Literally the day before the event, my daughter (an anime fan) asked if we could attend SpartanCon at the Spartanburg County Public Librar...

Although one could argue (and many do) that the 25th of May is the better-suited date, the geeky play-on-words "May the 4th Be With...

A long time ago, on this very blog, I posted something nebulous about rapper Kanye West. Bear in mind that was prior to his notoriously car...

Only two years after 2010's Star Wars Celebration V , Orlando played host once again to the year's largest Star Wars convention as...

Time for a confession. Today was the first time I've trooped in more than a year. If it weren't for the good graces of my Carolina G...

Here's the Reuters article from July 27, 2011, that gives us an update on the lawsuit between Lucasfilm and Andrew Ainsworth's Shep...

Okay, so the term "flash mob" is a bit of an exaggeration. This early-morning 501st event in uptown Charlotte, NC, was a planned p...

It's been a few years since Museum Replicas acquired the license to produce Star Wars costume replicas, but we finally got a gander at...

The company known as eFX Collectibles acquired the license to produce certain items that were being made by the now-defunct Master Replicas...

Rain or shine, the trooping must go on. Trooped in armor for the first time in more than a year and was glad that that suit still fits, albe...