Tag: Star wars
WIN WIN WIN! – Nintendo DS and a copy of Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance – last day!
Just a quick reminder that today’s the last day to enter our Nintendo DS competition. Want to pretend that your stylus is a mini-lightsaber? Now’s your chance!
It’s ridiculously easy to enter. Go here, fill in the form, and hit okay. Go do it now, in fact. Imagine how jolly your little kid (or you, if you’re sprog-free) will feel on Christmas day when he or she unwraps it.
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WIN WIN WIN! – Nintendo DS and a copy of Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance
Gosh, this is very exciting. If you’re one of the few people in Britain who don’t have a DS yet, or your kid is, and they’re bugging you about it, then you might fancy entering this competition. We’ve got a Nintendo DS and a copy of Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance to give away.
The game has a storyline exclusive to the DS, lets you use your stylus as a lightsaber, and you can put together ridiculous pairings of characters, like Mace Windu and R2-D2. Sounds fun, right? So how do you enter? Easy. Simply visit this page, fill in your details, and then hope. May the Force be with you.
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Tea, cereal and Darth Vader on toast
How attached are you to the idea of your toast being evenly browned? How committed are you to collecting every piece of tenuous Star Wars memorabilia ever? If the answers are not at all, and very much indeed respectively, have we got a product for you.
UK decides that it really really likes Star Wars
In a poll of five thousand people, 38% said that Star Wars was the greatest Sci-Fi movie of all time. Not Wall-E, Close Encounters, or Short Circuit, but Star Wars. Honestly, talk about predictable. Not only that but Darth Vader was voted most evil Villain, the Lightsaber was the most popular gadget and Han Solo is the most heroic sci-fi hero. Okay! We get it! You like Star Wars! Jeez…
In similarly less-than-shocking news, HG Wells was the nation’s favourite Sci-Fi author, and Star Trek beat out Red Dwarf and Doctor Who to win best Sci-Fi TV show. They only won because Star Wars wasn’t eligible for those categories, y’know.
The whole poll was in honour of a new web sci-fi series, called Kirill, which is only available at msn.com/kirill. If you’re a Sci-Fi fan, then go watch it, and maybe stop voting for Star Wars in surveys. It’s getting boring now. Vote for ET instead.
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Star Wars MMO: The Old Republic announced
In July, CEO of EA John Riccitiello revealed the existence of a second Star Wars massively-multiplayer-online-game, or MMOG, as they’re known. The first, Star Wars Galaxies, was initially popular when released in 2003, but after sweeping changes were made to the gameplay in late 2005, players left in their droves. This new attempt at hooking the vast intellectual property that is Star Wars into a MMO framework looks like it could be successful…
Yoda banned from Facebook
Sorry, little fella. You’re not getting in. The Jedi is among a list of people banned from creating profiles on the world’s most popular social networking site. I should note that he hasn’t tried registering himself, it’s been uncovered by a Japanese author named Hiroki Yoda…
Slave Leia looked on proudly as Admiral Ackbar walked down the aisle
It’s a Star Wars wedding. Not just a a cake grandma made that, from the right angle, looks a bit like a 2D Death Star, but a proper, CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY DID THAT? Star Wars wedding. Everyone put in some effort.
Here’s a small celebratory montage we’ve put together of the finest photos. The highlight is the ginger man who grew his beard out to be Chewbacca, plus the grey-haired man who used his natural assets to do a superb Ben Kenobi. The X-Wings let the side down a bit, mind. What’s with the socks?
The entire set is, incredibly, viewable by the general public over on Flickr. We wanted to poke fun, but… it’s sensational…
George Lucas frozen in carbonite – silent at last
Oh, George. George, George, George, what have you done this time for everyone to desert you; for your fans to finally decide the best thing to do is freeze you in carbonite…
Digitally scanned replicas of Star Wars helmets
As far as Star Wars merchandising goes, this evil is worthy of the darkest Sith Lord. For what true fan can resist a digitally scanned replica of original movie helmets? And even if they could turn down the $400 Storm Trooper helmet, could they say, “No” to the Darth Vader design? I think not!
Nintendo DS Lightsabre Stylus
I’m rather horrified at the level at which Star Wars merchandising has reached with these light-up lightsaber styli. (styluses?) But I must also confess to being secretly charmed by the idea of prodding at a Nintendo DS with a mini glowing lightsabre.
