Hasta La Gadget!

Animated character designer Phil Postma created this series of imaginary Star Wars action figures cards after he saw an image of an R2-D2 action figure that looked like a tiny spray can.

I love the graffiti art style of the images, and think it would be awesome if they actually made a Star Wars animated series with this look.

I’d also like Phil to come to my neighborhood and spray this on one of the buildings:

Be sure to head over to Phil’s blog to check out more images from his Star Wars street art series – and lots of other awesome art.

We’ve seen lots of geeky gingerbread treats, but none so tough as this gingerbread Wookiee. Let them win at games or they will rip your arm out of its socket. Eat a gingerbread Wookiee and they will likely punch you in the gut from the inside.

This tasty gingerbread version of Chewbacca comes from Craftster member kala who does a great job making fine wookie hair and makes a mean bandoleer. It may not be as impressive as a Death Star gingerbread treat, but this guy is pretty darn cute and probably just as tasty.

This is why they call him Chewie, people! I like the eyes, but don’t want him to look at me when I bite into him.

[via Nerd Bastards via Neatorama via Geeks Are Sexy]

I’ll readily admit to liking the Star Wars saga, they are some of my favorite movies (at least the first three).  Though I’m not such a hardcore Star Wars geek that I know all the actors that were in the original trilogy. Specifically, this may be the first time I’ve ever heard the name of the man who actually played Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew.

As it turns out, the 69-year-old Mayhew lives only a short distance from me in the Fort Worth suburb of Boyd, Texas.

One of things that landed Mayhew the part of playing the Wookiee was the fact that he is 7’3″ tall. Mayhew, who was born in England, suffers from gigantism. In his younger days he was able to play the part of Chewbacca, but as he aged he began to have problems associated with his condition. Reports indicate that the actor recently underwent surgery to have a double knee replacement after having to use a wheelchair for the last two years. He also reportedly had a tendon stretching procedure to help stabilize his legs.

Here’s hoping Peter a speedy and full recovery. Chewie won’t be the same without you!

[via Key103]

Man, the TSA can suck. Who knew that going from point A to point B would ever become such a nightmare. Yeah, this isn’t the same country that many of us grew up in. Our rights mean very little these days it seems. And when they harass the likes of Chewbacca, they have finally gone too far.

For one thing a Wookiee can rip your arms out of it’s socket. For another, when you harass 69-year-old Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca, you will piss off a whole planetful of geeks. The man was just trying to get his large lightsaber cane and be on his way while traveling after attending Denver Comic Con.

Apparently having the incident tweeted encouraged them to release the cane. Wise move TSA. Now go grope Jar-Jar. BTW, how awesome is it that he has a lightsaber cane?

[via Neatorama]

PowerA’s officially licensed Star Wars iPhone 4/4S cases must have been a blockbuster, because this year the company is striking back with iPhone 5 variants of the cases.

All previous designs remain unchanged. You can still join the Dark Side of iPhone cases with the Darth Vader case, give your phone a shiny metal ass with the C-3PO case, turn your iPhone into a Droid with the R2-D2 case and have a huggable device with the Chewbacca case.

You can order the cases from Firebox for £20 (~$31 USD) or directly from PowerA for $35. Yes, that means the Chewie case is the best deal,  what with all that awesome fur.

[via Rampaged Reality]