Pets are like your kiddos. They help with stress and they're there any time you need them. For all you kitten parents who are also science fiction fans, these are the best sci-fi cat items to spoil your fluffy friend. After all, they deserve it.
Now, I know cats are usually fans of any cardboard box that comes their way. But, sometimes a squeaky mouse or a comfy tee to snuggle in is better than the package they come in.
Crowded Coop Wobble Mouse With Red Star Trek Logo Shirt
This stuffed animal will be their new favorite. The mouse is squishy and has a bell inside they'll love to play with. It is also weighted, so it will stand upright on its own.
Cats don't really play fetch, but they might learn with this toy.
The Coop Star Trek Red Pet Uniform
If your kitty has the personality of a captain, and let's be honest, all cats do. This is the perfect shirt for them. It's cute and comfy.
Plus they might not be able to join you for comic-com, but they can still cosplay.
Star Trek Science Blue Uniform Cat Feeding Water Bowl
A good water bowl is the first thing you should get after adopting your cat. So, either you're a new parent and should definitely get this bowl, or you've lived with your cat for years now, and they need a new one. Either way, this blue uniform one is perfect.
Star Trek Tribble, Tiger Camouflage
Tribbles are the perfect toy for cats. They're all fuzzy and look like a mouse or something they should chase. This one has a tiger pattern so it'll be fun to chase around.
Star Trek Collar With Tag
Cats tend to walk around the building or neighborhood tricking others into giving them food. In no time some even get a second family. They will break your heart. So, this collar will make sure no one thinks they're adopting your already adopted kitten.
Live Long and Pawsper Bandana
Have you ever seen a kitten with a bandana? It's the most adorable thing. Imagine that little cutie all dressed up running around the house with a blue Vulcan bandana.
Plus, who doesn't love a pun?
Rubie's Star Wars Classic Yoda Cat Headpiece
What better costume for your favorite cat than wise Yoda. We all know cats would give us wise advice we wouldn't follow. I know they cant, but it's still funny to see a cat with Yoda ears.
Pawtitas Glow in The Dark Cat Collar
Glow in the dark collars can help you find your buddy in a dark closet, or in outer space. Personally I prefer the latter, but I think it's worth the buy either way.
Star Wars Classic Pet Bandana Set
We talked about how cute the bandana kitten is, but a "Star Wars" themed kitty bandana? Literally the cutest thing ever. This set has something for Yoda fans, Chewi fans, and everyone in between.
Star Wars Plush Storm Trooper Figure
If you were particularly happy when the Empire fell, you will love seeing your kitten bite and toss around a Storm Trooper. If you're a fan of Storm Troopers you'll appreciate how cute this toy is. Either way, it's a win-win situation.
Star Wars Gray Leia Dog Tank
Cat in a tank top? Adorable. Cat in a Princess Leia tank top? Adorable and powerful. Bonus points if your kitten is named after a character from the Star Wars universe.
'Star Wars' Fan Loses It At 'Rise Of Skywalker' Screening, Punches Man In The Face For Using His Phone
There is nothing more frustrating than a lit smartphone distracting you during a movie in a darkened theater, especially at a screening for the highly anticipated Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker.
Crowds flocked to theaters to catch the final installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy when it opened during the week of Christmas.
Although the J. J. Abrams-helmed production received mixed reviews, it still grossed over $377 million so far, and people lined up to see their favorite characters on the silver screen for one last time (that we know of).
One thing is certain, the force is strong with diehard Star Wars fans, and they will not let anything ruin it for them.
Audiences at a screening of Rise in Canada's Scotiabank Vancouver Theatre witnessed a violent disruption among them during the movie.
This is what happens when you give in to the dark side.
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Joe Bond and his wife went to the 7:30 p.m. screening and found himself in the crosshairs of the irate Star Wars super fan, seen in the clip above, when he pulled out his cellphone.
Bond knew something was off when he first spotted the irate moviegoer, who had "aggressively" asked to find his seat.
With the exception of an emergency, audience members should abide by the protocol of turning off their cellphones during the movie.
Bond told Global News that one audience member foolishly tried to film the opening credits of the movie on his phone and immediately experienced the wrath of the cantankerous super fan.
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But then, Bond felt the phone vibrating in his pocket.
He and his wife were on a rare night out after the birth of their second child. As a father, his instinct was to check his phone in case the babysitter was trying to reach him.
Said Bond:
"I thought I was getting a phone call from our baby sitter."
"It was the first time my wife and I had been on a date with both our kids being looked after, so I pulled out my phone really discreetly to see if it was the baby sitter calling. It wasn't, so I put it back."
Unfortunately, the unidentified super fan saw this and became furious.
