Watch WIRED Smash an Epic LEGO Star Destroyer & Trek Alum Explain 'Star Wars' To celebrate "Star Wars" day today (May 4), the folks at Wired put together (and then shattered) a truly epic LEGO Super Star Destroyer and filmed the bricktacular carnage in this awesome slow-motion video. "What better way to celebrate the upcooming Star Wars Day than by watching a Super Star Destroyer shatter in slow-motion?" Wired wrote in a caption for the video posted on its Battle Damage series. The title: Episide XV: A New Smash. "In celebration of May the 4th, we spent 16 hours building an $800 LEGO Super Star Destroyer set ... so we could do THIS to it," read the appropriately "Star Wars"-esque scroll in the Battle Damage video. (Go ahead and watch it again. What follows is a one-minute video of the Star Destroyer crumbling into pieces, as minifigures fly out of its miniature bridge (sorry Darth Vader). As a father to a die-hard 6-year-old LEGO fan, watching the Battle Damage video is both awesome and heartbreaking, especially after knowing how long it takes to put such a huge set together in the first place!
(It took my daughter and I nearly 12 hours over three days to build Benny's spaceship from The LEGO Movie after all. But hats off to Battle Damage for making the sacrfice for May the 4th! Meanwhile, "Star Trek: Voyager" alum Tim Russ (who portayed the Vulcan Tuvok for those unaware) gives a completely hilarious, yet totally logical, explanation of "Star Wars" in a video by Pocketwatch, courtesy of Laughing Squid, which you can - and SHOULD - watch here. I would watch Russ' version of "The Star Wars." In fact, I'd watch it twice. Now if you're not as well-versed in "Star Wars" lore as Tim Russ, you can get caught up online with the "Star Wars" Digital Movie Collection, which became available for streaming for the first time on April 1. You might even want to search the hyperspace sales for everything "Star Wars". But if you're a die-hard "Star Trek" fan, you'll have to wait until September to celebrate its origins. May the Fourth (and the Force) be with you all! or follow him @tariqjmalik and Google+.
Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+You've wandered off the path!The web page you requested from our site could not be found.•December 3, 2013He's evil. He's a really heavy breather. And, oh yeah, he takes a mean selfie."Star Wars" über-villain Darth Vader has snapped a photo of his bad Sith self on the brand new Instagram page for the famed galactic film franchise.While the J.J. Abrams-directed "Star Wars: Episode VII" isn't due in theaters until 2015, the Disney-Lucasfilm publicity machine is already in motion. (Though, since Vader died in "Return of the Jedi," it's not yet clear how he would appear in the upcoming sequel. Perhaps Abrams is cooking up some flashback scenes?!)[Related: First 'Star Wars' Sequel Pic Reveals Gracefully Aged R2-D2]While Vader used to be the vision of pure malevolence, he's actually undergone a bit of a makeover in recent years. In fact, his cheeky pic is the latest example of Lucasfilm playing the Sith lord for laughs.It was just a few months ago that the Dark Side enthusiast introduced a "Star Wars" character bracket tournament during March Madness: And who can forget mini Vader in that Volkswagen commercial: A Lego version of George Lucas made sure Darth got a doughnut: Vader took questions, Magic 8 Ball-style, in an interactive game dubbed "Ask Vader."
(Two years later, you can still play it here!) Along with the seeming endless stream of fan-made Lego Vader films, a more official-unofficial version of "Star Wars" pitted Darth Maul against Vader in "The Empire Strikes Out":Is the galaxy ready for a kinder, gentler Darth Vader? He's pretty adept with a cellphone camera and there's mounting evidence he can shamelessly self-promote with the best of them.Watch your back, Kim Kardashian. We sense a great disturbance in your Force."Star Wars: Episode VII" is due in theaters Dec. 18, 2015.Follow me on Twitter (@meriahonfiah)Home > Toys > Construction and Blocks > LEGO > LEGO Star Wars Back to LEGO Star Wars LEGO Star Wars 75159 Death Star View more products from Buy 6 LEGO Items and get a free gift* Reenact amazing scenes from the Star Wars saga with the Empire’s ultimate planet-zapping weapon—the Death Star! With over 4,000 pieces, this fantastic model has a galaxy of intricate and authentic environments, including a superlaser control room, Imperial conference chamber, hangar bay with moving launch rack and Lord Vader’s TIE Advanced with space for Vader inside, Emperor Palpatine’s throne room, Droid maintenance room, detention block, trash compactor, tractor beam, cargo area, turbo laser with spring-loaded shooters and seats for the 2 Death Star Gunners
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