modernprimate:

Disney acquires Lucasfilm for $4.05 Billion. [engaget]

Transportation Nation has up-to-the-minute updates about the progress of NYC’s ongoing metro transit repairs. [transportationnation]

Princess Leia is now a Disney Princess. [cheezburger]

Ethiopian kids who had never seen a written word hack their OLPC Motorola Zoom tablets to re-enable the disabled-by-default camera. [dvice]

People are cranking out the Disney Star Wars mashup fanart like it’ll win them an award or something. [the fw]

Some East Coast airports are open again after the hurricane. [consumerist]

Up top: Really though, Disney bought the rights to give Jar Jar his own animated spinoff if they really wanted to. [endlessorigami]

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