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Turn Over a Star Wars Leaf
Buzzfeed.com alerts us to this artsy post over at The New York Times Abstract City blog by Christoph Niemann. Entitled, “Bio-Diversity,” this clever collection of fun foliage includes a piece that seemingly answers the burning question, what if leaf cutter ants were Star Wars fans? ...
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Who Needs Tauntauns? Not Luke!
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Elvis Trooper Cube Craft
Our favorite Stormtrooper in Flares, Elvis Trooper is now a Cube Craft! Now everyone can have their very own Elvis Trooper action figure, some assembly required. Big thanks goes out to our friend Paulo from Portugal for designing this awesome papercraft Elvis Trooper figure and not only ...
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We Go Way Back (to 1971), Lando and Me
Good ol’ Han and Lando, bosom buddies of the Star Wars saga. They shared a past, a ship, and a scoundrel disposition. What you may not have known is that they also shared an episode of a little-known TV show from 1971 called “Dan August,” starring Burt Reynolds. Snooping around imdb.com ...
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Vote for the Next Star Wars Mimobot!
Help MIMOBOT complete their Star Wars series by choosing your favorite character! Will it be the Tusken Raider, TIE Fighter Pilot, Obi-Wan Kenobi or Greedo? By casting your vote, you’ll receive a 20% discount on the winning design and get first dibs on the full Star Wars MIMOBOT ...
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Happy Wookiee Life Day!
November 17 marks the anniversary of the Star Wars Holiday Special , which some fans like to celebrate as Wookiee Life Day ! More info from Wookieepedia.com: Note that Life Day most likely was originally intended as a stand-in for the American holiday of Thanksgiving, as the ...
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Adrianne Curry at Trooper Fest
Model, actress and reality TV star Adrianne Curry shows off her Star Wars pride with a costume worthy of the 501st Legion at this year’s Trooper Fest in Las Vegas. Adrianne Curry clearly loves Star Wars , and has the Slave Leia costume to prove it. ...
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’70s Space Toys Spawned by Star Wars
Thumbing through the pages of the November, 1978 issue of Ebony magazine recently posted by Google Books, we found a great period article on some of the space toys spawned by Star Wars mania in the late ’70s. Gotta love that Vader wannabe mask!
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Dark Side Ultrasound?
More here: My Fetus Totally Looks Like The Emperor (via TotallyLooksLike.com)
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Amazing Tauntaun Costume
Amazing Tauntaun Costume
starwarsblog.starwars.com — It seems like tauntauns are the new zombies. First we had the tauntaun sleeping bag , then the tauntaun groom’s cake , and now one of the coolest tauntaun costumes ever! Crafty Star Wars fan Scott Holden blogs about this amazing costume ... (more) Amazing Tauntaun Costume
Finding Vader in the Strangest Places
While on eBay recently, I came across a 1950’s stereo 3D projector that features an uncanny resemblance to a certain Sith Lord who wouldn’t appear in our galaxy for another 20-some years (so tempted to pick this up, but it weighs almost 40 pounds!). This find led me to search for other Vader ...
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Jaime King Picks Up Clone Wars DVD Box Set
Jaime King Picks Up Clone Wars DVD Box Set
starwarsblog.starwars.com — Actress Jaime King — known for her work in almost every genre of film from horror ( My Bloody Valentine 3-D ) to comedy ( Fanboys ) to action ( Pearl Harbor ) to cult classics ( Sin City ) — shows off the DVD box set of one of her ... (more) Jaime King Picks Up Clone Wars DVD Box Set
R2-D2 Mailbox in Iraq
R2-D2 Mailbox in Iraq
starwarsblog.starwars.com — Star Wars fans hail from all over the world, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that many of our armed forces have a soft spot for Jedi, Sith, Troopers and even an R2-D2 mailbox spotted in Iraq! ForceCast co-host Jimmy Mac let us know of ... (more) R2-D2 Mailbox in Iraq
Carrie Fisher Wishful Drinking Art Prints
In honor of Carrie Fisher’s spoken word tour for Wishful Drinking , she’s commissioned artist Ryan Haworth to create limited-edition 18″x24″ silver emulsion prints of his original 30″x40″ oil on canvas painting. The prints are signed by Carrie Fisher and ...
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PVC Lightsaber Craft
PVC Lightsaber Craft
starwarsblog.starwars.com — Using a swimming pool foam noodle, PVC pipe and an end cap and an electrical tape, you too can make this crafty lightsaber for younglings to act out their favorite Jedi battles. Do your kids (boys in particular) love swords and/or lightsabers? ... (more) PVC Lightsaber Craft
Darth Vader Gives Blood
Darth Vader Gives Blood
starwarsblog.starwars.com — Darth Vader might like to end board meetings with a Force choke or two, so when he cares about something enough he’s bound to spill some blood, even if it’s his own. Luckily, in this case it was all for a good cause. Adam Lochowicz ... (more) Darth Vader Gives Blood
Garden Jawa Tips: Bugs Be Gone!
Garden Jawa Tips: Bugs Be Gone!
starwarsblog.starwars.com — While his fellow Jawas tinker with discarded droids, Garden Jawa prefers to tend to a small garden of herbs and veggies. Every once in awhile those pesky Geonosians infest his plants and he has get rid of them organically — and ... (more) Garden Jawa Tips: Bugs Be Gone!
Widevision Artist Sketch Cards – Step by Step
Star Wars artist Joe Corroney shows off his process for creating his sketch card art for Topps’ Star Wars: Clone Wars Season One Widevision Artist Sketch Cards from the blank card to the final illustration. The entire technique process for my 125 cards took just over a month to ...
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Star Wars Meets Shakespeare
Star Wars Meets Shakespeare
starwarsblog.starwars.com — This week on Twitter, Star Wars fans are trying their hand at re-imagining a galaxy far, far again from the Bard’s perspective. By using the hashtag #ShakespeareStarWars fans have been quoting famous Shakespeare plays with Star Wars ... (more) Star Wars Meets Shakespeare
About That Princess Leia Sunbathing Photo
About That Princess Leia Sunbathing Photo
starwarsblog.starwars.com — Oh, I’m sure you saw that photo. It was tearing up the internets this past week: the snapshot of Carrie Fisher, in Princess Leia metal bikini-wear, sunbathing with her identically clad stunt double while on set in Arizona for Return of the ... (more) About That Princess Leia Sunbathing Photo
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