This is a great piece of geeky mashup art from Arzeno over at Deviant Art. It puts X-Men characters into the roles of Star Wars. Gambit is Han Solo (suggested name: Han LeBeua), Rogue is Princess Leia (suggested name: Princess Leianna), Nightcrawler as Luke Skywalker (suggested name: Kurt Skywalker), Beast as Chewbacca (suggested name: Coybacca), […]
Star Wars: The Essential Reader’s Companion review
This week Disney has secured the rights to Star Wars (and the rest of the Lucasfilm empire) and announced plans for Star Wars 7, 8 and 9. Already fans are asking which novel will Star Wars 7 be while tipsters whisper it’ll be an all new story. You might suddenly wish for a handy crash […]
Giant, two person, AT-AT costume
It suddenly turns out that Star Wars would be a super topical Halloween costume. Wouldn’t it be great if it turns out you’d been working on a rather awesome, two person, AT-AT Halloween costume all this time. Your plan had always been to march like an Imperial Walker down the street and scare the cats. […]
Star Wars 7 will be all new story
E! Online are claiming LucasFilm sources are describing Star Wars 7 as all new. The quote is simply; It’s an original story This will disappoint Timothy Zahn who might have hoped to follow the adventures of Luke and the assassin Mara Jade. It’s always wise to be somewhat sceptical of unnamed sources but no one […]
5 of the best Star Wars Disney memes
It’s been a few hours since Disney announced it was buying Lucasfilm and would be making three more Star Wars films. Geek Native asked which film will Star Wars 7 be? but other folk turned their talents to making some memes. We present five different Star Wars Disney memes. Which is your favourite? Which are […]
Which film will Star Wars 7 be?
The news of the hour is that Disney has bought Lucasfilm for $4bn and that Star Wars films are coming. Films. Star Wars 7 is already scheduled for release in 2015. Let’s ask the question – what will Star Wars 7 be called? There’s one source we can go to; the huge list of Star […]
The 12 Masks of Halloween: #5 Darth Vader voice changer
We feture an all-time classic now as Geek Native’s Halloween countdown reaches number 5: Darth Vader. As you would hope from a Vader mask this model includes a voice mode that transforms your own voice into Vader’s. The mask also includes the chestplace which helps balance the mighty dome. [Buy it] The 12 Masks of […]
Disney sci-fi mashup
Imagine some of your favourite Disney characters if they were given key roles in popular sci-fi films. The old guy from Up? He’d make an excellent Obi-Wan. Mike from Monsters would be a ready-green Yoda. As it happens Amy Mebberson takes this concept and makes it work well. You’re bound to see a favourite in […]
Star Wars figures: Dead Ewok
Long time readers of Geek Native might well remember the charred Uncle Owen Star Wars figure. That particular bit of grim humour, I think, came from Think Geek. Not sure who came up with the Dead Ewok figure but it’s trying for the same goal.
The 900 pound scrap metal Millennium Falcon
This iconic Star Wars spaceship weighs in at about 900 pounds and is made entirely from scrap car parts. Unlike many of the cool pictures passed around on the web, you can actually go visit the subject of this one provided you can get to Ripley’s Williamsburg. The Ripley’s Attractions studio is part of franchise […]
