Chewbacca collector and Star Wars fan Skye shows off his awesome Chewbacca stash of toys, towels, dolls, art, and more while explaining why he’s decided to cut off his hair for the charity Locks of Love this holiday season.

“A while ago a dear family friend of mine’s child came down with very serious Cancer and at the same time I heard of this charity. Once I got my nerve up, I knew what was to be done. My goal with the video was to raise awareness for the charity and to inspire other long haired Star Wars to dedicate their hair to people who need it more than they do.”

VIDEO: Chewbacca for Locks of Love

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SOURCE: Rebelscum.com

Sure Tom Cruise was awesome playing a cocky pool hustler in the Scorsese film The Color of Money, but what if his pool cue doubled as a lightsaber?

VIDEO: Tom Cruise with a Lightsaber (via Collegehumor.com)

As we here at LucasArts ramp up to the release of our history to the public in book form, our favorite fan sites are beginning to take notice. The much-beloved International House of Mojo has gone over the book itself with a fine-toothed comb and obviously fallen in love with it quite readily. To quote:

What will interest many people is the wonderful amount of previously unseen concept art, storyboards, puzzle flow-charts and other cool behind-the-scenes stuff for many of LEC’s games. There’s Steve Purcell’s alternate Monkey Island 2 covers, some of Peter Chan’s storyboards from Grim Fandango, the original Full Throttle logo and the notes for adjustment, designs for most of the creatures in The Dig, and even a letter from George Lucas praising the team after the success of Rebel Assault. For a lifelong Mojo reader, this is heaven. 

I’m glad they enjoyed it as much as myself. Coffee table books are sadly rare for us gamers, and one as well-crafted as this deserves a place in any gamers home.  To read the rest of their review, head over to MixNMojo.com and give it a read.

Rob Smith, the author of the book, should be proud. Even the most hardcore fans loved it. That’s saying something!

 

Think Hasbro’s new Millennium Falcon toy was a huge cut above the original 1970’s version? Well, it looks like one enthusiast has upped the stakes and served up a professionally detailed, screen-accurate version of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy by enhancing the toy with some model-weathering know-how.

From the auction description:

This craft has been totally repainted by a professional and is now screen accurate! Lots of time and detail went it to authenticating the Falcon right down to is grill vents. References come from many sources to include Magic of Myth and productions stills. The cockpit is repainted to match up with the screen version and looks awesome! Pictures just don’t do this auction justice! The entrance ramp was repainted to look more like the movie version! Med bay was painted to look more realistic and most of the Falcon was weathered to give it that rustic feel that the ship truly had!

The auction closed without any bidders, but we’ll admit, we were pretty tempted to pick this up for the Online office! Check out the original auction here.

With the latest update to our 360’s worldwide, one of the odder features is the inclusion of ‘Mii-Like’ avatars. Sure, some of us bounced through the process very fast since we’ve been through it a dozen times with family on the household Wii. But some creative people decided to take it a step further.

One of my favorite gaming sites of late, Games Radar, decided to collect their favorites and show them to us. The Pris (remember her from Blade Runner?) and the Neo from The Matrix are good. But I’m not here for them. As they note - the hairstyles included are minimal, yet somehow - some way - they found room for historic buns.

It is worth heading over to their site to see the rest of them. Spock, Mr. T, and even a really, really creepy Michael Jackson. That one might be going too far.

Nothing is more fun than watching a web cam featuring a bunch of puppies frolick, jump, chew, wrestle and snooze all day long. If you listen close enough to them play fight you can almost hear the sounds of tauntauns and Jawas.

Lucky for us, not only are the puppies adorable, but their toys are pretty cool too. I’m looking at you, Mr. Plushy Clone Trooper.

Check out the pups here:
WATCH: Puppy Web Cam

Whenever I think about my favorite shows and their seasonal specials, I always smile to myself that I’m not the only one who has the holiday spirit. Who can forget the Native American ghost invasion plot of the Thanksgiving episode of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer? Or the Christmas Special of The Venture Bros. where everything that could go wrong at a cocktail party — when you invite super villains — does?

So leave it up to io9.com’s columnist Graeme McMillan to pitch Thanksgiving specials not only for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but also for Heroes, Knight Rider, Lost, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

EXCERPT:

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
We journey to Kashyyyk, where the Wookiees are celebrating their annual Life Day. Planning to convince the Wookiees to join the Republic in their struggles against the evil Count Dooku and his seperatists, Padme gets captured and has to be rescued by Anakin, Ahsoka and a brand new Jedi that we’ve never seen before. Who looks like a turkey. After a brave and ferocious battle, Padme is rescued, but the turkey Jedi sacrifices himself in the process. The end of the episode sees the Wookiees and our heroes gathered around a great feast, as Yoda reminds everyone about the brave sacrifices that have been made so that everyone could be there that day, and says something about “Thanks, we must be giving on this day.” And then R2 makes that farting noise and everyone laughs.

Read full article here:
Five TV Thanksgiving Specials We’ll Sadly Never See (via io9.com)

Star Wars fan fiction is fairly easy to to find online, but fan fiction written by celebrities is even rarer. Recently, actor and Original Trilogy Star Wars fan Simon Pegg writes this tale featuring Bail Organa, Shaak Ti, Mon Mothma, Kazdan Paratus, Rahm Kota, Obi-Wan Kenobi and a holo-transmission of Yoda, among others chat about Anakin’s new role as Darth Vader and what to do with those twins.

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(Photo by Laura Mäkeläinen)

Is this Yoda in animal form or a three week-old newborn Sphynx kitten? Owner and photographer Laura Mäkeläinen from Finland, Europe says: “Her ears are not completelely up yet, so she looks like Yoda. Some of Sphynx babies look like Yoda that age.”

Learn more about Sphynx cats here.

Rebelscum.com has a yearly Star Wars costume contest that is always awe-inspiring and fun. This Halloween is no exception. Check out the expertly-made costumes for Han Solo, Maris Brood, Aurra Sing, Darth Vader, Clone trooper, and even a Zombie Leia!

Rebelscum’s 2008 Costume Contest Winners