He was drawing aged 5 and took it from a hobby to a profession. Australian Patrick Brown’s Deviant Art page says “Fan art is my thing”. Goodness, is he right! His illustrations are impressive. Patrick notes how he takes inspiration from many things and by being a fan he has a reason to draw, improve […]
Timelapse of LEGO BB-8’s impressive construction
The Bright Bricks crew sure now how to design and build impressive LEGO creations. This time around, for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens première in the UK they built a life-size BB-8. I was a little disappointed to see how much steel they used to hold up the model but it turns out that […]
Spinny! A review of Sphero’s BB-8 Star Wars droid
The BB-8 Droid from Sphero is a hot ticket item in the UK. Some retailers are struggling to get hold of them, Amazon is charging a premium but at the time of writing IWooT has some left and so does Zavvi. If you use the code welcome at Zavvi and its your first order then […]
Boom! The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Comic Con reel
It’s not usual for so many bloggers to declare “a winner” from SDCC – let alone so early on. As reactions come in on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer the general response seems to be that Disney just won Comic Con. Do you agree? I must admit, although a clearly trying to be […]
Star Wars: The evolution of the stormtroopers [infographic]
When did you first encounter a stormtrooper? For me it was watching A New Hope, the first Star Wars film and episode IV. Other people – younger folk – might first have seen a stormtrooper on TV as part of the Clone Wars cartoon or perhaps even with one of the prequel movies. It’s only […]
Drone technology creates flying X-Wing
This X-Wing was created with drone parts from Hobby King.com so does this mean we’ve got X-Wing technology in our hands? Naw. There’s a slight issue with scale still to solve.. and well, okay, we’re miles off. It’s still pretty cool, though. I can see drones being used outside conventions to advertise films. Imagine a […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens latest trailer
This is it. The second official Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer shows us new characters, old landscapes… and some of our favourites from the originals. There’s history and change all wrapped into a single Force bundle! There’s R2-D2 and BB8 as well; I wonder if they meet? What do you make of it?
Mauri Helme’s 8-Bit Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mauri Helme is a Brazilian animator who’s turned his attention to remaking the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer; 8-bit style! You can follow Mauri on his blog or Twitter account @MauriHelme. Just think; only 11 more months until Star Wars re-awakens. In the meantime I’ll be watching sites like the Disney Store Star Wars […]
Star Wars Paintbrush and Windows 3.1
There are some golden oldies in the official Disney Star Wars store but nothing quite as old as the work from Robert and James Dastoli. In the 90s the brothers used Microsoft Paintbrush on Windows 3.1 to create a host of Star Wars fan art. Now on their Tumblr, Star Wars Paintbrush, they’re posting this […]
The Force Awakens trailer: Spaceballs Version!
Let’s just mashup Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens with Spaceballs and see what we get. This is the work of Film Geekery. Their official site hasn’t had an update in a while but clearly there’s life there yet. Do you think we’re going to see very many more The Force Awakens jokes […]
