The Empire Muggs Back for Charity
August 10, 2009 by Cynthia
If you’re a Star Wars fan (or if you need a great gift for one) you must check out The Empire Muggs Back charity auction. Lucasfilm asked artists, comic book creators, and celebrity fans to get out their markers, paint brushes and glue guns and transform blank Mighty Muggs (donated by Hasbro) into custom art depicting their favorite characters, creatures, ships and scenes from the “Star Wars” saga.
Some of the many artists participating include “The Clone Wars” director Dave Filoni, “Fanboys” director Kyle Newman, actress Jaime King, Go-Go’s guitarist Jane Wiedlin, model makers from “Robot Chicken,” graffiti artist Urban Medium, …read more
Robot Chicken Strikes Back with New DVD
July 19, 2009 by Cynthia
Seth Green and his pals are at it again going for a second shot at remaking Star Wars their way! It’s Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II on DVD and it hits store shelves on Tuesday, July 21.
Robot Chicken uses stop-motion animation to recreate some of your favorite scenes from the Star Wars movies only with a crazy, and often creepy twist. Some of the sketches are completely off the wall, like the Stormtrooper participating in Bring Your Daughter to Work Day. But others have the characters saying things you know you were thinking. Like the Stormtrooper who calls …read more


