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The percentage of shared exclusives to exclusives has been shrinking but for the first time (in memory feel free to correct us if we are wrong) all of the Funko products at Star Wars Celebration will be shared In a blog post a mere twenty four hours before the convention begins Funko revealed that all[...]

It's Star Wars Celebration come early for Hot Wheels and Star Wars fans. Mattel has launched a new line of Hot Wheels cars, and star ships, to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) These are part of the pre-Star Wars Celebration announcement extravaganza that's been happening all week. Thanks to fans, Biggs Darklighter, the[...]

In a special event for the New York International Auto Show, Nissan has partnered with Lucasfilm and Disney to give us Star Wars Nissans According to the release on Nissan's site, the partnership will bring attendees "a unique consumer engagement experience to the 2017 New York International Auto Show from April 14-23." This isn't the first[...]

This post was written by freelance photographer and blogger Denzel Eslinger who is covering Star Wars Celebration Orlando for Bleeding Cool Follow him on twitter. Star Wars Celebration is just about here and my expectations are a mixed bag. Late last year a friend and I were talking about going to Star Wars Celebration this year; we[...]

Lucasfilm is partnering with hospitals around the country to bring VR headsets for children to interact with their favorite Star Wars characters Titled Starlight Virtual Reality, and part of their Force For Change initiative, 270 VR headsets will be distributed to hospitals around the country along with Star Wars themed gowns It will feature Star[...]

And the pre-Celebration announcements are coming fast and furious now. Joining the Rey Jakku Speeder announced yesterday is Luke's Speeder from Tattooine.

There's a rumor springing up in the Star Wars community that Bioware, specifically Bioware Austin, is working on a new Knights of the Old Republic game Specifically, that they're "prototyping it." Since Bioware announced a few months ago that they were working on a new sci-fi IP that sounded quite a lot like Bungie's Destiny, and are currently hiring[...]

Ahead of all the craziness that will take place this weekend at Star Wars Celebration Orlando, Hasbro has revealed the next vehicle coming in the 6 inch scale. Following on the heels of the Biker Scout on Speeder Bike and the massive First Order TIE Fighter, Rey on her Jakku Speeder Bike will be joining the[...]

According to the teaser for today's Good Morning America, this Star Wars announcement has been 40 years in the making. This announcement was big enough to bring Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley on, where they announced that fans could join forced and help with the Star Wars Force For Change charity through UNICEF, which helps children[...]

Star Wars and pin trading goes all the way back to the 70's, some of the first Star Wars collectibles were pins My personal favorite is the old "Darth Vadar Lives" mess-up pin: This year at Celebration, taking a que from Marvel and the pins they do for their booth at cons based on Skottie Young[...]

The next big one to happen will be Star Wars Celebration Orlando and it's time to make some predictions about what we could learn at the convention We also have to remember that Disney and Lucasfilm tend to have a presence at Comic-Con International, and D23, the Disney convention, is also this summer so they[...]

Well, maybe we won't have to wait until Thursday or Friday for Star Wars news after all: TOMORROW ON @GMA: @StarWars celebrates its 40th anniversary and we've got an announcement you won't want to miss! pic.twitter.com/gbQWV1a8Yt — Good Morning America (@GMA) April 10, 2017 Hmm…what could this be? Looks like both Daisy Ridley and Mark Hamill will both[...]

Fans of the adorable round BB8 Droid can now meet the little beeper at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The park was originally set to make his debut for April

Disney World is certainly getting into the Star Wars spirit this week! With Star Wars Celebration in just a few days, Disney's Hollywood Studio has unveiled new 40th anniversary banners near Star Wars Launch Bay WDW News Today posted these awesome pics on their Twitter earlier. If you're not familiar, the Launch Bay is where you[...]

#eliotcaps {font-variant: small-caps;} Well, we finally made it: Star Wars Celebration 2017 begins this week on Thursday, and I for one could not be more excited This will be my first, and one of the things that worries me about heading to a new convention is that I will miss something because I was not aware[...]

