R2-D2 is carrying a message from hip-hop royalty in Sethward's obligatory mashup of Star Wars and Holographic 2Pac.

Ride with me, Obi-Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!

(sNSFW, Americaz Most Wanted)

[thd.]

More: The best of Holopac image mashups.

Prinicipal research scientist Michale Bove and his team at the MIT Media Lab hacked the Kinect camera to recreate Princess Leia's holographic plea.

Yeah, this is cool, but I wish they used Slave Leia. The people wanna see the gold bikini in 3D!

More on the project at New Scientist].