This is just gold..

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Ever wondered how lightsabers work? Howstuffworks has a great article explaining how and also provides some tips on how to use your lightsaber as a handy tool around the house.

Important Safety Information
A lightsaber is not a toy! Keep it out of reach of children at all times. Lightsaber locks are required in most states.
There are […]

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DoubleViking have a list of the top 15 Han Solo quotes and a guide of when to use them. This is #6…
6. “Laugh it up, fuzzball.”
When to say it: When a fat/hairy person laughs at you
Again: not outright whiny and confrontational, but this line lets everyone know that you mean business and that you’re tired […]

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Sticking with the Star Wars theme atm, here is an awesome hot air balloon in the shape of Darth Vader’s helmet.
The balloon measures 26 meters (86 feet) high with the basket included, 21 meters (69 feet) wide and with a depth of 24 meters (78 feet). The estimated hot air volume 3.000 m³ (106,000 […]

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Liquid Generation have an online Star Wars personality test in which you answer a series of questions and find out which Star Wars character best fits you. I got Luke Skywalker, I’m just glad I wasn’t Jar Jar Binks.

Take the test here.

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According to HollywoodNorthReport.com, Scott Derrickson will direct FOX’s remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day The Earth Stood Still. There are not many details at the moment but it looks like the story of Klaatu and his robot Gort’s quest to save humanity from self destruction will be filmed in Vancouver. The original was […]

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According to a SFX Magazine poll, the world’s best sci-fi movie is Serenity with the classic Star Wars in second place.
Here are the top ten as determined by the poll.
1. Serenity (2005)
2. Star Wars (1977)
3. Blade Runner (1982)
4. Planet of the Apes (1968)
5. The Matrix (1999)
6. Alien (1979)
7. Forbidden Planet (1956)
8. 2001: A […]

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Here are the new posters of Optimus and Megatron from the upcoming Transformers movie. Whilst I don’t have high expectations for the movie, I do think the posters are pretty cool.

click on the posters for higher res.

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Tolkien’s son has completed the last novel that his father was working on when he died in 1971. The new novel called The Children of Húrin will be released worldwide on 17 April, which is 89 years after Tolkien first started on the unfinished work.
The book is certain to be a huge hit and it […]

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SciFi smackdown is a cool new site which pits the icons of SciFi up against each other in battle just for the geek of it all.
Their first episode features every SciFi enthusiasts favorite ships, the Starship Enterprise and the Battlestar Galactica at it head to head. Who do you think would win and why?
Link

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To help celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars the United States Postal Service is producing R2D2 mailboxes. A big thumbs up to the USPS from me, awesome stuff!
If by any chance you need to mail a copy of the Death Star blueprints, you should definitely look for one of these.
“I’ve placed information […]

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The eagerly awaited sequel to the awesome Ryan vs Dorkman lightsaber duel was released a few days ago and it is a fantastic piece of work. The sequel and the original duel are the product of a collaboration between Ryan Wieber and Michael Scott, which started as an entry in a lightsaber choreography competition hosted […]

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