Bond said the angry man "just kind of lost it" and brought his fist to Bond's face at light speed.
"I told him to calm down, and he didn't calm down, and then he hit me in the face."
"There was a lot of people filming the situation because it was pretty hilarious."
It became such a disruption, employees had to stop the movie to escort the outraged patron out of the theater.
The house lights came on as the audience boo'd at the man and chanted, "out, out, out."
He berated his hecklers by declaring his passion for Star Wars.
"I am a real 'Star Wars' fan!"
He continued screaming and waved his cellphone to emphasize a point.
"Turn your phones off! Turn your phones off!" Use your f - - king heads! Welcome to the 21st century! I waited a goddamned year to see this so some a - - hole can turn his phone on next to me?!"
Footage of his tantrum spilled over to the internet, courtesy of a video posted by Viral Hog.
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Scotia Bank spokeswoman Sarah Van Lange wrote in an emailed statement:
"Luckily, the Force was strong with the cineplex team who ended up rewinding the film for the remaining guests."
"They got a round of applause out of appreciation from the fans!"
According to Rotten Tomatoes, Rise of Skywalker received a score of 57%, while fans rated the final installment in the franchise higher with an 86% rating.
Much like the mixed critical reviews, people were divided over the events that unfolded at the screening in Vancouver, with some vouching for the super fan's meltdown and others, not so much.
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Brave man. Why would they argue with him? I must have missed something. https://t.co/xr5mSdWOMl via @YouTubeβ SlΓ inte βοΈ (@SlΓ inte βοΈ) 1577881104.0
While distractions during a screening of a highly-anticipated film is frustrating, no one deserves a punch to the face.
'Star Wars' Writer Explains Why Kelly Marie Tran Has Such Limited Screen Time In Latest Film, But Fans Aren't Convinced
**WARNING: potential spoilers to plot elements for Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker.
The newest installment in the Star Wars franchise, Rise of Skywalker, has divided fans.
While some believe the film was a fitting conclusion to the nine-part saga, others couldn't help but notice the continuity issues between the newest movie and its predecessor, the controversial Last Jedi.
One of the ways some fans believe Rise of Skywalker fell short was its treatment of Rose Tico, one of Last Jedi's most prominent characters and the only woman of color in the main cast. After playing an incredibly prominent role in Episode 8, Tico had less than two minutes of screen time in the conclusion of the saga.
Many felt Tran's role had been cut short because the filmmakers had given in to the online bullies who attacked her following Last Jedi's release. In an interview, director J.J. Abrams and writer Chris Terrio tried to address the inconsistency, but did little to quiet their critics.
The pair attempted to claim Tran's reduced screen time was due to Carrie Fisher's death.
Terrio told Awards Daily:
"Well, first of all, J.J. and I adore Kelly Marie Tran. One of the reasons that Rose has a few less scenes than we would like her to have has to do with the difficulty of using Carrie's footage in the way we wanted to."
@vulture https://t.co/ZuHD9HVdjdβ Ivana Knapp (@Ivana Knapp) 1577644985.0
Fans online couldn't believe the pair were pinning their decision on Fisher's passing.
@vulture Blame the dead lady - niceβ CJ (@CJ) 1577645180.0
@vulture Show me the weakest excuse for sidelining a woman of colorβ Claire Sangster like Gangster but with a S (@Claire Sangster like Gangster but with a S) 1577645986.0
@leeyen_lux @quixoticlux People disliking the character, even for non-racist reasons, is still not an excuse to sidβ¦ https://t.co/ghG2paUB5Fβ Chris Stereo. Not Chris Terrio. (@Chris Stereo. Not Chris Terrio.) 1577512135.0
If the writers had wanted Rose Tico in the movie, it wouldn't have been hard to find a place for her.
@quixoticlux βWe didnβt want to limit her screen-time so we purposefully anchored her to a character who we knew frβ¦ https://t.co/u5DYFf1Enmβ Will G. (@Will G.) 1577448581.0
the way they did kelly marie tran's character dirty after all the backlash and racist harassment she received in tlβ¦ https://t.co/vFnZyfxvuzβ luca / finnpoe is π³οΈβπ PERIOD (@luca / finnpoe is π³οΈβπ PERIOD) 1576845568.0
We hope Kelly Marie Tran knows that there were so many fans looking forward to seeing Rose in IX. Where her charactβ¦ https://t.co/rs7cVMNh9bβ Scavenger's Hoard (@Scavenger's Hoard) 1577342743.0
In response to the film's treatment of Tico, Twitter started the hashtag #RoseTicoDeservedBetter.
