Star Wars

The Construction of the LEGO Millennium Falcon Part I: the Unboxing and the Licking

We got the LEGO Ultimate Collector’s Millenium Falcon and here’s a video of me getting all dorky and excited about this awesome 24-pound, 5,159-block LEGO masterpiece. This is just a teaser of what’s coming later this week: the time-lapse video of its construction by only one single dork, and the review (and in case there…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

SANTA’S FACTORY, North Pole (Agencies) – An Imperial Stormtrooper commando broke into Santa’s Factory on the North Pole yesterday evening, killing an undetermined number of elves, arresting the owner and confiscating his sled. Joe Kwazansky, local spokesman for the Evil Galactic Empire in Los Angeles, appeared in a press conference this morning confirming the rumors…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

LucasFilm Christmas Cards Are a Gift in Themselves

If you are lucky enough to be on the LucasFilm Christmas card list, you get a lot more then updates on how little Anakin Skywalker is progressing with his potty training. You get a card that is absurdly cool collector’s memorabilia…perfect for framing, eBaying or taping to the skin over your heart. This Stormtrooper pop-up…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Seven Best Torture Porn Scenes in SciFi

Nothing warms the hearts and soothes the soul at holiday time like a hot laser slicing through your pain receptors. That’s why we put together this list of the top seven torture scenes from science fiction, including one that spawned one of the lamest action figures in the world. (We didn’t include the Star Wars…

Movies Kevin Kelly

Donna Summer is the Mother of Science Fiction

Donna Summer’s "I Feel Love" was the futuristic dance music song of the late 1970s. But she wasn’t the only disco goddess to get futuristic. Disco historian Tim Lawrence told io9 that the music that got the Village People in a sweat was also science fictional to its core. Not only did disco borrow from…

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Patton Oswalt Compares ‘Star Wars’ To Ballsacks

Famous indie comedian/comic book writer/video game talent Patton Oswalt is known for his love of science fiction and most other things from Planet Geek. We caught his show last week in Los Angeles where he spouted off about his fantasies of murdering George Lucas for making the Star Wars prequels. Check out the highlights after…

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io9 Talks to Malcolm McDowell at The Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival

The Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival “where Science meets Fiction” started this weekend in Los Angeles, and io9 was there. This is only the second year the festival has been in the United States (they’ve been running it for several years in France), but they’ve managed to draw a host of science fiction talent from…

io9 Kevin Kelly

Darth Vader Wii, Please Don’t Buy it Now for $15,000

The Star Wars Vader Edition Wii is pretty hot. While we could honestly do without the Star Wars theme in our living rooms (at least while company visits), the black finish and corresponding red LED gives us visions of just how good a touch of the dark side could be for the Nintendo Wii. Screw…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Baroque Wars, Star Wars Gets Wiggy With It

We love a good Star Wars remix in these parts, and especially dig freelance illustrator Mattias Adolfsson’s rendition of the story as told through Baroque era illustration. If Vader had the Death Star back somewhere between 1600 and 1750, this is how Lucas may have imagined the characters (with powdered wigs, rocking the counterpoint). [artist…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Five Fan Films (Almost) Better Than the Real Thing

The upcoming Michael Gondry comedy starring Jack Back and Mos Def Be Kind Rewind features no-budget recreations of films like Back to the Future, 2001: A Space Odyssey, RoboCop, and Ghostbusters. In fact, their RoboCop looks better than the original film did. Jack Black really nails Peter Weller’s robo-monotone. That got us thinking about all…

io9 Kevin Kelly

Leia Follows In The Family Business

Really, any attempt at an explanation wouldn’t be as fun as what you’re already imagining. Harry Potter Does Drag for Manilla Gay Bar [Towleroad]

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Lucas Further Whores Out Star Wars Brand for Line of Rubber Duckies

Just how far will the absurdity of Star Wars product licensing go? You know we’re getting near that repugnant singularity of infinite distortion when we encounter these Star Wars-themed rubber duckies. There’s Luke Pondwalker, Princess Layer, and look over there—it’s Pondtrooper. Sheesh. Running on a non-replaceable 45-hour battery, all are ready to swim around and…

