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Top 10 Stormtrooper Crossovers

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:02:00 EST

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San Diego ComicCon is almost upon us, and you know what that means -- stormtrooper costumes. Lots and lots of them. The white-armored villains have become so prevalent at every geek gathering that they hardly attract much notice, so they've had to get creative. Nowadays, you see Imperial Stormtroopers breaking rank and adding all kinds of weird and wonderful things to their standard issue armor, and becoming something weirdly meta in the process. Some of them, like the Elvis Stormtrooper, have become con celebrities in their own right (he's even got his own website, where he's reached a Kirk Lazarus level of crossover) and you can barely escape a con without a photo of them.

Galactic Binder has collected ten of the best stormtrooper crossovers they've seen. Seeing so many gathered in one place suggests that costumed Stormtroopers are becoming so ubiquitous that they'll soon attract as little attention as a plain Stormtrooper. Hell, maybe ordinary troopers will become so rare that spotting one will be like seeing a unicorn in the wild ...

So, check out the gallery below, and tell us your favorite. I'll echo Galactic Binder and give a special gold star to the samurai stormtrooper for going full circle by referencing Kurosawa.

Gallery: Imperial Stormtrooper Crossovers

Mysterious 'Ghostbusters' Announcement at ComicCon?

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:10:00 EST

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Mysterious 'Ghostbusters' Announcement at ComicCon?

You might remember that just this week, our intrepid reporter Ryan Stewart spoke to Sigourney Weaver, who insisted that a third Ghostbusters film would never be made.

And yet, there's something strange in the neighborhood. Slashfilm is out at WonderCon, and has photographic proof that a Ghostbusters announcement will be made at ComicCon 2008.

What kind of announcement? Is it that animated Ghostbusters 3 that Dan Aykroyd mentioned a year ago? Is it a DVD re-release? Or is there actually going to be a third live action film? ComicCon announcements are almost always BIG, and so any speculation can rarely be too out there. With all of the beloved 80's franchises being dusted off and little left sacred, it would not be a surprise that we're in for another installment.

CHUD's Devin Faraci is praying to Gozor that we aren't getting a third film. I might join him, except that my prayers were so futile when it came to bringing back Indiana Jones. So why not sound off below with your theories, hopes or cries of despair.