Things We Saw Today: The “TR-8R” Stormtrooper Gets His Own Action Figure

This stormtrooper, who appears only briefly in a battle with Finn in The Force Awakens, has become a bit of a meme — people have been calling him “TR-82” in honor of his one line (“Traitor!”), not to mention making fun gifs of him, such as this one:

Anyway, you can now get various action figures of the TR-82 stormtrooper! This is a relatively inexpensive one, but the $360 Hot Toys bundle (including a Finn figure, so they can fight!) sure does look neat! (via Gizmodo)

• Speaking of Star Wars (when are we not, these days?), this set of quotes from Carrie Fisher in which she describes her own struggles with bipolar disorder has been making the rounds.

• Here’s an old-but-good example of how the characters’ names and lines change when Star Wars gets translated into other languages, such as French (via Sci-Fi Design):

I speak French, so that one’s particularly fun for me — but I’m sure there are lots of other great examples of changes in other languages. Which ones do you know? And what other fun stuff did you all see on the internet on this, the first day of 2016?

Happy New Year!!!

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Maddy Myers, journalist and arts critic, has written for the Boston Phoenix, Paste Magazine, MIT Technology Review, and tons more. She is a host on a videogame podcast called Isometric (relay.fm/isometric), and she plays the keytar in a band called the Robot Knights (robotknights.com).

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