Best Dad in the World Builds AT-AT Bed for Son
I love my dad, but he was no Darth Vader. He never built an Imperial mobile weapons platform for my bedroom like this dad did. We’re gonna have some words about this, to be sure.
If you’ve given up on inviting the ladies home and want to build your own AT-AT bed, you can watch the [...]
Lucasfilm Pavillion Comes to Life at Comic Con
The Official Star Wars Blog reports that you can watch construction of Lucasfilm’s Comic Con 2009 Pavillion on Flickr. The Pavillion will incorporate new imagery from season two of the Clone Wars series, featuring a gang of new and classic bounty hunters.
It’s great to know that we’ll be seeing Bossk again. Also, check out Entertainment [...]
Stop! Vader Time
MC Hammer Vader Busts a Move – Watch more Funny Videos
No commentary from me, no swag to sell for now. Next year, I’ll have to write about Disney’s Star Wars Weekends before they come to a close. Enjoy!
Conan on the Darth Vader Toaster
More Star Wars swag info, which is natural, since Comic Con is only a week away. This time, Conan O’Brien takes a stab at the Darth Vader Toaster.
Like the previously shown Battlestar Galactica Toaster, the Vader Toaster burns an image of the Dark Lord into your bread. Although these are neat novelty items, I gotta [...]
Star Wars Trash Compactor Bookends
What’s the most memorable scene in Star Wars? To me, it will always be this one. han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Chewbacca have only just met and are immediately placed in a hopeless situation as mistrust and snark run rampant.
Entertainment Earth is taking pre-orders for these bookends that recreate the classic trash compactor [...]
Cantina Exclusives at StarWarsShop.com
Is your home a wretched hive of scum and villainy? If not, you can transform your own cantina with these shotglasses, featuring cantina patrons Greedo, Momaw Nadon, Kardue’sai’Malloc, Dr. Evazan, Ponda Baba and Elis Helrot, available for pre-order at StarWarsShop.com. ($29.99, ships July 2009)
If you’d rather simply go for the tourist experience, you can buy [...]
Gifts for Geeks’ Favorite Dads
I’ll take a break from the normal nerdy items here for a few Father’s Day gift suggestions… Assuming your dad is a geek icon, of course.
If your dad is Darth Vader…
He’s big, black and shiny like a Nubian god (had to throw a Kevin Smith quote in here). That calls for an ArmorAll Gift Set. [...]
‘77 Trailer
Do you remember the first time you saw Star Wars? For me, it was a prolonged wait. Episode IV premiered when I was six, and Pinnochio was at the same theater… So, my parents winced and took me in to see the puppet while my older brothers met Luke and Han and Darth Vader for [...]
