Star Wars

A Handy Currency Converter For Alien Money

Don’t get ripped off by unscrupulous intergalactic exchange bureaus! Consult our guide to alien money, including exchange rates with the U.S. dollar. Click through for a listing of currencies from Dune, Red Dwarf, Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and others. Gold-pressed Latinum, the currency used by the Ferengi (and sometimes other races) in TNG-era…

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New Threadless Star Wars Shirt

We’ve seen the famous Star Wars credits sequence parodied on a multitude of occasions, but this shirt featuring a credits typist with better things to do amused us aplenty. For those who don’t know Threadless, they produce t-shirts of user-submitted designs. If you’re digging this shirt, make sure to vote so it goes into production.…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Spaceship Captains

If you want to learn good organization skills, look no further than some of the best leaders in the universe: the captains of spaceships. They may be fictional, but they have skills that translate into the real world. After all, you’d follow Admiral Adama into battle, and trust Malcolm Reynolds to have your back. Now…

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Using Hundreds of LEGO Star Wars Mini-Spaceships to Create Huge Battles

Instead of building a huge Millennium Falcon out of thousands of LEGO pieces, Tim Goddard decided to use a thousands of LEGO blocks to create 200 Star Wars mini-sets, from Star Destroyers to TIE Interceptors and Snow Speeders. He then uses these mini-scale make famous movie scenes, including the Battle of Hoth, the Millennium Falcon…

Movies Jesus Diaz

Jedi Ginsu Knife Brings Out the Chef/Jedi in You

Have you had enough of lightsabers? Wasn’t the breakdown of how we roll on Thanksgiving enough to keep you entertained? Wasn’t the synopsis of why Superman would be futile to a lightsaber attack enough to fill your Jedi/lightsaber/superhero demand for the week? Are those two questions the stupidest you have ever been asked? Should I…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Top Five High-Tech Lairs of Evil Masterminds (OK, a Few Good Masterminds Too)

If you’re an evil genius or a superhero with things to hide, then you’ve probably thought about investing some serious dough in a secret lair. But with real estate prices being what they are these days, and the pesky need to kill the architects for hidden bases after they finish, you might want to get…

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Can a Jedi Lightsaber Cut Through Superman?

Someone at Yahoo! Answers asks: “Can a Jedi lightsaber cut through Superman?” In other words: is Superman more powerful than a Midichlorian? You’ll never be able to get this question out of your head without at least trying to answer it. The team at Yahoo! Answers is somewhat split on the outcome; responses include “No.…

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Steampunk LEGO Jabba Barge, Slave I and Other Amazing Steam Wars Models

LEGO may have the most amazing sets ever, but the fans keep leaving me speechless at every turn, specially the Steam Wars contest which is now closing. We already showed you the Steam Speeder, the Pod Racer and the TIE Fighter and X-Wing, and here you have an extremely detailed Steam Jabba Barge and Slave…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

New Jedi Wannabe Has The Worst Possible Teacher

Here’s the first look at a new character from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars cartoon series. She’s a young Jedi Padawan named Ahsoka Tano, and it sounds as though she plays a crucial role in the events of the clone wars between episodes two and three of the prequel trilogy. Click through for more…

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Frak Off! We’ve Got the Best Swear Words from Scifi

They say that swearing is the tool of the unintelligent, but swearing in an alien language? That has to make you cool, especially since it’ll perplex the hell out of most people. If you want to win that hard-to-get geek street cred, we’ve got just the thing: A list of the best scifi cusses in…

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4100 Years of Star Wars in Vector Crossover Comic

Sure, the six movies featured a fairly coherent storyline running across two different time periods, but Dark Horse Comics has decided to go two better and give the world a Star Wars storyline that spans 4100 years in four different series. Called Vector, the twelve-part story – beginning in this week’s Star Wars: Knights Of…

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Star Wars Icons Go UK Street

For those who prefer their Star Wars t-shirts to be more legal and contain fewer references to masturbation, hipster UK clothing brand Addict has exactly the thing for you. https://gizmodo.com/the-dreams-of-a-million-teenagers-in-1977-come-true-347849 UK Streetwear brand Addict have teamed up with Lucasfilm to produce exclusive boxed tees depicting three of the most iconic characters from the original Star…

