Vader with a purple saber? I was at a local Toys R'us yesterday, and there I saw a Darth Vader standee. The unusual thing about it was that he was holding a purple bladed lightsaber. I looked closer at it to see if it was...

Art of Star Wars exhibit in Singapore Second Asian country to host the exhibit after Japan. 250 props and artifacts. 60% of which will come from Revenge of the Sith. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing.

Fictional Characters telling lies For some reason, people, especially the fanboys, can't accept fictional characters acting dumb or telling lies in a story unless this was revealed to be so later on in the story.

Star Wars according to the average Asian youth Last month, I was at a bookstore here in Singapore and I overheard two locals talking about Star Wars. What they said is typical of what the average Asian youth thinks of Star Wars in general. Here is a transcript of it as best as I can remember:

What if Luke had not used his weapon in the cave? (ESB) I've never really thought about this until recently. Prior to sending Luke into the cave, Yoda had said to him, "Your weapons. You will not need them." When Luke meets "Darth Vader" in the cave, he either forgets Yoda's advice or...

Coolest stuff in my Star Wars collection Your own collection is probably cooler and larger than mine. But anyway, here is my list of my coolest items in my collection.

My "not-set-in-stone" ranking of the SW movies Actually, I like all 6 movies equally. I think they were all done with the same amount of effort, in the same style. If I were forced to make a list ranking my favorite SW movies in order, (which I just did), this would be it:

The short handy Ep III "new" planet guide This guide is meant to help you remember the names of the many new planets when they appear in ROTS, with as short a description as possible.

Meanings to Star Wars names I bet you didn't know Naboo. In the Chinese dialect of Hokkien, if you pronounce Naboo the way George Lucas does ("Nei-boo", like in the Ep I DVD behind-the-scenes stuff), it refers to...

Grievous the slimy coward The idea of a non-Force sensitive warrior who can fight lightsaber duels with multiple Jedi at once, and not only making them look stupid but actually defeat them, it's like in a movie called "Like Mike", where...