Star Wars “Footprints”
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
You may already be familiar with the “Footprints” poem, but some enterprising person created a version specific to Star Wars. And it’s really good.
Link: http://thinklings.org/…
Archive for the 'Star Wars' Category
Unbelievable Death Star Cake
Monday, January 31st, 2011A cake designer in England made a Death Star cake for her 4-year old son, and it’s just flat-out amazing. I’ve seen plastic toys that didn’t look as good. The linked article has a detailed picture of the final product. And the neat thing is that you can purchase a similar cake (although no price is listed).
Link: http://betweenthepagesblog.typepad.com/…
(via TheForce.net)
A Jedi Bathrobe
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010A bit on the pricey side, but this Jedi-styled bathrobe is pretty neat! Wish it had been available when I was purchasing a robe last year. There’s also a Sith version.
Disney Star Wars Weekend Posters
Monday, May 17th, 2010
Walt Disney World is hosting several Star Wars Weekends this year and has been promoting them with the ads in the linked article. The Darth Maul poster is hilarious!
Geek Horror Films
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Over at UserFriendly, artist J.D. “Illiad” Fraser lists five movie concepts that will terrorize your inner geek. My favorite is “Windows Me: The Rebirth.”
Star Wars From the Mouth of a Child
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009An abridged version of Star Wars by a three year old girl. It’s pretty amazing how much she knows.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/…
(via SciFi Squad)
Enterprise vs. the Empire
Saturday, May 9th, 2009With this weekend’s release of Star Trek, I decided to post this little reminder of who’s the real badass.
Link: http://current.com/items/…
(via digg)
US Stamp Prices to Increase
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
On May 11th, the price of a first-class stamp will rise to 44¢. The linked article suggests that you stock up on forever stamps. As for me, I’m still going through my 41¢ Yoda stamps.
Link: http://consumerist.com/…
Update: The Presurfer clued me in to this site, which simply displays the current price of a USPS first-class stamp.
Imperial San Francisco
Sunday, August 24th, 2008The linked video shows what an Imperial occupation of San Francisco might look like.
Link: http://current.com/…
(via The Presurfer)
Where’s Darth Vader, I Hear His Theme Music
Saturday, June 14th, 2008The things you can do with a floppy drive stepper motor and mad programming skills.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/…
(via Neatorama)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars in Theaters This Fall!
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Here at the Chad’s News network command center, the champagne is flowing and celebration is in the air. LucasFilm has announced that an animated Star Wars feature film, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, will be released in North American theaters on Friday, August 15, 2008. The theatrical release will be followed by a related television series on the Cartoon Network and TNT. Long live Star Wars! More Star Wars!
3D Movies Becoming More Popular
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
According to this BBC article, we can expect to see more 3D movies in the future. Apparently the technology has come quite a ways since Jaws 3-D. I’ve also heard rumors that George Lucas will be re-releasing the Star Wars movies in 3D.
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/…
