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February 26, 2004
Disney Goes to the Dark Side
The Battle for the Mouse�s heart and soul reaches epic proportions
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May 24, 2007
Aging Stormtroopers, Bland Blockbusters and Ing�nues
Things to chew on this Memorial Day weekend
Blogs
November 11, 2009
Yoda on Top...of the Christmas Tree
Yoda on topSpeaking of Star Wars (and when are we not), Jedi Master Yoda now comes as a tree topper. From the looks of things, he's been up for sale at the Star Wars Shop since October, and has since sold out. He's still available at several other places around the Internet for approximately ... More >>
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March 14, 2010
Star Warz Burlesque Returns with New Characters R2-D2, Chewbacca and Death Star
See more photos in Josh "CuriousJosh" Reiss' gallery. Check out our coverage of Devil's Playground's first Star Warz Burlesque show. It's only been two months since L.A. burlesque troupe Devil's Playground first took on the characters of Star Wars (Episodes IV-VI), but since then, a lot has happen ... More >>
Film+TV
March 25, 2010
Galaxina: Lost in Space
Playmate-turned-actress-turned–murder victim Dorothy Stratten's last role was in this cult not-quite-classic
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March 30, 2010
Dagobah Jedi Frog Habitat: Yoda's Houseguest Is An Amphibian
Someone came up with a frog habitat based on Yoda's house in the Dagobah swamp. Why? Who knows! But it is awesome. I suppose the serious Star Wars nerd could build his or her own version of Frogobah out of the model toy Yoda house, which was never intended for the keeping of live frogs. ... More >>
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April 12, 2010
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 >>
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April 27, 2010
Found on Facebook: Steampunk Star Wars Cosplay
Dim Horizon StudioSteampunk Boba Fett by Outland Armour Outland Armour is a multi-talented costume and production company in Atlanta. They travel to anime and science-fiction conventions across the country and frequently sit on steampunk and costuming panels. Check out more photos of their a ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2010
Mash-Up: Star Wars vs. The Big Lebowski
Have you ever wondered what Mos Eisley Cantina might be like if it were Lebowski-fied? We haven't, but YouTube user mrdreamisasleep did.
Blogs
May 10, 2010
Steampunk Star Wars Cosplayers Lose Bus, Costumes in Nashville Flood
You might recall that we recently posted about an amazing steampunk Star Wars cosplay that we saw on Facebook. Based in Atlanta, Outland Armour, has recreated characters like Boba Fett and Princess Leia in a neo-Victorian sci-fi aesthetic. Dim Horizon Studio
LA Life
May 20, 2010
Courtney Cruz: The Fempire Strikes Back
You might recall that we recently posted about an amazing steampunk Star Wars cosplay that we saw on Facebook. Based in Atlanta, Outland Armour, has recreated characters like Boba Fett and Princess Leia in a neo-Victorian sci-fi aesthetic. Dim Horizon Studio
Blogs
May 20, 2010
The Empire Gives Back: Red Carpet 30th Anniversary Screening of 'The Empire Strikes Back'
Erin BroadleyHarrison Ford (Han Solo) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) together again Last night, stars and fans of The Empire Strikes Back gathered at Hollywood's Arclight Theater for a one-night-only screening of the classic film. The Empire Gives Back, a benefit for St. Jude's Children's Hospi ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
Top 5 Classic Sci-Fi Characters That Would Have Looked Even Cooler with Mustaches
Lando pimped the 'stache even in a galaxy far, far awayWe're nearing the end of Mustache May and as people across the web compare facial hair, we couldn't help but wonder if some of our favorite, classic sci-fi characters would look even cooler with a little (or a lot) of fuzz above the lip. ... More >>
Film+TV
June 10, 2010
Star Trek: The Motion Pictures
Reevaluating the Enterprise enterprise, midnights at the Royal
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June 12, 2010
'The Vader Project': 100 Different Renditions of Darth Vader's Helmet
See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshow. It's hard not to notice "The Vader Project" as you walk down Melrose Avenue. The display window is a traffic-stopper. There's Darth Vader as a samurai, Darth Vader with rainbow flags and, if you strain your eyes just a bit, there are rows and rows of ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
'Star Wars', 'Star Trek' or 'Battlestar Galactica'? We Ask at Wumpskate's 'Star Skate'
Monday night, fans of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Spock, William Adama and more outer space heroes congregated at monthly roller rink party Wumpskate for "Star Skate." The theme party brought together science fiction tunes (S.P.O.C.K.'s "Dr. McCoy," The Timelords "Doctorin' the Tardis") with costumes and dozens ... More >>
Film+TV
July 15, 2010
Inception: Dream Weaver
With his latest mind-boggler, can Christopher Nolan save the summer?
