Star Wars

Les Miserablés is decidedly less miserable with lightsabers

Chance McClain, the creator of the Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog fan prequel Horrible Turn, has done author Victor Hugo and musical creators Alain Boubill and Claude-Michel Schönberg a huge favor and updated Les Miserablés the way it’s so desperately needed — with lightsabers. I hope they give Gollum a chance to audition; I think he’d…

R2-D2 spotted in Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Wars droid R2-D2 made a cameo in the 2009 Star Trek movie, which left some fans wondering if the little guy made it into Star Trek Into Darkness. Now that the film is out on home media, R2-D2 has been spotted. Hi there! https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-r2-d2-finally-discovered-in-star-trek-5405276 Reader Rafael Oca passed along this screen shot, from somewhere…

Darth Vader plays the Star Wars theme on the bagpipes on a unicycle

Basically says it all. Last year, Unicycling Darth Vader made a big splash playing the Imperial March on the bagpipes. But this year, he’s upgraded to bagpipes that shoot flames. Which is worth celebrating. [via GMA]

Game of Thrones Rumor: You’ll never guess who’s taking the Black!

A new rumor claims Ben Affleck’s Batman is finding love. Meanwhile, Billy Dee Williams has a pitch for Lando Calrissian’s Episode VII status quo. The mystery of Matt Smith’s hair is solved! Arrow could introduce the Suicide Squad. And a Walking Dead producer talks about the Rick-Michonne relationship. Spoilers ahead… Top image: The Walking Dead.…

The evilest month of the year begins thanks to DC’s villains

With the Trinity War over, DC’s bad guys are stealing the spotlight (possibly literally) in a month-long event that begins this week. Meanwhile, The Star Wars finally arrives, the X-Men have their time-traveling-est adventure yet, and Jonathan Hickman’s “sacrilicious” new series arrives, all in this week’s comics! New Issues Dark Horse: • The Star Wars…

Scifi and fantasy ladies pose as Rosie the Riveter for Labor Day

Labor Day isn’t just an excuse to barbecue or squeeze in one last trip to the beach; it’s also the day we remember the contributions of workers to society. These scifi, fantasy, and superheroines pay tribute to the wartime labor icon Rosie the Riveter—and show off their guns. “Buffy the Riveter” by AJ Paglia “Leia…

Marvel at the Brilliance and Creativity of Dragon Con Cosplay!

Nobody does amazing costumes like the 50,000 fans at Dragon Con in Atlanta. Check out some of our favorite cosplay photos from Dragon Con 2013 — including some Star Wars characters like you’ve never seen them before. Top image: deejayqueue/Flickr. Photo by deejayqueue/Flickr. Photo by deejayqueue/Flickr. Photo by deejayqueue/Flickr. Photo by deejayqueue/Flickr. Photo by deejayqueue/Flickr.…

The Star Wars/Game of Thrones crossover you NEED: Darth Drogo!

What if Khal Drogo, the Dothraki horselord, came over to the Dark Side? It would probably look a lot like this. Behold Darth Drogo by jbcasacop on Deviant Art, the first in a new series called Star Wars: The Throne Wars. Check out the whole thing below. Writes jbcasacop: Dark lord of the Khalasar. I’m…

Top 10 Greatest Space Zombies Of All Time!

Zombies. They’re your ultimate nightmare. But the only thing that’s more intense than regular zombies? Is space zombies. Because zombies are automatically way more terrifying when there’s noplace to run. Here are the 10 greatest space zombies of all time! Possible spoilers ahead… We hadn’t realized quite how many space zombies there are out there…

Know your Star Wars fighters with these gorgeous posters

If you find yourself in a galaxy far, far away, and some unidentified starfighter is attacking you, make sure you can figure out who’s flying it — with these amazing, informational posters. Created by Deviant Art user Thong Le, these posters take the movies’ already-beautiful starfighter designs and add a nice poster-art sensibility to them.…

Meet DC Nation’s Metal Men! Plus a glimpse of the Lego Yoda Special!

This week in the world of cartoons, we spend our last week in the late summer Bermuda Triangle of TV animation. Enjoy clips from Futurama, Teen Titans Go!, an upcoming Lego Star Wars special, and a few shows that aren’t normally in the roundup, while some of our faves are on hiatus. Regular Show, Adventure…

The creator of Vader and Son takes us to the Jedi Academy

Hard as it may be to believe, not every kid in the Star Wars universe wants to grow up to be a Jedi. Roan, the protagonist of Jeffrey Brown’s Jedi Academy, just wants to be a starfighter pilot. But after he’s rejected from pilot school, he finds himself unexpectedly admitted to Jedi Academy, and starts…

Who’s the most awesome villain of all time?

Everybody knows that in most science fiction and fantasy universes, the villain is way cooler and more interesting than the hero. But who’s the coolest and most badass villain of all time? You decide! Please include a photo or clip of this baddie, so we can admire him/her/it/them. And yes, this can include monsters and…

Nissan uses iconoclast Stormtroopers to shill their new car

In the west, we generally buy Star Wars things. In Japan, they use Star Wars to sell things. The Galactic Empire has shilled plenty of Japanese products over the years, and their newest campaign is this shockingly cool commercial series for the Nissan Juke mini-SUV. As you can see from the video above, the Juke…

Somebody Needs to Make This Han Solo Refrigerator ASAP

Every once in a while, something comes along that’s very impressive, incredibly cool and endlessly desirable. The only problem is that it’s not real. Such is the case with this Photoshopped fridge adorned Han Solo frozen in carbonite. The image was part of B3TA’s “Fridges” challenge, and not surprisingly, it won the popularity contest (and…

RIP Gilbert Taylor. He was one of the great cinematographers who transformed science fiction with his work on Star Wars and other films. Sadly, Taylor has died at age 99.

The New Star Wars Will Be Shot on Film, Which Is Probably Great

Last night, Star Wars: Episode VII cinematographer Dan Mindel announced that the J.J. Abrams-directed movie will be shot on 35mm film, as opposed to digital video. The decision symbolizes the changing of the guard from the reign of George Lucas, and hopefully adds some much-needed vigor to the beloved franchise. Back when The Phantom Menace…

Avengers’ director hates French movies and Empire Strikes Back

Josh Whedon—the director of teen TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Avengers—thinks The Empires Strikes Back sucks because—according to him—it doesn’t have an ending. Movies must have satisfying endings, he says. Otherwise they are bad movies, like French movies. If I want a movie that doesn’t end I’ll go to a French movie.…

Here’s why Joss Whedon doesn’t like Empire Strikes Back

Joss Whedon has a big problem with The Empire Strikes Back. It’s a problem he’s had since he first saw it back in 1980. Honestly, once I heard it, I wasn’t sure whether I should laugh or cry. As EW.com reported in the article about the interview Whedon gave to Entertainment Weekly: “Empire committed the…

Would a Marvel/Star Wars crossover be the worst idea ever?

Greetings, fellow denizens! Today’s mailbag has a bit of an international flair, with letters coming all the way from Belgium and the Philippines! How did a fake mailman in post-apocalyptic America with nothing but a horse receive these letters? I have no fucking idea. Top image by Jonathan Moore. Make Mine Mon Mothma Ross A.:…