NASA Tractor Beam: From Sci-Fi to Reality?

NASA Studying Tractor Beams NASA has secured funding to study "the concept for remotely capturing planetary or atmospheric particles and delivering them to a robotic rover or orbiting spacecraft for analysis". In other words, NASA wants to build a tractor beam. The NASA...

Kepler-16b: New Planet with 2 Suns (NASA Video)

Tatooine IRL? New Planet Found by Kepler Spacecraft Kepler-16b is a newly-discovered planet with two suns. This is not a publicity stunt for the Star Wars Blu Ray release, even though it sounds like Tatooine. The...

Star Wars Tshirt

Image of the day: A Star Wars Coffee t-shirt seen in Bangkok. Inspired by Starbucks and Star Wars. It says below the logo: May the froth be with you.Source: http://www.schahryar.com/photoblog/473

Star Wars Blu Ray Changes: Are They Real? (Video)

Noooo! Did George Lucas Screw Star Wars Up Even More for Blu Ray Release? I just saw some of the supposed changes in the Blu Ray versions of the Star Wars movies, and I am most certainly not amused. I am also not...

Star Wars Deleted Scenes Coming to Blu-Ray (Video)

Star Wars Deleted Scenes Teaser Perhaps the Ewoks have developed a bit of a coke habit, because yet another Star Wars video release is imminent. This time, it's the complete Star Wars saga remastered, along with...

'Withnail & I' vs 'Star Wars': Epic Mashup on YouTube

Star Wars/Withnail & I Mashup Wins Video of the Day: 'Withnail & O' We have our Video of the Day, and it is "Withnail & O". A YouTube user called raffjones added a fantastic mashup of  Star Wars and...

May the Fourth Be With You: Star Wars Day

May 4 is Star Wars Day Happy Star Wars Day... May the Fourth be with you. Yeah, I know it's geeky, but use Star Wars Day for a purpose: Remember the original trilogy, before nonsense like Jar Jar F*cking Binks and...

'Star Wars Uncut' Is Complete: Episode IV Crowdsourced

Star Wars Uncut is Finished: A Crowdsourced Version of the Original Film The epic Star Wars Uncut project is complete. As the editors sort through the legal issues of posting the entire thing online, a short clip has...

Chewbacca Nightstand: Squeaky Furniture Becomes Internet Star

'Is Chewbacca Trapped in My Nightstand?' Video Prompts Apparent Bidding War When Youtube user usetheforcechewey posted a video of his/her squeaky nightstand and wrote, "One day I opened my nightstand and realized...

Improv Everywhere Stages Subway Star Wars Scene

Improv Everywhere Stages Star Wars Scene on NYC Subway Princess Leia thought she was safe as she got the 6 Train at Brooklyn Bridge. However, it was not long before Imperial stormtroopers caught her and brought her...

The Empire Strikes Back Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary!

30 years ago today (May 21), The Empire Strikes Back was released in theaters. It was the follow-up to Star Wars, the most successful and groundbreaking film of its time. Series creator George Lucas did not helm...

THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS

Not so long ago in a galaxy we all live in, George Lucas introduced the world to Star Wars. It was May 25, 1977 to be exact. Prior to its release, everyone except for Lucas thought they were making a dumb kids...

Darth Vader was originally a Pom

While it may not be an explosive revelation to most Star War fans, Darth Vader originally sounded very different... he had an english accent. David Prowse, the English actor and body builder was the original voice of Darth Vader, the hunkier voice of James Earl Jones being...

Dark Knight Alive

Ha! Ha! It pays to play the devil and live to tell the story as the dark knight alive.Ask famous British actor Christopher Lee.At 87,Christopher has marked a special milestone in his long life playing the evil...

Kurt Russell Auditioning for Han Solo part in Star Wars

Thanks to Youtube for unearthing such a great treasure for a great Star Wars nerd like myself.  You know if this was the 1999 George Lucas, I'm almost positive that he would have chosen Kurt Russell over...

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