These days, most of us think of the Ewoks as cute and endearing little fellows, but I remember when Return of the Jedi came out, there was an uproar over the addition of these furry creatures to the Star Wars universe. In fact, I’ve long held the theory that George Lucas introduced Jar-Jar Binks so we would forget all about the Ewoks.
But if you’re on Team Ewok, here’s something you might want to buy to show your support.
This Ewok hat was created by textile artist Mary Gauvin, and is perfect for camouflaging your Jedi younglings when they first land on Endor to help destroy any newly-erected Imperial shield generators. As a bonus, it’ll also keep their heads warm on Hoth. It’s also the perfect gift if you’re best friends with Warwick Davis.
Hop on your speeder bike and fly through the forest to Etsy if you want one.
A life-size T-800 Terminator is one of those those that I hoped I would never live to see. Thank God this one is made of LEGO pieces and not Skynet parts. Even if he comes to life, so you could just take him apart brick by brick if you had to.
This 15,000-piece, full-scale Terminator T-800 LEGO model was built by Martin Latta. Quick! Hit it with a hammer and watch all of those bricks fall down. No, I haven’t seen the John Connor minifig, stop asking. My jacket is also not your size. Anyway, the detail on this awesome LEGO sculpture is very impressive.
How about a LEGO Terminator franchise of video games, LEGO guys? You have Batman and Star Wars, so why not?
This TARDIS VW Beetle is all timey-whimey and bigger on the… outside. Which is pretty normal. I remember when the 3rd Doctor had a car that he used to drive around in and fight monsters with. The next Doctor should have a Beetle like this.
We need more Timelord driving around crashing into things and less Timelord flying around in a box whining about his name. Remember that crack in time? I bet it started on the windshield of this VW. Probably happened when he let Clara drive.
Impossible girl my arse! Impossible that she passed her driver’s test. Impossible that she didn’t see that Dalek in the middle of the road. It’s impossible for her to get cheap insurance rates – that’s what’s impossible.
We’ve seen plenty of niftycrochetedStar Warsitems and I’m sure we will see more. But a real Jedi Master crafter uses a weapon like this awesome lightsaber crochet hook.
Imagine what you could create with this lightsaber. It’s an elegant crafting weapon for a more civilized age. These cool crafting implements are made by Cherelled and are just $15(USD).
They are made from polymer clay. If you want to make one yourself, the tutorial for the grip can be found here. Craft or craft not. There is no try.
This week the folks responsible for promoting the upcoming film Pacific Rim have done a bit of spilling from behind the scenes as well as right up in front of the cameras. What you’re about to see is this film’s essence, with several characters wearing futuristic space suits doing battle with monster beasts from the sea. This upcoming film event is being directed by Guillermo del Toro and will appearing in both 2D and 3D as soon as July 12th.
The movie will be rated PG-13, which is a bummer for those of you wishing to see Dredd-style massacres, beast style, but the action within should settle stomaches nonetheless. The images pushed today show Halo-style suits, mech battles, and machines so big they could pinch a helicopter.
While it’s obvious this movie won’t be entirely serious – we’re talking about massive Japanese creatures from the ocean, after all – it’s sure to be a hoot. In one image you’ll see some Sin City-style mixes of comic-style environment with live-action humans in the center, while in another shows lightening cracking from the sky when the first whale-beast approaches.
This film is coming in with a plot that’s about as thick as the budget is sure to be, starting with a war with “legions” of monsters called Kaiju rising from the sea and the humans meant to protect us fighting them off with tower-sized robots called Jaegers.
With a completely strange combination of actors from Charlie Day (from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) to Ron Perlman and back to Idris Elba and Rinko Kikuchi, there’s more than a little chance that this film will be a cult classic. This film is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures and will be coming to 2D, 3D, and IMAX theaters near you.
He’s squat, he’s got tusks, twin blades, much honor, and he is on the hunt for Han Solo. He is Samurai Fett. This sweet custom made Star Wars inspired Boba Fett samurai action figure was created by Emmanuel Pérez del Río, and it looks amazing.
This thing kicks ass. There’s no way that this Fett wouldn’t have survived the Sarlacc pit. Be sure to hit up that link above because there are a ton of images of this one and other awesome samurai figures he has created.
