Star Warsfan Rebecca Crane found made a wonderful use of her spare time (which nerds seem to have an awful lot of) and created a map of The United States of Star Wars. Each state on the map represents a different planet/location from the Star Warsuniverse. Texas is Kessel, Oregon is Endor, Maine is Naboo…etc. Each state is based on similarities in geography as well as the type of people that reside there. Here is a little more info…

There are probably tens of planets that work for each state, I picked either the first one that I came to or the best fit.

Planets were assigned based on partial terrain, landmarks that correlate with the planet and state, types of people in the state and planet, famous landmarks, or slightly randomly selected (but loosely based on facts) from my brother and myself. 

In case you can identify all of the Star Wars States Rebecca made a list of what state corresponds with what planet. (AFTER THE JUMP)

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A mash-up made in heaven, this is.

Artist James Hance has created one of the greatest mash-ups I have ever seen – putting together Star Wars and Winne the Pooh.

The cast shows Han Solo as Christopher Robin, Chewbacca as Pooh Bear, R2D2 as Piglet, and (my personal favorite) an AT-AT as Eeyore.

Seriously, I do not think these illustrations could be cuter if he tried. You will be glad to know that you can buy prints of all the illustrations for $10 here through his website.

Check out all the pictures located below, as well as his adorable little captions.

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“These are not the posters you’re looking for…” But they are! Check out these minimalist poster interpretations of the original Star Wars flicks. Artist Andy Helms really captured the anticipation of battle in these prints for A New

Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

Unfortunately these prints are sold out, but check out the art below and tell us what you think!

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Swordplay is a major part of a lot of movies. Anti climactic, final fights or downright dirty army vs. army brawls. But these men are usually lead or inspired by ONE amazing warrior. Or the ONE  amazing warrior has a reason to keep on fighting..This is a list of the most amazing wielders of the blade in movies.

I can’t put these in Order from 1 to 10. So what I’m gonna have to do is keep it has the The Top 10 BEST. Such as ALL of them are the best. But that won’t satisfy you all, I am required to make an actual countdown. So my hand has been moved not by me but of my pain. My pain that I can’t leave well enough alone. and even though some are better or to correct myself…Some may be better to you… I want feedback. Please send me your ideas? Anybody I’m leaving out? And please Highlander nerds, PLEASE don’t tell me Kurgan or McLeod were left out! I implore you! All they did was grunt and bang swords together…Come up with some GOOD ones.

So here are the Top 10 Best Swordsmen! These are the elite, cinematically, proficiently and charismatically.

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There was a time where I related The Curse of Midichlorians destroying the ideology of of what it meant to be a real Jedi into a Jedi getting an STD. He was just a normal Jedi, until some dirty hooker gave him Midichlorians. I mean come on! This argument started in 1999 and will never end. There was NO reason to add that into the mix, it was like saying Hiel Hitler! In all the original Star Wars films, Han Solo, Mon Mothma , they all said “May the Force be with you” as a form of “Take it easy”.

Then Qui Gon Jinn took a sample from Annakin like checking his blood sugar, or cholesterol, and totally disregarding Obi Wan’s speech in A New Hope .

The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.

I call Midichlorians shenanigan BULLSHIT !! And this video proves that other people share my feelings with A herpes/Not so fresh commercials, selling a product for those Sith flareups VaderEX

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Right, so a few weeks ago, there was the whole deal with George Lucas wanting to sue and then deciding not to sue a company that made lightsaberesque laser-dealies. That was nice, because it wasn’t like they were going out of their way to use the Star Wars name in their marketing and whatnot.

This week, though, oy.

LucasFilm has filed a $5 trademark suit against a company that, in the dumbest Star Wars-related idea since midichlorians, calls itself–wait, wait for it–Jedi Mind, Inc. Said company, which has NO affiliation with LucasFilm, sells a headband that purports to read your brainwaves to control videogames or computer applications.

My first thought was, “Oh, so it’s about as useful as the Atari Mindlink, but has brass balls big enough to even think of using the name Jedi for the product.”

