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Famous Vietnam War Photographs, with Stormtrooper Legos

During the Vietnam War, world-famous photographers like Marc Riboud and Eddie Adams captured iconic (and traumatic) moments on film. In 2008, most war photographs are created by embedded journalists whose images are tightly controlled. So British photographer Mike Stimpson decided to make his contribution to the repository of war photography by staging mock Vietnam-era moments using Lego. This one, based on a 1967 protest in Washington, DC, stars Stormtrooper Legos as the US Army. See, it looks just like the original image. More »

8:00 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By LISA KATAYAMA
6,041 views, 5 comments

Latest by kraffft: @ylee: People who tweak out on buggy brainware are sometimes said to have "gone io9." more »

costumes

How Would A Stormtrooper Get Naked?

Annalee is asking costumed fans roaming the halls of WonderCon one crucial question: How would they strip out of their costumes if they had to get naked really, really fast? She caught up with the an intrepid member of the Imperial Stormtrooper squad, complete with his own supply of Nerds candy. Stormtroopers have to eat too, you know. Since he was sitting behind a table, he may have already had his armored pants off, but find out how he'd disrobe in a hurry inside. More »

11:30 AM on Sat Feb 23 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,829 views, 8 comments

Latest by Annalee Newitz: @Bellatrixie: I wish there were pictures of Troopers drinking tea and eating cakes. more »

concept art

Sexy Recruitment Posters For The Empire

Although most of the stormtroopers in the Star Wars movies turned out to be vat-grown clones of Boba Fett's daddy, perhaps some of them were citizens from around the Empire doing their duty. These concept art recruitment posters by Feng Zhu might have been plastered in cantinas and spaceports around the galaxy in an effort to beef up the Imperial presence. After all, you can't expect your average clone to do everything, can you? More sexy troopers after the jump. More »

9:30 AM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Kevin Kelly
147,451 views, 51 comments

Latest by n/a: Hey,I'm built like those girls and I'm not weird. Am? =l Oh dear.Anyway, as much as I enjoy strong women characters, sex has been used for propaganda purposes for centuries, its hardly some geek-fuelled, mass media driven modernist plot.Also I more »