It's Memorial Day weekend, and today also is the 36th anniversary of Star Wars' release.

It's Memorial Day weekend, and today also is the 36th anniversary of Star Wars' release. This is a perfect time to remember all of the pilots from Gold and Red squadrons who didn't make it back. Stay on target!

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The Best Star Wars Cosplay You'll See This Week

Reader Jules is from Ireland. He's cosplaying here as Old Republic's enormous Darth Malgus, which might seem ambitious, but when you consider Jules stands 6' 6" himself - 6' 8" in the costume - you start to realise how perfect this is.

He built the costume entirely himself; the other people you see in the video below are only there to help him get dressed.

While we're talking about the video, isn't it awesome? Cosplay photos are great, don't get me wrong, but a video like this really helps you get a sense of how complete and detailed the costume is, because you can see it standing up to his range of movement (and looking good from all angles).

Darth Malgus Costume Test [YouTube]

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Patton Oswalt's Amazing Star Wars Episode VII Rant, Brought To Life

The definitely improvised, 7 1/2 easy filibuster from an element of NBC's Places & Enjoyment withstand 1 month, in which Patton Oswalt explains his creativeness of Superstar Wars: Scenery VII (with Awesome crossovers) could not God willing have been more whole, could it? Well, yes, it could, the truth is ...