The latest geek session with Mythbuster Adam Savage is a little lengthy, but provides an utterly fascinating story as to why he might have the only 24-karat gold C-3PO in existence.

Also covered: Grant Imahara's brief stint as a protocol droid.

Run, don't walk to this hilarious (and deeply concerning) series of fake Facebook updates from George Lucas as he developed his concepts for the Star Wars prequels and Indiana Jones 4.

Nerd Nightly News: Kaneda Fett Edition

Know This:

• The internet shows kindness to the family of a deceased beloved gamer.
• TNG's Michael Dorn is playing a werewolf in a Castlevania movie?
• The founders of BioWare are leaving BioWare.

Picture This:

• New set photos from Kick-Ass 2 reveal Donald Faison, Clark Duke in costume.
• This old-school Avengers corset will re-assemble your internal organs.

This small snippet of TIE fighter action is hopefully just a teaser for a larger scale Star Wars project to come from YouTuber OtaKing77077. The stunning visuals make up for the lack of sound -- an impressive feat -- even though we've all probably seen the trilogy enough times, thus we can insert the sound effects in our minds.

Stay tuned for more.

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When it's game time, this is the droid you're looking for.

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X-Men and Star Wars, two flavors that taste great together.

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This series of Star Wars 8-bit-inspired mega boss battles are sprung from the mind of artist Ty Lettau. Individual pieces from the series can be purchased here.

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