For most, playing with LEGOS — plastic pieces that when snapped together allow one to build things, even works of art — there is a time known as “The Dark Ages. “The Dark Ages is that time between when you stop playing with LEGOS as a teenager and you find them again as an adult,” explained Highland Heights resident Arthur Gugick. The results are, in many cases stunning, as Gugick takes what might be seen as a childhood toy and turns LEGO pieces into works of art. That would include fans of Harry Potter, Star Trek, Star Wars or, yes, even those who build with LEGOS. I have LEGO kits from the ’70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and 2000s. Still, Gugick really rediscovered his favorite childhood hobby as an adult in 2003 and this time fully explored his imagination and talents. “I never had a Dark Ages.

Cartoon Network, which has aired the animated Clone Wars series for some time now, is airing its first ever animated Star Wars special starring Lego minifigures on July 22: Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace. As I've mentioned here before, Lego Star Wars has been intoxicating to my two kids—two irresistible Forces in one—and they actually learned the narrative of the Star Wars movies not by watching the films (which they eventually did) but by playing... There's a certain playfulness and style to Lego that meshes beautifully with the playfulness and style of Star Wars. You deserve better than that, so here are some pictures of Lego Star Wars minifigures. So I have been a bad, bad blogger today. I've been busy today closing a feature on Breaking Bad (which will be in TIME Friday) and writing a review of George R. R. Martin's A Dance With Dragons (which will post here tomorrow morning).