RECESSION HURTING EVEN DARTH VADER

SETAUKET, N.Y. - A man dressed as Star Wars villain "Darth Vader" robbed a bank in New York on Thursday.

Police said the man pointed a gun – not a light sabre – at the teller and demanded money.
Surveillance video caught the character wearing a cape and mask. Minutes later, witnesses saw Vader come barreling out of the bank.
The robbery comes a week after another robber, dubbed the "bouquet bandit," held up a Manhattan bank. Before he left he sais, Luke I am your Robber!! Just kidding.

via: myfoxphilly

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ADIDAS INTERGALACTIC PROMO

Snoop Dogg, Ciara, David Beckham, and more meet C-3PO, R2-D2, and Chewbacca in a cantina far, far away in the out-of-this-world commercial for the adidas Originals x Star Wars collaboration. Snoop proves dangerous with the lightsaber, while Ciara makes some intergalactic friends at the bar.

Check the video after the jump.

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OPRAH COMMENTS ON THE BOOK AND HER NEW DAD

Here's Oprah commenting on the unofficial biography that is out and also on the guy that says he is Oprah's father. Not as exciting though as this father revelation @ the 1:43 mark.

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LET THE FORCE BE WITH YOU SORTA

For some reason, steampunk-anything seems cool, but when you steampunk a stormtrooper helmet, you can be sure that you’ve got something really cool on your hands. Of course, there wasn’t any steampunk stormtrooper running around in Star Wars, but you have to admit that this steampunk stormtrooper helmet is extremely cool.

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STAR WARS TOYS

The new Hasbro Star Wars AT-AT ($100) is a behemoth toy worthy of the All Terrain Armored Transport name, measuring in at over two feet tall, nearly 28 inches long, and 12 inches wide, with room inside for up to 20 action figures, LED lights, authentic movie sounds and phrases, projectile-firing cannons, a deployable speeder bike, a retractable zip-line to recreate Luke’s dramatic rise, articulated legs for maximum poseability, an included 3.75-inch AT-AT driver action figure, and tons of other details that make this the AT-AT toy to have. This is on my wish list.

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