Star Wars Day takes place next Saturday (May the Fourth be with you) but Lego has already kicked off some of its celebrations with some cool new Star Wars figures. This includes the release of this ...

In case you haven’t quite gotten the impression from my posts last week, CES is huge . For every gadget and gizmo I wrote up, there were a dozen or more that got left by the way side. In most cases, I ...

Kurt’s first attempt to create his own Star Wars droid–and the incredible journey that hobby would take him on–almost came to an end right there, before it even started. All because a saw blade caught ...

Every Star Wars fan is going to want this. The Lego Star Wars R2-D2 is a pretty good size with some really cool features. At times it’s a challenging build, but fun overall with fantastic results that ...

I've built a few advanced LEGO sets, many for IGN. But building the new LEGO R2-D2 was challenging and difficult in a way that those builds were not. This is not a build designed for multitasking, ...

Oh, man, I know what I’m getting for Christmas. R2-D2 and the rest of the Star Wars gang turn 30 next year and it’s almost hard to believe. Still, you can celebrate by going out and snagging yourself ...

Good news for people who pretend to understand gibberish-spewing robots! R2-D2, arguably the cutest droid in the galaxy before BB-8 came along, is now “gliding around” freely at Disneyland’s Star Wars ...

Kenny Baker, the actor who portrayed the robot R2-D2 in six Star Wars films, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 81. Baker’s niece Abigail Shield confirmed the actor’s death to the Guardian.