Archive for the ‘Star Wars’ category

What geek worth her NaCl doesn’t have a brick-shaped soft spot in her heart for Legos? Especially when you add the iconic Star Wars images into the mix? For Star Wars fans, this magic formula played out during Star Wars Celebration 5, in Orlando, Florida, earlier this month. Lego blocked out a huge area in [...]

Just a tip of the visual Hoth iceberg from my day at Star Wars Celebration V, yesterday…. Here’s a quick – and very low tech – film clip of one of the many fabulous R2D2 droids rolling amok at the convention, this weekend. I secured this covert footage using the iVideoCamera iPhone app. If it [...]

The Fifth Star Wars Celebration is happening this weekend right here in Orlando, Florida. It’s convening at the Orange County Civic Center. In GSB’s continuing search for new lifeforms, and new…oh, ummm, wait…channeling the wrong stars…..let me try a new strategy….er, uhhh, star system, that is….. Geek Speak Blog’s Geek Gyrl (that’s me!) will be [...]

This is one of the most original and incredibly well done – not to mention roll around giggling funny – Star Wars tributes I’ve ever heard. (And yes, I’ve heard a lot of them, don’t ask….) This was performed by Cory Vidal, with 4-part harmony vocals by Moosebutter. If you’d like to make this song [...]

As a native Floridian and native Orlandoan (Orlandonian? Orlandoite?), this is indeed huge news. It seems that the premier convention for all things Star Wars is coming to my fair city in August, 2010, as Star Wars Celebration V will be landing at the Orange County Convention center next summer. From August 12 -15, 2010, [...]

I can hear you thinking “Yeah, just what the world needs – another Star Wars Parody/Remake/Reboot/Spoof/Brick Flick/Fan Film.”
But imagine chopping the original film into 472 separate 15 second segments and giving each to a different filmmaker….

For the first time ever, a major panel at San Diego Comic-Con is going to be broadcast on television; specifically on G4. Airing on Saturday, July 25th at 2:00 pm (ET/PT), The Star Wars Spectacular will feature never before seen footage, breaking news, some surprise announcements, guest stars and more. G4 will also present three-hours [...]