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Missing Star Wars Scene Shown – Luke Building Lightsaber

by Jay Garrett on August 16, 2010

There’s been a couple of noteworthy announcements made over at the Star Wars Celebration V event in Florida.

George Lucas has unveiled the news that there will be a full Blu-ray box-set and excitingly has aired a missing scene from Return of the Jedi that shows Luke making his lightsaber a cave on Tatooine!

The short section that hit the cutting room floor involved Darth attempting to sweet-talk Luke over to the Dark Side as he does a bit of DIY lightsaber building after loosing his original one when fighting his dad.

As well as that great bit of ‘extra’ Star Wars geekery it was revealed by the producer of the first two Star Wars movies, Gary Kurtz, that the original ending for Return of the Jedi was not included in the film that we all know and love. Kurtz announced that “we had an outline and George changed everything in it.”

Apparently Han Solo was supposed to get killed off but “by that time there were really big toy sales and that was a reason,” as “the toy business began to drive the [Lucasfilm] empire.”

I wonder what other secrets are out there……..

In the meantime check out Luke building his green lightsaber below:

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Stay on Target With Android X-Wing Targeting Computer GPS

by Jay Garrett on August 12, 2010

What better way to join the various Star Wars GPS voice-overs (and Mr Brian Shouty Blessed) than to be directed to your intended destination by means of a Rebel Alliance targeting system?

Flash developer Christopher Caleb decided that his Mini needed more of an X-Wing Fighter vibe and created this Android app using Adobe’s AIR platform.

You get the bleeps and raspberries from trusty ol’ R2-D2 as well as other sound effects.

The great news is that it could be ported over to your iPhone or BlackBerry fairly soon. :)

When not headed down a trench of the nearest orbiting planet-killer you can flick the Targeting Computer app over to clock mode.

Handy for keeping tabs on what you’re up to so as not to miss last orders at the Cantina.

I might even have a suggestion for an ideal car-coat to stay in character ;)

Check it out in action below.

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Adidas Reckons Chewbacca Had Style – Makes Signature Wookiee Jacket

August 10, 2010 Click to read more →
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After today’s weather it does feel like it’s time to get out the Star Wars Hoodies in preparation of Autumn. If it gets any cooler out there then I might be checking out this Wookiee Jacket! Adidas Originals, the same people who brought you the Star Wars themed trainers are bringing the Wookiee coat. The [...]

Controlling X-Wings, TIE Fighters and Even The Millennium Falcon? There’s an App for That.

July 21, 2010 Click to read more →
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If you’ve been enjoying Star Wars: Trench Run (£2.99) well here’s a huge update for you! How does playing the game on your puter and using your iPhone (or iPad even) as a full motion controller sound? The v2.0 update is an in-app purchase at 59p and allows you to link up with a big [...]

Lightsaber Chart – Know Your Weapon

June 26, 2010 Click to read more →
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Lightsabers – the ultimate Jedi fighting weapon. “More accurate than a clumsy blaster” some say. If you have spent hours in the pub arguing debating who used what coloured blade/design of lightsaber, worry no more. Scifi Wire have found Lowbird‘s posting of a helpful lightsaber chart which shows most of the Jedi pokey sticks in [...]

Kinect Star Wars Clip – Xbox Game Uses Force and Motion Detection

June 14, 2010 Click to read more →
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You know when I mentioned the Star Wars tie-in with the newly named Kinect (AKA Natal) controller? C’mon – twas mere hours ago! Well just to show I don’t lie to you folks check out the video below! Yup, there’s actual lightsaber swinging a-go-go as some dude takes on Darth Vader in the short, oh [...]

YEE – The Flying Car That Looks Like a Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica Hybrid

May 26, 2010 Click to read more →
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Yeah, we’re still waiting for those rocket cars that we’ve been promised to arrive at the turn of the 21st Century. Ok, so there have been some designs like the ParaJet and the JetPod appearing and, even though the jury’s out on whether we’d actually be allowed to drive, fly and then drive again – [...]

Darth Vader Directs You on the Right Path – May the Fourth be with TomTom

May 4, 2010 Click to read more →
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As it’s Star Wars Day today (May the Fourth….) I thought I’d bring you some Star Wars related news. Popular GPS folk, TomTom, has recruited everyone’s favourite Sith Lord to provide his dark side vocals to their voice navigation with C-3PO and Yoda joining the line up in June and Han Solo arriving in August. [...]

