Tag Archives: Star Wars
Age Appropriate Geek: What Age Should My Boys First Watch Star Wars? (GeekDad Wayback Machine)
My boys are 7 and 5 years old. They love to draw. Their latest drawing craze has to draw Star Wars scenarios. They draw stick figures with Darth Vader helmets, recreate a decent picture of R2-D2 and everyone is holding a light saber (yep, even R2-D2).
You see, my boys have not seen any Star Wars, […] Continue reading
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GeekDad’s Star Wars Dark Times Spoilers
I enjoy Wizards of the Coast’s Star Wars miniatures game. It’s kind of like a roleplaying game with just the fights. Now, I like playing a character as much as the next person, but there’s something compelling about reducing the experience down to a quick-setup board game. Plus, you need fewer players. I don’t know […] Continue reading
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For New Year’s Day, a Double-Shot of Clone Wars
After a long hiatus for the holidays, Star Wars: The Clone Wars kicks off 2010 with back-to-back episodes: “Grievous Intrigue” and “The Deserter.”
Matt Wood is the sound editor for the show, and, more important, the voice for both Grievous and the separatist army of battle droids. He says, “I play the droids and Grievous as […] Continue reading
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12 Geeky New Year’s Resolutions
Every year people make the same ridiculous New Years resolutions that they know darn well they won’t keep. Here are 12 geeky New Years resolutions that for the most part, I actually plan on keeping. Continue reading
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Tagged Arduino, DIY, Everything Else, green, Hacking the Holidays, Lego, Megacon, nerdapalooza, Star Wars
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Why the Emperor Had to Ban Facebook
To brighten your holiday season, College Humor imagines what would happen if the Star Wars universe had Facebook:
As with Facebook here on Earth, some of the language is a bit saucy, so use judgment before passing it along to your family. It’s worth 2 minutes, though: the appearances of Grand Moff Tarkin and C-3PO are […] Continue reading
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A Christmas Card from a GeekSon
This was created by my five year-old son using his toys and Smilebox.
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Tagged Everything Else, People, Star Wars, Toys and Technology, Xmas
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10 News Stories From the Upcoming Decade
As 2009 winds down to its conclusion, much is being made of the decade drawing to a close, inspiring “best of” and “worst of” lists galore. But what about the decade that’s about to begin? Follow us as we use our Jedi powers to see the future and divulge to you the ten most significant […] Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Savage, Everything Else, future, Joss Whedon, Star Wars, Steve Jobs
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A 12 Days of Geekmas Wrap-Up
Congratulations to Doug Metz, winner of our 12th Day of Geekmas giveaway. Doug took home a $200 Sears gift card, a Star Wars iPhone case, a set of Musician’s Dice and the HP MediaSmart Server EX490. Moreover, he will forever be known as the grand champion of 12DoG ‘09!
Let us pause momentarily to bask […] Continue reading
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Tagged Discovery Channel, Hacking the Holidays, Hewlett-Packard, HP MediaSmart Server, iPhone, Star Wars
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12th Day of Geekmas: Star Wars iPhone Case, Musicians Dice, Sears Gift Card, HP MediaSmart Server!
Congratulations to Adrian Smith, winner of our 11th Day of Geekmas giveaway! Adrian got a set of Musician’s Dice, a Star Wars iPhone case and a $50 Sears gift card. I will simply assume that those helped to make Adrian’s holiday season a little brighter. If that’s not the case, just don’t tell me. It […] Continue reading
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Tagged 12dog, Dice, GeekDad Podcasts, Hacking the Holidays, HP MediaSmart Server, iPhone, Jonathan Coulton, sears, Star Wars
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Collect All 21! Memoirs of a Star Wars GeekDad
The book for the Star Wars inspired child in all of us, Collect All 21! is the consummate memoir for growing up Star Wars. Continue reading
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