Blogs
July 22, 2010
'The Dark Crystal' and 'Labyrinth' Artists Brian and Wendy Froud Appear at Comic-Con
I have a vivid memory of seeing The Dark Crystal at a movie theater as a young child. It was beautiful and, at times, a little scary, but still completely captivating. Much of the otherworldly look of The Dark Crystal is attributed to Brian and Wendy Froud. Brian was the conceptual designer for the ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Wookiee Brains: Deconstructing the Star Wars Breakfast Cereals
For those of you who haven't been following the Star Wars collecting beat, just FYI, wookiee brains now come in cereal form. According to StarWars.com, 16 types of Star Wars-themed cereal boxes (400 of each) will be given away at this August's "Celebration V" at the Orange County Conventio ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
Top 10 Star Wars Cakes: Let The Force (of Frosting & Fondant) Be With You
WasabimonStorm Troopers Like Cake, Too Cake is one confection that will never, ever go out of style. Witness shows like Duff Goldman's Ace of Cakes, Cake Boss, Amazing Wedding Cakes and now, Cupcake Wars, which not only engineer cakes, but make them, as Goldman says, "Bigger, badder, awesome! ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Victorian Star Wars Paintings: Greg Peltz Imagines Vader as Civil War Officer, Jabba as Robber Baron
These gorgeous Victorian-styled paintings of Star Wars characters--hello! Jabba the Hutt as a 19th century robber baron!--were done by 23-year-old Alameda resident Greg Peltz. Peltz is technical director at Pixar. I like that Civil War painting of Vader. Do you think Vader would have fought ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Jabba Mania: Collecting the Hutt (With Some Thoughts On Jabba's Love Life)
All photos courtesy of icruiseThe 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 >>
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September 10, 2010
Cool Costumes, Props and Memorabilia from 'Resident Evil: Afterlife,' 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Return of the Jedi' and More up for Auction
Saturday morning at 11 a.m., Premiere Props will be hosting a massive prop and costume auction that will be broadcast live on its site. The centerpiece of the auction is the collection of items from Resident Evil: Afterlife, including what Dan Levine of Premiere described as "hero props," items that ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Daniel Logan Talks Playing Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Clone Wars
Sunday afternoon, we met Daniel Logan at the Shrine Auditorium, where he was a guest for the Los Angeles Comic Book and SciFi Convention. Amongst Star Wars fans, the New Zealand-raised, California-based actor is best known as the young Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and, mor ... More >>
Music
September 23, 2010
Nightranger: Star Bright
Sunday afternoon, we met Daniel Logan at the Shrine Auditorium, where he was a guest for the Los Angeles Comic Book and SciFi Convention. Amongst Star Wars fans, the New Zealand-raised, California-based actor is best known as the young Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and, mor ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2010
Free Humanity's Thought-Provoking Star Wars Street Art at DesignerCon
Booth 105 at DesignerCon was a little different from most of the vending stations at last Saturday's toy and art convention when we passed it. There was no one standing behind the table to answer questions or sign autographs, no huge crowd looking for discounted items. There was, however, a lot of t ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
Bwana Spoons Takes on Kenner's Star Wars Toys in Spoonful of Star Wars
See more photos in "DesignerCon @ Pasadena Convention Center." The first thing we noticed when we walked around the Pasadena Convention Center for DesignerCon this year is that there was a lot of Star Wars. From Free Humanity's posters to Super7's Super Shogun Stormtrooper, there was no question th ... More >>
Film+TV
December 9, 2010
Carrie Fisher Could Tell Stories, But They Might Kill You
Actress-Memoirist Retools "Wishful Drinking" for HBO
Blogs
December 20, 2010
The Best Part of Waking Up is Rob Zombie in Your Coffee Cup
Darth Vader's branded coffee may not be organic and fair trade, but Rob Zombie's is. While the Sith Lord shills an African and Indonesian blend "hand roasted by Stormtroopers," the dark lord of metal offers a Peruvian blend and a dark French roast, both of them organic. Zombie also beats Vade ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
December 27, 2010
Best of the Cons 2010
From internationally known events like San Diego Comic-Con and Anime Expo to smaller, single-franchise conventions like Power Morphicon and MacrossWorld to non-con events like the L.A. screening of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, there was no shortage of fan gatherings in Southern California t ... More >>
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December 31, 2010
Street Art, Travel Posters and Burlesque: Our Favorite Star Wars Finds of 2010
If the fact that we have a Style Council category devoted specifically to Star Wars weren't already an indication, we have a confession to make. A few of us on this arts/pop culture blog team are Star Wars fans. We've been known to spend hours looking at fan art online and chasing down cosplayers at ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2011
Anime Babes from Sailor Moon to Rei Ayanami: This Isn't Cosplay, This Is Burlesque
