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Technabob readers love LEGO and they also love Star Wars. So whenever the two worlds intersect, it’s geeky bliss. I’m especially impressed with these handmade LEGO Star Wars mosaics by UK artist Douglas Bagnall.

Each of his LEGO mosaics is made using thousands of individual 1×1 pixel blocks to create the image. The R2-D2 mosaic measures 30″x40″ and the stormtrooper is 30″x30″. Based on the 5/16″ square size of a single LEGO brick, that means that R2-D2 was made out of 12,288 bricks, and the stormtrooper was made from 9,216 bricks. Holy crap, that’s a lot of LEGO  – assuming my math is correct.

They’re certainly not inexpensive, with R2-D2 selling for £1,840.00 (~$3019 USD) and the stormtrooper going for £1,380.00 (~$2265 USD.) But when you think of all the work that went into making them, it softens the blow a little bit.

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The release day for Rovio’s latest Angry Birds installment is quickly approaching, and we’re finally within just days of the launch of Angry Birds Star Wars. Rovio has released several teaser trailers over the past couple of weeks, but today they launched what they call the “official gameplay trailer.”

We’ve seen a little bit of gameplay from the upcoming title, but this trailer gives us approximately one full minute of nothing but Angry Birds Star Wars gameplay. We see characters such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and even Chewbacca, as well as lightsabers and lasers galore. There’s definitely no shortage of Star Wars in this Angry Birds installment.

We also get to hear a little more of the game’s soundtrack, which includes a mashup of the classic Star Wars theme song with Angry Birds’ traditional upbeat goofy music. It’s definitely the most content-rich trailer we’ve seen yet from Rovio, and we’re frankly pretty excited for the release of the game this Thursday.

The Angry Birds series has come a long way since its original title, and while the gameplay and graphics have ultimately stayed the same throughout, the folks at Rovio have no problem coming up with different themes to keep the series going. Plus, they finally started to introduce new elements into the games, like Angry Birds Space for example, where the use of non-gravity and orbital pull play a huge part in the game’s physics.

Rovio launches “official gameplay trailer” for Angry Birds Star Wars is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The first question everyone asked when it was announced that the now Disney-owned Lucasfilm would be producing Star Wars Episode VII was “why?!?” But the second question on everyone’s mind was “who’s going to direct it?” and as Conan O’Brien discovered, everyone in Hollywood, and Flint, wants the job. More »

Who would have thought that someone as diminutive as Yoda would end up being a Jedi Master while heading the entire Jedi Council in its heydays? Well, this little creature that could is also a great friend of the Wookies, and he managed to live to a ripe old age, mentoring Anakin Skywalker’s offspring in the process while dying to become one with the Force afterwards. His leadership abilities and wizened frame might be misleading to those who do not know of his abilities in the Force, but here is another way he spends his time to make sure that he remains at peak performance always – by acting as a $29.95 Motion Activated Talking Yoda Sentry.

Needless to say, the motion-detecting Yoda figurine will react to “disturbances in the force” with verbal as well as visual responses. Made out of high-impact plastic in order to match Yoda’s likeness in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, he stands at 9″ tall while making sure no one fools around your desk whenever you are not around. He has a collection of half a dozen phrases, ranging from “Still much to learn you have” to “A disturbance in the Force there is.” You can opt to keep him silent or disarm the motion sensor, and the entire shebang is powered by USB.

[ Motion Activated Talking Yoda Sentry copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Yesterday’s surprising acquisition of Lucasfilm Ltd. and LucasArts by the Walt Disney Company was huge news, but now that the dust has settled, it’s time to find out what the future holds for Disney, as well as the Star Wars franchise dealing with both movies and video games. One big aspect that Disney mentioned, is that they plan on focusing more on mobile and social Star Wars titles rather than console games.

As far as movies go, we already know that Episode VII will arrive sometime in 2015, and we’re actually pretty excited about it. However, what does Disney have on the schedule as far as Star Wars video games go? LucasArts was in the middle of developing Star Wars 1313, and so far, Disney has no plans of canceling it. They say that all systems are still a go.

However, Disney CEO Robert Iger addressed the company’s future plans for game development with regards to the LucasArts acquisition. Iger says that Disney is “likely to focus more on social and mobile than [they] are on console.” However, this doesn’t mean they’re completely giving up on console gaming. Iger says Disney will “most likely” license out Star Wars to other game developers to make console games.

The official reason for which Disney decided to focus more on mobile and social gaming isn’t known, but we think it’s a fairly obvious one. The mobile gaming market is huge and extremely popular, so no doubt will Disney profit by developing a series of Star Wars-themed mobile and social games in the future.

[via Polygon]

Disney will focus on Star Wars mobile and social games is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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