The Sci-Guys will be trying this out while in PAX this coming weekend… NOT!  (Thanks Lara for posting this on FB…) //

I proudly wear geeky T-shirts.  But this latest Darth Vader inspired T-shirt might be too over-the-top, even by my sci-liberal standards! The shirt, which will retail for $39.99 (US) plus shipping and handling, has a control panel on the front that lights up.  The electronic components detach, so you can wash the shirt after a [...]

Sci-Guys talk Scott Pilgrim, Star Wars Celebration, and Chi’s Sweet Home in the Manga Minute. This Podcast from Sci-Guys is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. //

An auction of 50 customized stormtrooper helmets at the Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, Florida, raised a little more than $50,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation over the weekend. The inspirations for the helmets ranged from the TV show Lost to Mickey Mouse to Ghostbusters. Some of the celebrity designs came from Peter Mayhew, Ray Park, [...]

Fans at Celebration V got to see this long-lost deleted scene from RoTJ… Luke putting the finishing touches on his new lightsaber before hiding it inside R2-D2.  UPDATE:  The video link is dead.  Darned that copyright stuff.  Check the comments for another way to take a look at this scene. //

“Clone Wars” is starting to turn into “M.A.S.H”– more characters, side stories, and battles than possible given the suggested timeline from the movies!  Oh, well… the quality of this latest Season 3 trailer is not the greatest, but it has the big reveal:  the new bad guy Savage Oppress.  Yes, that is really his name. [...]

Remember this guy?  Back in 1980 he was quite the toy to have… he came with both a blaster pistol AND a lightsaber.  Why was the lightsaber yellow?  Who cares!  You got them both! Luke Skywalker in Bespin Fatigues went through several different paint jobs– you can find old examples with yellow hair, brown hair, [...]

I hope nobody bet money on when George Lucas would put his live-action television series on the small screen.  Lucas himself let the cat out of the bag recently, as reported here among other outlets.  Here is what Lucas had to say:  “The live action TV show is kind of on hold because we have [...]

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Warning! Harsh language! //