Star Wars

All Star Wars fans have done it at some point in their lives staged a mock lightsaber tournament with their equally-nerdy friends. As you chopped and slashed at your buddies, you couldnt help but wish that you werent holding a cheap contractible lightsaber th…

Happy May the Fourth, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerfherders.  Star Wars Day is important every year, but this one seems extra special: It's the last one (for a while, at least) that we get to celebrate while looking forward to a new Star War…

Consumer-focused robots have been having a bit of a hard time in recent years. Just last week, Anki, maker of the adorable Cozmo and Vector bots, was the latest robot maker to go under as consumers hesitated to spend $250 on an automaton that didnt really do …

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What Star Wars fan wouldn't want an R2D2 droid of their very own? Sphero makes a feature-packed remote controllable robot that moves and sounds just like its movie counterpart. You're also able to watch some Star Wars movies with your droid friend and watch t…

Forget your birthday and the major holidays we celebrate every year, because the only date that really matters is May 4 Star Wars Day. It's not like true fans don't celebrate the franchise every single day, but it's nice to have an excuse to go for it 100 pe…

With a precious extra day of freedom, this weekend is already special, but just in case you needed another excuse to celebrate, it's also Star Wars Day on May 4. For those not in the know, Star Wars Day sprung from the pun on the catchphrase "May the Force b…

Days before his 75th birthday, and mere weeks before the 42nd anniversary of Star Wars, one of its leading lights has gone out of the world.  Peter Mayhew, the 7-ft.-2-in. British actor whose name is forever synonymous with Chewbacca the Wookiee, died this w…

(CNN)Peter Mayhew, the original Chewbacca, has died, according to his agent. Mayhew died on April 30 in North Texas where he lived. Mayhew played Chewbacca in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, episode 3 of the prequels, and the New Trilogy, according to a s…

The original Star Wars Battlefrontfrom 2004 is now available on both Steam and GOG.com as part of a Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) promotion with LucasArts. Pandemic Studios classic shooter is $8.49 at both marketplaces. This is the first time the first game…