Perry White has his “Great Caesar’s ghost!” Doc Brown has his “Great Scott!” Fallout Boy has “Jiminy jillikers!” And the characters in the Harry Potter stories are fond of “Merlin’s beard!” Yes, a good, solid swear phrase is always good to have ready for those times when you feel the ...

You know what makes just about any plant grow better? Sure, some fertilizer, plenty of sun and water will do wonders, but I’m willing to bet nothing would beat this Boba Fett planter sculpture from London, Ontario artist Darryl Besch and his db studios. Buried deep in the basement and ...

It’s well known that Boba Fett is the baddest bounty hunter of a galaxy far, far away. But would he be just as tough in other times and places? Pack Rat Studios is testing this question, with a four-figure line of alternate Boba Fetts: World War 2; medieval; on Hoth; ...

The accordion player’s name is really Nathan Stodola, and there’s a nice short documentary about him available online. Via Reddit.

Perry White has his “Great Caesar’s ghost!” Doc Brown has his “Great Scott!” Fallout Boy has “Jiminy jillikers!” And the characters in the Harry Potter stories are fond of “Merlin’s beard!” Yes, a good, solid swear phrase is always good to have ready for those times when you feel the ...

OK, I’ll make this quick. We’ve been on a bit of a Boba Fett kick around our house. Still, when Hasbro asked me if I wanted to see the new Boba Fett Electronic Helmet, it didn’t take long to decide I wanted to take a closer look. The helmet, suitable ...

My son and I built the Lego Slave I this weekend. It was a quick build — we finished in a couple of hours — and we were impressed by the model’s detail, but the best part was the brick of Han Solo encased in carbonite! Check out the video ...

The quality of a movie depends a great deal on its main characters, of course. A movie with uninteresting or implausible protagonists might still do well at the box office — just ask Michael Bay — but it will never be much more than an empty shell. What elevates a ...

We geeks are easily distracted by awesome things that appear in unexpected places. That’s why we love Easter eggs in movies. But it also means that, in the middle of last-minute shopping for a Mother’s Day gift for our wives at Williams-Sonoma, our attention can be thoroughly diverted by sets ...

2010 is shaping up to be the year of Boba Fett in the Star Wars universe. It’s the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back; there’s a mail-in promotion for a Boba Fett action figure with working rocket launcher coming this summer; and LEGO is releasing a refreshed Slave ...