“High school. You’ll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
Imagine your favorite John Hughes films – Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - mixed with Star Wars. It seems like a natural fit, but the subjects haven’t been mashed together until the short film, Hughes the Force. The film’s main characters are the typical geeky guys in high school. They can only get into the coolest party of the year if they bring a hot girl… so they make one from a Slave Leia action figure.
I know, with that many references to pull from, it could go horribly awry. It’s so easy to overload fan films with gratuitous quotes and lightsaber fights. This film doesn’t do that. Not even close. Besides having a high production value, Hughes the Force is charming, funny, and full of moments that will make you laugh and nod your head in recognition. And please don’t let the length (it clocks in at 35 minutes) stop you from watching it. You’ll enjoy every minute.
I have one final point. If you watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars, you’ll be glad to know that the voices of Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor) and Padme Amidala (Cat Taber) appear in this fan film as their characters from the animated series for the first time! And Kevin Smith makes a very cool cameo appearance.
Check out the short film after the break.
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What happens when you take some of the most amazing, most recognizable voice talent around and put it all in the same room? You get possibly the most fantastic reading of the Star Wars Trilogy that has ever or will ever be recorded. This all happened at Emerald City Comicon when Billy West, Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, John DiMaggio, Kevin Conroy, Jess Harnell and Rob Paulsen spent over an hour reading the trilogy as some of their most well-known characters. Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls is Darth Vader. Enough said.
Check out the full video after the jump…
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These baby versions of Star Wars characters are sure to brighten your nursery walls. The designs are inspired by children’s books that list animal noises: a cow says moo, a dog says ruff, etc. As you can see, it definitely applies to the Star Wars universe.
And you know? These can really go anywhere, not just in a nursery.
See Chewie and a Jawa after the break.
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Do you remember the days of floppy disks? The ones with a whopping 1.44 MB of data? Yeah. I recall turning in school papers saved on floppies and having to label each one in a certain way. Fortunately, there’s a use for these out-dated tools. You can build Star Wars ships with them!
Yes, I like the idea of using old technology to build little models of futuristic space ships, and so does Jetpack5. He’s created tutorials that will walk you through making the Millennium Falcon, the Death Star, and an X-wing. Hopefully, you can still buy floppy disks at your local office supply store.
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I would definitely do a double take if I saw this Order 66 car on the freeway. As Star Wars fans know, Order 66 was the fateful command issued by Palpatine to the Clone Troopers at the end of Revenge of the Sith. The troopers turned on their Jedi comrades and killed them, and the Clone Wars came to an end.
This awesome custom car belongs to Jeff Parks.
Watercolor adds a bit of class to any image, and that definitely holds true for these paintings of characters from the Star Wars saga. Han, Vader, droids and more look fancy and even more timeless in this style. These paintings were done by Reddit user Terry Cook just for fun and there are some limited prints available if you contact him directly.
See more watercolor images after the break.
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YouTuber jrmoorf00t4 decided to run with an idea conjured up by his friend taltigolt, and created this Grand Theft Auto IV mod which features R2-D2 being a complete dick – knocking people over, destroying armies of taxicabs and emitting the most annoying screams ever.
Check it out after the break.
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If you like Star Wars and tabletop gaming you’ll be happy to hear the Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game is available for pre-order with an estimated ship date of September 2012. In this two player combat game you’ll fight with tiny and detailed X-Wings, TIE Fighters, and Y-Wings in fierce space battles.
I like pretty much everything about this game, but I especially appreciate that you can play with just two people. It seems like most games based on my favorite fandoms that I want to pick up – Battlestar Galactica and Game of Thrones to name a couple – require three or more people. I’m also a sucker for miniatures.
Check out images of the expansion packs after the break.
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Indoor rock climbing usually involves getting to the top of a wall via boring hand holds. They may be green or yellow or red, but they’re not terribly interesting. The folks at Hangfast Adventure Structures are changing that with their Star Wars themed hand holds. You can dangle from the Death Star, hold on to R2-D2 or take hold of the Millennium Falcon on your way to the top. I wonder how Vader would feel about saving people instead of letting them plummet to their doom?
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This is the most adorable version of the Dynamic Duo ever. You can find them in the Kokeshi Clan store on Etsy along with plenty of other geeky dolls from Star Wars, Star Trek and more. This is the work of Craig Galentine of Temple 7e studio who creates each doll by sanding two wooden pieces and then connecting them with a wooden dowel so their heads will spin. He then hand decorates each doll with acrylic paints and signs the bottom with 7e and the year that it was constructed. They each measure around 4″ tall and would be the perfect addition to any fan’s collection.
See more beautiful dolls after the jump…
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