Kelly Marie Tran had to do a press tour for less than 2 minutes of screen time in ROS, after all that harassment. Iβ¦ https://t.co/vC7csMfJf2β Jenn Ravenna (@Jenn Ravenna) 1577398719.0
Sidelining Kelly Marie Tran (Star Warsβ first leading woman of colour) while doing nothing to quash the racist targβ¦ https://t.co/LyS0hWPzsGβ Janet (@Janet) 1577491008.0
Itβs a shame Kelly Marie Tran died after making The Last Jedi but Iβm glad JJ tried to make the most of the footage of her he had left!β Chase Mitchell (@Chase Mitchell) 1576858696.0
Though the minimizing of Tico's role was the most notable, people online felt many other characters had also been "corrected" out of Abram's vision for Star Wars.
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Okay, looks like I have to be clearer. Kelly Marie Tran was racially abused and chased off social media because peoβ¦ https://t.co/CPG7FMLdIYβ Rahul Kohli (@Rahul Kohli) 1576973758.0
kelly marie tran, billy dee williams and domhnall gleeson in the rise of skywalker: https://t.co/1DCZxgRLJpβ BlackDiamond TROS SPOILERS (@BlackDiamond TROS SPOILERS) 1576854461.0
What could POSSIBLY be the reason for Rose Tico being so thoroughly written out of the newest movie?
kelly marie tran's limited role was not to blame on disney's deep misogynistic beliefs but *spins the wheel* *takesβ¦ https://t.co/TzP6tUiyu7β chi (@chi) 1577721970.0
I would argue Kelly Marie Tran had one of the harder jobs: lots of scenes where she had to carry the moment againstβ¦ https://t.co/ICUnD9ynTLβ Perch (@Perch) 1577758750.0
If there's one person who would hate what the filmmakers said about Tico, it's Fisher herself.
How LIVID would Carrie Fisher be about the Kelly Marie Tran nonsense? I mean, really?!β Samta Klaus (@Samta Klaus) 1577743365.0
Wow, I didnβt know Kelly Marie Tran was too busy reanimating Carrie Fisherβs corpse to appear in the movie more (??β¦ https://t.co/XCc8F2rIP3β RGS (@RGS) 1577745225.0
"We wouldn't have capitulated to the racists' harassment campaign against Kelly Marie Tran, but Carrie had to go anβ¦ https://t.co/axI7OeKG3nβ S.E. Vance π¦ (@S.E. Vance π¦) 1577740014.0
Will Rose Tico ever get justice?
It's uncertain. Only one thing is for sure: fans will continue to fight online about the newest Star Wars, every past Star Wars, and every Star Wars to come.
To see more of Kelly Marie Tran, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is available here.
Man Who Sacrificed His Life Stopping UNC Charlotte Shooter Honored As Jedi By 'Star Wars'
Riley Howell, the 21-year-old man who lost his life stopping a mass shooter at UNC Charlotte from claiming more lives, was honored in an unexpected way by Lucasfilm when he was canonized as a Jedi Master in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - The Visual Dictionary.
Lauren Westmoreland, Howell's girlfriend of six years, was surprised to receive a letter from Lucasfilm stating their intentions to officially make Riley Howell into "Ri-Lee Howell, Jedi Master and historian" following the release of The Rise Of Skywalker.
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Westmoreland says Riley was the biggest Star Wars fan ever and that he had been since he was a kid.
So when the letter from Lucasfilm arrived, it seemed too good to be true.
"Riley's courage and selflessness brings out the Jedi in all of us," said the letter from Lucasfilm. "As a small tribute, our Story Group has incorporated a re-imagining of Riley's name as a character in the 'Star Wars' galaxy. We can't reveal the specific details at this time, but the character's name will appear in a forthcoming book publication later this year."
The story is touching countless people across the internet.
@officerdaddo Beautiful tribute to a courageous, selfless soul who epitomized a true Jedi Warrior. #LongliveRiLeeβ Jaye Bπ (@Jaye Bπ) 1577119639
@officerdaddo I'm not crying in my office at work, you are https://t.co/w1uWDzbCvXβ π²ππππππ πΎ (@π²ππππππ πΎ) 1577135849
@officerdaddo May the force be with him!!β Greenie (@Greenie) 1577121049
"Ri-Lee Howell was a Jedi Master and historian of the Jedi Order," reads the Wookieepedia entry on Howell.
