Stormtroopers, Sand people, Ewoks and all the favorite characters from Star Wars including Darth Vader and R2-D2 marched into Pasadena for the Rose Bowl Parade.

The parade featured a three part ensemble called the ”Star Wars Spectacular.” The entry commemorated the 30th anniversary of the release of the first Star Wars film in 1977. George Lucas was on hand as well as a large group of Star Wars fans who dressed up as Storm Troopers to march in the parade. Lucas also served as the Grand Marshal of th parade. The Storm Troopers were from …

After checking out the Star Wars Exhibit at OMSI here in Portland, curiosity arose as to where a guy could get his own Star Wars items, and our searches brought us at least one reasonably priced droid.

Hammacher Schlemmer has a voice activated R2-D2 droid replica that you can get for about $120 that follows 40 different voice commands and has an infrared sensor to detect objects and movement.

The movement detection can sound an alarm when in sentry mode, and the R2-D2 will make noises and mimic …