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Sega Toys launches two new home planetariums based on the BB-8 and R2-D2 Star Wars droids
Sega Toys has added two new models to its home planetariums that are shaped in the form of Star Wars characters. The company’s first Star Wars home planetarium came out in 2011 that was based on the R2-D2. The first of the two newly resealed models is based on the spherical droid character BB-8 from…
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It was not a design flaw but malware that took out the Death Star
Everyone needs a lesson from Disney when it comes to milking a franchisee. Kaspersky Labs in Japan has takes to Star Wars to help promote its Internet security suite. Building up on a story that along with the braveness of the resistance pilots it was weak data security on the Imperial Forces systems that led…
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Advanced Levitating Millennium Falcon model created by ardent Japanese Star Wars fan
To celebrate the new Star Wars film Rogue One that released this December, ardent Japanese Star Wars fan and Twitter user @HanakiMasatoshi decided to build a neat, cutting-edge model of the Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon, and introduced a twist to the model. What gives this model an edge over other models that other fans have…
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Star Wars edition personal air purifier
Star Wars Rogue One is coming next month and from the trailer the movie is looking to be just ‘spectacular’. For the pollen hating Star Wars fans here is a limited edition Star Wars air purifier. The rather stylish cylinder shaped filter not only cleans the air of dust and pollen particles, it also helps…
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The Dark Side and the Light side – Sharp Japan announces Star Wars phones
Sharp Japan and Japan’s leading telecom operator Softbank have come together for a pair of limited edition Star Wars smartphones. Scheduled to release in December, in sync with the upcoming Star Wars movie ‘Rogue One’, the phones will be available in two variants ‘The Dark Side’ and ‘The Light Side’. For those not familiar with…
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This BB-8 unit warns you when your refrigerator door is left ajar
Life is hard. Keeping track of things in this over-complicated life is event harder. Which is why, leaving the door of a refrigerator ajar while stuffing our faces with the delicious éclair we just fetched is nothing too serious. But then again, think about how it’s going to consume more power and how it will…
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This desk lamp is a lovechild of an R2-D2 droid and a Transformer
It’s been a while we’ve shared something from the house of ThinkGeek with you. But when we set our eyes on this desk lamp, we couldn’t help but think of how you totally need to see this. It sure does have more R2-D2 DNA in it but it also does look like something that could…
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This BB-8 cosplay is the cutest thing you’ll find on this website
Talk about an enterprising new idea to win clicks and hearts alike and then think of a hobbyist who manages the same effortlessly with the most adorable cosplay. William Miyamoto from Miyamoto Productions surprised both, himself as he toyed around with his 3D printer. He tried the head-pieces for the BB-8 first and on discovering…
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May the charge be with you, with these Star Wars mobile batteries
Hamyi has just introduced among the first smartphone external batteries to be themed around a major franchisee. What better to start a trend than by paying homage to the Star Wars saga? The batteries do not come with just a single representation but are available as Darth Vader, R2-D2, Stormtroopers and a number of other…
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Jelly Belly introduces Star Wars-themed jellybean dispenser
A fanboy has to eat as well. This has been understood well Jelly Belly Candy Company and has resulted in the becoming of the Star Wars Jelly Bean Machine. It houses what looks like a Death Star above it and a furious, light saber slashing Darth Vader figure below it. Retrieving a candy requires you…
