Tough decisions on the Death Star
 

The Modern Collection
 

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via

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The 'TokyoStormtrooper' by dannychoo

hasn't Star Wars become so ingrained in our culture that it is impossible for it to be counter-culture?

I believe that was discussed on page 1 or 2...

I finally realized why I titled this thread the way I did: Sion, you are right. Star Wars, and all affiliates that derive thereover from, have, indeed, become so extraordinarily widespread and seen throughout that it now has become commonplace in nearly any culture worldwide to know of this iconic futuristic film series. It is virtually impossible, now 30+ years later, to be in a discussion that revolves around the theme and have one person chime up and say, "But I've never heard of this rubbish before!". Straight liar.

But, when the film trilogy was first flourishing, the diehard fans of the genre were seen as outsiders, geeks, and, in some circles, dweebs. It took decades upon decades of continued rallying for this once "counter-culture", once reserved for the sometimes-too-passionate adolescent who may or may not have enjoyed laser light shows in their basement, to become a mainstay of our now popular culture, where we have anyone from the age of 4 to 74 joining in to, I don't know, marathon the films every 4 years or so.


Simplified: It's an ironic twist in the title of what the history once was, and trying to recapture it, modern day.

My Grandaughter and her "brothers" at holloween !
 

xoxoxoo

Love it, bobby. True thanks for sharing it here.

This must be kismet (ot just really good timing on my part, as per usual when living to the last minute), but I just happened upon this photo four minutes ago.

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Caption appended: Boy: You're kiddin' right? You mean "grand" father!

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Kamen Rider's abilites are so extraordinary, he can even cross interdimensionary
planes of existence (also known as a thread-topic jumper).
Here, he meets up with some stray Stormtroopers and school-
skipping students in Singapore.
The photo article: Toy Carnival @ SAM | Kodomut | Date of event: July 5, 2009

Turns Out There's Something Darker Than The Dark Side

Having a zombie overload?

You still might want to save some room for the "zombies in the Star Wars universe" book, Death Troopers,
which came out (sometime in Mid-October). It turns out stormtroopers and zombies do mix. Spoilers below.

The storyline for Death Troopers is pretty simple, really — an Imperial prison barge, during the years right before the original Star Wars movie, runs into some engine trouble. Good thing they find a Star Destroyer in the middle of nowhere, which they can cannibalize for parts. Unfortunately, the Star Destroyer has some kind of weird virus on board, which kills everyone it comes into contact with... and the people who die don't stay dead. And that's about it. The survivors from the prison barge have to run a gauntlet of Imperial zombies and try to escape in one piece, while facing their own personal traumas and uncovering a sinister biological weapons program that comes straight from Lord Vader himself.

as if zombies weren't enough...
 

Terminator Vader

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Posters of the Star Wars Galaxy
 

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Justin Van Genderen: “Star Wars Galaxy”

-- (Additional poster for Dagobah not seen above.)

Chicago-based designer Justin Van Genderen, a.k.a. 2046 Design, releases this series of posters entitled Star Wars Galaxy. Feauturing graphic design/illustrations of some of Star Wars more popular destinations, this is a must-see for any Star Wars geek.

The series includes Tatooine, Sixth Planet of the Hoth System, The Forest Moon of Endor, Bespin Cloud City, and The Degobah System.

That's the one.

Hawt.

This Guy Dresses Women By Painting Their Naked Bodies in Star Wars Themes and More - Gizmodo
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(it's a gallery; click to view it in its entirety)

Hardware Wars!

I first saw this on a 16mm film reel borrowed from the Library for a birthday party when I was a kid in the early 80's.

I think it holds up pretty well!

WOW!! Thanks for kicking this Off, Jetee!

No problem. I'm glad that other members have contributed enough material here to make it seem like a great commons for the very best of whatever could be 'Star Wars' related, like the following:

Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles | animated music video | Atom Originals | Atom

it really is hard to describe how much I loved the above piece. I thought it was gonna be super corny, even though it does have that cheeseball effect to it in the beginning, the producers of the rap really embraced it to make this video, really larger than life. The lyrics are what really draws you in, progressivel becoming more complicated and so character-driven, especially when all the appropriate voice cues are laid down for them; the animation, though, (for me) is a bonus throughout. This would have made a great single regardless.

here is a one minute youtube preview of the 'SWGR: C'...
but if you can, you must really expose yourself to the full-length song. Galactic gangsta genius, I tell you.

great bonus addition: if you go offsite to the youtube video above (oh, you'll have to seeing as how they have disabled the video embedding feature; just click the the title of the video, real simple) it has the full lyrics to the rap, plus a compilation of 3 websites' videos that have all featured the song, either in a new animation, or as a fan response.

Classic.

Thanks for the above, m0rpheus.


found just a minute ago:
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James Stowe: “Star Wars Valentines 2010”

Roses are red / Violets are blue / I got your force right here, baby.

Wow, I haven't seen that Star Wars Cops clip in years. That thing was released 13 years ago! Still full of awesome.

"Start Wars", that which was left: unattributed
 

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Cedric Delsaux’s beautifully rendered photos of Star Wars in our world; gallery of work is here

Star Wars Baseball Game
 

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in Japan

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in America ; Triple A Pawtucket Red Sox invaded by Star Wars | Red Sox Monster - masslive.com

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in the backyard ; captured by ricko

LEGO Millenium Falcon (heavily-custom-modified)
 

Author's synopsis: (heavily-modified by me correcting spelling/grammaticial errors)

The UCS Millennium Falcon from LEGO is brilliant, and outstanding in terms of detail, but I was disappointed seeing the lame interior, so I built the model from the ground up, and adding a full movie-accurate detailed interior, along with some lights.

The work isn't finished I'm still working on the backlights-engine and some other details, so...

I hope you enjoy!


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interior shot

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cockpit

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Latest upgrade of my UCS millennium falcon. A "working" sublight engine.

for all featured photos, click on them directly to enlarge / view original. full photo gallery here

“Copper-Tatooine”
 

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13” x 19” and 11” x 14” Matte Heavyweight Paper print ; by Casey Weldon

(if not immediately obvious, it's a play on the iconic Coppertone girl)

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LEGO Star Wars Figure Alarm Clocks

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30,000-piece Star Wars Droid Control Ship | The Brothers Brick | LEGO Blog

"Goodnight Forest Moon" by Noah Dziobecki

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Grab the PDF of the book here.

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Thanks, Jetee.

This thread is awesome! :)

xoxoxoo

Um, might be time to stick a NSFW on here.

I don't want to have to get back into this, but I asked both The_Jazz and Cynthetiq not to include the [NFSW] tag in the title of this thread, and if any 'questionable moral' content should arise, it should be up to the original poster to either post the photo as a link with a short description, or to post the picture inside the [hide="title"][ /hide] tags.

Also, I'm not a fanboy of either franchise, but most "Star" afficiandos don't like when the other encroaches on their turf. (Star trek bodypainting in a SFW Star Wars thread seems like a double faux-pas, but I don't mind it much).

Hail to the Empire, Baby!

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my one and only instance of cross-stepping the "Star" universes, in response to bobby's bodies:

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Star Trek Inspired Corset