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Entertainment
R2-D2 Appears In Transformers 2
5:20AM Jesus Diaz | Apparently Industrial Light and Magic is now inserting R2-D2 in every single movie they make. Before it was Star Trek, and according to film’s visual-effects supervisor Scott Farrar, now it is Transformers 2: More »
Games
Nintendo, Lucas Releasing Official Lightsaber, Blaster Wii Accessories
9:40AM Adam Frucci | There have been plenty of cheap, crappy, plastic lightsabers for the Wii before, but now there are official cheap, crappy, plastic lightsabers for the Wii. Oh joy! More »
Entertainment
12:40AM Jesus Diaz | Here’s the (probably) most famous mask in the world from the inside, which you can’t barely see in the movies. Lord Darth Vader’s mask is supposed to help him breath, but what do all those other little electronic parts do? More »
This Is How Darth Vader’s Mask Looks Inside
12:40AM Jesus Diaz | Here’s the (probably) most famous mask in the world from the inside, which you can’t barely see in the movies. Lord Darth Vader’s mask is supposed to help him breath, but what do all those other little electronic parts do? More »
Gadgets
Trash Compactor Bookends Will Hopefully Crush Your Prequel DVDs
2:20AM Jesus Diaz | Oh the genius! Just when I thought George Lucas’ merchandise machinery couldn’t surprise me anymore, it didn’t surprise me again. But at least these 15 x 30 x 19cm hand painted Trash Compactor Bookends made me smile: More »
Entertainment
Yes! Star Trek Is Cool Because A Pie Graph Says So!
10:00AM Mark Wilson | Sci Fi Wire makes a convincing argument, in both authoritarian pie chart form and debatable exposition, as to why Star Trek is cool (again). But what’s missing from the chart? Two words: Lens flare. More »
Entertainment
Ancient Cylon Could Actually Be Luke’s Father
10:40PM Jesus Diaz | If you haven’t watched the season finale of Galactica, don’t read this. But if you have, it’s time for a definitive revelation: Luke’s father was really a Cylon. More »
Entertainment
George Lucas Then Vs George Lucas Now
12:30PM Jesus Diaz | Call me a luddite if you have to, but I miss the days in which science fiction movies were actually done with real gadgets, real models, real robots—even with dwarves inside—and real explosions. More »
Mystery Solved: This Is Where R2-D2 Is In Star Trek
1:20PM Jesus Diaz | The mystery is over. After all, R2-D2 wasn’t the astromech calculating the warp trajectories for the Enterprise. Here you have the exact location of the cameo—and the capture showing it: More »
Peripherals
Darth Vader Unmasked Mimobot Flash Drive
11:20PM Matt Buchanan | Mimoco’s getting more clever with their latest Star Wars mimobot flash drives—Darth Vader and Clone Rex have removeable masks, and one out of six Vaders will have the Uncle Fester face underneath, not the NOOOOO one. [Mimoco] More »
Design
