October 9th, 2021Last week we looked at some of the studios and styles of the first two episodes of Star Wars: Visions. This week, shocker, we're doing something similar! We're going to take a look at episodes 3 and 4, titled THE TWINS and The Village Bride respectively.
Episode 3: THE TWINS
THE TWINS follows a pair of twins, Am and Karre, born from...
September 30th, 2021Hello Looters! I'm going to do a once a week breakdown on episodes of Star Wars: Visions. We'll be discussing studios, plot points, animation style, etc... This week we're doing Episode 1, titled The Duel and Episode 2. titled Tatooine Rhapsody!
Episode 1: The Duel
The Duel follows a wandering samurai-esque character. The Wanderer...
April 27th, 2021Not all heroes wear capes, some dress as Disney Princesses and Clone Troopers. But cosplaying for the Causeplay Alliance Project means so much more. We spoke with Steve Rogers, Director of the Causeplay Alliance Project, who talked about what their amazing group of cosplayers is doing for their local community.
For those...
May 7th, 2020LEARN MORE ABOUT LOOT SCI-FI
MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU!
Even though it is the 7th. Close enough, right? ANYWAYS! This past week was national Star Wars day and to celebrate I have decided to write a blog on some of the best Sci-Fi characters of all time! Before you get all crazy because maybe your favorite character didn't make the...
December 10th, 2019We're like... a third through December already. That's bonkers. Well while we're heading down this slippery slope we call the Holidays, we might as well enjoy it, right? Just kidding, I'm not a Grinch, AND I do love me some good ol' feel-good holiday specials-- ESPECIALLY the geeky ones! Here are some of my favorites:
Star Wars...
November 19th, 2019Disney+ has officially been out for a week, and it's easy to say The Mandalorian has garnered the most attention on social media. Is that really any surprise, though? People have been dying for some sort of Bounty Hunter back story (Boba Fett or otherwise) and Lucasfilm finally delivered. Here are some of our favorite moments from...
June 27th, 2019Searching for that perfect summer getaway, but you're low on the cashflow? Have I got the perfect budgeted vacation plans for you!
My name is Tyler and I'll be your fictional vacation planner, your guide, your social director, and dance instructor for the rest of the summer (oh boy!) and I'm so excited to tell you about the amazing...
June 11th, 2019Happiest of days to all the daddy-o's out there, and we could think of no better way to celebrate than with a Video Vault flashback straight to that film that delivered arguably the biggest Dad-related moment in movie history! Now, this documentary from a vintage laserdisc edition of The Empire Strikes Back covers much more than that...
May 24th, 2019Ah, the power of the moving image. It played a role in shaping our entertainment from an early age, during those hours of kids' programming on weekday afternoons or Saturday mornings. No wonder it was the best place to appeal to our need for TOYS!
Though the staple programming schedules of those of us who grew up from the late 70's...
May 3rd, 2019May the Fourth Be With You! Well, tomorrow anyway... it's nearly Star Wars Day and we wanted to dip back into the archives for some classic Star Wars cast memories.
When the original Star Wars was released in 1977 (well before it got the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope and launched the biggest juggernaut franchise of all time), it...
May 3rd, 2019To say we're heartbroken over the news of Peter Mayhew is a massive understatement. This beloved actor brought Chewbacca to life and has kept people loving his character work for decades. HelloGreedo has a lovely profile on Peter Mayhew and the work he did on the Star Wars films and given the day, we wanted to share it.
We...
May 1st, 2019If you ever about the languages in your favorite movies and television shows, Wired has you covered. As it turns out, linguistics experts are hired quite often to take present-day languages and weave them into ones that could be spoken and written for characters. In shows, especially Game of Thrones, there are different dialects of the...
April 26th, 2019Unless you've been living under a rock, I'm sure you heard about Disney's huge streaming service coming our way this November, Disney+.
Needless to say, many of us here at Loot Crate headquarters are super stoked about what's to come for this powerhouse of a streaming platform, so allow me to highlight a few of my favorites.
MCU...
April 18th, 2019It's about gosh darn time we got ourselves a new Star Wars adventure game on the horizon! And the folks at Respawn Entertainment, riding the wave of success following Apex Legends legendary launch, is coming to save the day with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order!
Fallen Order takes place after the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of...
March 8th, 2019Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Looters! We’re celebrating this fortuitous holiday by counting down the seven luckiest duos in pop culture. Four leaf clovers, horseshoes and rabbit’s feet don’t have anything on these “charmed” pairs!
Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Not only were these two the...
January 14th, 2019Doug Johnson is a longtime fan who has parlayed his love of some of geekdom's greatest titles into a career designing for Bioworld, one of the foremost pop-culture product makers in the business.
You may not know it, but many of your favorite Loot Crate items over the years were created in conjunction with Bioworld! Now, we're thrilled...
November 16th, 2018The second film in the Fantastic Beasts series hits theatres this weekend, bringing with it much witchcraft and wizardry – and Jude Law as a much younger version of Dumbledore than we're used to seeing.
As the notion of the prequel has taken hold over the past several years, we've seen a steady increase in the appearance of characters...
May 4th, 2018If you’re a real movie nerd, chances are you get as excited when you see a supporting character with a familiar face as you do when one of your faves is the star. Let’s celebrate these heroes!…
Back in the early World Wide Web days, defunct site Fametracker had an awesome column called “Hey, It’s That Guy!”, celebrating...
May 2nd, 2018Our favorite holiday is right around the corner! No, not Mother’s Day. (Sorry mom, I still love you.) Nope, it’s not Memorial Day. (But a long weekend DOES sound nice right about now.) It’s not even the 4th of July… (Although, I suddenly want a hot dog.)
The reason we are jumping into lightspeed with joy is because STAR WARS...
December 13th, 2017Whether they beep or speak, many of our favorite characters are artificial lifeforms. (That’s totally normal, ok?)
To celebrate some of our favorite pop culture androids and automatons, we assembled September’s ROBOTIC Loot Crate with items from Blade Runner 2049, Aliens, Star Trek: The Next Generation Mirror Universe and Star...
