Star Wars flew into Time Square on Thursday when Lego unveiled a life-sized X-wing fighter.
The company says the replica, created with more than 5 million Lego bricks, is the largest Lego model ever created. Thirty-two master builders spent 17,000 hours crafting the X-wing, which weighs 44,000 pounds and stands nearly 11 feet tall and just under 43 feet long, with a wingspan of 44 feet.
The X-wing was created to celebrate the upcoming The Yoda Chronicles, a three-episode miniseries premiering on Cartoon Network on May 29 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Star Wars collectors, now is your chance to own a piece of Jedi history. And, for that matter, a piece of Levi history.
A pair of "cotton drill" pants made by famed jeans manufacturer Levi Strauss and Co. and worn by Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in George Lucas' 1977 space epic are being sold at auction.
Hamill donnede the sandy-colored, distressed pants for much of the iconic film. They measure a 29-inch waist and 37 inches in length with two six-inch slits up each side.
The Walt Disney Company is prepping a new line of Star Wars video games just a month after shuttering previous publisher LucasArts.
In a Monday announcement with Electronic Arts Inc., the company firmed up plans to develop and publish new games based on the characters and storylines of the Lucasfilm franchise. Disney, which acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in October, is currently readying the next Star Wars film for a 2015 release.
While he's directing arguably the most highly anticipated movie of the near future, J.J. Abrams hasn't quite nailed down the plan for Star Wars: Episode VII just yet.
"There are infinitely more questions than answers right now," the helmer tells Empire magazine.
Count Princess Leia in for another Star Wars adventure.
In an interview with Palm Beach Illustrated, Carrie Fisher gave a simple "yes" when asked for confirmation over whether she would return for the newly-revived space opus. And while she isn't sure what her iconic warrior princess character will be doing all these years later, she does have some ideas of her own.
The Obama administration is now officially the geekiest White House in history.
Friday morning, when President Barack Obama told reporters that he could not make Congress pass his preferred bill to avoid the so-called budget sequestration, he did so by boiling down the complex legislative process to a mixed sci-fi metaphor. The commander in chief said he could not "do a Jedi mind meld with these folks."
Though the economy is on the verge of going the way of Alderaan, it was President Barack Obama's mix-up of classic Star Wars and Star Trek terms that stole headlines Friday morning.
Addressing reporters about the so-called budget sequestration that would gut government spending at midnight, Obama said that he could not force Congress to pass a bill to prevent the cuts' implementation. He is a president, he said, not a dictator, and can't use a "Jedi mind meld" to force Republicans' hands.
Looks like Luke Skywalker might be firing up the ol' lightsaber once again.
As details emerge about the upcoming Disney-backed relaunch of the Star Wars saga, information about the first new film remains scarce. It is being written by Oscar winner Michael Arndt, and directed by J.J. Abrams, but no plot lines have emerged. Now, indications are that it will include some role for the original stars of the first trilogy -- at least according to the top star himself.
With J.J. Abrams now at the helm of the future of the Star Wars franchise, Disney and Lucasfilm have postponed the plan to continue the re-release of the prequel trilogy in theaters in 3D.
The Galactic Empire shot a rhetorical tractor beam at the White House on Tuesday, issuing a statement that mocked President Obama's decision not to pursue the construction of a Death Star.
