Star Wars

Artist’s impression of Kepler-16b, the first planet known to definitively orbit two stars – what’s called a circumbinary planet. The planet, which can be seen in the foreground, was discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle Study proves ground-based telescopes can search for planets with two suns. Astronomers have…

Ready to take part in your own “Star Wars” story? Starting next week, you can. That’s when Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, a first-of-its kind premium hotel/immersive experience, is set to open at Walt Disney World, just outside of Orlando, Florida. First announced in 2017, Galactic Starcruiser was sold as a…

Remember that scrappy little kid in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, who won a podracing tournament against a bunch of weird-looking aliens? Well, that kid ended up accidentally setting off a chain of events that would span nine feature-length movies, countless books and video games, and a whole lot of…

"AKA: Game Bot" by Damien McFerran Tue 22nd Feb 2022 Image: Greg DmntWhile some of you may have a soft spot for C-3PO and R2-D2, deep down, we all know that the best droid in the entire Star Wars saga is K-2SO from Rogue One. It's just a fact, so…

After years of development and some delays, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga finally releases on April 5. Warner Bros. Games has released a new behind-the-scenes video for the game that reveals more about the origins and inspirations for the project, and also contains some insight into the game's Easter…

For a franchise set in a galaxy far, far away - a place where every scruffy-looking nerf herder has a starship of their own - Star Wars is weirdly fixated on a handful of planets. In fact, we'd argue Star Wars is too obsessed with Tatooine. It's the only Star…

Home News Gaming (Image credit: EA) Battlefield 2042’s players haven’t been quiet with their criticism of DICE’s latest competitive multiplayer shooter. A refund petition launched several weeks ago now sits at over 200,000 signatures, and the game’s slate of bugs and glitches continues to drive players away. Now, players have…

News @yeah_books Feb 19, 2022, 2:00 pm EDT | 2 min read LEGO, Disney We have good news for fans of Disney+’s outstanding Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett! LEGO just released two new sets inspired by the show, including The Mandalorian’s N-1 Starfighter and, of course, Boba Fett’s…

Lucasfilm and Disney+ will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Star Wars in May with the debut of the new Obi-Wan Kenobi original series. And while no performer from the first movie is slated to return, the upcoming show has landed a well-known icon from the franchise’s storied past. Variety is…

Legendary Star Wars composer John Williams is returning to produce the theme to Obi-Wan Kenobi, the new Star Wars series due to debut in May on Disney Plus. Variety reports that Williams, who is 90, recorded in Los Angeles last week under tight security. Williams returns to the Star Wars…