I just spotted a good price on the original Star Wars Trilogy. Â Amazon has the whole set for $35. Yes, these are the remastered, re-edited versions. Â You’ll have a heck of a time trying to get an original cut nowadays. For those unfamiliar with Star wars, it tells the touching …
Read More »What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Economics
One of my favorite economists wrote a post dissecting the economics of Star Wars. A fav economics analyzing a fav movie franchise = win. He makes some interesting points about what people’s actions in Star Wars tell us about value-creation–that sometimes you can create value without creating anything. Â Merely identifying …
Read More »An Actual Star Wars Cantina is Opening
The Star Wars Cantina music is pretty catchy and seems like a happenin’ spot.  Well, aside from potentially getting shot if you are a bounty hunter. Now, an actual Star Wars Cantina is opening. From Nerdist: We’re excited to exclusively announce the Scum and Villainy Cantina is coming to Hollywood …
Read More »Star Wars, Marvel, and Other Disney Figurines Market Down to $1.99-$4.99 (Poe is $2.99!)
Best Buy has a decent sale on Disney figurines. Â Most of them are Star Wars / Marvel, but other Disney figurines are included in this. Â (Tinker Bell, Phineas, Mad Hatter, etc). Shipping is not included, unless you spend over $35. Â However, you may pick up for free in-store. Here’s a …
Read More »An Orchestra of Jedi Children Played the Star Wars Theme with Lightsabers
No, this isn’t a dream I had last night.  (Though once, I dreamed that an army of storm troopers started tap dancing to Tea for Two). I’m sadly serious about that. A group of children from  École de l’Harmonie elementary school in Quebec, Canada dressed up as jedi and disguised their bows as lightsabers while …
Read More »The Future is Now: Play Your Music on a Floating Death Star
Yesterday, I discovered a new area of Amazon, LaunchPad. It features cutting-edge technological products from start ups. Â So I spent a good chunk of yesterday just browsing through the different products on it. And then I came across the magical death star. Okay, so it doesn’t CALL itself a death …
Read More »The Force Awakens Deleted Scenes that Explain Some Plot Holes
I loved the Force Awakens, but there where some things in the film that didn’t quite make sense. What I’m going to say after this is spoiler-y, so here’s a picture while you decide if you want spoilers. So some questions people had after the Force Awakens were: How does …
Read More »The Coolest Star Wars Things I’ve Seen Lately (Non-Spoilers)
I keep spotting Star Wars related content that I think is worth sharing, but isn’t quite worthy of its own post.  Now that I’ve got some assembled, here they are! Ever want to make the blue milk of Tatooine? Uh… yeah, me either. But after you read this bartender’s take on …
Read More »Up close and Personal with the R2-D2 DreamLiner Plane
The R2D2 Plane When I heard that real_jetstr was going to be on the inagural R2-D2 astromech ANA flight, I just had to get the scoop from him. Â Luckily, he agreed to share his trip’s experience with Le Chic Geek. Â And here it is in all it’s glory! —————————- There …
Read More »No, You Can’t Eat the Han-Solo-Frozen-in-Carbonite Pop Tarts
These have been making the rounds on my Facebook. Â And while it looks delicious, it is completely inedible. Behold, the Han Solo Pop Tart Art: Part of this balanced breakfast…… Pop-art: Frosted Han Solo coming soon to a galaxy near you. #resin #art #toys #Falcontoys #feedmeresin #StarWars #HanSolo #Poptart A …
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