Truly a shame. The promise of an angry wookiee tearing off an arm was almost fulfilled in 2015’s The Force Awakens, but the scene was cut before the film made it to theaters. Surprisingly, the arm-tearing doesn’t come after Han’s death, which is definitely when we would’ve expected it (the statute of limitations on spoilers has […]
It’s a funny time for movies now. Instead of being self-contained units, we have franchises that go on and on, and the movies themselves aren’t usually the sole sources of information. With Rogue One being a prequel of sorts, we’re in the off year between Episode VII and Episode VIII of Star Wars, but the story still goes on. In the […]
Have you been wanting to get your own jacked up Darth Vader helmet ever since you laid eyes on it during the trailer? Good news — not only can you get one, you won’t have to settle for some cheap plastic, either. The good folks at Propshop, the very folks who made the real props for The […]
I suppose it’s possible that even now, someone out there hasn’t yet seen The Force Awakens. If you don’t have two hours and change to spare, Disney has you covered — you can get the complete rundown in just over three minutes with the magic of emoji. Alright, so Disney takes some liberties — the emoji are a […]
What else but Star Wars can get people talking after someone says something to the effect of nothing? At the Tribeca Film Festival, The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams got caught talking about Rey’s parents, which has been a hot button issue ever since the movie’s premiere. He then walked back what he said, leaving at square one. Still, […]
Do you own your own copy of The Force Awakens? Do you have a Sphero BB-8? Excellent. Clear out a few hours, because you need to rewatch the movie (again) for the best bonus content ever — watching your own droid react to the movie as it’s playing. We can’t help but be impressed with […]
I can’t say for certain that a teaser trailer for deleted scenes has never been done before in the history of bonus content, but I’ll say it’s the first time I’ve heard of it. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is coming out as an HD download and on Blu-ray next month, and as is tradition, […]
There’s a lot that has to go right to make it happen, but it’s more than in the realm of possibility — a new Tomb Raider film franchise could have Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley as Lara Croft. That’s a whole lot of pop culture pressure to shoulder! What seems certain is […]
We’re all about BB-8 toys, but when we’re talking about everyone’s favorite new droid, bigger is always better. Life-size BB-8 toys are slowly starting to become available, and now we have this massive floor lamp. Think of this as The Force Awakens equivalent of the R2-D2 fridge. The BB-8 floor lamp is a little over […]
After being hyped along with everyone else in the run up to The Force Awakens, Captain Phasma had a pretty rough go of things in her first outing. She got mad a few times, lowered the shields of Starkiller Base on command, and got chucked in a trash compactor. She didn’t even manage to be […]
A game that was no doubt in the making long before the movie hit theaters, Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens is official and coming to multiple platforms this summer. And, if the trailer is any indication, it’s going to be filled with the same kind of tongue-in-cheek humor that Lego has become known for. […]
Last week, a cat picture on the internet was shared a lot — sorry, that’s nowhere near specific enough. We’re talking about the cat that bears an uncanny resemblance to The Force Awakens star Adam Driver. That cat became a star in his own right after Marci Robin, a volunteer for the Monmouth County SPCA, […]
Fresh off his debut as the new trilogy’s man in the mask, Kylo Ren is taking on a new sort of challenge that (mostly) doesn’t involve lightsabers. This past Saturday, Adam Driver hosted Saturday Night Live, and that meant at least one Star Wars skit was guaranteed. Like, I’ll bet it was written into the […]
Now that we’re in the middle of a Star Wars revival with no end in sight, we need to start figuring out how to get with the zeitgeist in style. Because the power of Star Wars fandom is rivaled perhaps only by the Force itself, we’ve got loads of commercial and custom-made Star Wars dresses. […]
It’s a record that seems to get broken with some frequency now — the title of biggest global opening ever now goes to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which edged past another comeback film, Jurassic World, which was just released in May of this year. The Force Awakens took in $529 million during its opening […]
Time was, an interminable film franchise was the butt of a joke — The Land Before Time XI and Friday the 13th Part VIII – Jason Takes Manhattan were not exactly revered cinematic triumphs. A feature on Wired today looks at how that’s changing, with the Marvel Cinematic Universe and now Star Wars becoming — if […]
We’re all excited for The Force Awakens — especially after that new trailer — but we’re just as stoked for the mountains of merch pouring forth from the floodgates opened when Disney bought Lucasfilm. Star Wars has been inextricably linked to its merch empire since the early days, but today that empire is striking back […]
