Star Wars

Will the Dark Side of Star Wars fandom accept J.J. Abrams' latest? LucasFilm This December, after a staggering 42 years, the Star Wars trilogy of trilogies comes to a close. With J.J. Abrams once again at the helm, the ironically titled Rise of Skywalker ma…

The Last Jedi may have brought an end to Admiral Ackbar, but this is Star Wars. And what is Star Wars if not story of multi-generational legacies, of children taking up the fights of their parents? Last night StarWars.com gave us our first look at Star Wars:…

Over the past two years, makers have created innovative and surprising projects with their Google AIY kits. here are a few that you may want to try yourself! Translation Toy An animatronic toy is a great place to start hacking. In Paul Trebilcox-Ruizs case,…

Kevin Shinick is an Emmy award-winning writer, comic book creator, actor, director and multiple Annie award-winning produce best known for his work on Adult Swims Robot Chicken and for turning MAD Magazine into the Emmy nominated animated series MAD. Kevin ha…

With so many industry worrywarts and Star Wars purists taking a dim view of Disney's bicoastal Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge expansion, I figured I'd check out Florida's version on Saturday afternoon. Would I get pelted by drifting tumbleweed while slurping down s…

Mini Cocottes of BB-8, C-3PO, and R2-D2 ($30 each) Just when you thought they had made all the Star Wars items we'd ever need in a lifetime, comes the Star Wars x Le Creuset Collection. Yep, the high-end cast-iron brand will soon release a line of Star Wars …

As the latest Star Wars movie, Rise of Skywalker, draws nearer, the branded items are starting to come out in force (no pun intended). One of those revealed today is a set of branded cookware from Le Creuset, which includes one item in particular that aims a …

The countdown to "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" is officially on, as the film is set to premiere on December 20. But that still feels like a long time to go (in a galaxy far, far away).  Le Creuset is making the waiting period a little more bearable by…

I don't know where to begin when it comes to how badly EA has handled its licensing deal to make Star Wars video games. Maybe I can start with the backlash from Battlefront II's loot crates that caused so much controversy, Disney CEO Bob Iger reportedly inter…

Mindy Clegg has posted a wonderful essay covering the “social and political conflicts over fandom”, and how even though such discussions are appearing in the modern communities surrounding recent films such as Captain Marvel and The Joker (previously), the re…