A new wave of layoffs at video game mega-studio Electronic Arts has multiple impacts on the Pacific Northwest gaming industry, including the end of development on a Star Wars video… Read More
On a piece of wooded property not that far, far away from Seattle, a life-size C-3PO figure is visible through a front window of the house at the end of… Read More
It probably won’t make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, but Han Solo should definitely be piloting this new plane from Alaska Airlines. In celebration of May the… Read More
Funko is flying high on Thanksgiving Day. The Everett, Wash.-based pop culture products company played a popular part in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on… Read More
— Not many people can say they’ve traveled to space. Not many can say they were also the original developer of software so prevalent today that most people wouldn’t be… Read More
Over the past 42 years, filmgoers have seen exotic worlds come to life in a succession of Star Wars movies — a series that is now coming to a climax… Read More
Boeing’s heavy-duty drones, dressed up as X-Wing fighters, flew in for a cameo at last week’s dedication of Disney’s new “Rise of the Resistance” thrill ride in a Star Wars… Read More
Star Wars fans looking to stuff a little extra cuteness in someone’s stocking this holiday season will have to wait. But at least Baby Yoda is going to become a… Read More
— If you get bored shopping in the stores with everyone else on Thanksgiving weekend or have trouble finding a gift for a geeky family member — or even for… Read More
— You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in tech who doesn’t know about Visual Studio — and most of them probably use it. Now, with the launch of Visual Studio… Read More
— For the fifth year in a row, artists from the Pacific Northwest will showcase their work at The Seattle Art Fair beginning on Aug. 1 at the CenturyLink Field… Read More
— Films based on characters from Marvel comics have dominated the box office for the first half of the year. Avengers: Endgame is even getting a re-release in the hopes… Read More
Well, these were certainly the droids people were looking for on a Saturday in Seattle. Members of the Pacific Northwest R2 Builders Club gathered at the Museum of Flight and… Read More
— Seattle Arts and Lectures is hosting a conversation with Kara Swisher on May 7. Known for her New York Times opinion column and as the editor of Recode, she… Read More
Vonda N. McIntyre, a leader of Seattle’s science-fiction community who made her mark with “Star Trek” novels as well as the Clarion West Writers Workshop, has passed away at the… Read More
The Millennium Falcon may have made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, but a trailer combing bits of all 10 of the Star Wars films will make your… Read More
In 1982, the best toy you could get for Christmas was Kenner’s Death Star play set. It was big, rising seemingly to your waist, and included three floors upon which… Read More
If it gets as cold where you live as it did on the ice planet Hoth, hold tight before you slice open a tauntaun to keep yourself or a frozen… Read More
The Ewoks are going to want to run for their lives if this thing tramps through the woods of Oregon. A bipedal robot named Cassie, created at Oregon State University,… Read More
News Brief: A CNN survey suggests most Americans don’t back the Trump administration’s plans to create a new military branch known as the Space Force. The survey, based on a… Read More
Luke Skywalker was always looking to the stars. Stuck on a Tatooine farm with a dream of becoming a pilot, the Star Wars hero wanted to make a name for… Read More
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[Editor’s Note: We’ve steered clear of any meaningful spoilers, but if you’re trying to avoid any information at all about “Solo” … well, why did you click on this review?]… Read More
It has been nearly three years since Microsoft announced plans to make older Xbox games playable on Xbox One, and if there’s one area in which the company has pulled… Read More
Fire up the R2-D2 drink cart! Star Wars geeks are going to get Jabba’s Sail Barge, a nearly 4-foot-long replica of the vehicle that was featured in “Return of the… Read More
It seems like there is a new Star Wars movie, or a spinoff Star Wars movie, in theaters every six months lately. But the chance to see the sci-fi franchise’s… Read More
I’ve always found that education and learning can be so much more engaging, and successful, when you tie topics to a wider culture phenomenon. As a cybersecurity professional, this is… Read More
For Star Wars fans, it’s the hap-happiest season of all — and that makes dress-up artists like Kay Ahern something akin to Santa Claus. “Forget Christmas,” said Ahern, who was costumed… Read More
Beyond playing host to the opening of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” at his Seattle movie theater Cinerama on Thursday, Paul Allen has other connections to the beloved sci-fi film… Read More