It’s not like a company that makes metric shitloads of money based on TRADEMARKED merchandise is likely to turn a blind eye to this sort of thing. I mean, why not just call it, “Hey, Neckbeard, I Dare You To Sue Me! Neener-Neener-Neener”?

Come on, people. Use your frickin’ brains here.

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So for the first time in our lives we got ourselves a fan made Star Wars film that doesn’t make us cringe in terror! Star Wars: A Light In The Dark is what we would get if they made Star Wars The Next Generation. This is part 1 of hopefully an even longer part 2, the only thing I can relate it to keeping in “Canon” of the real Star Wars universe is The Force Unleashed that was released for Xbox and PS3. The effects, the props, even the CG among the towns and forests is top fuck capital!!! The story is fantastic, and I can’t wait to see part 2.

Orlando, FL, creators PJ Tamayo and Fed Wetherbee saw this as their catalyst. A Star Wars fan film was the perfect project to put their talents to work as well as challenge them to go beyond their comfort zone. PJ Tamayo and Fed Wetherbee met several years ago in an MMA class. After punching and kicking each other for several weeks they started talking and discovered they had similar careers and aspirations. They had been looking for a project to work on together and began working on A Light in the Darkness in early 2010. Meeting the deadline of the Atom.com Fan Movie Challenge was daunting, but they were able to finish principle photography and editing in time to release a trailer. A Light in the Darkness’ trailer was a finalist in the 2010 Fan Movie Challenge on Atom.com

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Oh, shit balls. Of all the news we reported from Star Wars Celebration V we  forgot to mention who the winner was of this years  Star Wars Fan Film Awards. For those that don’t know, Star Wars Fan Film Awards is an annual contest put forth by Lucasfilm and Atomfilms to showcase and acknowledge the growing genre of fanfilms made by, for and about fans of the Star Wars saga. The inaugural contest in 2002 was the first time Lucasfilm had officially sanctioned the genre. The contest is limited to short film and/or video parodies, mockumentaries, and documentaries of the Star Wars universe and fan experience. At last weeks Star Wars Celebration V George Lucas, announced his pick for the 2010 Fan Movie contest. The film below, entitled “The Unconscious Sith” is a well-directed depiction of a young boy entering a comic book and moving from panel to panel, gradually becoming a Sith.

Eh, it’s high on the cute scale but an overall disappointment. Much like everything else that’s Lucas approved.

Did you know that you can “officially” smell like Leia and Lando from Star Wars? I’m putting “officially” in quotation marks because while I know that these new colognes are “officially” licensed LucasFilm products, I think they are “officially” stupid and likely “officially” smell like ass.

Ok, maybe they don’t smell like ass.

The “Slave Leia” perfume “includes floral top notes of white peach, lily, bergamot, heliotrope, and raspberry that dry down to a warm sultry mix of cashmere woods, musk, and night-blooming jasmine.”

The “Eau Lando” scent… well, who really cares what it actually smells like when its description tells you “Because a suave pirate-turned-respectable businessman deserves the best the galaxy has to offer – in surroundings, in belongings … and most certainly in female companionship.”

BigBadToyStore.com doesn’t offer a lot of information about the origins of the perfumes, but from the page titles, I’m going to guess that these were giveaways during Celebration V last week. Anyone know for sure?

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The fan-made masterpiece Star Wars Uncut is finally here. Don’t know what Star Wars: Uncut is? Last year former Vimeo developer Casey Pugh (not to be confused with PEW) invited the Internet to help him remake Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, one 15-second clip at a time. The most popular clips from fans would be compiled into the final film. Some filmmakers submitted their own Be King Rewind-style Sweded video reproductions, while others recreated scenes using various forms of animation and photography. The end result is a wonderfully crazy patchwork quilt of a film, which is exactly what it should be. Yes, Uncut is based on the remastered edition, but still. The project was launched in early 2009, and the movie has finally been completed and is available to watch for free online. Watch it right now below