"Howell collected many accounts of explorations of the Force in the two volumes of the Aionomica, Aionomicum I and Aionomicum II, carefully preserving the original texts"
@officerdaddo Currently sitting in my office at work trying not to cry π₯Ίπ₯Ίππβ Marianne (@Marianne) 1577127483
@officerdaddo @sweetmama_j I'm not okayβ MamaLlama ((B)) (@MamaLlama ((B))) 1577148900
@officerdaddo Oh my God. My heart.β big-head-jillian (@big-head-jillian) 1577153027
"Riley was a massive Star Wars fan, and in the five-plus years I knew him he repeatedly surprised me with his encyclopedic knowledge of the Star Wars universe. The fact that his character is a historian who put together an incredibly important text for the Jedi religion, important enough for Rey and Luke to take with them on the Millennium Falcon, is beyond cool, and we have no words for this except: Thank you, Lucasfilm. You made our Christmas, even though we're finishing the most difficult year in memory for us all."
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@officerdaddo LEGEND!β Criscat (@Criscat) 1577178988
We're not crying, you're crying.
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'Star Wars' Actor John Boyega Apologizes For 'Badly Worded' Comments After Fans Think He Criticized Co-Star Kelly Marie Tran
Star Wars actor John Boyega issued an apology after making some questionable statements in a recent interview with Variety.
Fans felt that he was undermining co-star Kelly Marie Tran's experiences with racism and misogyny online.
Variety asked Boyega about his very active social media presence.
Since the start of his acting career with the 2011 film Attack the Block, Boyega has used social media to connect with fans. After landing the role of Finn in Disney's latest Star Wars trilogy, millions of followers on both his Instagram and Twitter have enjoyed his behind the scenes posts.
He began talking about the impact that social media had on contemporary Star Wars fans.
"And then I think about this the first "Star Wars" franchise in the era of social media. You've never had another trilogy at the height of social media like this and so me that's also interesting. It's making a different experience."
The interviewer then brought up his Asian co-star Kelly Marie Tran.
Tran was was brutally attacked by online trolls with racist and sexist vitriol after starring in Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2017. The posts took a toll on Tran's emotional health and she eventually quit social media entirely. Daisy Ridley had a similar experience with online misogyny and also dropped off social media.
Boyega seemed to imply that such negativity comes with the territory of being famous.
"Being in this position, you just understand the masses, how the masses think, you know. Through social media, we get to engage, we get to have fun."
"But at the same time, for those who are not mentally strong, you are weak to believe in every single thing that you read. That's, you know, it is what it is. I don't know, for me anyway, when I see that [backlash], I'm like, well, that's actually not true."
He went on to say that ignoring haters is worth it for the sake of true fans.
"But to engage, to connect with the fans who otherwise wouldn't get a day to day experience, especially during things like the press tour, and behind the scenes stuff, is always good."
The phrase "those who are not mentally strong" raised some eyebrows.
Boyega apologized and explained that he wasn't specifically thinking of Tran when he answered.
He tweeted:
"In no way was I referring to Kelly when I made my comments although the interviewer mentioned her given the topic. I was really speaking from my own perspective throughout this franchise. Sometimes I've felt strong and sometimes I've felt weak. Badly worded though. I apologize."
Fans were happy that he owned up to his statements.
@JohnBoyega Thank you for clarifying.β Jessica Soleigh (@Jessica Soleigh) 1576134502
Some people believe his words were twisted and pointed out that he defended Tran in the past.
@JohnBoyega Don't worry, John. A lot of people know that's not what you meant. We can tell that the media was twistβ¦ https://t.co/tiIR3WEoORβ Edgysaber (@Edgysaber) 1576161271
@JohnBoyega I love you John and for me it was very clear you were speaking from your experience. youve always defenβ¦ https://t.co/Pjd8g4DwQFβ cat al'meara (@cat al'meara) 1576134552
@JohnBoyega Those of us that have been paying attention knew what you were saying. Carry on being a great guy, Johβ¦ https://t.co/ITc1LvinEmβ Mara Jade Skywalker (@Mara Jade Skywalker) 1576151507
The press tour for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hasn't been going smoothly for the franchise's cast.
Lead actress Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey in the trilogy, was criticized after denying in an interview with The Guardian that she was privileged compared to other acting hopefuls. Ridley comes from a wealthy family with connections in the film industry.
J.J. Abrams, the film's director, also made disparaging comments about The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson's controversial approach to the movie:
"It's a bit of a meta approach to the story. I don't think that people go to Star Wars to be told, 'This doesn't matter"'
As mentioned previously, Tran is not the only Star Wars actress who has been targeted on social media.
Back in 2014, Daisy Ridley vowed to never use social media again after being harassed by people who didn't want Star Wars to have a female lead.
"I don't really think bad vibes should have the sun shone on them...I'm 24. I have a lot of growing up to do. I have to deal with loads of stuff, myself personally. For that to be projected with millions of people watching, that is like a bit of an extra pressure."
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