He also worked on the first three ‘Indiana Jones’ movies and ‘Poltergeist’ before staging his first combat event in 1994. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Marc Thorpe, who created special effects for Star ...

Yuzzums are a sentient species native to the forest moon of Endor in Star Wars. These tall, fur-covered beings have long limbs, round bodies, and expressive faces. Unlike the more famous Ewoks, ...

Marc Thorpe, the visual effects artist who worked on various Star Wars and Indiana Jones films and created the Robot Wars concept in the early 1990s — around the same time he was first diagnosed with ...

Inspired by the wheel-bodied battle droids from Star Wars, a scientist has created a robot that rolls along on one big wheel, using extendable legs to steer. Instead of smashing the Rebel Alliance, ...

Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF), a subsidiary of the Vespa-maker Piaggio Group, has teamed up with Disney and Lucasfilm to release a Star Wars-themed version of its Gitamini cargo robot. Called G1T4-M1N1, ...

Regal Robot is back with its latest Star Wars Archive Collection release, unveiling a timed edition scaled prop replica of the Exogorth. Famously known as the "space slug," from The Empire Strikes ...

Marc Thorpe, the visual effects artist who created the hit television series “Robot Wars” in which customized radio-controlled robots fight in metal arenas, has died. Thorpe was 77. Thorpe died on ...

In this video, I unbox the newest Regal Icons Star Wars busts from Regal Robot and take a detailed look at what sets them ...

The toy version of BB-8 -- a round, beeping, rolling robot that will appear in the upcoming "Star Wars" movie -- has its origins not so far, far away. The toy version of BB-8 -- a round, beeping, ...

Star Wars TV Shows The new Lego Star Wars show features the most bizarre crossover yet in a galaxy far, far away: Obi-Wan and Knights of the Old Republic's Darth Revan Star Wars TV Shows Star Wars: ...

A young man on a desolate desert planet discovers he has mystical powers and rises up to lead a fanatical rebellion to overthrow an oppressive galactic empire. Stop us if you've heard this one before.

ANA has revealed the final details about the retirement of its C-3PO-themed Boeing 777, effectively drawing the iconic ...