Tag: George Lucas
No More Star Wars vs Star Trek: J.J. Abrams Rules Them All!
The Star Wars vs Star Trek debate has been going on for decades now. Which franchise is better? Which characters resonate better? It has been going on for the better part of four decades, but now, thanks to J.J. Abrams taking over the Star Wars franchise, we are now in a peculiar environment where o ...
Star Wars Episode VII: What Exactly Are We Going To Get?
Ever since George Lucas dropped that bombshell of an announcement that he was selling Lucasfilm, Star Wars and all his other properties to the Mouse House in Disney, I’ve been wondering whether or not this is a good thing. George did give us the divisive prequels, but he was also responsible for the ...
10 Illustrations Of Disney Characters Sneaking Into Star Wars
It can't have escaped anyone that Disney is in the process of acquiring Lucasfilm Ltd. for around $4 billion ($4.05 billion to be exact). It's a move that has stirred up quite a lot of feelings across the Internet. Disney seems to have immediately, but unofficially, announced that they want to make ...
$8,000 Star Wars Vintage Poster Now Up For Grabs
You are most likely a fan of Star Wars if you are reading this right now. You came here to see what could possibly be selling for $8,000 that has to do with vintage Star Wars. You might even be wondering if you might have one of these geeky things. Maybe you didn't even know that it was worth this m ...
The Board Of Education Schools Star Wars With A New Song
A new song hit the airwaves recently that caught my attention. I personally stumbled onto it while listening to the XM Kids channel with my brood. The tune is called Why is Dad So Mad? by The Board of Education. For true Star Wars fans, this song is one you will instantly relate to. It begins by des ...
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When Celebrities Were Young [13 Pics]
Over the past few days, ever since the very sad death of Steve Jobs, many photographs of him in his younger years have surfaced. When I see those pictures of him, it reminds me that he, like every entrepreneur, had a journey to take to get to where he ultimately wanted to be. Steve Jobs looks very h ...
Trimensional: World’s First iPhone 3D Scanner App
I remember the first time I watched Princess Leia tell Han Solo she loved him right before he was frozen in carbonite. For a geeky little girl like I was back then, that was about the most romantic movie scene ever. Last year I wrote about a designer who made a Han Solo Carbonite Desk. That desk bec ...
Han Solo and Princess Leia’s Wedding Rings
Ok all you geek girls out there; have you ever wondered what Han Solo and Princess Leia's wedding rings might look like if they got married? You haven't? Well I have, I guess it's just the girly girl in me that always wants the fairytale ending.
We all know that Han Solo was a totally hot badass. ...
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How Star Wars Changed The World [Infographic]
Many times we have mentioned here on Bit Rebels how Star Wars has changed the world. There are more gizmos and gadgets then we really care to acknowledge that have come from those movies, and it's not about to stop anytime soon. We are inspired about a future full of robots, droids and gadgets tha ...
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The Economics Of The Star Wars Franchise [Infographic]
There you are, your name is George Lucas, and it's sometime during the 70s. You sit at your desk, trying to come up with your next motion picture, and your thoughts are running wild. You think to yourself, "I wonder if the world is ready for a little science fiction of sorts." Without hesitation ...
Insanely Rare Star Wars Video “Return Of The Ewok” Surfaces!
It's very rare that I sit and watch something as concentrated as I just did. I don't usually become so intellectually immersed when something was shot during the early '80s, but this totally caught my attention. This 24 minute long Star Wars based movie is said to have been kept private in the lea ...
How Star Wars Costumes Would Have Looked Back In 1942!
When I went to school, I sure had my share of geeky teachers. You could tell they were passionate about the subjects they taught by just listening to them explain physics or biology. It kind of ran through their veins and right from the very first sentence you could tell that the subject was somet ...
Star Wars, Terminator And More Now Squidified!
I bet if we're keeping this up we'll have the wildest and strongest compilation of Star Wars awesomeness on the Internet. I think that if George Lucas really knew how many people idolize and completely immerse themselves in his brainchild world, he would actually get scared. The hours put down to c ...
For Star Wars Geeks: Adidas Jabba The Hutt Sneakers
By now you are probably familiar with the Adidas Originals x Star Wars Fall/Winter 2010 Collection, right? They've already introduced the Chewbacca Boots, the Han Solo sneakers and the Boba Fett shoes.
Next in the line are the first ones in this collection that I would actually wear. I love the ...
Hello Kitty Now in Star Wars and Star Trek!
We have covered Hello Kitty and Star Wars quite a bit here on Bit Rebels. We're not about to stop anytime soon because the urge and drive to produce new stuff within these categories are stronger than anything else it seems. People truly love Star Wars and Hello Kitty and it wouldn't surprise me i ...