I got my Millenium Falcon six-string Bought it down on Tatooine Played ’til my fingers bled It was summer of ’69 Me and some guys from school Had a Band and we tried real hard Mario quit and Chewie got married I shoulda’ known we’d never get far → Read More
Star Wars fans? Borders wants your money today. The retailer is currently running a 50% off a bunch of their Star Wars merchandise. This includes CDs, movies, and of course the extended universe books. Not everything is on sale, but there are at least a few hundred Star Wars items 50%. DealNews even found an coupon for in-store items. (Yes, I know, the video above has nothing to do with Borders, but it’s a classic.) → Read More
There’s no way to begin this next story without breaking out this movie quote: “If I were creating the world I wouldn’t mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers, eight o’clock, Day One!” With that out of the way, for the first time in human history a laser was used to shoot down an aircraft in flight. Well done to the fine folks at the US Navy. → Read More
Those of you who read CrunchGear regularly might already know that I’m the resident optimist when it comes to 3D. I fended off Ebert’s attacks on it, and made a comprehensive guide for those who like reading lots of words. But I’m no drone. I’m not going to defend The Last Airbender, for instance. So when I hear that there may be a full theatrical 2D-to-3D conversion of A New Hope actually in the works, you better believe the knives will come out. → Read More
Get it? Icy? Because Hoth is the ice planet. And like when you’re on that planet you’re so cold that you could die if you didn’t go into the belly of that fish cow thing that they put Han Solo into. Thoughts? Anyway, this game, coming soon from THQ, is probably the coolest thing ever although the enemy sprites look a little childish. Thoughts? → Read More
Back in the old days, before the Internet, the only way you could relive the fun of Star Wars was through baked goods. To wit: the Star Wars Darth Vaders Activity Book featured this amazing project that involved making a big cookie and then making it look like the Death Star. If I recall, this was kind of a sugar cookie thing with lots of butter and wasn’t very tasty but by God my grandma made it for me and that made me happy. → Read More
Amazing. That was probably what a lot of people saw when the amazing sink hole picture surfaced. It was for me. That and Dune’s sandworm. → Read More
The Three Wolves shirt gained fame after it started collecting a bunch of clever reviews, and quickly became a bona fide meme. Once that happened, meta-memes sprang up around it. I liked the broken images variant the best. That is, until today, when I saw the Three Ewok shirt pictured here! → Read More
I don’t know if it’s more sad: someone actually owns that many Star Wars LEGOs or that I’m jealous. Either way, the video is awesome. Well done, kind sirs. Well done. → Read More
Does your mom like to wear helmets? Does she want to be a bounty hunter? Does her dad have millions of clones? Then you’re going to want to hook her up with this $45 Boba Fett helmet. → Read More
NTT DoComo, Japan’s largest cell phone carrier (55 million customers), is currently running a pretty bizarre viral promotion campaign in this country (both on- and offline). The company has set up a weird website [JP] that, for some strange reason, shows Darth Vader running around Tokyo and asking who’s his boss (“Who is my boss” is the official tag line of the campaign). → Read More
He may have been a scoundrel, but he wouldn’t have been able to seduce a princess if he smelled like Wookiee. Take a cue from the galaxy’s favorite rogue and keep it clean with this Carbonite hand soap. Sure, anyone who comes over will know you’re an incurable fanboy/fangirl, but you know what? I don’t care and neither should you. Han Solo is my hero, along with Captain America, Hannibal Barca, and Hector. Take me as I am! → Read More
As you know, we here at CrunchGear pride ourselves on bringing you the latest and hottest information on novelty USB drives. Nicholas is particularly a fan. But more to the point, we know you are too. Which is why I’m here to tell you that MIMIBOT just announced their latest, the series 5 Star Wars line. There’s even a Stormtrooper that just might be a little shorter then normal. → Read More
I’ve been watching this for about 40 minutes now (instead of dutifully posting it up like a good blogger). Stuck at home in a post-brunch coma? Here’s 90 minutes of spot-on commentary (and a few too many serial killer asides) on the movie we all wanted to redeem The Phantom Menace but ended up sucking pretty bad. I remember waiting in line to see it in the theater, and being pumped when Yoda was doing his thing, but man — it really is pretty rotten. They’re all lined up for you to view at Metafilter, where, predictably, there is a debate raging. → Read More
Oh man, strap yourself in for a complete mind-freak. THQ Wireless will release next month Star Wars: Light Saber Duel, an iPhone App that works with Bluetooth. You can see where this is going. Since it works with Bluetooth, you’ll be able to duel your other iPhone-owning friends. Adios, productivity. → Read More
In the great metal room There was a comlink and a Tauntaun and a picture of- The Executor flying over the forest moon → Read More
Good news, Taris isn’t gone. It might have been obliterated in The Knights of the Old Republic, but not to the point of no return. The upcoming MMORPG Star Wars The Old Republic will feature a Taris coming back to life 300 years after its destruction and will allow players to impact its future. Clever indeed. → Read More
Shocking admission: I’ve never seen a Star Wars movie. Well, that’s not entirely true: I did see Episode One and Episode Three, but I’m pretty sure those don’t really count. (I liked the song “Duel of the Fates,” though, and the one that played when Anakin fought the other guy in the lava or whatever.) I bring this up because this story is about C3PO, the friendly robot that I’m only familiar with because, well, I’m pretty sure everyone has heard of R2D2 and C3PO, including myself. The scoop: Darpa, made famous by Metal Gear Solid, wants to commission a C3PO-like software/device that’s able to translate 20 languages on the fly, identify specific speakers, and whatnot. It’d be useful for our troops in foreign lands, obviously. → Read More
I’m in love with these Star Wars posters designed by Chicago-based artist Justin Van Genderen. I have a wall in my office screaming to display all five. But I can’t find where to purchase them. My life simply will not be complete until I own them. So, someone, get ol’ Van Genderen on the horn and tell him to make the set available for purchase. [formatmag via GearFuse] → Read More
Star Wars has always been popular in Japan, so seeing Luke Skywalker et al. in a Japanese TV commercial from the 1970s isn’t a big deal in itself. But seeing the Star Wars franchise being used for promoting “sea chicken” (canned tuna) is kind of unusual.
Needless to say, the gaijin acting in the TV spot, which was first aired on Japanese TV in 1978, are just look-alikes. And apparently, “sea chicken” maker Hagoromo Foods has used the Star Wars setting without getting a license from Lucasarts. Different times back then, I guess.
TV spot after the jump. → Read More
