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The Wookiee Wins: Meet the Director of the Chewbacca Doc That Conquered Kickstarter

#LAWebAwards: "You Can Touch My Boobies" Wins Best YouTube Video in L.A.

The L.A. Weekly's 2013 Web Awards honor the best of what's online. Check out the complete list of winners. The protagonist of "You Can Touch My Boobies" is one Jeffrey Goldstein, a Hebrew-school student studying for his bar mitzvah. Focused on his teacher's bosom, he drifts off to sleep, only to c ... More >>

How a Star Wars Art Show Came to Be

See also: *Boba Fett as a Girl *The Creation of That Super Bowl Ad With the Imperial March Sung by Dogs The star of L.A.-based artist Lekit's Opheleia looks like she's had a brutal day. Her cheeks are sunken, her eyes dazed. Her dress falls off her shoulders, revealing an impressive tattoo collect ... More >>

Nerdist Chris Hardwick Makes the Course of the Force to Comic Con 2012 in Less Than 12 Parsecs

"Wait, isn't a parsec a unit of distance and not time?" you ask. "Who gives a shit?" we say -- because it's all for charity. And also a reference to a fictional universe. But try telling that to all of the nerds, nerdists and nerdettes who showed up this week for the Course of the Force. Chris Ha ... More >>

10 Movies We're Excited About in 2012

Sacha Baron Cohen is The Dictator​We know -- you're excited about The Dark Knight Rises. And The Avengers. And Hunger Games. So are we. We're also excited about a lot of other movies whose marketing campaigns have not inundated us with white noise (yet). Allow us to suggest a few more films to ... More >>

Star Tours Revamp at Disneyland, the LA Weekly Review: The Force is Strong with This Ride

©2011 Disney Enterprises, Inc./Lucasfilm Ltd.Make sure all tray tables are in the upright and locked position.​ The crowds were thick on the opening weekend of Disneyland's newest offering Star Tours -- The Adventures Continue, with throngs of fans sporting prehensile Yoda backpacks plopping ... More >>

Rob Zombie vs. Darth Vader vs. David Lynch: Celebrity Coffee Showdown

Rob Zombie's a freaky guy. Darth Vader's a frightening one. David Lynch is just plain strange. As diverse as these three figures are, they have one venture in common: They have each lent their name to a brand of coffee. Having recently discovered these celebrity roasts, we wondered: How special ar ... More >>

Star Wars Nativity Scenes: In A Manger Far, Far Away

A long time ago, in a manger far far away...people were revising their Christian iconography to fit a Lucasfilm agenda. Check out these Star Wars themed nativity sets. Sacrilegious, but crafty. 1. What Rebel Child Is This? Are these Stormtroopers Mary and Joseph? Or are they inspecting the newborn ... More >>

Jabba Mania: Collecting the Hutt (With Some Thoughts On Jabba's Love Life)

All photos courtesy of icruise​The 35 year-old Central Illinois man known as "icruise" has a thing for Jabba the Hutt. By day he is a Japanese-language translator. By night icruise collects anything and everything Jabba, Jabba, Jabba. Why do you like Jabba so much? That's kind of a difficult ... More >>

Comic-Con Interview: Musician/Artist Voltaire is a Convention Renaissance Man

Voltaire is a Renaissance man for the convention circuit. An animator, comic book creator and toy designer, he has a lot of reasons to hit up events like San Diego Comic-Con. But Voltaire's best known occupation, the one that brought the Con crowd out of the Gaslamp Quarter and into North Park venue ... More >>

Courtney Cruz: The Fempire Strikes Back

MIMOBOT's New Star Wars Flash Drives Feature Jawa and Obi-Wan

One of the first things L.A. Weekly spotted at San Diego Comic-Con last summer was a tiny, limited edition MIMOBOT flash drive that looked like Darth Vader, but revealed itself to be Luke Skywalker. Like most MIMOBOT flash drives, it was cute, reminiscent of chibi anime characters. I almost had a ge ... More >>

EASTWOOD ON THE PITCH

At 79, Clint tackles Mandela in Invictus

The Cove: Free Willy, Seriously

Documentary exposes the horrific treatment of dolphins, but who will save the salmon?

Comic-Con's Twilight Protests: Is There a Gender War Brewing?

Shannon CottrellTwilight protestors in line for Comic-Con's Masquerade​Saturday night, photographer Shannon Cottrell and I walked up and down the line to get inside Comic-Con's Masquerade, noticing a curious wave of screams. We wondered what was happening, followed the sound, and caught a youn ... More >>

Darth Luke Flash Drives: A Comic-Con Star Wars Exclusive

While prowling the Lucasfilm section of the Comic-Con exhibit hall on preview night, reporter Liz Ohanesian came across this limited edition, Comic-Con Star Wars exclusive: the Darth Luke flash drive. Only 500 Darth Luke flash drives were made, only 125 will be sold each day at the con, and there's ... More >>

Don't Joke About Tauntaun Sleeping Bags: Star Wars Fanatics Get Pissed

Remember that Tauntaun sleeping bag that was supposedly for sale on Think Geek but wasn't, because it was April Fools and they were only kidding? So many people wanted it and got angry that it wasn't available. The company has now decided to try to bring it to life for real--if the suits at Lucasfil ... More >>

Movie Reviews: The Midnight Meat Train, Mirrors, Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Also, Henry Poole Is Here, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer and more

Jim Henson's Fantasy Film Collection: The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Mirrormask

Gods and Monsters

And a big hello to Mr. Green Genes

Playtime

Mr. Rushdie’s Planet

The sound and the fury. And the toilet paper, too.

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The Best of Sitegeist

Plácidalia: The Empire Strikes Ahead

Star Whores

Why Lucas, Spielberg and Disney won’t give us our DVDs

Invasion of Piracy

How to watch The Phantom Menace in the privacy of your own home

Geek Love

Star Wars and me

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