Star Wars Lego models are seen at the Bricks & Figs museum in Krakow, Poland, on April 15, 2023. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images If you are a Star Wars fan, Jens Kronvold Frederiksen may have crafted your childhood. A design director at the Denmark-based Lego company, he has spent the past 25 years creating … Read more
Melting an ice cube takes 3.34 x 105 joules per kilogram. So a single ice cube with a mass of 50 grams would take 16,700 joules. You can already see that melting stuff takes a bunch of energy. If you want to melt a metal door, you have to do two things—increase the temperature to … Read more
May the 4th be with you, it’s Star Wars Day. Today (Saturday) marks the annual celebration of all things Star Wars, as fans around the world indulge in everything from a galaxy far, far away. George Lucas’ original 1977 blockbuster has gone on to become a multi-billion dollar multimedia franchise that has spanned almost 50 … Read more
Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced plans to release a surprise update for Star Wars Day. Fortnite will celebrate Star Wars Day on May the 4th with a boatload of new items, skins and songs across Battle Royale, LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite Festival. The final major download before the current season comes to an end in a … Read more
Disney have announced a couple of new release dates and delayed one of their upcoming blockbusters. Star Wars TV show The Mandalorian is getting the big screen treatment with The Mandalorian and Grogu set for release in cinemas on May 22, 2026. It’s currently unclear if there will be a fourth season of the series … Read more
Two of my favourite games from the original Xbox are making a comeback this week, as Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection hit PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch. Featuring the 2004 multiplayer classic and its 2005 sequel Star Wars Battlefront 2, the Classic Collection has a March 14 release date … Read more
During Queen’s US tours of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the band recruited hulking great big members of the Northwestern American football team to be their security. Becoming Head of Security at just 22, Walt “Wally” Versen admitted it was “a bit like hiring the Cambridge rowing team to be your security staff!” During … Read more
Believe it or not, the Walt Disney Company has been active for 100 years. And to celebrate the centenary, a historic 100th Anniversary Exhibition hit London’s ExCel Centre at the end of last year, beginning October 13, 2023. While the massive event was supposed to last for just a few months, it sold more than … Read more
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Screenshot: Chilevision on YouTube Chilean car wash owner Matias Jara is being sued by Disney’s Lucasfilm movie studio, which claims its name and branding could mislead people into believing the car wash is somehow affiliated with the studio. According to a report by Reuters, Jara received the suit while trying to file the Star Wash … Read more
