Here’s a safe bet – Star Wars toys will be all the rage this Christmas. I was pondering Star Wars gifts for my godson and his brother but wasn’t sure if they’d seen the films. After all; The Phantom Menace came out in 1999. That’s 16 years ago and neither boy is 16. As it happens […]
Phil Postma’s Star Wars: The Art of War
Phil Postma has been one of my favourite artists ever since these Samurai Thundercats. The super talented Canadian character designer has been at it again with a series of Star Wars bomber and fighter insignia’s inspired by the Disney one’s from World War II. Postma has a Redbubble store. A great way to support an […]
Fohtooh ma Solo kaychahlah: The Languages of Star Wars [infographic]
Tickets for Star Wars: The Force Awakens go on pre-sale in less than two months (probably). Just as people are already doing Christmas shopping – we actually getting quite close to the film release date. Is it time for a little Star Wars lore refresher? This infographic from the Matinee translation company digs into some […]
The Rebels have no chance: Darth Punk
The day Vader and Boba Fett team up to disguise their dark side Force powers as electro is the day the Rebels should give up.
Star Wars “timebelt” watch costs nearly $30,000
One of the most complex watches ever made in the US and they’ll only make 500. You get cuff-links too. If the asking price is out of your region then the good news there are other devices which use “threads” but not expect anything much cheaper!
Memories: A review of Movies – Sound! Camera! Action!
Would Jaws be the same without the music? Star Wars without the sound effects? Of course. It’s almost impossible to imagine some favourite movies without their soundtracks and musical effects. There are, no doubt, some YouTube clipshows that do their best to compile the best of these iconic movie sound movements but they run the […]
A collector’s dream: Millennium Falcon asteroid coffee table
This is an impressive coffee table from Tom Spina Designs. We’ve the Millennium Falcon in it’s famous game of hide and seek among dangerous asteroids. You can even see a Tie-Fighter trying to get a look around the other side. I can’t imagine a better table to use during a session of a Star Wars […]
How’s this for an R2D2 shoe?
The crazy but talented team at Irregular Choice have turned their attention to Star Wars. The result? One highly original R2D2 shoe! Do we call it the R2-D-shoe? The official design is the first from a whole new collection, one which Irregular Choice describe as their most exciting collaboration to date, using characters from the […]
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 […]
This Empire Strikes Back gaming table will blow your mind
This collection of Star Wars models were part of the Battle of Hoth game played out at the UK gaming covention Salute 2015. Because they need to travel from Ireland to London with the board, they had to make it all modular. So, it’s basically a white mat with carved Styrofoam sections that sit on […]
