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So Now George Lucas Is Just Trolling Nerds
“Today will be a day long remembered… by really angry nerds.” Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace 3D opens in theaters today, and while all of its advertising has focused on (A) podracing and (B) Darth Maul, that didn’t fool our critic one bit. But George Lucas going out and doing interviews right around the […]
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Today in “Shit Wookiees Say”
This has been today’s installment of “Shit Wookiees Say.” Thanks to wookiee fanatic Marissa for the heads up.
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Stormtroopers, Klingons, and Blood
Just as they did last year, the Portland Red Cross is aiming to spill some dweeb blood—today from 9 am to 2:30 pm, the second annual Stormtroopers vs. Klingons Blood Drive will be take place at the Portland Donor Center (3131 N Vancouver). Here’s some stuff happening at the event that will, hopefully, distract you […]
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Portland Police Respond to Call of Raging Jedi Swinging Lightsaber
I’ll admit to a little bit of push and pull before posting this one. One on hand, it’s about a man swinging a lightsaber at a toy store, and briefly fending off the police with it. But, then, hey—buzzkill!—the case, at heart, is also about someone struggling with mental illness. Anyway, here’s what the Portland […]
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BOIL JAPAN
Look, I don’t know either. I’m just delighted it exists. Via io9.
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Vader’s Shakin’ at the Knees
And now, two of my favorite things… AT THE SAME TIME. Via io9. Now get on making an Empire one, dude. One set to “Hells Bells” would be pretty badass. Or to “T.N.T.” Or “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.” I guess it doesn’t really make a huge difference, actually.
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:(((((((((
From Seattle Weekly: Brainstorming headlines with Erik and Alison. “Jasha Lottin says she can’t understand why people are so interested in why she bought a horse, killed it, gutted it, then posed naked for photos inside the carcass and posted them on the Internet. “No idea why people care,” she tells Seattle Weekly. Lottin, a […]
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Here’s That Phantom Menace 3D Trailer You Haven’t Been Waiting For
Lucasfilm apparently snuck a trailer for their 3D rerelease of Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace into theaters this past weekend, where it played in front of such not-screened-for-critics fare as The Three Musketeers 3D. (Sadly, I missed Musketeers because I was at Paranormal Activity 3 instead, thinking not so much about that movie but […]
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Exclusive Poster Reveal: The Phantom Menace 3D
It’s been a rough day for Lucasfilm—an unfinished version of the theatrical poster for Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace 3D was accidentally leaked online this morning. Despite never being meant for the public, this early mock-up spread like wildfire on the internet. Since the genie’s out of the bottle, we might as well post […]
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The Only Star Wars Blu-ray Review You Need
Via I was going to make a “Thumbs up!” “Thumbs… down” joke here, but then I realized I don’t even know if Yoda really has thumbs, or at least thumbs worth speaking of. God, that thing’s a freak. After all the mumbling about the Star Wars Blu-rays I’ve done over the past month or two, […]