transboyizumida:

archiemcphee:

Sometimes a Stormtrooper wants to feel extra fancy and the only thing for it is to get all dressed up like they’re wearing your family’s best china. That is, assuming your family china pattern includes AT-ATs and Galactic Empire symbols, which we hope it does.

The Porcelain Stormtrooper is a brand new 1/6th scale action figure from Hot Toys. It comes with two different blasters, a variety of interchangeable gloved hands, and a specially designed matching stand.

Currently available for pre-order, this fancy-schmancy Stormtrooper is expected to ship mid-2017.

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[via io9]

This is exactly my aesthetic

ages (and fun extras) of rogue one characters according to the visual guide (some spoilers)

flarechaser:

  • Jyn – 21
    • 8 when Krennic kills her mom and kidnaps her dad
    • had some great toys as a kid like im super jealous
  • Cassian – 26
    • his family died in the clone wars
    • was not quite a separatist but almost
      • basically the bottle kids from trailer park boys, he threw bottles and rocks at clones etc
      • was pretty much an anarchy punk kid until the rebellion recruited him
    • held the Fulcrum title for a time, but only in one sector
  • Bodhi – 25
    • a Jedha native! so he got to watch part of his planet blow up
    • and got to see the empire strip his planet of all its resources
    • probably took the job with the empire because his family was starving
    • gambler, specifically gambled as a coping mechanism
    • it specifically says he doesn’t take good care of his uniform, probably as part of passive resistance
  • Baze – 53
    • built and modded his weapons
    • guardians aren’t supposed to have long hair
    • doesn’t really see the difference between Saw and Mothma’s rebels
      • as long as everyone is shooting at the empire he literally does not care
    • has apparently been off world, not sure where
    • really, really hates the empire
      • like really, wow
    • loves chirrut so much like whoa
  • Chirrut – 52
    • loves baze so much like whoa
    • might be implied he wasn’t always blind
    • built his light bow
    • he has an echo box that probably helps him figure out movement/landscape
    • the staff has a kyber shard in it for the same purpose
    • the guardians apparently used the starbird symbol first, and he has a pretty sweet necklace of it
    • guardians “do not emphasize the discord between lightness and darkness”
      • my bro my dude what were you doing 20 years ago
      • do you think you could do a mentoring program or something with a Troubled Young Jedi
        • And maybe save the galaxy by just like
          • letting this kid know there are other options
  • K-2SO – 12
    • (what are you like 12)
    • Cassian did most of the work reformatting him
  • Saw – ????
    • literally it just says unknown
    • dying of like everything
      • geonosian pesticides??? he had to get his lungs like replaced but the shit is still in his system
      • he’s been picking up clues about the death star and following its trail for years
    • literally no one listened to him he was right all along he knew something was going down and people are like lol that’s ridiculous
      • not being taken seriously contributed to his paranoia and increasingly desperate actions
  • Galen – 55
  • Lyra – 34 at time of death
    • fun fact she was a geologist
    • she figured out Krennic was bad news
      • convinced the fam to leave coruscant
      • basically saved everyone because galen was too deep in his work to notice shit was going down
  • Krennic – 51
    • fought in the clone wars
  • General Merrick, that Coran looking blue leader – 46
    • fought in the clone wars
  • General Draven, Cassian’s CO – 45
    • fought in the clone wars, never met a jedi
  • Admiral Raddus – 65
  • Mon Mothma – 46

ichigo-ichie:

At 27 years old, Shinri Tezuka may be one of the youngest people still practicing the dwindling art of amezaiku, or candy crafting, in Japan. The self-taught Japanese artist carves, sculpts and paints delicate lollipops into intricate edible sculptures. Amezaiku dates back hundreds of years, but today there are only two artists left in Tokyo. Tezuka hopes his elaborate goldfish, frog and octopus designs will inspire the next generation of candy crafters to keep the tradition alive.