Droids

Autonomous delivery startup Starship Technologies announced today it had raised $90mn on its mission to “make science fiction a reality” and roll out its self-driving robots across streets in Europe and the US.  There are sci-fi scenarios where robots turn on their makers, hunt them down, and initiate either the enslavement or the extinction of humanity. Then there are the R2-D2s and the BB8s of the genre — resourceful droid helpers that somehow manage to tug on our heartstrings nearly as much…

Image: LegoIn 1999, Star Wars changed the world all over again with the start of the prequel trilogy in The Phantom Menace—and changed the toy world all over again too. Not just with its own action figures though: 1999 saw Lego reveal its very first licensed subset in Lego Star Wars, and has been pillaging our savings with awesome toys ever since. So, to mark the 25th birthday of it all, the company is... well, pillaging those savings all over again.Today Lego confirmed the first details for a wave of special 25th…

Posted in: Comics, Marvel Comics, Preview | Tagged: star warsHold onto your lightsabers, the epic finale of Star Wars: Dark Droids #5 pits frenemies against the galaxy's greatest menace.Published Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:26:07 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Marvel's Star Wars: Dark Droids #5 drops on Dec 27, teeming with bot battles. The grand finale features a cliched alliance of the REBELLION & EMPIRE vs THE SCOURGE. Will the 'temporary' fate of warrior droid Ajax Sigma satisfy or just…

Posted in: Comics, Marvel Comics, Preview | Tagged: star warsThis week, in Star Wars: Dark Droids - D-Squad #3, R2-D2 may beep and boop his way into an unexpected droid romance.Published Sat, 18 Nov 2023 23:26:07 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Star Wars: Dark Droids - D-Squad #3 hits shelves on Nov 22, teasing R2-D2 in love. R2-D2's quest to aid C-3PO may lead to an unexpected droid romance with QT-KT. The comic, by Guggenheim & Espin with a Kuder cover, explores new droid emotions. …

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has no shortage of enemies on which to test your lightdsaber skills, but between Trade Federation battle-droids, Stormtroopers, and space pirates, one enemy stands above them all as the most devious. During your adventures across Jedi: Survivor's new planets, you might spot an unassuming little scavenger droid that'll make a quick getaway when you get too close to them.Sure, these pose zero threat to Cal Kestis, but the jerks do contain valuable resources within their shells that…

In today’s world it’s becoming ever more clear that artificial intelligence is coming for us all and there’s very little we can do to stop it. Now the heroes and villains of a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away are about to experience the same impending doom. Earlier today at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023, Marvel Comics announced Star Wars: Dark Droids, a new crossover event that will see the ever-present droids of the Star Wars universe turn on their friends and makers. The event will launch in August with a…

Screenshot: Disney+/LucasfilmAfter shots of the N1 flying through a storm, we see Mando visiting the Armorer. He tells her, “I’m going to Mandalore so that I may be forgiven for my transgressions” and we get the above reveal, the destroyed cityscape of a Mandalorian city—potentially Sundari, the planet’s capital city. Mandalore was ravaged in an event known as the Purge, as the Empire violently fought back against Mandalorian resistance—whose initial victory against the Empire was shown in Star Wars Rebels’ final…

via Lucasfilm Some Star Wars fans have realized how comfortable R2-D2 and C-3PO are with burning the Jawas on Tatooine in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.  Before Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi join Han Solo on the Millenium Falcon, the group burn a bunch of Jawas in a bonfire. Some Redditors have pointed out that R2-D2 and C-3PO just stood idly by, while the Jawas burned away. Most of the Reddit comments are joking about R2-D2 claiming that he’s seen much worse, with one Redditor saying, “That’s Tuesday…