Still trying to decide if you want to pick up Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on Blu-ray / DVD? If your decision is based on the extras, then here is a sampling of what the film has to offer We've got four clips The first two shows some of the Easter Eggs / connections[...]

How did we all get to this place, you ask? Us, writing a clickbait article about wishy washy comments a Star Wars director made at Cinema Con eight days ago, and you reading it? It's better that you don't ask. Instead, know this Colin Trevorrow was asked whether he's got a draft yet for Star Wars[...]

After weeks of friendly trash-talking between Bleeding Cool writers Jeremy "Big Ohio" Konrad and Lauren "Baltimore" Sisselman over various social media accounts (as well as behind the scenes), the editors told them to put their bantering to the test since they'll both be on assignment at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando from April 13th –[...]

The passing of Carrie Fisher just after Christmas was devastating for Star Wars fans around the world Some started to question what the loss of Princess Leia would mean to the final two Star Wars films She had already filmed scenes for Episode VIII, but what about Episode IX We get new today from the[...]

D23, the official Disney fan club, has announced recently that Carrie Fisher would be inducted into this years Disney Legends hall of fame. “The Disney

This morning Del Rey announced a new story anthology titled Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View The focus of the book, revealed on StarWars.com, will be to tell over 40 stores from background characters in A New Hope This is a very unique idea, and a fun way to honor the 40th Anniversary[...]

Marvel is planning to launch a full scale galactic invasion of your bookshelf space on April 18th with the inventively title Star Wars Box Set Slipcase Consisting of eleven hardcover comic collections, one hardcover collection covers from Star Wars comics, and a poster, the massive box set is bigger than a Star Destroyer and weighs[...]

And for most non-rabid Star Wars fans, who cares? But, most of us are rabid Star Wars fans, so it bugs us Not as much as the DVD one bothers me though Again: here that is: First glance again: awesome looking, am I right? Cool cast photos, the Scarif beach, Darth Vader, and the Death Star[...]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hits shops today on Blu-ray and DVD, it's also available on Digital HD… and let's face it, if you're going to see it you probably already have And just about everyone and their brother has reviewed the film So, breaking the film down at this point doesn't make much[...]

When Hasbro announced their plans for the Star Wars 40th Anniversary figure line, I was pretty excited to get my hands on the vintage-inspired carded figures While I have not gotten those yet, I did manage to find something else in the store today that is totally awesome: The Legacy Pack This is the only[...]

NetMarble are the developers and publishers of Star Wars Force Arena, but you might also know them as the people who recently bought Kabam, the people who brought you Marvel: Contest of Champions While Contest of Champions' controversial update 12.0 was started before the NetMarble takeover, the fact that NetMarble seem to be pushing another sweeping update to[...]

Then we ignore the outline and do whatever we want and no ever notices." On a more serious note Mark said, "When you build up that trust they know you're not going to do anything really stupid." Sergio responded by talking about dealing with DC, Marvel, and Star Wars on the Sergio Aragones Destroys books[...]

The only place that it hasn't been a death knell, which is amazing, is on the Star Wars stuff Anytime we've called something a limited series, it did not hurt the sales at all You call anything else in the Marvel Universe a limited series, it's dead on arrival. Hmmm What useful information could be gleaned[...]

Posing a headline in the form of a question is a time-tested trick for entertainment journalists when we want to get some clicks from a sketchy rumor, and shame on you for falling for it, honestly. Anyway, the rumor in question comes from Star Wars themed Star Wars news site Star Wars News Net, and the website[...]

Welp, the weekend of Star Wars Celebration just got a little more interesting Not like it wasn't already with everyone clamoring to see Episode VIII footage and anything else they could get their hands on, but now gamers will have a reason to be checking out the event intently as EA will be debuting the[...]