See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's gallery "Devil's Playground Presents Anime Babes." Over the course of the past two years, we've seen the burlesque performers from Devil's Playground channel fan favorite characters like Link and Zelda (Video Game Girls), Catwoman (Comic Book Vixens), and, of c ... More >>
Film+TV
March 17, 2011
Paul: Planet of the Aping
Too many sci-fi references, not enough Kristen Wiig
Blogs
April 27, 2011
Star Wars Street Art: Free Humanity Talks Barack Obama, Akira Kurosawa and Mr. Brainwash
Keith PlocekSee more posters at "Star Wars Street Art: The Works of Free Humanity."Jabba the Hutt and Salacious Crumb, stenciled on top a page of the Wall Street Journal with the words "Greed is good." Boba Fett, standing alone with "I'm sorry for the deaths of the innocent but that happen ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2011
Star Wars Day: May the Fourth ( A Thematically Appropriate Cake) Be With You
pixelbitesHan Solo Frozen in Carbonite (and Cake) Being an avid reader of Wookiepedia, the proud owner of a plastic light-saber you keep holstered next to your cell phone, and a fan of the much-maligned 1978 Christmas special, you probably know this already: Today, May 4th, is Star Wars Day. ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
10 Geeky Hollywood Artifacts Sold at Auction Over the Weekend, from Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek, Willy Wonka, Walt Disney and Others
Courtesy of Profiles in HistoryCar from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang An auction of big-name Hollywood geek porn organized by Profiles in History at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills this past weekend grossed more than $5.8 million. We bring you the highlights: 10. An original film cel from the c ... More >>
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June 8, 2011
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 >>
Art+Books
June 9, 2011
Tim Burton at LACMA
How a Hollywood director became a counterculture hero
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Simon Pegg's New Autobiography: Well Done, Nerd!
Since he and Edgar Wright unleashed their horror-comedy masterpiece Shaun of the Dead on audiences in 2004, Simon Pegg has become as in-demand a performer here as in his native Britain, not to mention something of an alpha geek amongst genre fans. His deeply-rooted boyhood love of the Star W ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
James Earl Jones, Beyond Darth Vader: Five More Fierce Onscreen Roles of the Honorary Oscar Recipient
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday that James Earl Jones will receive an honorary Oscar this year. For many tinseltown pundits, an honorary Oscar is the equivalent of an over-the-pants-hand-job -- a mere token gesture -- for decades of hard work. While we sup ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2011
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Launches Season 4 on September 16
Liz OhanesianOn the Saturday before the one-hour premiere of season 4 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, we headed to Long Beach's Aquarium of the Pacific for a special screening of the first two episodes, "Water War" and "Gungan Attack." The location may seem odd for a show set in a "galaxy far, ... More >>
Music
September 22, 2011
Music Picks: Ravi Shankar, Marilyn Scott, Duran Duran, Burkina Electric
Also, Emmylou Harris & Her Red Dirt Boys, Odd Future, Gillian Welch and others
Blogs
October 31, 2011
Long Beach Comic and Horror Convention: The Place to Go for Your Comic Book Education
Liz OhanesianClint and Dawn Wolf of Zombie RanchTwo years ago, Clint and Dawn Wolf launched their comic, Zombie Ranch, at Long Beach Comic Con. The couple returned to the convention -- now called Long Beach Comic and Horror Con -- last weekend, where they sat on the "Tips and Tricks for Indy ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
George Lucas' Star Wars Camera Breaks Records With $625,000 Sale at Debbie Reynolds' Profiles in History Auction
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. A world record. Thanks to Debbie Reynolds.Who knew Debbie Reynolds was the gatekeeper of all things Hollywood? And who knew that Debbie Reynolds had anything to do with Star Wars ? (Okay, okay, aside from the fact that her daughter starred in it... that's coi ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2011
10 Movies We're Excited About in 2012
Sacha Baron Cohen is The DictatorWe 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 >>
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December 21, 2011
The Star Wars Cookbook vs. Food That's Actually Star-Warsy
ThinkGeek.comLike the Salad Shooter or the electric quesadilla maker, some items that deserve to fade away -- and almost succeed in doing so -- experience a Frankenstein-like revival every Christmas shopping season. The 1998 Star Wars Cookbook is one of these things. While we've come to acc ... More >>
Film+TV
January 26, 2012
Liam Neeson: Evolution of a Badass
From Schindler's List to middle-aged action star
Blogs
February 4, 2012
'Bark Side' Super Bowl Ad, With Star Wars Imperial March Sung by Dogs: Director Keith Schofield Explains How He Did It
Have you seen that video of the dogs barking the Darth Vader song? Chances are, if you have a pulse and an internet connection, you have. The viral video is a teaser for a Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial, so yes, that makes this a commercial for a commercial. It's bold new territory for adv ... More >>
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