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io9Every Ship in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy in Under 5 Minutes
What can we say? We love starships around these parts. And thankfully, this new Star Wars video is very, very heavy on the starships. Every new Star Wars movie has to have new ships. It’s just a rule. Some are big and important, like Kylo Ren’s TIE Silencer. Others are so small you blink and … Continued
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io9Toys & CollectiblesVolleyball Decides the War for Cybertron, and More of the Weirdest Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the coolest toys and merch on the internet lately. This week: as San Diego Comic-Con draws (virtually) ever nearer, we’ve got tasty exclusives from robot volleyball to New Asgard. Plus, Lego gets artistic again, and Mario manages to make Jenga somehow even more stressful. Hasbro … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Best Top Gun Video of the Week Features X-Wing Fighters
On May 16, 1986, Tom Cruise jumped into a fighter jet and flew right into the Danger Zone, as well as our hearts. With a Top Gun sequel coming out at some point this year, and a recent 4K Blu-ray release, you’ve probably seen lots of videos and articles about the 34-year-old film this week. Throw … Continued
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io9MoviesStar Wars Wings, Ranked
Star Wars, at its core, is a very silly franchise. A delightfully silly one, more often than not, fascinated with minutiae and over-explanation in few ways other sagas would be. But one of my favorite, most enduring silly facts about it is the galaxy far, far away’s fascination with starfighters named exclusively after an alphabet … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsAlphabet Squadron Is the Closest Thing to an X-Wing Book Star Wars Has Had in Years, and I Love It
When you announce a new Star Wars novel about a ragtag team of hypercompetent pilots, it’s hard not to immediately draw connections to Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston’s work on some of the best Star Wars books of all time: the X-Wing series. Alphabet Squadron, this Disney-canon successor to the throne, is the closest … Continued
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io9Star Wars’ Ships Have Terrible Aerodynamic Designs
When you’re flying around in space, where there’s no air or wind resistance, aerodynamics aren’t important. That’s why the Star Trek Borg ship is just a giant cube and still works just fine. But when ships are also visiting planets with atmospheres, aerodynamics do come into play—and apparently neither the Rebels nor the Empire in … Continued
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io9Toys & CollectiblesI Waited 31 Hours and All I Got Was This Beautiful Painting
No joke. I waited 31 hours to buy a painting. The above painting, in fact, of an X-Wing fighter. But when I started waiting, I didn’t know this was what I was going to buy. I just knew I wanted to buy… something. It’s the result of a sick and twisted obsession that I’ve documented … Continued
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io9Oh No, I Got Sucked Into the X-Wing Tabletop Game
Growing up, I cut my tabletop teeth on miniatures games. Warhammer, 40K, Heroclix, and Warmachine. It’s a hobby that’s since given way to other pursuits, but will always be in my heart. It’s probably also clear at this point that I love X-Wings an awful lot. And yet, I’ve spent the past five years avoiding … Continued
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X-Wings Will Finally Enter the Rebellion’s Arsenal in the Last Season of Star Wars Rebels
After three seasons telling the story of the burgeoning Rebel Alliance, the fourth and final season of Star Wars Rebels is finally going to show that central piece of rebel iconography: the X-Wing itself. Yesterday, attendees to DragonCon’s Star Wars Rebels fan panel got a fabulous surprise: Henry Gilroy, co-executive producer of the show, made … Continued
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io9Hot-Wheels Turned an X-Wing Into the Car of Your Dreams for Comic-Con
Don’t bother asking where or how you can buy one, because this is clearly a one-off creation for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, which gets underway today. But Mattel and Hot Wheels have gone and created a full-size, drivable version of the X-Wing car that will be available as part of a limited edition set … Continued
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Tech NewsYou Can Finally Pilot the Millennium Falcon With These Giant Star Wars Kites
As the weather gets nicer, it’s time to finally pause The Force Awakens and head outside for some fresh air and sunshine. That doesn’t mean you have to abandon Star Wars altogether. Not when ThinkGeek’s just revealed a wonderful kite collection full of X-Wings, Death Stars, and Droids. These aren’t your dollar store plastic kites, … Continued
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(UPDATE)The Force Awakens Lego Images Reveal a Fancy X-Wing—and New Characters
Update: The Lego Group have asked that we remove the images from this post, and Leg Godt has complied with that request. The original text of the post is as follows. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is getting a veritable slew of merchandise later this year, and Lego is no exception. Several new pictures of … Continued
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Re-enact Epic Star Wars Battles In Your Bedroom With These Tiny RC Toys
The same company responsible for those incredibly tiny RC pico helicopter toys, Bandai Namco’s CCP, has created a line of Star Wars-themed flying toys that are small enough to recreate the films’ most epic space battles in your bedroom. Available August 1st for just shy of $50 each, the remote control X-Wing, TIE Fighter, and … Continued
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This Exquisite Wooden X-wing Rocker Will Make You Miss Being a Kid
The popularity of rocking horses has seen a steady decline over the years because kids simply aren’t interested in growing up to be cowboys anymore. Thanks to Star Wars, kids would rather grow up to be intergalactic fighter pilots now, so an X-wing-themed rocker just makes a lot more sense these days. This hand-made masterpiece … Continued
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I Want To Play All My X-Wing Games On This Amazing Light Up Board
Fantasy Flight Games’ X-Wing miniatures game is very cool – so cool that it’s still part of my gift guide suggestions 2 years after it came out. But now one fan has made a board fit for playing it on, and it looks awesome. Ruark Dreher made the board for his X-Wing sessions so he … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidCool new X-Wing Mark II revealed in new Star Wars VII video
A new J. J. Abrams’ Star Wars VII video shows a new version of the X-Wing starfighter. It may look like a Z-95 Headhunter because it doesn’t appear to have the classic s-foils that open to give it it’s X attack shape, but this official tweet says it’s the real thing. So, ladies and gentlenerds, … Continued
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Start a Rebellion In Your Kitchen With an X-wing Knife Holder
Would the Rebel Alliance have been able to defeat the Death Stars and the Empire flying a bunch of wooden blocks? No. Then why wouldn’t you want to store your kitchen knives in this X-wing shaped knife block that is clearly a superior design to a block of wood? Available in late August for just … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Could Be the Largest Flying X-Wing Model Yet
At five feet in length, Rodger Cleye’s X-wing could be the largest flying Star Wars model to date. Except that since it’s built with a framework of PVC piping to keep it light, it’s the last thing the Rebels will ever want to take into battle. Despite its size, this X-wing model weighs just 19 … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Incredible Full Scale Lego X-Wing Is the Largest Model In History
This is truly unbelievable: Lego has built a 1:1 scale model of the X-Wing fighter using an astounding 5,335,200 bricks! It’s as big as the real thing, capable of fitting the real Luke Skywalker—and Porkins. As you can see in these exclusive Gizmodo images and video, it reproduces the official $60 Lego 9493 X-Wing Fighter. … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Is the Most Accurate Lego X-Wing Set Ever
Witness Lego’s Red Five X-wing Starfighter, the latest, baddest and biggest official set to come out of Denmark and, without a doubt, the most accurate and awesome Lego X-Wing ever created. Much better than the original Lego X-Wing Ultimate Collector Series, the previous best. The X-Wing UCS was 1,304 pieces. The Red Five X-Wing Starfighter … Continued
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