This guy needs to get with a toy company and let the masses enjoy playing with these things. I’d love to see a whole series of Samurai Star Wars characters.
You know how they have the building plaques on some ships to commemorate their construction? Every Star Trek ship has one on the bridge too. Well, even though the Star Wars ships never had these, you can buy them from Big Bay Toy Store.
They’re printed on brushed aluminum, with a black box backing for hanging and a certificate of authenticity. It’s a great way to pretend that your office or living room is a Star Wars ship, even though it doesn’t look like one. Choose from the Millennium Falcon, the X-34 Landspeeder, or the T-65 X-Wing Starfighter.
Each plate is limited to 295 pieces and is available for pre-order now. They will cost you a crazy $264.99(USD) each, but they do look pretty awesome. Serious Star Wars fans will want at least one.
Here in the spring of 2013, very little is clear on how the now Disney-owned Lucasfilm will be going about releasing the next wave of Star Wars films. What is clear is that they will, indeed, be releasing not one, but several live-action films based in the Star Wars universe – but that small an amount of information isn’t going to stop the massive waves of fans of the series creating mock-up trailers such as the one you’re about to see today, passing them off as real for the fun of it.
The trailer you’re going to see is not real. It’s been made with music from Lucasfilm, newly created text panels, and a Costume Test of a character from the video game Knights of the Old Republic. That’s not to say that it isn’t fabulously inspiring.
What you’ll see next is the screen test the ominous bits of the mock-up you see above, created as a project completely separate from what you see above. Here you’ll find an extended collection of clips filmed and posted without special effects, with a character made “entirely from scratch” by the talented Darth Serberus, aka the owner of “Order 66 Creatures and Effects”, Julian Checkley.
Filming was done, according to Checkley, by Kamil Photography with a Red MX camera that’d originally been reserved for a different project entirely. It was only on a whim that this bit of footage was made real.
This costume was made for fun – and to wear at special events like comic book conventions, of course – but was not licensed by Lucasfilm or Disney. In other words: it wasn’t made for Knights of the Old Republic, nor was it made for Star Wars Episode 7.
This is the level of devotion and healthy obsession shown by fans of the Star Wars universe. This is how important this next film is to the public.
Unfortunately, it’s likely that with Disney at the helm, nothing so terrifying as this will ever see the big screen. With the direction the Star Wars movies have gone in even at their darkest, there will not be blood. It’s the fans, again, that will need to take charge if there’s ever going to be a Darth Malgus outside of a video game.
Images of the costume outside the video posted above and below come from The Prop Forum where Checkley has posted in-progress makings of the masterpiece. He’s made it clear that though he’s worked in the film industry for 20 years, he’s out for now – he does add the following, on the other hand:
“I learnt my skills working in the film industry for 20 years but now I mainly make private commissions. But if JJ came calling I could definitely be tempted back! ;)” – Checkley
Let us know if you find any other fabulous fakery for the future of Star Wars between here and the first actual trailer for the film, and don’t ease up on the alternate universe iterations!
I’ve never loved a TV show enough to get a tattoo of it, but if I did, it would be something unique like this knuckle tatt of the U.S.S. Enterprise D. When his hands and fingers are separated, everything is normal, but put them together and you have yourself a mission to explore strange new worlds. Saucer separation has never been easier.
These knuckles belong to Jason Criss. Much like the Enterprise’s ongoing voyages, his tattoo isn’t finished yet. He plans on adding more shading and colors after the initial outline heals.
I think it should be glow in the dark, so he can sit in a dark room and hum the theme song, recreating the intro. Bonus: If he holds a lightsaber, it looks like phaser fire!
Star Trek: Into Darkness has just hit theaters with mixed reviews, but even so it is making a lot of money. Now we have some details about some new collectibles from QMx. There are Starfleet badges, the Federation flag, a Starfleet class ring, Federation ship models and a special limited-edition Amazon.com Blu-ray gift set with a pretty amazing phaser.
The phaser was designed with help from Hollywood prop master Kenney’s Custom Props and features an animatronic spinner and working power dial. It looks stunning. The stunt version of the phaser with a manual spinner will come as part of the Blu-ray set while the animatronic version will be available by itself next year.
You can pre-order it now for $79.99(USD). That should make some Trek fans very happy to get the Blu-Ray disc. Hit to QMx check out more of the cool new collectibles.
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