Welcome to our latest and greatest edition of Star Wars is Everywhere! We're all over the place this week with items including pop culture references, Star Wars under the stars, random fun videos, legal arguments, fun toys and more. Enjoy!





Gizmodo provides views of what looks to be a real-life Echo base located in the Arctic Circle. It's actually a research station, but that doesn't mean we can't pretend. Just keep an eye out for giant metal camels!
(Thanks Jeff!)




From the cold to the hot, Space.com cuts down our hopes of finding the real-life Tatooine:

"Tight double-star systems with the dusty remains of huge planet collisions may not be the best places to look for extraterrestrial life, a new study has found.

Researchers examining data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope noticed a surprisingly large amount of dust around three mature, close-orbiting star pairs. Astronomers think the dust could be the aftermath of tremendous planetary collisions.

"This is real-life science fiction," said study leader Jeremy Drake of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "Our data tell us that planets in these systems might not be so lucky ? collisions could be common. It's theoretically possible that habitable planets could exist around these types of stars, so if there happened to be any life there, it could be doomed."

Click here for the full read.
(Thanks again Jeff!)




Star Wars and Han Solo are invoked in a breakdown of a court decision in the blog entry titled, "You Don?t Own Anything: Vernor v. Autodesk" from An Associate's Mind.
(Thanks Keith!)




Spinner.com reports that Jeff Tweedy, of the band Wilco, is a big Star Wars fan.




Baristanet.com and Maplewood.Patch.com display write-ups and images from a recent and rather successful Star Wars Under the Stars event in New Jersey's Maplewood Memoria Park.




The Poop at SFGate.com examines some Star Wars fan favorite "fringe" characters.




While I know we've featured various versions of the Imperial March in the past, how can you possibly get sick of the Imperial March, right? Waylou showcases 17 different versions here.





In honor of the Season 3 premiere, Mania.com provides a list of their favorite toys from The Clone Wars.




Congrats to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama for breaking attendance records this summer and for netting $2.7 million thanks to Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination. Read about it at AI.com.




The Newburyport Daily News of Massachussetts reports on a local author's Star Wars inspiration...

Growing up is hard to do. Some kids have imaginary friends, some kids withdraw, and others still find solace in fictional characters or books.

For Tony Pacitti, who hails from Rowley, "Star Wars" became his savior from bullies and difficult times during childhood.

He has chronicled his journey in his just-released memoir, "My Best Friend is a Wookiee: One Boy's Journey to Find His Place in the Galaxy."

It all began one particularly difficult day as a 7-year-old when Pacitti's mom let him watch "The Empire Strikes Back." By movie's end, a love of all things "Star Wars" was born. He would go on to use the movies as a source of comfort, guidance and wisdom when things got tough.

"'The Empire Strikes Back' was an inspiring but bleak story where the good guys never really won, yet they never gave up hope," said the self-described geek and "Star Wars" fanatic. "I could relate to that, and from then on the stories were my inspiration on not-so-good days, which unfortunately were often.""

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The Official Starwars.com Blog is always a great place to look for items that fall into the Star Wars is Everywhere category. This looks to have been a busy week in that respect. Click on the following links to posts of which we may not have linked or covered this week...

Kanye Wookiee?!
Gamorrean Guard Qee by Jon-Paul Kaiser
The Empire Strikes Chess!
Predator Podrace?
Star Wars Shout Outs in ?G33k & G4M3R Girls? Music Video
Ackbar Potato Discovered!
Mondo Limited-Edition Tatooine Print
The Secret Life of a Darth Vader Toy
Let?s Hear It For This Cool Star Wars Ear Tattoo
Ewok in a DeLorean!?
Whimsical Star Wars Art by Chris Bishop




Star Wars shows up on a promotional video celebrating 75 years of 20th Century Fox. Check out the video below via Deadline.com:
(Thanks Kyle!)







Our friend Shane (Jade Jedi) sent over the following:

"Hey guy's, here's a vid from an Ausrtalian band called 'The Audreys' featuring members of the 501st Terror Australis Garrison's Knightfall Squad.

Gota love those dancing stormies. Oh and there are a couple of Jedi in there as well."
(Thanks Shane!)








And just for fun as a tribute to the new fall TV season...