Butter Yoda and Vader Sculptures Will Force-Choke You With Trans Fat – Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Friday, November 21st, 2008For some people, a 1,000-pound slab of butter makes for a great start to a bikini-model wrestling tournament. And some people see the raw material for a life-size sculpture of two iconic Star Wars figures. To each their own. To each their (lonely, virginal) own. From A Welsh View: Each year at the Tulsa State [...]
Darth Vader Finally Gets a Mini-Me – Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Friday, November 14th, 2008Yeah, I’ve got more where that headline came from. Photo by Staci Baird. Source “Bobble-head doll comes to life and Force-chokes former tormentors.” “Rick Moranis from Spaceballs, eat your heart out.” “Angry Sith Lord develops Napoleon complex, endangers your crotch.” You people got anything else? Thanks to Bonnie Burton at the Star Wars blog for [...]
Death Star Costume Has the Power to Destroy a Small, Paper Mache Planet – Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Don’t ask me where I first found this pic of a dude in a Death Star costume. I just rediscovered it in my computer archives along with a photo of me with a feathered haircut and scanned copy of a ticket to a Right Said Fred concert. Yeah. It’s old. But it’s awesome. And here [...]
Geeks: Vote Today for A New Hope – Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Monday, November 3rd, 2008And when you do vote, when you’re trying to decide between the black dude and the pasty, old white guy, ask yourself one question: Who’s got a plan for fighting global warming on the ice planet Hoth to save the diminishing tauntaun population? RSS and e-mail subscribers, visit the post to see the video. Enjoy [...]
Death Star Sets Land Speed Record – Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Saturday, October 25th, 2008Ok, so the Death Star in question set a land speed record among ground-based space stations like I recently won a handsomeness contest among all the people in my apartment nicknamed “Great White Snark.” That is to say: uncontested. Regardless of its merits of momentum, the Death Star that competed in last week’s Red Bull [...]
Geek Scorns Photoshop, Makes Scout Trooper Figure Actually Ride a Chipmunk – Kooky Star Wars Tribute
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Wow. You’ve got to respect the ingenuity and resourcefulness of Star Wars geek Chris McVeigh. I mean, if George Lucas wanted to see a Scout Trooper riding a chipmunk, he’d have his crack team of digital artists at ILM fire up their CGI-making machinery. And then only manage to get 93% of the way to [...]
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