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Disney acquires Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion

, Oct 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

In what may be considered as the acquisition of all acquisitions, the Walt Disney Company has bought Lucasfilm Ltd. for just over $4 billion. The production company is responsible for all six Star Wars movies, as well as the Indiana Jones series, The Land Before Time, and American Graffiti. Read The Full Story

Angry Birds Star Wars unveils first gameplay video

, Oct 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

We've been hearing from Rovio a lot lately due to their upcoming Angry Birds and Star Wars mash-up title. Several teaser trailers have already been released to the public, but today we're getting our first glimpse at the gameplay of Angry Birds Star Wars. We don't get to see a lot, but we finally get to see what it will look like. Read The Full Story

New Angry Birds Star Wars teaser shows they’re too short to be stormtroopers

, Oct 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

In typical fashion, Rovio has released another teaser for its upcoming Star Wars-themed Angry Birds sequel. It's a lot similar to the last teaser we saw, in that it shows a short clip from A New Hope, followed by another short clip that features the Angry Birds in some fashion. This time around, Princess Leia and an Angry Birds stormtrooper make an appearance. Read The Full Story

Star Wars: The Old Republic free-to-play limitations detailed

, Oct 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

We've known for a while now that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be going free-to-play, but at first, neither BioWare nor Electronics Arts wanted to get into details when it came to restrictions for free players. Today, we might be finding out why the companies kept these details a secret for so long. BioWare has listed the free-to-play limitations on the SWTOR official site, and as it turns out, players who don't want to pay anything to play are going to have a lot of restrictions to deal with. Read The Full Story

New Angry Birds Star Wars teaser features the Millennium Falcon

, Oct 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Star Wars is popular -- that's about as simple as you could put it. So it's no wonder that companies and brands are licensing the movie franchise in order to boost sales. Microsoft did it with their Xbox 360 and Motorola with their DROID 2. Rovio has now joined in on the fun and released another teaser trailer for Angry Birds Star Wars that will surely whet your appetite. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 8, 2012

, Oct 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Monday evening everyone. Today featured a couple of a big stories, including the House Intelligence Committee warning of Huawei and ZTE potentially allowing the Chinese government to spy on the US. Huawei was quick to release a statement giving us its own side of the story and defending its business, and those US lawmakers also delivered a list of five things the government must do to prevent Huawei and ZTE from helping China with espionage. Read The Full Story

Angry Birds Star Wars details continue to spill

, Oct 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Those of you waiting for the release of Rovio's Angry Birds Star Wars game release will have to wait until November 8th, but for now, you've got details upon details spilling in all directions. What we know thus far is that you'll be working with Angry Birds that are specific to their character - Luke Skywalker, Rebel Pilot will be one without a doubt. What we've also learned since this morning's big re-announcement is that Angry Luke will be carrying a lightsaber - and that Han, Chewie, Leia, and the rest will be bringing their own heat as well. Read The Full Story

Angry Birds Star Wars coming November 8

, Oct 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Rovio has kept up on its word about giving us some more details on the Stars Wars-themed Angry Birds sequel that was teased on Friday. Rovio has officially announced Angry Birds Star Wars, and it'll be available for download on iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac on November 8 -- exactly one month from now. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 5, 2012

, Oct 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

We've arrived at another Friday evening, which means that the weekend lies ahead. Today, as many of you probably already know, was the one-year anniversary of the passing of Steve Jobs. Apple paid tribute to Jobs in a new video released today, and it was announced that three modified MacBook Pros will be auctioned off in memory of Jobs. On the lighter side of things, Lenovo is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ThinkPad with a look back through time, and Samsung's profits for Q3 2013 managed to break company records (not an easy thing to do, considering how popular Samsung is). Read The Full Story

Rovio teases Star Wars-themed Angry Birds sequel

, Oct 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you thought the Angry Birds series couldn't possibly get any better than the last installment, Angry Birds Space, you might be in for a big surprise. Rovio just teased an image that hints at a possible Star Wars-themed Angry Birds sequel, complete with an animated GIF that shows off the iconic light saber. Read The Full Story

ThinkGeek unveils new Star Wars gear

, Aug 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Earlier this morning I talked a bit about the Star Wars Wampa ice scraper. That is certainly the coolest way to get ice off your windshield during the winter I've ever seen. ThinkGeek also has some other new Star Wars theme gadgets that geeks will appreciate. I think a couple of these might spawn some new memes. Read The Full Story

Star Wars Wampa Ice Scraper Mitt is winter genius

, Aug 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Did you ever wonder what became of the hand Luke chopped off that Wampa that wanted to eat him on the icy planet of Hoth? I like to imagine that fuzzy Wampa arm crawled around the icy planet like Michael Caine's mitt in the 80's flick "The Hand." Only the Wampa hand was nice and instead of trying to choke the life out of you, it would scrape the ice off your snow speeders windshield. Read The Full Story
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