I don’t know exactly how to play the Mexican Lotto, but apparently it takes 54 different cards, 10 game boards and a bag of dried pinto beans. You can buy all of that — in a brand-new yet vintage-looking Star Wars style! — for $50 here.
And if that’s too pricey, you can buy prints of the individual cards here for just $9 apiece.
Awesome! And just in time for Christmas!
(via If It’s Hip It’s Here)
There is not a single one of these movies that I would not watch. Also, damn if I don’t not love double negatives!
The posters are by Matt Ranzetta, and I think he’s still making them, so check out his site.
This image of Darth Vader’s iconic head (technically, his mask) has been created out of the script of the original “Star Wars” movie, which is pretty cool.
I think this new drawing-in-text fad is kind of cool — it’s the new pointillism — but doomed to be a fad.
Still, the creator of this piece, David Johns, is offering very large poster prints for ya.
(via Geekologie)
Now this is ‘Star Wars’ piracy I can get behind — a stormtrooper/Jolly Roger mash-up! Ever since I first saw this photo, I’ve been imagining post-Empire days in the Star Wars universe, when the Rebellion was still fairly weak, but the power structure of the Empire had crumbled, and I’d totally bet that loads of those star destroyers quickly went ‘privateer.’
This pic was taken by globe-trotting journalism consultant (how can I get that job?) Robb Montgomery, who posted it on twitpic and commented that:
Ironic: When Star Wars debuted this store did not exist, the location where it is now being sold was behind the wall, and East Berliners were not allowed to see the movie.
You’ve seen surprised kitty — now see surprised Vader!
The cute is strong in this one.
It’s Star Wars meets Calvin & Hobbes! It’s awesome! It’s a T-shirt! It’s $20!
Of course, this miniature AT-AT is cute now, but when they grow up, they just lay waste to Rebel bases on Hoth.
(via tdw and Geekologie)
Because ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ just turned 30 (I have extremely fuzzy memories of seeing it in the drive-in … I think), and because it has been universally agreed to be the best of the two trilogies, there have been a ton of retrospectives written about its impact in the past few days.
See, for example, here, here and especially here.
But I think I prefer this, uncovered by the LA Times. It’s Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford, on the Today Show in 1980. Now that’s the flavour of the time:
Just watch it. Best line? “He was a little bit late, and a whole lot in trouble.”
Stormtroopers stymied by Optimus Prime? Not only is it geek-nirvana, it’s just a single one of the many Flickr shots that Stéfan has posted as part of his Stormtrooper 365 project: “Your daily shot of Stormtroopers. For one year.”
It started April 3, 2009, so he’s almost done, but that just means there are loads of awesome shots to browse through!
I <3 Internet.
(via Coudal)
She is freakishly good at this. Also, I think I love German game shows.
Two very different portions of my brain are now meeting in an explosion that rivals the crash of that Star Destroyer into the surface of the Death Star:
(via Coudal)
If Greedo and Han can make up and share ice cream this Valentine’s Day, can’t you call up your ex-best friend, or your estranged brother or something and make nice?
Tons of other great Star Wars Jr. themed Valentines by artist James Stowe featuring all your favourite good guys and baddied, holding hands and smiling.
(via Gizmodo)