Bluetooth Lightsaber Duelling comes to iPhone

March 19, 2010 Click to read more →
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Everyone that I know that owns an iPhone also has the lightsaber app loaded onto it It goes without saying that the only thing that’s missing is that you can’t really duel amongst your friends. Well, from next month you will be able to challenge your Sith or Jedi foes to a battle. Just grab [...]

Star Wars AT-AT Reissued – Even More Awesomer

February 15, 2010 Click to read more →
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If, like me, you never had an AT-AT of your own. Well, now’s your chance – and this one is sooooooo much better! To help mark the glorious 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, Hasbro have reissued the saga’s most awesome vehicles. Costing $100 this AT-AT measures over 2 foot tall and is almost [...]

Apple iPad Pricing Worries Tablet Makers

January 30, 2010 Click to read more →
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One good thing that has come out of the latest Apple announcement (you may be aware that something called the iPad was unveiled on Wednesday) is that it seems to have ruffled some feathers. DigiTimes is saying that the likes of ASUS and MSI were expecting the new Apple to come in at around $1,000 [...]

Ultimate R2-D2 is Perhaps the Finest R2 Collectable

December 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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R2-D2 must be the galaxy’s most loved and most recognised droid. As well as being adorable as a companion he’s also proved himself handy to have around – whether as a mechanic or patching into computer interfaces he’s helped many a human, as well as fellow droids, out of rather sticky situations. This R2 statue [...]

Limited Edition Star Wars Hoodies

August 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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Who doesn’t enjoy dressing up just a little bit? If you’re also a Star Wars fan then Marc Ecko‘s latest range of hoodies should be right up your exhaust vents! The new range features six new designs including Darth Vader, Darth Maul Version, an X-Wing Pilot hoodie and a Star Wars Clone Trooper hoodie. Prices [...]

Read Marvel Comics and Others on Your PSP

August 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’ve covered next-gen comics a few times here on GadgetyNews in the form of Longbox, and Marvel’s motion comics but now here’s a follow-up to the PSP comic store news I broke in March. The new digital reader service that’ll be bouncing onto both PSP3000 and PSP Go will allow their owners to access a [...]

Lightsaber Torch – Use The Darkside for Enlightenment

July 22, 2009 Click to read more →
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How cool is this? The lightsaber flashlight (or torch to us Brits) is a replica of Darth Vader‘s weapon of choice and, unfortunately, is only loaded with 4 red LEDs instead of a laser that can cut through any young Jedi wannabe who would be using their own torch (complete with sound-effects!). It’s powered by [...]

Hello Wars – Can a Star Wars and Hello Kitty Mash-up be Anything But Cute?

June 25, 2009 Click to read more →
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Do you like Star Wars? Do you like Hello Kitty? Do you wish that there was a way to customise your stuff to prove the fact? Say hello to these Hello Wars stickers They are available from the proudly announced ‘Hello Kitty and Star Wars mash-up site’ – Hello Wars I have to admit that [...]

AT-AT Ghetto Blaster – 80′s Imperial Boom Box

February 24, 2009 Click to read more →

Star Wars and Retro portable music – now there’s a match made in audio heaven! This was spotted and now I wonder how many classic AT-AT’s are gonna be modded just like this – perhaps some AT-ST’s packing MP3 players? This AT-AT is rocking a full on boom-box and I’m loving that black custom paint job. [...]

Light Saber USB Lamp – Jedi Lighting

January 29, 2009 Click to read more →

We all love Star Wars (at least the original trilogy) and Light Sabers are totally cool. Some of us are too old to go leaping about making the relevant noises with a replica saber. And our partners may question the amount of time we give to building our own custom Light Sabers. But, surely, we’re [...]

Fanboys Released Feb 6th – Star Wars

January 19, 2009 Click to read more →

Ok, the time is almost here! February 6 is the US release date for the much-awaited movie about the Star Wars fanboys who break into Skywalker Ranch to spank George Lucas for those less than great prequals……………well……the last bit isn’t true. It’s 1998 and Star Wars fanboys across the globe eagerly await the release of Episode 1.  [...]

Jedi Force Trainer – Buy It and Gain Mind Control

January 8, 2009 Click to read more →

This has a big promise – possibly enough to get a variety of Star Wars and X-Men followers adding this to their wish list. Although the thought of being able to train your mind to acheive telekinesis in a Prof Xavier/Jedi fashion is pretty special. What is actually is is a simplified EEG (Electroencephalography – a way [...]

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