A best of craigslist look at the candidates in the upcoming election. This is very clever and very funny. picked by mahler87 9 months ago

Lucasfilm has announced that it will be re-releasing the original Star Wars movies on DVD this Christmas season in their original format.The best part is that the original-release DVDs include the special edition DVDs as well. So people who bought the special edition when they really wanted the original version will have to buy the special edition again, and people who didn't buy the special edit... read full post picked by mysterio 2 years ago

The series will be set during the 19-year timespan between the films Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope , referred to as "the dark times" by Obi-Wan Kenobi in A New Hope. It is during this period that the newly formed Galactic Empire will rise to ultimate power throughout the galaxy. It is during this time period that the first Death St... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

An unusual star may have swallowed its stellar companion and burped out a planet-forming cloud as a result, a new study reports. The star, called BP Piscium, is surrounded by a thick disc of gas and dust from which it appears to be sucking up new material at a prodigious rate. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Probing a glowing bubble of gas and dust encircling a dying star, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a wealth of previously unseen structures. The object, called NGC 2371, is a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a Sun-like star. The remnant star visible at the center of NGC 2371 is the super-hot core of the former red giant, now stripped of its outer layers. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

By studying in great detail the 'ringing' of a planet-harbouring star, a team of astronomers using ESO's 3.6-m telescope have shown that it must have drifted away from the metal-rich Hyades cluster. This discovery has implications for theories of star and planet formation, and for the dynamics of our Milky Way. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

How much fun can be had with just one frame of Star Wars? Well, as it happens, a lot of fun. This is a Flash collection of Photoshopped images, based on just that one frame. The static page is here. picked by TheStep 1 year ago

Listen up, Star Wars and Halloween fans. One of the coolest sets of jack-o-lantern carvings you will ever see. picked by punthe 3 weeks ago

A fascinating* chart showing all the people, companies, technologies and other facets of the entertainment business that have been influenced or affected one way or another by the Star Wars films.


*A subjective term, obviously. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

With the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, Wired posts images from The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film picked by Wasabi 2 years ago

Remember those silent pictures from yesteryear? Here is what Star Wars would look like if released then. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Funny compilation of Star Wars parodies. picked by imagica 1 year ago

That's right. Star Wars Dance Off.

Gets a bit lame in the middle, but if you don't stick around for the third act you'll kick yourself. Except that you won't, because you won't know why it's so good. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

Wikisky is a draggable, zoomable, web-based star map. If you click on a star or other object, it brings upvall the information you could want on it, including recent articles and photos. That and much more. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Another classic Robot Chicken clip. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Watch Star Wars like you've never seen it before: in ascii art animation! The entire movie, with dialogues. picked by Wasabi 2 years ago

"Oh, A Cherry Coke..." Hilarious, albeit slightly NSFW language. picked by ReBoot 2 years ago

Random celebrities photoshopped into the Star Wars Universe. Very cool and funny results (like the thumbnail of a Darth Maul'd Kate Winslet. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Using observations from ESO's VLT, astronomers were able for the first time to reconstruct the site of a flare on a solar-like star located 150 light years away. The study of this young star, nicknamed 'Speedy Mic' because of its fast rotation, will help scientists better understand the youth of our Sun. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Although plans for more movies have been sacked, Star Wars fans can rest assured there will be plenty of television shows in their future. George Lucas will be producing 100 of them. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago