It isn't a first look, exactly, but Disney has announced its new Star Wars cartoon, which will be called Rebels. Here's everything we (now) know:

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, according to Latino Review. There's no telling if it's true, if it'll happen, or who the hell he'll play if it all works out, but I think he does look like he could be Han and Leia's kid if they want to go the Star Wars: The Next Generation route.

Retronaut has a neat pair of photos today of a proposed desert crossing vehicle. It was designed in the early 1930s to safely cross Central Asia. I wasn't able to find any additional information about the vehicle that wasn't in German. However, I was struck by how similar it was to the Khetanna, Jabba's sail barge…

The totally improvised, 7 1/2 minute filibuster from an episode of NBC's Parks & Recreation last month, in which Patton Oswalt outlines his vision of Star Wars: Episode VII (with Marvel crossovers) could not possibly have been more perfect, could it? Well, yes, it could, actually ...

The "Big Dumb Object," as christened by Roz Kaveney, has been a staple of science fiction for decades. But what's your favorite massive freakin space object? Share your most beloved Dyson Sphere, ringworld or mega-space station below!

J.J. Abrams stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to promote Star Trek Into Darkness, at least until he was asked about the Star Wars sequel. When he admitted he and his team were having some writer's block, a group of fans helpfully offered their opinions on what we should see in Episode VII. I tell you, I think…

What’s the biggest scifi franchise of all time? How did Torchwood's Captain Jack get stranded in the present? What doesn’t Batman know? All these questions answered and more on this week’s "Postal Apocalypse"!

Ever wondered what you'd look like as a Star Wars action figure? Well now's your chance. As a part of Disney's Hollywood Studios D-Tech Me Star Wars Weekends, visitors can get Stormtrooper replicas of themselves.

A tax break scheme from the sinister Chancellor Palpatine George Osborne allows Lucasfilm to shoot and produce the new Star Wars movie primarily in England's green and pleasant land.

The universe is full of evil masterminds, whose schemes seem too brilliant to defeat — until, of course, they're defeated. But often, those schemes depend on one lowly minion, and if you just took out that henchperson, the masterplan would never have gotten off the ground. Here are 10 evil schemes that depended on an…