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Star Wars

Lego Millennium Falcon took 7,500 pieces and a year to make

We’ve seen some amazing Lego creations, but this one is timely and impressive. According to Lego blog, the Brothers Brick,… Read More

This Portland runner has mapped out routes inspired by ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Game of Thrones’

If you live in Portland and are looking to integrate a little more activity into your routine, why not give… Read More

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ fastest movie to make $1 billion in record 12 days

The new Star Wars film continues to break records and on Sunday it became the fastest movie to reach $1… Read More

BB-8 explores Chicago museum in most adorable way possible

Even if you have total Star Wars burnout, this video will warm the cockles of your cold heart. The Museum… Read More

How to be a tech security Jedi, Part 2: 6 lessons from the ‘Star Wars’ prequel movies

Like many, I’ve been preparing for the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie by revisiting all of the old… Read More

The force awakens: Introducing my 6-year-old son to Star Wars

The Force is strong in our household. For the past several months, Star Wars has permeated the life of my… Read More

Geek on the Street: How ‘Star Wars’ influences the lives of its biggest fans

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been hotly anticipated for well over a year now, but the Star Wars universe has… Read More

See Amy Poehler’s hilarious response to all this ‘Star Wars’ hoopla

You’ve likely seen Star Wars by now, so why not knock back a few Jell-O shots and head on over to… Read More

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‘Star Wars’ tech: Latest threat suggests the bad guys have perfected plasma physics

Spoiler Alert! This post doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but it does explore a significant element of the new movie. Stop… Read More

Hubble Space Telescope salutes ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ with cosmic lightsaber

Leave it to the scientists behind the Hubble Space Telescope to capitalize on the craziness over “Star Wars: The Force… Read More

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Fact vs. fiction on film: How the ‘Star Wars’ saga scores on science

The “Star Wars” saga isn’t exactly a science textbook, but there’s one fact about the universe that the movies got… Read More

Star Wars’ wide reach: How the iconic films influenced movies and TV

Shutterstock has assembled an impressive infographic of Star Wars‘ extensive influence on movies and TV since the first film came… Read More

Live from the Star Wars Marathon at Cinerama — All seven movies in a row

Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiers in Seattle on Thursday night, and there is no better place in town to… Read More

Use the Force

A new way to read the news on GeekWire: “Use the Force”

All sorts of big technology companies and media sites are trying to figure out new ways for readers to consume… Read More

Contest: Win a Cinerama ‘Star Wars’ Marathon ticket from GeekWire

Update, 12/17: Thanks to everyone who entered! Congratulations to our winner, Kyle Boynton, a die-hard Star Wars fan who has a… Read More

Amazon Echo may not use the Force, but Alexa can throw down some fun Star Wars knowledge

Star Wars hype is all around us, and even our digital assistants are getting in on the action. Amazon added some… Read More

Tech leaders sound off on Star Wars: Favorite characters, business lessons and how they’d use the Force

The Force is strong in the tech industry. And you don’t have to travel to Dagobah to find it. Star Wars… Read More

This breakdown of how the Force is used in ‘Star Wars’ is simply mesmerizing

Star Wars seems to have been dissected in every discernible way, but this Bloomberg breakdown of how the Force is used… Read More

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Can’t wait for ‘Star Wars’? The force is strong with ‘Childhood’s End’ and ‘The Expanse’ on TV

While you’re waiting for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to invade theaters this week, you can tune in a couple… Read More

Seattle is tops when it comes to ‘Star Wars’ appearing in Match dating profiles

Virginia may be made for lovers, but Seattle is apparently for Star Wars fans. MyNorthwest.com reports today that the Emerald City… Read More

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler awaken ‘the Farce’ in this new promo for ‘Sisters’

Opening a movie on Dec. 18 this year might just be suicide. Or brilliant. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s new… Read More

R2-D2 Dreamliner jet flies in from Tokyo, sets Seattle abeep-boop-beep

  All Nippon Airways’ R2-D2 Dreamliner jet touched down today at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for the first time, two and… Read More

Carrie Fisher takes the gloves off on dropping weight for Hollywood and reprising Leia

One of the most amazing things about the original Star Wars trilogy was that it featured Leia. She was tough,… Read More

It’s Millennium Falcon vs. Starship Enterprise: See which one StarTalk’s Neil deGrasse Tyson picks

This is probably as geeky as a “would-you-rather”-type game gets — would you rather pick the Millennium Falcon from Star… Read More

How to be a tech security Jedi: 5 lessons from the original ‘Star Wars’ movies

A short time ago, in a city not far from Seattle, I began frantically encouraging (forcing) my pre-teen daughter to… Read More

Google lets users choose between the Dark Side and the Light Side with Star Wars tweaks to Gmail, Maps and more

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is less than a month away, and Google has teamed up with Disney to get… Read More

Let C-3PO guide your ride with Waze’s latest ‘Star Wars’ updates

Tap into the Force on your drive. Waze is celebrating Star Wars: The Force Awakens with C-3PO as your guide. Other… Read More

Check out the epic ‘Star Wars’ collection that took this Amazon exec decades to build

If you were wondering where some of the world’s most incredible Star Wars collections are, wonder no more — one… Read More

Take a look at the lame, awful original trailer for ‘Star Wars’

Thanks to Man’s Life, this little blast from the past came back to our attention — the original trailer for… Read More

Take a look at the latest pictures from inside that new ‘Star Wars’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Reuters photographer Edgar Su posted some great pictures of what it’s actually like inside that new Star Wars-themed Boeing 787 Dreamliner… Read More

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