The Real Star Wars

Like many of you, I am a sucker for Star Wars Episodes IV, V, and VI. There's something to be said about some old footage of space battles and the blaring imperial march that went off every time that Darth Vader Strolled into the room. However, I still have to give the newer films their due. From epic film scores like "Dual of the Fates" (which I have to admit, is an amazing workout song) to some pretty cool action footage, Episodes I, II, and III do have a large a...

It's engrained in all of our memories, the blur of lights which signaled a ships hyper drive activation. Massive Star Destroyers, Tantive IV's, and even Death Stars traveling entire galaxies in no time at all. I know it sounds impossible for modern human technology to allow us to traverse the universe that quickly, right? The answer to this question is not as straight forward as yes and no, because it is both.

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I remember when I was six years old and watching Star Wars Episode One with my dad. To this day I still remember being floored when the first blaster shot rang out. "What was this? Did that gun just shot a beam of light? Now this was a Science-Fiction universe I could get behind!" Well, much like all the rest of the content that you will be able to find on this site, these blasters (guns which seemingly shoot light) exist in our ...

It is no secret to anyone who has seen the Star Wars films that the saga is set on many planets such as: Tatooine, Alderaan, Bespin, Hoth, Yavin, and Endor (just to name a few). However, according to the European Southern Observatory , exoplanets such as these were not proven to exist until 1995, close to twenty years after the release of Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977. Since then, close to 450 planets have been discovered in far off galaxies using a vast variety of differe...

Do you remeber that part in Episode 5 where Luke Skywalker recieves a new robotic hand after his father cut off his real one? Of corse you do! When I was a child, I remeber looking at Luke's new hand thinking, "He must control that with the force!" Well it turns out that mankind has caught up to the Star Wars Universe on this one. Due to modern technology, many people enjoy the freedom which comes from recieving a robotic limb.It turns out that, as a child, I WAS RIGHT! These p...