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You gotta hand it to Blizzard for having incredible taste. Taking a page from the Warcraft coffers, the team comissioned a 12-foot Orc statue from WETA, the special FX gurus behind the Lord of the Rings series of movies. Originally, the statue was shrunk down and given to employees as a gift but now all can bask in the Orc’s glory (provided you live near the new offices of Activision-Blizzard).

Quite a gorgeous statue. Hit the link below to check out a great photoset of the statue on Flickr.

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The Japanese aren’t the only ones who are Star Wars crazy. The fans know the difference between an actual Millennium Falcon and one made out of batter. Japan held a Star Wars celebration for fans of the epic sci-fi saga to come show off their designs and art related to Star Wars, like that AT-AT from the streets.

Bonnie Burton of the Official StarWars.com Blog uploaded these pictures on Flickr showing George Lucas frozen in carbonite just like the unfortunate Han Solo at the end of Empire Strikes Back. Serves him right for all the lousy editing he did to the classic trilogy. Quick! More transitions!

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We’ve seen both artsy Darth Vader and seasonal Darth Vader, but never such an affordable mix of the two. If we had known this 7″ statue was available back during the holiday, we would have picked up one for sure, and might even pick one up for next December.

Watch has Darth pleasantly craft his Death Star out of harmless snow, which will soon become in impenetrable ice star! The Santa Claus hat on Darth’s head is also a great touch of style for the man typically donned in all black. Pick one up for next season for $49.99. — Andrew Dobrow

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