Slashdot Mirror


Star Wars Origami

Obiwan Kenobi writes "This has to be the strangest thing I've run across in quite awhile. Star Wars Origami features about a dozen pieces of Star Wars vehicles and characters complete with diagrams on how to make them yourself. And just when I thought this was an anomaly, the links section includes all kinds of great Star Wars Origami, such as this one (dubbed Stare Wares) and this one featuring a wicked Destroyer Droid complete with the shiny metal finish."

17 of 116 comments (clear)

  1. Meh by zephc · · Score: 5, Funny

    everyone knows that Lord of the Rings Origami is where it's at! Stop supporting Lucas and Lucas-oriented origami!

    [/humor]

    --
    "I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
    1. Re:Meh by Roosey · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, but Lord of the Rings origami exists!

      What? It's the One Ring. :]

  2. Strangest thing? by DarkHelmet · · Score: 5, Funny
    Obiwan Kenobi writes "This has to be the strangest thing I've run across in quite awhile..."

    Slashdot City Spaceport. You will never find such a ruthless hive of Star Wars nuts. We must be cautious.

    --
    /^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
  3. Nerds Will Crack Under The Pressure by joeszilagyi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to see footage of hard core Star Wars nerds trying their hand at this while being mocked by Triumph the Insult Dog.

    --
    Dude, where's my packet?
  4. So it begins... by Sayten241 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Children will build up fleets of paper tie-fighters to play with only to have them go up in flames as soon as a jedi with a lightsaber challenges them.

  5. I don't know who had more time on his hands... by f97tosc · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... he who made Star Wars origami or the guy who recreated Episode IV using ascii animation.

    Tor

  6. Yoda finger puppet I like! by Xpilot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Use it to annoy co-workers I can! Take it to useless meetings I can! Imagine talking backwards with a Yoda finger puppet. Much fun and hilarity I guarantee.

    --
    "Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it." -- Linus Torvalds
  7. If only... by Tuffnut · · Score: 5, Funny

    they had the procedure for making a Jar Jar Binks.

    i'd make one, then throw it in my fireplace and enjoy the show.

  8. Seconding "Complete Waste of SlashDot Space" gripe by loggia · · Score: 5, Funny

    I now officially join the ranks of confused and irate Slashdoters who scratch their heads daily trying to figure out why their submission was rejected for this kind of material.

  9. The origami Enterprise looks even niftier by rtphokie · · Score: 5, Interesting
  10. The original Star Wars origamist by Carmody · · Score: 5, Informative

    You also may want to check out:

    http://ftmax.com/Origami/

    Marc Gutman has been doing some amazing Star Wars origami for years, and has a dollar-bill Yoda to die for.

    --
    God is real unless declared integer
  11. For The Complete Star Wars Obsessive... by Nova+Express · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...someone should get these guys together with the Japanese guy who's doing the one frame at a time ASCII remake of Star Wars. Instead of ASCII, they should do an entire frame-by-frame, stop-motion-animation remake of Star Wars using nothing but origami! Origami figures, origami props, origami backgrounds, origami spaceships...

    This would have the virtues of combining two deranged, inexplicable geek activitives into one, AND keep those obsessives off the streets for years to come!

    --
    Lawrence Person (lawrencepersonh@gmailh.com (remove all "h"s to mail)

    http://www.lawrenceperson.com/

  12. paper tiger? by beanerspace · · Score: 4, Funny

    I dunno, the image of a paper death star just doesn't inspire the fear and awe worthy Darth Vadar.

    I have images of him striding down the hall with a noisy crunch-crunch-crunch as he negotiates the flimsy corridors. Or worse, accidentally putting someone through the wall like a re-run from a 70's sitcom when jacking up a fail'd officer by the throat.

    Though with a bit of lighter fluid, and a fire-cracker ...

  13. well... by m1chael · · Score: 4, Funny

    when are they going to get sued? lucas has been looking to corner the japanese market for years ;P

    --
    I know you are psychotic, but please make an effort.
  14. Re:Harder Than It Looks by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is nothing I would enjoy more then folding an Ewok. Perferably into Wookie food.

    --
    The Kruger Dunning explains most post on /. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
  15. now this'll get you laid by b17bmbr · · Score: 4, Funny

    hey baby,guess what, i can create a star wars origami.

    really? i used to think you were a major loser geek dork. but,now, wow, you are 2KOOL, you are a an 37337 haX0R, take me now you big stud. give it to me like you never have before.

    --
    My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.
  16. "Star Wras": Origami Film by Mad+Man · · Score: 4, Interesting
    "A long time ago, in a galaxy far cheaper than this one..."


    I'm surprised no one has mentioned Star Wras , an origami recreation of the Battle of Yavin.

    View Quick Time Film: Running Time:
    Lo-Quality 1:36/6.3 MB
    Hi-Quality 1:36/12.4 MB


    Story
    What if a Japanese film company had decided to remake Star Wars on a budget using the noble art of folded paper? Origami fighters, cardboard gun emplacements...This film is the result of such a question.


    Website
    Inertia Films