Filed under: Editor's Picks, Switched Video We spent a week at the 2009 New York Toy Fair last month and came away with a renewed desire to be ten years old again. This episode of our Toy Fair series showcases a new line of Star Wars science toys: Star Wars Science - This new line of toys from Uncle...

I found this completely by accident, and knowing there’s more than a couple Star Wars nerds about the place I thought I’d share: You can also check out this site if you are in the mood for more Star Wars-themed motivational posters for all occasions (including George Lucas’ take on...

Star Wars, episodes one, two, and three. The prequels. Oh man. I mean, every joke that could be made about them has already been made, right? At this point, all you have to do is say "Star Wars prequels" to get a smirk out of most people. But what would you say if I offered up the view that, really,...

WonderCon 2009: R2-D2 Builders Words/Photos: Bonnie Burton R2-D2 goes where the action is, so it shouldn't be surprised that he and his droid pals invaded this year's WonderCon as usual. Fans ran up and hugged, kissed, patted and posed with everyone's favorite astromech droid. Those lucky attendees ...

Star Wars goes back to high school in the mashup of...Star Sports! [via Topless Robot]...

What with the s_d debacle, I've been thinking about how integral fandom communities are to their chosen worlds. From personal experience, I can say that fandom has enriched my viewing of Transformers. It's great fun and all, but to be honest, if it wasn't for the wide circle of fandom friends I've m...

Star Wars Battlefront III has been jumping developers like a frog on a hotplate. First under development at Free Radical, the title was then supposedly moved to Rebellion. Now that Rebellion is hard at work on Aliens Vs. Predator , the latest rumor has the game right back at square one: Pandemic. Th...

So, for some reason I no longer recall, I decided to see how hard it would be to edit a little video together in Linux. The result was this: the kids and I each made a music video with LiVES, and Tracey did one in iMovie. Our oldest is hosting these on her YouTube account. (To be fair, I didn’...

  We would be more outraged about this news of a Kevin Smith film being censored if our initial reaction to this news wasn't "Kevin Smith is making another movie?" What juvenalia has he left unplumbed? Is there still more minutia of Star Wars yet to be discussed on the big screen?...

  Hey, that's what we were thinking after The Phantom Menace... In this instant-classic of a YouTube video, someone translated R2D2's squeaks, beeps, and whines from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Who knew R2D2 was so hilarious... and vulgar. "I'm GO AWAY." Yea...