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Newly Discovered Spiders Get Star Trek-Inspired Names
Brazilian scientists have found some new species of spiders that will hopefully live long and prosper. Researchers with the Emilio Goeldi Paraense Museum have identified the three new species and named them after some iconic characters from Star Trek. The researchers published their findings in the European Journal of Taxonomy earlier this month. The spiders…
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A Ton of Star Wars Celebration 2022 Exclusives, Including Apparel, Collectibles, and Much More
If you managed to score tickets to this year’s Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California, next week, I sincerely hope you also managed to save up some galactic credits. Besides actual Star Wars news, the amount of exclusive merchandise that will be available to you there, and there alone, is simply staggering — so take…
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Why Queer Star Wars Fans Are So Upset at Its Newest Video Game Saga
Last week at the Game Awards, host Geoff Keighley introduced the first of many game reveals of the night. “I hope you’re ready,” the host teased, before revealing a cinematic trailer for Star Wars Eclipse, a new action game set in the franchise’s recent The High Republic publishing initiative. What Keighley and perhaps many Star…
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As Star Wars Brings Back Boba Fett, His Ship Name Might Be Left Behind
For decades, the infamous Firespray-31 of Boba Fett — and his father before him, Jango — has been known as the Slave 1. But as Boba himself is thrust back into the Star Wars spotlight, that name might not be coming with him, thanks to a policy that’s recently been made rather prominent itself.