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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

Since 2017, the Vespa-maker Piaggio's Fast Forward division has been exploring a unique way to cut down on car trips: Building robots that can follow you around and carry your stuff. We called its ...

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, ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...