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Independent Journalism 📜 16+ Year Archive

Star Wars Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Star Wars reporting (Archive Page 22).

Spinny! A review of Sphero’s BB-8 Star Wars droid

September 10, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The BB-8 Droid from Sphero is a hot ticket item in the UK. Some retailers are struggling to get hold of them, Amazon is charging a premium but at the time of writing IWooT has some left and so does Zavvi. If you use the code welcome at Zavvi and its your first order then […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: bb-8, reviews, robots, star wars, star wars: the force awakens

This Empire Strikes Back gaming table will blow your mind

August 26, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This collection of Star Wars models were part of the Battle of Hoth game played out at the UK gaming covention Salute 2015. Because they need to travel from Ireland to London with the board, they had to make it all modular. So, it’s basically a white mat with carved Styrofoam sections that sit on […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: models, star wars

Eat R2-D2 at your wedding

August 5, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Looking for Wedding Cake ideas? Could this be the droid you’re looking for? The team at Salt Cake City put together this R2-D2 wedding cake and it look lovely. Should we call it a groom’s cake? Is there such a thing? There’s marshmallows and Salt Cake City used marshmallow fondant to cover the whole head […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cake, food, r2d2, star wars

The 5 best selling RPGs for Spring 2015

July 21, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Just last year D&D was in 4th place on IcV2’s chart. ICv2’s chart for the top 5 roleplaying games for the spring of 2015 is now out. Given the launch of D&D 5e it might be no surprise to see the iconic title back at the top. Wizards of the Coast will be pleased. Dungeons […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, Dungeon & Dragons, fantasy flight games, iron kingdoms, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Privateer Press, Shadowrun, star wars, wizards of the coast

Can you guess the results? The fastest sci-fi spaceships of all time! [infographic]

July 16, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Which of these spaceships can fly faster? The Millennium Falcon, Planet Express, USS Voyager or the Borg Cube? In an infographic designed to grab your attention Fat Wallet.com has done the maths and a bit of research. They do publish all their findings on their blog post. Hey, I don’t mind that they’re a coupon […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Battlestar Galactica, district 9, doctor who, final fantasy, halo, infographics, Lost In Space, Prometheus, red dwarf, sci-fi, star trek, star wars, Superman, tardis, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, thunderbirds, Wall-e

20 best mashup costumes at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con

July 16, 2015 by Jill Harness 4 Comments

There are hundreds, if not thousands of costumes at the San Diego Comic Con, so standing out can sometimes be a bit of a challenge. While some folks go for incredible quality and detail, others recognize that a little creativity goes a long way when it comes to getting noticed and mashing together two different […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Boba Fett, comic con, cosplay, daft punk, daleks, Ghostbusters, gotham, iron man, Loki, mad max, Mad Max: Fury Road, mashup, mortal kombat, princesses, sailor moon, spider-man, star wars, steampunk, stormtroopers

Experience life as a Jedi through a GoPro

July 16, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

You’ll have seen a host of GoPro videos now. There are sleek ones in which gorgeous bikini divers swim with sharks or real-life classics such as seagulls stealing the camera and flying off. Have you seen a geeky one yet? It looks like the Jedi has the GoPro mounted to his chest via a harness. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Jedi, lightsaber, star wars, stormtroopers

Boom! The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Comic Con reel

July 11, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not usual for so many bloggers to declare “a winner” from SDCC – let alone so early on. As reactions come in on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer the general response seems to be that Disney just won Comic Con. Do you agree? I must admit, although a clearly trying to be […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, star wars, star wars: the force awakens, teasers

Superhero Week: Cool superhero and Star Wars vintage dictionary prints

July 5, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Etsy retailer Loft817 printworks is going on my bookmark list. They take old dictionaries and print a range of geeky art on them. Since this is Superhero Week this post will focus on mainly on heroes and villains. The Star Wars prints are a bonus! Tempted? I am! Check out Loft817 printworks. This superhero-themed post […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Boba Fett, Captain America, deadpool, Etsy, Harley Quinn, prints, r2d2, star wars, superhero week, superheroes, Wonder Woman

Short film: Black Angel

June 26, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native posts plenty of short films but this one is different. This film, shot in Scotland, was commissioned by George Lucas to be shown before Empire Strikes Back. The film had been lost for years, vanished when Rank Laboratories went down. This article from the BBC has more information on the loss and rediscovery. […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Indiegogo, short film, star wars

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