Star Wars

If the Alhazen lamp reminds you of an iconic object from a sci-fi pop-culture phenomenon, you’re not alone. The lamp is a play on the Lightsaber and uses acrylic optics to disperse light, much like most lightsaber toys and prototypes do. Designed by Saif Fais…

When you’ve got moves like comedian Joe Kwaczala, it’s best not to keep them to yourself. He says, “Yes, this is going to be the official dance from the music video.” No, it’s not. Watch it anyway. Thanks, Jenny! The Making of “The Empire Strikes Back”, the …

Most critics haven’t found much to like in “Another Life,” a new space opera on Netflix, but look: We had a good time with it. The show stars Katee Sackhoff (best known as Starbuck on “Battlestar Galactica”), who plays Niko Breckinridge, the leader of an exp…

Eighties and '90s kids know that there was nothing cooler than carrying around a Trapper Keeper, a colorful binder that let you show off a bit of your personal style. Turns out, Trapper Keepers still exist, but they're not as prevalent as they were a few dec…

For the last four months, Nova Spivack has been busting with a cosmic secret he couldn't tell the world. And even if he did, he knew it would sound implausibly Star Wars-esque. He had put tiny eight-legged creatures in suspended animation in epoxy, "like the…

When you think of Star Wars, you think of lightsabers. Sure, you think of spaceships and the Force and stuff like that too but, in terms of iconic visuals, few things in science fiction at large, let alone Star Wars, are as iconic as the lightsaber. And over…

Your bread might not do this, but hey, at least itll taste nicer? Image: Lucasfilm Blue milk is obviously the superstar when you think of Star Wars food. But rising up the charts, literally, is the bread Rey makes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Although t…

The Game of Thrones showrunners have a new home. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, who guided HBO’s hit fantasy series from its first episode all the way through its controversial finale, have signed a nine-figure deal with Netflix that will see the duo develop b…

The Mandalorian, a big-budget Star Wars spin-off starring Pedro Pascal, will be one of the Disney Plus original series available at launch in November. Disney Disney has laid out a vast catalog of new and legacy movies and shows you'll be able to stream wit…

BB-8 is one of the cutest additions to the Star Wars galaxy under Disneys purview. So perhaps this is the inevitable conclusion of a design that has won the hearts and plundered the wallets of countless Star Wars fans: What if...what if everyone in Star Wars …