No longer content with destroying childhoods en masse through fucking with the Star Wars movies, a strangely leprechaun-like Lucas has decided to ruin childhoods one person at a time by a diabolical use of digital “enhancements” and deleted scenes. I thought it was pretty funny, although I was kind of mesmerized by Lucas’ hair and wondering what it was made of, if it was sculpted metal, or something else entirely. Which is very true to the original Lucas’ hair, you have to admit.Thanks to Andr? M. for the tip.
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.