Haden Blackman, executive producer and writer of the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed series, has resigned from LucasArts. Blackman had served at the studio for over 13 years and is credited on games including The Force Unleashed,Star Wars: Galaxies and Star Wars: Force Commander. He also helped write and produce a number of Star Wars books and comics. read more

Both Pepsi and Coca-Cola in Japan often sell their products in unique “Japan only” flavors (so does Kit-Kat in Japan). I’ve written posts about: Pepsi Azuki, Pepsi Shiso and a couple other flavors of Pepsi and Coke in Japan. Well, Pepsi is an official sponsor of the “2010 Soccer World Cup” which will be hosted by South Africa this summer. I’m not a big soccer fan. In fact, the first ..

Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo and the gang had their hands full trying to defeat Darth Vader. They would have had an easier time should they have taken notes from the Japanese because even inter-galactic citizens can learn from Japan. //

From the NTT Docomo promotion site for 'Who is my boss?' http://docomo-1-1.jp/ I came across this new promotion that NTT Docomo look to be spending a lot of money on. They are hoping it will have a social viral connection and spread around the internet quickly. Time will tell. It is not clear though whether this will help them fight off Softabank and the iPhone. Just another quiet day in Shibuya..

For Star Wars fans in Japan, eating local food requires R2-D2’s help.  R2-D2 becomes a handy soy sauce (shoyu) bottle.  The 11cm holder costs 1,500 yen. May the force be with your sushi! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Darth Vader was in Tokyo Japan doing what most single oyagi tourists want to do – check out cute Japanese school girls.  First he met some girls who tried to show him the latest in Japanese... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Darth Vader Mint Chewing Gum ダース・ベイダー ガムポット in Japan.  Why not?  Get some  gum by opening Darth Vader’s helmut to get to the shiny black chiclets of minty gum out. Cost is 760 Yen available at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]