creations

It’s a safe assumption, given the ever-increasing popularity of quadcopters, that once The Force Awakens marketing blitz gets underway later this year, we’ll be seeing lots of Star Wars-related flying toys. But until then, we have to settle for drooling over custom creations like this detailed light-up Millennium Falcon from YouTuber Olivier C. This is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Were It Not For a Bad Motivator, This Droid Could Have Been a Superstar

As one of the most popular characters in the Star Wars universe, R2-D2 owes at least some of his fame to a forgotten droid named R5-D4. If you remember, after being sold to Uncle Owen by the Jawas it broke down with a bad motivator, allowing Artoo to steal the spotlight. It’s a tragic tale…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Vehicles of Star Wars And Back To The Future Will Get Revoltech Toys

Kaiyodo’s Revoltech line isn’t just for turning characters into awesome looking action figures — sometimes the vehicles get the treatment too. The latest entries in the Revoltech line are totally badass versions of the X-Wing and the Delorean! Revealed in a NicoNico stream recently, the two models come complete with display stands to show them…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Star Wars Audition Tapes Feature A Very Different Original Trilogy Cast

It’s almost impossible to imagine the original Star Wars with anyone but Harrison Ford as Han Solo, or Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker. But long, long ago, these roles were up for grabs — and Kurt Russell could have shot first. Check out the revealing audition tapes for the Original Trilogy! Mark Hamill (helped by…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer in 16-bit video game style is fun

I don’t know what I want to do more, watch the new Star Wars movie or play this awesome 16-bit retro video game version of the new Star Wars movie. Actually, that’s a lie. I still want to watch the movie more. But there’s a kid in me that would love this video game so…

Sploid Casey Chan

The Second Stand-Alone Star Wars Movie May Be A Boba Fett Origin Film

The Wrap is reporting that the second Star Wars anthology film — i.e., the second film not part of the sequel trilogy, and the one that was going to be directed by Josh Trank until he exited last week — will reveal the origin of the fan-favorite bounty hunter Boba Fett. My question is this:…

io9 Rob Bricken

Did Rebels Blow Up the Death Star, or Was it Planned By the Empire?

There has been heated debate within the galaxy on this issue. Sadly, this is yet another example of conspiracy theorists showcasing their inability to accept logic as well as the presence in the Star Wars universe of chance, anomalies, negligence, humanoid and alien error. Engineers and Designers for Truth claim it was the latter. What…

Tech News Ken Miyamoto - QUORA

The new Vader Minifig has a two-piece helmet just like in the movies

Just because all the Star Wars vehicles and figures in your collection are made from Lego doesn’t mean they still can’t be accurate to the actual movies. So for its new Death Star Final Duel set being released in June, Lego redesigned the Vader minifig’s helmet to break into two pieces exactly like it did…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Video: The sound effects of Star Wars

Watch The Lost Fantasy Movie That Appeared Before Empire Strikes Back

See The Best Star Wars Vs. Star Trek Movie 1985 Never Made

10 Most Messed-Up Versions Of The Hero’s Journey

R2-D2 becomes an action hero in this Jawa-blasting Lego short film

Is This Our First Look At Lupita Nyong’o’s Alien In The Force Awakens?

Here’s Your Chance To Own This Legendarily Weird Star Wars Poster Art

You need 10,000 pieces to build a Minifig-scale Lego Millennium Falcon

New Version Of Millennium Falcon Drone Looks Ready To Make Kessel Run

It took half a million bricks to build Legoland’s new Death Star

The Strangest New Star Wars Rumor Isn’t Even About The Force Awakens

These Star Wars Cosplayers Want You to Adopt Pets From a Shelter

These Star Wars Drone Builders Need To Start Selling Their Creations

Were It Not For a Bad Motivator, This Droid Could Have Been a Superstar

The Vehicles of Star Wars And Back To The Future Will Get Revoltech Toys

Star Wars Audition Tapes Feature A Very Different Original Trilogy Cast

Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer in 16-bit video game style is fun

The Second Stand-Alone Star Wars Movie May Be A Boba Fett Origin Film

Did Rebels Blow Up the Death Star, or Was it Planned By the Empire?

The new Vader Minifig has a two-piece helmet just like in the movies

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