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French fast food chain offers Darth Vader burger with black Dark Side bun

Lauren Davis — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:00:00 PST

How do you show your allegiance to your side of the Force? Is it with your deeds? Your affinity for wearing black cloaks? Putting the title "Darth" before your name? A French burger chain wants Star Wars fans to choose their side of the Force by choosing their burger. More »

Star Wars: The Clone Wars will bring Darth Maul back from the dead

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:48:21 PDT

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Killing off Darth Maul in the The Phantom Menace probably wasn't the best idea, especially when Lucas and Co. spent the greater part of the film building up the Sith, only to have him sliced in half. But true Star Wars fans know that this wasn't really the end of Darth Maul. And now the Clone Wars TV series has found a way to bring him back from his early grave. More »

Weirdest, Wrongest, and Most Befuddling Playthings of Toy Fair 2011

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:00:06 PST

Toy Fair is filled with many delightful and edifying doodads. It's also jam-packed with bric-a-brac that's unsuitable for all ages. Here are some of Toy Fair's most bizarre baubles. More »

Top 10 best moments from Star Wars Celebration V

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:00:00 PDT

Last weekend, Orlando was filled with wampas, Ewoks, Jedi Knights, droids and Rancors, for the Star Wars Celebration V. Jon Stewart went toe-to-toe with George Lucas on stage, deleted scenes were revealed, and R2D2 got married. Here are the highlights. More »

Five Superhero Movies We're Glad Didn't Get Made

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:13 PDT

Click to viewWith The Dark Knight set to follow Hancock, Wanted, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man into the theaters and hearts of cinemagoers worldwide, it seems that this really is the summer of movie superheroes. But what about Will Smith's earlier attempt to be a superhero and all the other superhero also-rans that didn't quite make it onto film? Under the jump, we look at five superhero movies that we're relieved didn't make it to a first day of shooting. More »