Star Wars is more than just action and eye candy, the movie also taught us a few good love lessons.
Here at YourTango, there are certain holidays we like to celebrate the heck out of: Valentine's Day; Mother's Day; World Nutella Day. Today is Star Wars Day, and we're super excited to have a legitimate outlet for our general geekery. And because we also tend to have love on the brain, we decided to look at one of our favorite movie franchises through heart-shaped lenses, and share with you what Star Wars taught us about love.
Family Guy, Robot Chicken actor ties the knot with his longtime love at Skywalker Ranch.
Seth Green, the voice behind Chris Griffin on Family Guy and the creator of the Adult Swim program Robot Chicken, married his girlfriend, actress Clare Grant, on Saturday at George Lucas's wine country Skywalker Ranch. The couple began dating in 2008 when Clare did a voice on Robot Chicken, and they got engaged at the New Year.
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Carrie Fisher's memoirs, Wishful Drinking, takes aim at everyone.
Star Wars siren Carrie Fisher has a new book coming out about her life. The book, Wishful Drinking, is based on a one woman show she's been performing for some time. The gist is that she's had a lot of f*cked up relationships, hooked up with her fair share of Hollywood, and is blamed by her ex-husband for turning him gay. Also, she was in one of the best episodes of 30 Rock to date.
Love Lexicon's Geek Chic Edition, where geek love is totally chic!
YourTango's Love Lexicon is a dating dictionary with all the words you need to date and mate in 2008. This episode: Vader dater, mac daddy, and briefing. Love Lexicon's Geek Chic Edition, where geek love is totally chic!
A Star Wars wedding in a galaxy far far too close.
Hey, another Star Wars themed wedding right here in the good old US of A. A couple from Portland decided that the best way to tie the knot would be to invite a few friends over, dress up all sci-fi, and do this damn thing. Well done. Screw societal norms.
If you're not versed in Klingon; you're probably better off elsewhere.
So, when checking out SweetonGeeks.com, a site billing itself as "A Dating Space Where Gray Matters," I was expecting to encounter a bunch of trendy geek touches, like thick-rimmed glasses and Battlestar Galactica discussion forums.
Mensa ads on the home page and a browse through the site's video links (a girl completing a Rubicks Cube in 17 seconds, an animated "Code Monkey" music video) assured me SweetonGeeks is not for "feeks" (faux geeks), and that only the truly nerdy need apply. Adding further to its geek cred is the founder, who once sought geek love himself. He writes on the site about knowing he'd found his wife when "he met a girl who at first seemed like all the rest. Until, she laughed with a snort and a chortle at his Star Wars references."
Carrie Fisher says that she and Harrison Ford got intimate filming Star Wars.
According to an interview for a new documentary on Star Wars, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford hooked up on set. Fisher says that she went into the movie looking for an affair and made it happen with her costar. So any sexual tension was real. Huh, never would have thought that.
A round-up of Star Wars, Star Trek and goth geeks getting hitched.
You wore Vera Wang—he wore Boba Fett? Or maybe he wore powder blue, and you were Seven of Nine. Either way, it seems there's a new trend in wedding attire, and it's anything but chaste and white. In fact, the cool kids at Wired have gathered a fantastic collection of geeks at the altar. And, as I seem to have stirred up a lot of unwitting controversy with my recent article Why Geeks Are The New Chic, I'm here to tell you about it. So that I can just say this: See, I know geeks have game. They get hitched. And they live happily ever after in dual-joystick households. Now I just have one question: If you say "I do" in Klingon, is it legally binding?
