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"Star Wars" Geeks Bow Down Before Your God, Patton Oswalt [VIDEO]

Heathen — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:06:47 +0000

Patton Oswalt is doing a cameo in an upcoming episode of “Parks And Recreation”. In it he filibusters the council to delay a vote. In real life he went on an 8 minute unstoppable rant about his vision for the new “Star Wars” reboot. With the iconic films being relaunched by Disney, Patton has obviously [...]

Star Wars has gone to Hell, and so can George Lucas [VIDEO]

Heathen — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:08:02 +0000

This is so unbelievably wrong that I don’t think I can vocally express everything I’m feeling. Because if I did I would surely get an email from corporate about how these are supposed to be family friendly websites and that kind of filth is simply unacceptable on our sites blah, blah, blah. So I will [...]

Darth Vader In A Kilt On A Unicycle Playing Bagpipes [VIDEO]

Wes — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:59:03 +0000

How many times in your life have you said, “now, I’ve seen it all”? The fact of the matter is you haven’t seen it all. That is, until today. You’ve seen Darth Vader. You’ve seen Kilts. You’ve seen Unicycles. You’ve also seen bagpipes. The problem is, you’ve never seen them all together going in circles [...]

Darth Vader Burger Strikes France With Disgusting Black Buns

Mithun Divakaran — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:00:02 +0000

For years, McDonald’s Happy Meals have been a mainstay when it comes to promotional tie-ins, especially for major movie releases but a French fast food chain called Quick has put those plastic toys to shame. The chain recently unveiled the ‘Dark Vador’ burger in celebration for the 3D release of ‘Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace’ in France.

Wannabe Jedi Arrested After Lightsaber Attack

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:07 +0000

Reason #7,342 that being an adult sucks — Engaging in a bit of lightsaber horseplay at the local Toys ‘R Us is really frowned upon. Just ask 33-year-old David Allen Canterbury, who was arrested after he attacked other shoppers in a Portland, Oregon toy store with a pair of the plastic Jedi swords. When the police first tried to [...]

Same Sex Couples In New 'Star Wars' Video Game Inspires Backlash

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:03:54 +0000

As awesome as it is, some folks have a tendency to take the ‘Star Wars‘ universe a bit too seriously. Count Tony Perkins among those who has trouble separating his fantasy from his reality after he railed against software manufacture Bioware’s plans to allow gay relationships in their massive multi-player online game ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic.’

Watch Star Wars Uncut Right Here [VIDEO]

Wes — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:34:16 +0000

This is pure genius and you would probably think it would be a disaster, but it's not. I know that has to be one of the weirdest sentences ever, but check this project is massive and nuts at that same time.

Basically internet users were asked to recreate the entire first Star Wars movie 15 seconds at a time. So, people only created their assigned 15 seconds, then the whole project was stitched together into what is still a cohesive film.

Darth Vader Invades Disneyland-"Forces" His Way to the Front of the Lines [VIDEO]

Heathen — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:59:48 +0000

Sorry for the bad pun but I just couldn’t resist-they “forced” me to. Disneyland has reinvented, or at least re-hashed the old Star Tours ride they had back in the 1980′s. With the advent of new 3D technology and re-ignition of interest in the Star Wars franchise with all the continued releases, Disney decided now [...]

Lightsaber Prank Gets Wannabe Jedis Suspended, Banned From Graduation

Wes — Tue, 31 May 2011 23:45:31 +0000

Two high school seniors at Westfield High School in Massachusetts wanted to entertain their fellow students by staging a lightsaber battle in the school cafeteria during lunch.

According to onlookers, one of the seniors entered the cafeteria from one side, and the other from another, and then they met in the middle for a 30-second showdown with their toy lightsabers.

Darth Vader Goes To The Even Darker Side [VIDEO}

Wes — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:11:26 +0000

Darth Vader is popping up more places than Slash these days. To see the latest, click through. Just the other day we posted video of Darth Vader doing a dance number to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”. Now, he’s gone from the stage at amusement parks to “salsa” night in what looks to be a school lunchroom. [...]

Darth Vader + Metallica = Crap [VIDEO]

Wes — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:39:55 +0000

I’m sure on paper this looked like a “dream team”. Put Star Wars together with Metallica and you have a “rockin’ spectacular”. Uh no, you have a giant flabby wiener of a production that sucks harder than a Dyson 360. Regardless, this mess has to be seen to believed. I only made it through about [...]

Lord Vaders Troops Kill Obi-Wan

Wes — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:01:09 +0000

According to a mock publication called the Galactic Empire Times, Imperial leader Darth Vader confirmed this week that terrorist mastermind Obi-Wan Kenobi has been killed. In this spoof of the recent killing of Osama bin Laden, “agents of the Imperial Army and stormtroopers of the 501st Legion” found Obi-Wan in a “compound, only about 50 [...]

Darth Vader Gains A Student [VIDEO]

Wes — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:08:54 +0000

Ordinarily the kids want to be on the side of good. This little girl decided "f' the force" I'm going with Lord Vader.

Star Wars Episode VIII: The Revenge of the Porn [VIDEO]

Bob Worden — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:11:42 +0000

Parody's of movies are sometimes funny and sometimes pretty lame. This one seems to be right in the middle, but there are too many Star Wars fans to not post this up. Check out the fake trailer for Star Wars Episode VIII: Revenge of the Porn. This video is slightly NSFW.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Recreate Star Wars [VIDEO]

Bob Worden — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:51:18 +0000

There have been many different fan made versions of Star Wars, but none better than the one Simon Pegg and Nick Frost did for CollegHumor. Take a look at their version of the George Lucas classic, and get a bonus trailers for Paul, when you click through.

Carrie Fisher Is New Jenny Craig Spokesperson

Wes — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:27:21 +0000

An entire generation got “pants happy” when they first saw Princess Leia in a metal bikini. In an ironic twist, Carrie Fisher may have picked up some bad eating habits from Jabba the Hut. In steps Jenny Craig and maybe, just possibly, we’ll get your Princess back. Says Miss Fisher, “I would like to have [...]