Tech News Charlie White

Marine Research Facility Designed Using Star Wars Films

Using Star Wars films as one of the inspirations for his designs, a masters student at the University of Texas named Jason Mellard developed an aquatic research and housing facility to be located 50-100 miles offshore. Scientists studying marine and bird life would stay on the platform with their families in 6-13 month shifts and…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Indiana Jones and the Jumping of the Shark

Steven Spielberg has yanked the aliens from Close Encounters of the Third Kind out of mothballs, and plans to stick them in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull when Indiana accidentally finds Area 51. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have put little inside jokes and sly references to their other films in…

io9 Kevin Kelly

Star Wars Series 2 Mimobots Flash Drives Available for Preorder Now

Mimobots, those adorable USB flash drives created to look like various characters, are about to be joined by a new set of Star Wars peeps. Sure, Darth Vader, Chewy, R2-D2 and a Stormtrooper have been out for a while, but now you can preorder Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Boba Fett. What, no…

Tech News Adam Frucci

3 Reasons Why Aliens Are Lame

Sucky aliens are a big reason why most science fiction is so embarrassing. It’s no accident that the two most acclaimed science fiction shows of the past decade, Firefly and Battlestar Galactica, don’t feature aliens. Here are some reasons why most aliens are so stupid. The silly talk. Jar-Jar Binks is the poster-monster for this…

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Real-Life 40-Year-Old Virgin Selling $35k Worth of Star Wars Action Figures on eBay

If you thought The 40 Year Old Virgin was just a hilarious movie with no basis in reality, get a load of this: it’s an eBay auction for $34,500 worth of Star Wars action figures. Why get rid of what’s clearly the product of a lifetime worth of being a creepy shut in? Well, “THIS…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

How Gizmodo Celebrates Thanksgiving (With a Lightsaber)

Disclaimer: This commercial may be super old or something, but we’re accustomed to ripping our juicy entertainment free from the stinky shell of advertising, to consume with our bare hands, the pulp and syrups flowing down our arms. And besides, any commercial that uses a lightsaber to carve a turkey is pretty much a must…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Wii Light Sword Is Lightsaber In All But Trademark

Admit it, the Wii Light Sword is truly a lightsaber sans Lucasfilm revenue share, a perfect accoutrement for Duel Mode in the Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Power-up and power-down light effects make use of the 22 “ultra bright” LEDs buried inside the plastic casing, independently powered by three AA batteries. Not…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Star Wars Clones May Hit Theaters Before Invading Your Home

Next August could see another Star Wars movie in theaters. Only it would be an animated film, to launch the gritty new Clone Wars animated TV series that George Lucas is working on. During a conference call with investors, an executive from the Hasbro toy company said the Clone Wars film would be in theaters…

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The Construction of the LEGO Millennium Falcon Part I: the Unboxing and the Licking

Imperial Stormtroopers Arrest Santa, Emperor to Take Over Xmas

LucasFilm Christmas Cards Are a Gift in Themselves

The Seven Best Torture Porn Scenes in SciFi

Donna Summer is the Mother of Science Fiction

Patton Oswalt Compares ‘Star Wars’ To Ballsacks

io9 Talks to Malcolm McDowell at The Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival

Darth Vader Wii, Please Don’t Buy it Now for $15,000

Baroque Wars, Star Wars Gets Wiggy With It

Five Fan Films (Almost) Better Than the Real Thing

Leia Follows In The Family Business

Lucas Further Whores Out Star Wars Brand for Line of Rubber Duckies

Marine Research Facility Designed Using Star Wars Films

Indiana Jones and the Jumping of the Shark

Star Wars Series 2 Mimobots Flash Drives Available for Preorder Now

3 Reasons Why Aliens Are Lame

Real-Life 40-Year-Old Virgin Selling $35k Worth of Star Wars Action Figures on eBay

How Gizmodo Celebrates Thanksgiving (With a Lightsaber)

Wii Light Sword Is Lightsaber In All But Trademark

Star Wars Clones May Hit Theaters Before Invading Your Home

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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