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Mass Effect Meets Star Wars in an Epic Sci-Fi Mashup

Jun 12

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I’ve probably been a bit too cynical about all the goings on at E3 this year but it’s hard not to be given proper gameplay innovations are few and far between. If I hear about another second screen experience or the power of the cloud, I’m going to start pulling my hair out.

So to cheer me up, I’m going to show you one of my favourite Mass Effect mashups. DeviantArt user Zarnala has put together a few epic mashup pictures of Star Wars and Mass Effect.

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The TSA Doesn’t Like Chewbacca or His Lightsaber

Even Han Solo’s best friend can’t get through airport security without some serious scrutiny. Peter Mayhew, who is best known for being the man inside the Chewbacca, was given some extra attention from the Transportation Security Administration over his lightsaber cane.

Apparently, they were quite concerned about the safety of the plane with Mayhew and his not-a-real lightsaber aboard. Initial media reports said that fans pressured the TSA to let Mayhew and his cane through security after a lengthy check but the TSA denies that was the case.

Source: The Associated Press

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Here’s a Full-Size X-Wing Built with Legos

May 27

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I’m not sure what possessing a group of people to construct a 1:1 scale model of an X-Wing out of Lego using 5,335,200 bricks when you could just buy a kit off the shelf. Granted, the kit off the shelf is about 1/42nd of the size of the full-sized version. Anyway, here’s a look at the […]

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Lucasfilm Animation Lives Again with Star Wars Rebels

May 21

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star-wars-rebel-alliance-wallpaperJust when we thought that Disney was hellbent on gutting Star Wars to make itself money, we got a little glimmer of hope yesterday. Lucasfilm and Disney announced that the Lucasfilm Animation division is getting to work on a new series set between Episodes III and IV called Star Wars Rebels.

The series will, obviously, explore the previously largely unexplored two decades between the prequel trilogy and the start of the original trilogy that we all know and love. The story will focus on the Galactic Empire stamping out the last remains of the Republic and the Jedi Knights while the rebellion starts to form.

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Patton Oswalt’s Vision for Star Wars Episode VII Gets Animated

Patton Oswalt’s seven-and-a-half minute citizen’s filibuster of Pawnee City Council outlining his vision for Star Wars: Episode VII has been animated by Isaac Moores. It’s just as epic as the first time you saw it.

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EA Launching DICE LA Studio to Work on Star Wars Games

May 16

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star-wars-battlefront-3-bannerEA’s policy of cutting jobs and whole studios to save money has to be undone for the publisher to get to work on their new exclusive Star Wars license. New job postings show that EA’s DICE studio, the developer of the Battlefield franchise and one of three EA devs working on Star Wars, will be opening a studio in Los Angeles.

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The Crumbling Remains Of Tatooine

May 15

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Let’s do another Star Wars post today. New York based photographer Ra di Martino undertook a project in which she went to Tunisia to find the remains of Tatooine. However, time hasn’t been kind to the buildings in Mos Eisley, Mos Espa and the Lars’ Homestead. In her “No More Stars” and “Every World’s a […]

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The Periodic Table of Star Wars

May 15

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Did you know that next week marks the 36th anniversary of the release of Star Wars (since rechristened Episode IV: A New Hope)? That really has nothing to do with this Periodic Table of the original Star Wars trilogy. I just thought that was a neat fact that I could use as an intro.

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Star Wars: Episode VII On-Track to Start Shooting in 2014

Star Wars: Episode VII On-Track to Start Shooting in 2014

May 9

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Bad Robot co-founder and Star Wars: Episode VII producer, Byran Burk, has spilled the beans about some of the plans for Episode VII. He’s not talking about the plot, characters or actors in the movie though. He’s strictly talking about logistics and it looks like things are still on track for a 2015 release.

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EA Gets the Star Wars Games Licence, Fans Worry

May 7

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ea-star-wars-logo“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi

When they closed LucasArts, Disney said that they would license out Star Wars to other developers to make games. Well, they’ve gone ahead with that plan just one month after closing down LucasFilm’s in-house game developer and publisher.

Yesterday, Disney announced that EA was awarded a “multi-year exclusive licensing agreement” to develop and publish Star Wars games.

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