star wars
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Ewan McGregor Pretends to Use the Force to Open Doors
You’ve done it, we’ve done it, everyone has done it. And now Obi-Wan Kenobi himself admits he does it too. We’re talking, of course, about pretending you are using the Force when encountering automatic doors.
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5 Years Ago, Obi-Wan Kenobi Killed Darth Maul Again, and the World Forgot
Five years ago today, one of the coolest moments in Star Wars history happened, and there’s a chance you don’t know about it. It featured Obi-Wan Kenobi having one final lightsaber duel with his longtime rival Darth Maul, and Kenobi killing Maul in the process. However, the moment didn’t feature actors Ewan McGregor and Ray…
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Star Trek Letting Its Heroes Age Is a Fascinating Thing
There’s a moment in the climax of Star Trek: Picard’s season two premiere when Q, the omnipotent bane of Jean-Luc’s life, appears in the latter’s humble French estate. He has had, like so many returning figures of classic pop culture of late, the process of time smoothed out by CG, to give us a semblance of…
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Disney’s $8,329 Star Wars Hotel Is Incredibly Immersive — But It Still Costs $8,329
Would you pay $US6,000 ($8,329) to pretend to be an inhabitant of the Star Wars universe for two days? Disney was sure enough people would answer “yes” to that question that it created Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, a two-day resort stay/immersive theme park experience at Disney World that purports to do just that. But when…