You guys go and do this awesomely nerdy thing that Slate did.
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“The next Star Wars should be two hours of nothing but Lando.”
MASHABLE: "Police were called to calm Star Wars and Doctor Who fans at a science fiction convention in Norwich, UK, after the two groups got into a heated argument, the BBC reports."
- This is, of course, what happens when you bring a sonic screwdriver to a lightsaber fight.
- Or vice-versa.
Jar Jar Binks wants to know why you don’t want the 4th to be with him.
On May 4th and May 5th the Toledo Mud Hens, a minor league baseball team, will:
- Serve “Yoda Soda” (assuming it does not taste like Dagobah water)
- Give away 3,000 kazoos to fans to participate in a “post-game Star Wars-themed concert.”
- Have their players wear “Chewbacca” uniforms, pictured above.
May the dorks be with them.
BABY PALPATINE Imagine Heather Large’s surprise when she looked at her ultrasound and saw what appeared to be an image of the cloaked Emperor from Star Wars (inset). “And now Heather is both amused and slightly disturbed that images of her uterus are making the rounds on the Internet,” said husband, Toby. (Photo: Rex Feautres via The Telegraph)
An exchange between me and another "Star Wars" fan at Target just now.
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MAN (looking at Star Wars merch, to friend):
No Jar Jar Binks stuff. Jar Jar Binks goes nowhere near the house.
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ME:
I admire your position on this, sir. Well done.
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MAN:
I know, right?
Carrie Fisher confirms big news (via Palm Beach Illustrated)
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INTERVIEWER:
Disney is going to continue the Star Wars saga, producing movies set to hit theaters starting in 2015. Can you confirm whether you’ll reprise the role of Princess Leia?
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FISHER:
Yes.
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INTERVIEWER:
What do you think Princess Leia is like today?
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FISHER:
Elderly. She’s in an intergalactic old folks’ home [laughs]. I just think she would be just like she was before, only slower and less inclined to be up for the big battle.
Mr. President. We need to talk. "Jedi mind meld"? JEDI MIND MELD? You don't mix your "Star Wars" and "Star Trek," sir. YOU SIMPLY DON'T. Although I have to admit "Jedi mind meld" is pretty brilliant.
Breaking Bad
“Jango Unchained” is a film about how the actor Temuera Morrison got out of having to star in another terrible “Star Wars” prequel.
BORED OF THE SITH Students work on their lightsaber skills during a Golden Gate Knights class in San Francisco. The group was founded by Star Wars fans. Not seen: Star Trek fans next door in a Vulcan Nerve Pinch class. (Photo: Jeff Chiu / AP via The Telegraph)
In which scientists propose a Death Star ("Star Wars") armed with "phased lasers" or "phasers" ("Star Trek") to destroy asteroids and meteors that threaten Earth ("Spaceballs").
Jon Stewart says Iran’s space monkey did “his best impression of Han Solo in carbonite.”
A believable cityscape. Unlike, say, Coruscant.
