Celebrate May the Fourth With New LEGO Star Wars Collection
Celebrate Star Wars Day, tell your friends “May the 4th be with you,” and maybe check out the new haul of Star Wars merch available from LEGO.
Continue ReadingCelebrate Star Wars Day, tell your friends “May the 4th be with you,” and maybe check out the new haul of Star Wars merch available from LEGO.
Continue ReadingThe author tackles gatekeeping in the LGBTQ community and in the geek/nerd/fan communities as well.
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Continue ReadingIf you’re a Star Wars fan, then you probably already know that the next BIG thing is almost here – ‘The Clone Wars’ final season.
Continue ReadingWith streaming services, there’s a lot of science fiction coming out for TV this year. What sounds the best?
Continue ReadingSpoiler Alert! What I’d like Disney to learn from the mistakes in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ and my hopes for future films.
Continue ReadingIf you’re a ‘Star Wars’ fan, you know you have to see it. What should you know before you go?
Continue ReadingThe Droid Memoir You Are Looking For: ‘I am C-3PO – The Inside Stroy.’ Anthony Daniels reveals his experiences from episodes I-IX
Continue ReadingFollowing hot on the heels of last week’s review of Ultimate DC, I’m back with another glorious DK book, Ultimate Star Wars.
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Continue ReadingStay on target with ‘The Rebel Starfighters Owners Workshop Manual.’ Everything you ever wanted to know about maintaining your X-Wing.
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Continue ReadingIf you play board games, you’ve almost certainly heard of Fantasy Flight. At SDCC, I spoke with them about their approach to game design.
Continue ReadingLove technical specs? Love diagrams? Love TIE fighters? Then the TIE Fighter Owners’ Workshop Manual is just for you!
Continue ReadingStar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is now open at Disneyland (the Walt Disney World version opens later this summer) and the Force is strong in our look at the theme park’s biggest edition.
Continue ReadingStar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens on May 31 at Disneyland Park in California, but our Whit Honea is there TODAY! Starting at 3pm PT he will share live updates via this post and GeekDad social channels!
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Continue ReadingOur first self-made mask out of papier-mâché had initially been met with a certain dose of skepticism by child #1. Wasn’t the mask–it was Halloween–funny rather than scary? Wouldn’t a “self-bought” rather than self-made mask have been cooler? Would he be made fun of? But the god of makers had mercy…
Continue ReadingI’m not sure I’ll ever write geekier words: the family went inside a Star Wars-based Virtual Reality experience and it was the experience I’ve wanted since 1977.
Continue ReadingWelcome back to everyone’s favorite galaxy far, far away. This week, we take an advance peek at the newest incarnation of Star Wars to grace television screens: ‘Star Wars Resistance.’
Continue ReadingReading Time: 3 minutes I’m the proud parent of a happy autistic son, and when Disney challenged us to come up with some crafts involving red Solo cups to celebrate the Blu-ray release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, I knew the perfect Star Wars fan for the job. My son has been on Team […]
Continue ReadingWith school back in session, some parents are looking for new ways to encourage kids to meet new challenges or try new things. Here are some tips for using LEGO incentives appropriate to your needs and budget. Bonus: Review of App-Controlled Batmobile.
Continue ReadingIt’s always a good time to enjoy ‘Star Wars’ books. Here’s a mix of options for kids and adults.
Continue ReadingReading Time: 5 minutes Star Wars Destiny Legacies and Storage Binders, Images: Fantasy Flight Games and Lucasfilm Last year I started playing Star Wars: Destiny, a two-player collectible dice and card game from Fantasy Flight Games. For 2018, the game has a new expansion: Legacies, which consists of a 160-card booster set and two new […]
Continue ReadingSolo, the latest entry in the Star Wars saga is a fast-paced action movie, a heist film, a love story, a buddy picture, and also incidentally an origin story for one of the best characters in the franchise. Ever wonder where Han Solo came from? How he met Chewbacca? What happened between him and Lando Calrissian? What the heck is the Kessel Run? Those questions are just the jumping-on point for Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Continue ReadingIn celebration of Star Wars Day and the upcoming release of ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story,’ LEGO has built a massive Millennium Falcon pedicab that now offers free rides around Bryant Park in Manhattan.
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