Lego Star Wars Nativity Scene Is Instant Nerd Test
Larry Lars made this Lego Star Wars nativity scene with the family Skywalker, a Scout Trooper angel, bounty hinters as wise men, and furry humanoid aliens as the shepherds, I geuss. It’s fun and cute, but what I really want to point out is this:
If, within the first 20 seconds of seeing this pictures, you had the thought “Hey, Greedo wasn’t one of the Empire Strikes Back bounty hunters–this is all wrong!” congratulations. You are a huge fucking nerd. I’m happy to have the company. (Via Star Wars Blog)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.