star wars
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Star Wars Saved Its Best Entrance for Carrie Fisher
Darth Vader’s black figure stalking a bright, white corridor enshrouded in smoke. The too-cool casual slouch of Han Solo in the Mos Eisley Cantina. The alien noise and hooded mystique of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Hell, even the childish, relatable angst of Luke Skywalker just wanting to go to Tosche Station and pick up some power converrrterrrrssss.…
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The Best Star Wars Cantina Aliens, Ranked
The Mos Eisley cantina is one of the most iconic sequences in sci-fi, let alone Star Wars, for good measure: it’s a hectic, technicolor glimpse into a wild world of weird aliens that expands, in just a few minutes, our entire worldview of what the setting can offer us, all these different creatures and stories…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Arrives at Epcot in 2022 With an Immersive Backwards Roller Coaster
All the way back at D23 2019, Disney showed off concept art for a roller coaster themed around the Guardians of the Galaxy, with the goal of it being available to the public at Epcot this year to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Walt Disney World Resort. (That… didn’t happen.) But now, it’s…
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This Week’s Toy News Features Visitors from Several Galaxies Far, Far Away
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular roundup of all things good and plastic on the internet lately. This week, Alf’s back, not in Pog form! Plus, Star Wars returns to the classic Droids cartoon for new figures, and the New Batman Adventures era of Joker gets a haunting new action figure. Check it out!