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The World of Star Wars: A Timeline Visualization

What is considered canon in the Star Wars universe? When does each movie/show/book take place? These topics could be confusing to those not paying close attention, especially with the reboot of the franchise and the onslaught of new movies, a show, books, and comics.Outer Places has done the research for us and compiled everything into a huge infographic which walks us through the timeline, all the way from The Phantom Menace to the yet-to-be-named Episode IX. I don't know about you, but seeing all this together makes me even more psyched for December!Via BGR....

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Watch Star Wars in Text Animation

This may be old news to other Star Wars fans, but I can't believe I haven't come across this until now!As the title of this post implies, you can watch Star Wars Episode IV in ASCII via telnet. Just type telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl into any command line and watch the magic unfold!Brought to you by ASCIIMATION, the enterprise started in July 1997 and has been last updated in January this year. The movie, at the moment, contains 16,481 frames.  8-O A huge thanks to J for the tip!...

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