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25 Glorious Years of Loving the Ewoks

It may make you feel old, but you have to face up to the truth of the matter: This year, Ewoks celebrate their first quarter century since springing, fully-formed no matter how short, from George Lucas' fevered furry mind. And, while these days the little midget bears have come to personify everything that went wrong in the third installment of the Star Wars trilogy, it's worth remembering just how many attempts were made to make us love them, way back when. And if you think it's just haterade for the rebels' favorite furballs here, you may be surprised by the musical interlude we've got for you below. More »

6:30 AM on Fri May 30 2008
By Graeme McMillan
2,155 views, 72 comments

Latest by rebelj12a: @LicenseFarm: no way did you have one of those too??? so frickin long ago, i totally used it for star more »

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You Have Ten Seconds To Reach Minimum Safe Distance


Science fiction has always had a dark obsession with destroying things, and spaceships are a constant target. When not worrying about enemy ships fragging them to pieces, crews have to worry self-destruct sequences, on-board bombs, lousy construction, bad driving, and suicidal commanders who seem hell-bent on piloting their ships to certain death in what we like to call "shipicides." Damn the photon torpedos! Set the engines for ramming speed in our picks of the best ship sacrifices in science fiction.
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11:20 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Kevin Kelly
56,358 views, 68 comments

Latest by ZaideCabal: how about the destruction of the vorlon planet killer in babylon 5, now that was a powerful ship that went more »