Articles about Star Wars

Amazon updates its Luna gaming service to enable remote multiplayer sessions, add free games

The September update for Amazon’s cloud-based gaming service Luna comes with multiple new features, the most prominent of which is one that will allow up to 7 other players to remotely participate in the same gaming session. Read More

Marathon Star Wars celebration in Seattle will feature 11 films back on big screen at SIFF Cinema

Light sabers, camera, action! The Star Wars cinematic universe is returning to Seattle in a big way on the big… Read More

Seattle-area Star Wars collectors among group planning museum for film-related memorabilia

Four massive collections of Star Wars memorabilia, including two in the Seattle area, could come together under one museum roof… Read More

Seattle studio Ridgeline Games, led by ‘Halo’ co-creator, closes as part of EA cuts

A new wave of layoffs at video game mega-studio Electronic Arts has multiple impacts on the Pacific Northwest gaming industry,… Read More

Inside the ultimate Star Wars house, where two fans built a galaxy-sized collection of toys and more

On a piece of wooded property not that far, far away from Seattle, a life-size C-3PO figure is visible through… Read More

Jump to lightspeed! Alaska Airlines celebrates May the Fourth with Star Wars-themed aircraft

It probably won’t make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, but Han Solo should definitely be piloting this… Read More

A balloon with Pop! Funko flies high in annual Thanksgiving Parade with Grogu from ‘Mandalorian’

Funko is flying high on Thanksgiving Day. The Everett, Wash.-based pop culture products company played a popular part in the… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Meet Charles Simonyi; cosmic rays; Star Brews Beer Festival; and more

— Not many people can say they’ve traveled to space. Not many can say they were also the original developer… Read More

Not so far, far away: How the Star Wars galaxy falls short of the real-life search for planets

Over the past 42 years, filmgoers have seen exotic worlds come to life in a succession of Star Wars movies… Read More

Boeing helps Disney put X-Wing fighters into the air for dedication of ‘Star Wars’ thrill ride in Florida

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… Read More

Funko is making a Baby Yoda from Disney’s ‘The Mandalorian’ — but not in time for Christmas

Star Wars fans looking to stuff a little extra cuteness in someone’s stocking this holiday season will have to wait.… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: GeekCraft Expo; Saga of Skywalker; a startup pitch clinic; and more

— If you get bored shopping in the stores with everyone else on Thanksgiving weekend or have trouble finding a… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Visual Studio Live; Tech Diversity Summit; history of the PC; and more

— You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in tech who doesn’t know about Visual Studio — and most of them… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Tech at The Seattle Art Fair; blockchain convention; and DIY hardware development

— For the fifth year in a row, artists from the Pacific Northwest will showcase their work at The Seattle… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: ACE Comic Con, computer trivia, and the music of Star Wars

— Films based on characters from Marvel comics have dominated the box office for the first half of the year.… Read More

Star Wars droid builders roll out R2-D2, BB-8 and more to bring movies to life for kids of all sizes

Well, these were certainly the droids people were looking for on a Saturday in Seattle. Members of the Pacific Northwest… Read More

Calendar Picks: Silicon Valley’s ‘most-feared journalist’ Kara Swisher visits Seattle to talk tech

— Seattle Arts and Lectures is hosting a conversation with Kara Swisher on May 7. Known for her New York… Read More

Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019: Final novel adds to Seattle science-fiction star’s legacy

Vonda N. McIntyre, a leader of Seattle’s science-fiction community who made her mark with “Star Trek” novels as well as… Read More

The Star Wars trailer you’ve been looking for: All 10 films edited into 5-minute tease of iconic franchise

The Millennium Falcon may have made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, but a trailer combing bits of… Read More

That’s no Moon! How my son and I built our own ‘Death Star,’ and had a ton of fun doing it

In 1982, the best toy you could get for Christmas was Kenner’s Death Star play set. It was big, rising… Read More

Bundle up in Columbia’s new Star Wars parka, just like cast and crew wore for ‘Empire Strikes Back’

If it gets as cold where you live as it did on the ice planet Hoth, hold tight before you… Read More

The Star Wars fix we were looking for: Students turn their bipedal robot into a convincing AT-ST Walker

The Ewoks are going to want to run for their lives if this thing tramps through the woods of Oregon.… Read More

CNN survey suggests support for Space Force doesn’t match Star Wars appeal

News Brief: A CNN survey suggests most Americans don’t back the Trump administration’s plans to create a new military branch… Read More

This rocks: Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill thanks astronomer for naming an asteroid after him

Luke Skywalker was always looking to the stars. Stuck on a Tatooine farm with a dream of becoming a pilot,… Read More

TLDR: Starbucks & Amazon respond to Seattle tax vote, Surface Hub 2, new Star Wars movie

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

Even in a galaxy far, far away, ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ feels like a swashbuckling Western

[Editor’s Note: We’ve steered clear of any meaningful spoilers, but if you’re trying to avoid any information at all about… Read More

Three years later, Microsoft’s bet on Xbox One backward-compatible games is still paying off

It has been nearly three years since Microsoft announced plans to make older Xbox games playable on Xbox One, and… Read More

Star Wars fans spend $3.85M to back Jabba’s Barge, Hasbro’s biggest Star Wars toy vehicle ever

Fire up the R2-D2 drink cart! Star Wars geeks are going to get Jabba’s Sail Barge, a nearly 4-foot-long replica… Read More

Tickets going at lightspeed for concert featuring original Star Wars film and Seattle Symphony music

It seems like there is a new Star Wars movie, or a spinoff Star Wars movie, in theaters every six… Read More

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ trailer lacks a familiar voice, but looks like another sci-fi winner

Is it too late to send Harrison Ford back in time to play a young Han Solo? OK, fine. I… Read More