Model rocket enthusiasts cum Star Wars geeks build self-propelled, flight-capable half-scale X-Wing fighter and launch it at a rocketry con resulting in disastrous loss of the vehicle.


X Wing Rocket - Watch more free videosEven if the whole thing was a spectacular failure (witness the trajectory the X-Wing was on before disintegration), you can't ( Read more... )

A fashion designer I never heard of has come up with a line of Star Wars-themed designs, practically all of which are totally meh, except for this absolutely bitchin' Boba Fett hoodie, which is seriously made of win:


( Read more... )

Click to view

It's things like this that make me realize the true awesomeness of teh intarwebs.

When the space shuttle Discovery launches the STS-120 crew in October, the force will be with them.

I especially love the last sentence in the article:
Besides the lightsaber, their primary cargo is the station's second Italian-built U.S. multi-port node named Harmony.
Lightsaber > Harmony FTW :)

( Read more... )

Gakked from zoethe
And guess what, I can relate to that. Fett was a character who was way cool in the beginning and was then turned into a total fuckwad by his creators.

Norwegian Princess Leah's name was inspired by a character in a "Star Wars" movie, the mother of the infant princess was quoted as saying on Thursday.

Figures. Weren't the Hoth Scenes in ESB filmed in Norway?

Anakin has turned
life support encasing him
Darth Vader goes forth

Republic, fallen
Palpatine is Emperor
tyranny now reigns

Skywalker's children
separated and hidden
a new hope is born

LIGHT-SABRE DUEL PUTS TWO IN HOSPITAL

As SaleNowOn so succuntly put it on Slashdot: "If they don't survive they must be Future Darwin Award winners."

"He told me enough! He told me you killed him!"
"No, Luke. I am your dog."