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Whether you are a Star Wars fan or not, you are almost certainly familiar with the lightsaber. The iconic weapon from the Star Wars universe has found itself enshrined in popular culture for decades. Did you know that the basis for some of the lightsabers in the original Star Wars trilogy were repurposed camera flashes?...
Though we never got a glimpse behind those stormtrooper helmets in the original Star Wars trilogy, as we've seen in later installments, including The Force Awakens, there are, in fact, humans under that armor.
U.S. Marine Combat Correspondent and photographer Matthew Callahan has been working on a personal project capturing humanizing photos of...
In late October, Marco Grob photographed the actors from the new Star Wars film, Star Wars The Force Awakens for TIME Magazine.
Grob photographed the main The Force Awakens actors, including veterans Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill from the original Star Wars trilogy and newcomers Daisy Ridley and John...
In honor of May the Fourth, we have for you a behind the scenes video from Vanity Fair that takes a look at Annie Leibovitz as she captured promotional images on the set of the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie.
Less than a minute in length, the video shares a montage of clips showing Leibovitz at work with...
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire." Thus begins Star Wars, a movie that has spawned not only a massive following of loyal fans, but also one of the most gigantic -- galactic might even be the best...
With mega-popular director JJ Abrams set to film a trilogy of new Star Wars films, an interesting fact about the planned Episode VII has just emerged: the movie won't be shot digitally, but on traditional filmstock. Kodak film stock 5219, if you want to be precise.
This news comes from cinematographer Dan Mindel ASC,...
Last week, we shared a photo of the International Space Station looking like the Starship Enterprise as it cruised past the moon. Now, here's a shot of the Chinese Space Station (CSS) moving past the sun and it brings to mind another famous science fiction series. Yes, Star Wars nerds, the CSS looks a lot like a TIE...
A few weeks ago, the Internet was captivated by this hilarious wedding photo of a bridal party being chased by a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Now here's another fantastic feat of Photoshop artistry: a Star Wars-themed wedding photo by Little Blue Lemon that shows a wedding party under attack by a trio of Imperial AT-AT Walkers.
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Remember that bizarre new photo meme out of Japan we told you about last week where schoolgirls reenact anime/magna inspired fight scenes? We called it Dragonballing since it seemed inspired by the upcoming Dragon Ball Z animated feature. (Others, however, refer to it as Hadokening.)
Well, a new, particularly American...