Star Wars

Making a Turing machine is a kind of nerd rite of passage, like manually editing your X11 settings or building a two-second time-machine. As far back as 2005, we were chronicling the adventures of Lego Turing-machine builders (the state of the art advanced ra…

We weren't able to try the $75 Rancor Beer Flight, $42 Yub Nub, or $32 Cliff Dweller, but we did speak with three guests who tried these drinks. Krystal and Andrew Sudano visited Oga's and ordered both the beer flight and Yub Nub, which come with souvenir cup…

It got kinda buried under bigger news at Microsofts E3 press conference, but theres a new Lego Star Wars game coming, one that covers the events of, oh, nine movies. Its called The Skywalker Saga, and doesnt appear to be a mere collection of older games; ins…

With a new election comes new scrutiny of a pivotal campaign tool: the candidate's Insta feed. Sure, Instagram may not make or break your candidacy, but quality social content can definitely help build support. It's a hard line to walk. You've got to be info…

Disneys crowning attraction right now is Star Wars: Galaxys Edge, the sprawling Star Wars theme park experience. But for some fans, even the non-Star Wars parks had some novel excitement thanks to unendingly delightful Spider-Man actor Tom Holland. In a love…

It seems Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order understands that the best part of Star Wars is wee robots making silly noises, going by the thirteen-minute gameplay vid Electronic Arts just blasted out at their E3 event. We play some dull lad who looks like a photofit …

Check out the new gameplay footage from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a game that is still, somehow, not about Ahsoka Tano. Its about Cal Kestis, a young survivor of Order 66 working to fight the Empire and, in the words of Respawn Entertainment, rebuild th…

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order just got its first gameplay footage. The title looks like it features combat similar to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. There are bosses and mini-bosses in the game, as well as platforming and puzzles. You can preorder Star Wars J…

Tune in to watch EA showcase their biggest trailers, gameplay, demos, news and more during their EA Play at E3 2019.

Hello, and welcome once again to The Monitor, WIRED's roundup of all the biggest and best pop culture news. Up this week: Netflix is working on an animated version of Magic: The Gathering, J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot might have a new home soon, and Robert Downey J…