#November2010
Empire Strikes Back Director Irvin Kershner Passes Away. Bummer.
The director behind the Empire Strikes Back totally became one with the Force today. Lame jokes ahoy! Seriously though, Irvin Kershner passed away tofay at the age of 87. Goddamn. As the director of my favorite installment of my favorite thing ever, the dude has a special place in my heart. Ah, mortality! You son of a bitch.
Rest in piece duder, high five Nielsen for all of us.
So it goes.
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adidas Originals x Star Wars Fall/Winter 2010 Conductor Hi “Super Death Star†Stormtrooper. Hotness Alert!
My boy the Bonesaw pointed this shit in my direction. The Adidas x Star Wars sneakers for the Fall/Winter. The motherfuckin’ Super Death Star Stormtrooper! Oh good lord, my loins ache for these. Do they make them in a 15? Of course not. Fuck my bloated feet bones!
Hit the jump for a gallery of the Star Wars hotness that I can’t wear.
Frank Teran’s Force Unleashed II Concept Art Justifies Game’s Existence
Browsing over at Super Punch today (god damn it, read it already!), I came across a link to a bunch of artwork by Frank Teran. I had been ignorant to the existence of Teran prior to about forty minutes ago, but it is officially love at first sight (of gorgeously painted lightsaber).
I haven’t played either Force Unleashed game. I heard the first one wasn’t worth sixty-bucks, and then despite getting like totally stoked! for the second one because of some trailers, I heard the similar refrain: decent. Well! A sequel is totally justified in my mind, if alone for these works of sexy Sith glory. Hit the jump to check out Teran’s gallery of Force Unleashed concept art, and by the good lord, give his website a visit too.
Darth Vader Spoils Empire Strikes Back In 1978. Oops.
[Source: io9, Click to Enlarge.]
Back in 1978, the man behind the stature of Vader, David Prowse dropped a bombshell on an adoring crowd in Berkeley, California. He revealed that he was, in fact, Luke Skywalker’s father. The crowd went bananas batshit about the information. The most impressive part? The dude was probably full of shit.
As everyone knows by know, even George Lucas didn’t have a fucking clue who Luke’s father was. His father’s identity was bandied about, and for a while it was considered to be Obi-Wan. In fact, even when it was decided that it was Vader, Lucas had Prowse say the lines “Obi-Wan killed your father!” (fixed to save geeks from apoplexy) while filming the ultimate emo-kid asshole scene of the actual reveal. James Earl Jones’ dialogue with the actual paternity megaton was dubbed in later.
So did Prowse know before everyone else? Or was he just spitting garbage? Either way, it’s amazing. And as io9 points out, this was before the internet. Shit like this happened now, it’d be everywhere, and Lucas would probably have Prowse assassinated.
Augemented Reality Star Wars Game Drops On iPhone; Tie Fighters In Your Cityscape!
Gawd dang! This shit is the hotness. Behold the resplendent glory that is Star Wars: Falcon Gunner by Vertigore Games. The game uses augmented reality gorgeousness to allow you to blast Tie Fighters in your cityscape. Or I assume backyard(scape) or ice hockey rink(scape). Hit the jump to check this out in motion.
Star Wars: Force Unleashed II Drops Forcefully Orgasmic Trailers
I didn’t play the first Force Unleashed, nor do I anticipate picking up the second one. However, these two trailers they’ve released for the game are enough to get my lightsaber ignited and pulsing in the darkness of my room. Underneath my Star Wars comforter.
These trailers, much like the Clone Wars cartoon (and maybe the CGI spin-off, I don’t know) remind me that there’s a pretty sexy gorgeous universe out there to be tilled, by anyone with some talent. That doesn’t mean you, George Lucas. Let someone else make something dope as fuck, please? Preferably Del Toro. You know, since I’m in fantasy land.
Hit the jump for the trailers. They’re pretty righteous.
That Elephant Is A God Damn Bantha!
Behold Mardji, the most famous of all god damn Asian elephants ever. Actually, I have no idea if that’s correct. But Mardji was the elephant tasked with playing a motherfuckin’ bantha in good ole A New Hope. This shit is confusing, because I always thought that banthas were real, and just went instinct over the last twenty years or so, along with the wookie and the Salacious Crumb. Shit is getting complicated in my life.
Hit the jump for more pictures of Mardji in her bantha glory.
Star Wars Goes Space Invaders! In These Gorgeous Prints
Andy Helms is apparently a gorgeous guru of Star Wars prints. If you dig these sons a bitches and you’re not broke like my dumb ass, you can buy them here.
