Battlestar Galactica cake, many Lukes and a single Stormtrooper from Zoë Lukas of Whipped Bakeshop, whose Vader and Yoda models we’ve featured before.
Darth Vader and pal terrorize Japanese convenience store in the name of Celebration
A convenience store in Japan got a visit from a few costumed menacers in preparation for Celebration Japan. Sending out 501sters to random public places seems like a pretty neat promotional idea to me… Who doesn’t love a stormtrooper in Walmart?
Also: Slides!
What all the Femtroopers will be wearing next season
…Stormtrooper high heels. What will they think of next? No, wait – I’ve seen that Cathouse clip. Nevermind. (via)
Fan art: Stormtrooper Crossing the Alps
Napoleon Trooper is a mashup of Star Wars and Jacques-Louis David’s ‘Napoleon Crossing the Alps’ by James Baker and Julie Ashcraft. (See also: NASA Trek.)
The secret lives of stormtroopers
Bonnie interviews Cindi Geeze (aka Doctor Beef on Flickr) about her expressive stormtrooper shots,
The fandom minute: Excessively visual edition
A number of Spike’s Star Wars billboards in New York get a bit of a remix. Am I Not Lying reports.
Chop Shop’s WeRobot and AlienWe tees feature several familiar silhouettes… I swear! (We featured their pin-stripe shirts a while back.)
Doctor Beef’s stormtroopers are small, frisky, and ready to get down. (Check out all her photos for lots of tiny plastic fun.)
Video: An Army of One
Video: Dancing Trooper strikes again
I hope they throw the poor guy a rave at Celebration Japan. Imagine a whole room of them! (via)
Random reading: Friday morning reading list
Is this or is this not the most amazing staircase ever?
The typography of Pixar. An interview with film designer Susan Bradley.
It’s spreading… Steampunk Justice League.
Top ten geeky cufflinks. Also: Stormtroopers.
Hilarious science fair experiments. Crystal Meth: Friend or foe?
A Field Guide to Imperial Bucket-heads
IGN.com reviews the fashions of the clonetroopers and stormtroopers in their article, The Many Looks of the Imperial Stormtrooper, starting from Kamino clone baby to color-coded elite trooper to Ewok drum set.