Star Wars

Star Wars Stormtrooper… out of copyright?

August 1, 2011
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Copyright has expired on Imperial Stormtrooper costumes on the UK, according to the Supreme Court. Is that a good thing?

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Star wars Galaxies due to go offline

June 29, 2011
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Star Wars Galaxies announces its retirement. What are your online gaming experiences?

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More Star Wars: Steampunk Style

September 20, 2010
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Figure artist Sillof takes Star Wars concepts and re-imagines them as characters from 1942, with interesting results.

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Friday Fun: An a capella tribute to John Williams

November 21, 2008

This week’s Friday Fun is an excellent YouTube video of one man singing a 4-part a capella tribute to John Williams. Crank the volume up and enjoy!

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Feel the Force with your own lightsaber

November 10, 2008

Whoosh! We take a look at a few of the options available for buying “convincing” lightsabers. Are these considered toys? It probably depends on your geek-level :)

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Star Wars: Steampunk Style

September 10, 2008

Looking again at Steampunk, what happens when a familiar sci-fi franchise is re-imagined in a steampunk style? We look at the work of Sillof who has done just that with Star Wars.

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The Force Unleashed: Demo Out Now

August 23, 2008

Lucasarts’ latest Star Wars game, The Force Unleashed, is out shortly. But xbox360 and PS3 owners can get their grubby mitts on the demo right now! Yay!

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May the LHC be with you…

May 21, 2008

I was going to go with “The ability to collide atoms is insignificant next to the power of the Force” but thought it might be a tad long. Anyways, I found this via Angry Zen Master, basically its a petition surrounding the Large Hadron Collider at CERN… and its not an anti-LHC petition: …No doubt [...]

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