Category Archive: Star Wars

My Dinner With Boba & Vader

A long time ago(1980?) in a shopping mall far, far away (in Macon, GA), I got to meet Darth Vader and Boba Fett.  It was prior to the release of The Empire Strikes Back, so it must have been a marketing push to make people aware of the sequel.  How silly does that sound now? …

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Sharad Hett Costume

I got an email from a 501st/Rebel Legion Tusken friend today asking if I could provide her with costume references for a Star Wars expanded universe comic book character called Sharad Hett.  He’s a former Jedi Knight turned Tusken Raider, if you can believe that, and he has a son named A’Sharad Hett, so there’s …

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The Old Electrobinoculars Tutorial is BACK!

Way back when, I made a do-it-yourself tutorial for Star Wars Electrobinoculars that I hosted on my other site, freakengine.com. Since then, I’ve turned FE into a movie review site and haven’t had this tutorial posted anywhere. Well, what better place than costumebot?  Check it out HERE.

I was a Tusken Raider in an Official Lucasfilm Promo Spot

Yeah, it doesn’t sound quite as good as “I was a teenage werewolf” but it was a lot of fun.  A short while back cable network Spike TV had the exclusive rights to air the Star Wars saga.  They came up with some great promotional ideas too.  Maybe you saw some of the billboards and …

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Master Replicas UK Exclusive Stormtrooper Helmet Review

It’s most likely the last Master Replicas Star Wars product to hit the market and it’s also one of the most affordable. This stormtrooper helmet, dubbed by some the CE, is a UK exclusive but there are plenty of folks bringing them over to this side of the pond. Originally a Play.com exclusive, you can …

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