If you love the always awesome Chad Vader, and you love geeks dressed up in costume, and you especially love Dragon Con, then this video is custom made for you. Chad visits arguably the nerdiest place on Earth and knocks down costume after costume in rapidfire format, 75 in 2 minutes. I’m not sure if […]


30 Aug
Celebrating the Force with 42 Movement Sword Form

Created by animator John Leo, this is a CGI video of Darth Vader doing Tai Chi — specifically the 42 Movement Sword Form. Seeing as “Chi” is the Chinese word meaning “life force” — the energy created by all living beings — the link with Star Wars is especially salient. Yes, the video’s a bit […]


For its fourth (and final) edition, the annual Vader Project commissions world class artists to re-imagine a lifesize replica of Darth Vader’s iconic helmet. This year the customizations were unreal, provided by superlative artists like Jeff Soto, Gary Baseman, Joe Ledbetter, Peter Kuper, Jermaine Rogers, BXH, The Pizz, Dalek, Paul Frank, Ron English, Michelle Valigura, […]


31 Mar
Franco Brambilla unites AT-ATs with UltramanFranco Brambilla unites AT-ATs with Ultraman

Franco Brambilla is an Italian illustrator devoted to all things sci-fi, and is one of the main illustrators of the Urania and Urania Collezione sc-ifi book collection. In 2007 he launched the Invading the Vintage series, which features cute aliens, Star Wars icons, Grandizer and other Shogun Warriors invading vintage postcards. Some of the best […]


21 Aug
Never eat nerd-free gyozas again

Do you eat Ramen? Do you love Star Wars? Of course you do, you went to college and you have testicles. Well lucky for you Kotobukiya created these light saber chopsticks. What would life be without choices, so you can pluck spicy tuna rolls with Yoda, Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader chopsticks (no brainer). Fittingly, […]


12 Apr
Eddie Izzard's revisionist Star Wars saga

Jeff Vader…hmmmm, could this be the inspiration for the epic Chad Vader? No one will ever know, I suppose. Well, except for the guys that created Chad Vader but I’m getting off point. All I know is I love Eddie Izzard, back since the days when he used to wear make-up to stand out among […]