Star Wars

Star Wars: Trench Run targets iPhone today

source: Joystiq

THQ has launched (roughly) the millionth game to simulate the iconic attack on the Death Star from Star Wars -- but on iPhone this time! In Star Wars: Trench Run, available today for $4.99, you use tilt controls to steer your X-Wing ship, and touch controls to take down the TIE Fighters that a...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Star Wars (Eastside)

source: craigslist

There is 7 vintage Star Wars vehicles....Millenium Falcon , Walker Vehicle , Imperial Troop Transporter , Death Star Spacestation w/ instruction booklet , Slave Boba Fett ship , Darth vader tie fighter ship and Luke Skywalker X wing vehicle and 1 Empire Strikes Back vehicle Snow speeder and...

Published Mon, Nov 2

THQ forcing Star Wars: Trench Run onto iPhone

source: Joystiq

Because blowing up the Death Star never gets old, THQ is recreating the climactic space battle from the conclusion of the first Star Wars film in an all-new game for the iPhone. Star Wars: Trench Run will appear in the App store soon, IGN reports, and will feature a tilt-based control scheme....

Published Fri, Oct 23

Searching the interwebs for Star Wars pumpkins

source: Club Jade

You should already know of the Death Star pumpkin which shot to fame a few years back, but each year there are variations. (And then some.) Several impressive specimens – including an X-Wing – in San Francisco last year. In the same vein, an all-over Artoo. Speaking of carving, this is impressi...

Published Mon, Oct 19

In Praise of MacGuffins

source: io9

A MacGuffin is the inanimate object that drives plot into motion. It could be Green Lantern's ring or the Death Star. Often reviled as a lazy genre convention, the MacGuffin is nevertheless crucial to great science fiction. Here's why.

Published Fri, Sep 25

Star Wars Clone Wars S01E02 - The Death Star Gun

source: Show Me SciFi

Still an awesome weapon that leaves no survivors….now why other troopers didn’t figure out that they could leave their escape pods and engage the hunter droids..i dunno.. Posted in scifi   Tagged: animated clone wars, clone wars, clonewars, Sci Fi, science fiction, scifi, Star Wars, star...

Published Sat, Oct 4

Entertainment Earth Podcast #76

source: Entertainment Earth Daily

Star Wars Transformers Darth Vader Death Star Reviewed! Also: New Star Wars Order 66 packs, new G.I. Joes, super-limited Japanese Transformers, new Marvel Superhero Squad, new Halo, and a whole lot more. Download it now!

Published Mon, Jan 21