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Steampunk LEGO Steam Speeder Spurs Swooning Sensations

The Steam Wars contest keeps exciting us with new concepts after amazing examples like the TIE Fighter and X-Wing, the Pod Racer and the Imperial Shuttle. Here’s the Steam-Powered Speedy Bicycle, which promises to be “the Empire’s Finest.” In its simplicity, it’s probably my favorite so far. Someone should get Lucas and LEGO to do…

Movies Jesus Diaz

Greatest Car Chases In Science Fiction (Part 2)

Milla Jovovich’s weird strappy leotard and crazy talk beguile Bruce Willis into helping her jet away from the cops in his flying taxi. He swerves through CGI tunnels at a breakneck pace. It’s another one of the greatest car chases in science fiction, according to us as well as you, the readers. Click through for…

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The Dreams Of A Million Teenagers In 1977 Come True

Admit it. This is the t-shirt you really, really wanted when you were a teenager.

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LEGO Contest Picks Up Steam, Pod Racer, London Imperial Shuttle and Jeff Vader

Some of you asked for it when we showed you the LEGO Steampunk Tie Fighter and here it is: a LEGO Steampunk Pod Racer, the Darling Apollo IV driven by Trenton Telgaard. Whoever that is. It’s also part of the LEGO Steam Wars contest, like the brilliant London Imperial Shuttle after the jump (right next…

Movies Jesus Diaz

Lightsaber Laser Pointers Turn Presentations Into Deadly Duels

Miniature laser pointers in the shape of the classic Jedi weapon: got to be a great idea. Styled to look like Vader’s and Darth Maul’s lightsabers, use these keychain lasers to point out any old PowerPoint slide you’re presenting, and we bet they’ll have you wearing a secret grin as you imagine that sound effect.…

Tech News Kit Eaton

Darth Vader Leaves Galactic Empire CEO Job, Joins Rock Band

ORLANDO, FL. (Agencies) – Following disagreements with the Galactic Empire President and Emperor over the arrest of Santa Claus last year, Darth Vader resigned today from his post of Imperial CEO effective immediately. Citing personal reasons, Lord Vader’s spokeswomen Lucy Lamarr pointed out that the Dark Lord will now join a rock band. “And by…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Lego Master Completes 30-Pound Star Wars Starship Model

After a mammoth building session, Lego master Mark Kelso has just recently put the last brick on his model of the Invisible Hand, General Grevious’ ship from Star Wars Episode III. Yes, that photo of him and his model is to scale—it’s frickin’ massive. It took an equally massive 9 months to build too: The…

Tech News Kit Eaton

Eight Reasons Why The Hero’s Journey Sucks

We’ve been somewhat shocked to see so many people defending Joseph Campbell in the comments on our hero’s journey post. Hey, we got stoned and read The Hero With A Thousand Faces in college, just like everybody else, and we thought it was super deep. All those primal archetypes and spiritual patterns were totally hardwired…

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A Handy Currency Converter For Alien Money

New Threadless Star Wars Shirt

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Spaceship Captains

Using Hundreds of LEGO Star Wars Mini-Spaceships to Create Huge Battles

Jedi Ginsu Knife Brings Out the Chef/Jedi in You

Top Five High-Tech Lairs of Evil Masterminds (OK, a Few Good Masterminds Too)

Can a Jedi Lightsaber Cut Through Superman?

Steampunk LEGO Jabba Barge, Slave I and Other Amazing Steam Wars Models

New Jedi Wannabe Has The Worst Possible Teacher

Frak Off! We’ve Got the Best Swear Words from Scifi

4100 Years of Star Wars in Vector Crossover Comic

Star Wars Icons Go UK Street

Steampunk LEGO Steam Speeder Spurs Swooning Sensations

Greatest Car Chases In Science Fiction (Part 2)

The Dreams Of A Million Teenagers In 1977 Come True

LEGO Contest Picks Up Steam, Pod Racer, London Imperial Shuttle and Jeff Vader

Lightsaber Laser Pointers Turn Presentations Into Deadly Duels

Darth Vader Leaves Galactic Empire CEO Job, Joins Rock Band

Lego Master Completes 30-Pound Star Wars Starship Model

Eight Reasons Why The Hero’s Journey Sucks

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