star wars Archives

Friday was a little slow on the cosplay front, but what I did see was awesome! Star Trek, Star Wars, Disney one of a kind designs, and everything else all coexist in harmony for the con Cosplay isn't a big focus at this show, but it's certainly made more of an impact here Saturday should[...]

But to a professional entertainment journalist, even no news is often news, provided you're looking at it from the right angle. Take this, for instance: there's no news on what will be the next Star Wars anthology film, which will probably be released in 2020 Lucasfilm simply hasn't decided yet, and they don't really need to,[...]

1977 Star Wars Mylar Advance Poster Starting in 1978, Star Wars collecting and especially the action figures took over the toy industry No matter how many versions and variants released of characters over the years, collectors will be there, money in hand to purchase them From the original Kenner toy line in 1978, to the weird[...]

The games I did get as a kid were the Star Wars games, of which there are only four So in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Star Wars film's release, let's take a quick look back at them! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption[...]

On the 40th anniversary of the first Star Wars film's release, Paul B Rainey, the critically acclaimed creator of comics such as Memory Man, Thunder Brother: Soap Division and the graphic novel There's No Time Like The Present, has created a very special post-credits scene for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that gives the lead characters a happy[...]

Chances are if you're a Star Wars fan, you'll be celebrating the 40th anniversary all year long Chances are you'll be buying a lot of stuff too Luckily for everyone Disney is rolling out even more Star Wars merchandise via The Disney Store, so fans will have a chance to visit the online store or[...]

Plus, lookee, a Galactic Outpost! tap for img skip The shopping destination is free to the public, so you don't need a Disney park ticket to go! This is great because there is some awesome shopping here, including the aforementioned Star Wars Galactic Outpost The store is pretty new, and has a lot of Star Wars merchandise[...]

Fans of the story of Cassian Andor and K-2SO in the hit film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will get a chance to see their first meeting in a new Star Wars comic called Star Wars: Rogue One — Cassian & K-2SO Special #1 Duane Swierczynski and Fernando Blanco will create the 40 page one shot[...]

When it was announced that Funko's Smugglers Bounty box for May would be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars, I got really excited As a fan of these boxes and Funko, my mind raced with the possibilities of what could be included in the box This had the potential to be the best box[...]

Jackson has been campaigning for years now for Lucasfilm to bring back Mace Windu to the Star Wars universe The Jedi met his fate at the hands of Anakin Skywalker, in the move that finally pushed him to the Dark Side as he battled Chancellor Palpatine in his high-rise office on Coruscant, He had his[...]

The titular characters of Sam & Twitch are based on characters from Todd McFarlane's Spawn.  Smith elaborated that he has finished writing the pilot for the show and has been working on the bible for the show and the proposed another seven episodes for season 1.  The "cloned celebrity fight club" idea will be encountered[...]

It's the kind of thing to wax nostalgic about for those of us old enough to remember what it was like to have to record them when they showed up on TV with our handy-dandy VHS and Betamax video recorders. The always-funny folks over at ScreenCrush have re-edited the trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi[...]

The scrolling text at the beginning of the serial is similar to what George Lucas used in Star Wars The dashing heroic male, his plucky youthful sidekick, and lone but daring female companion are tropes still used today I can't say for sure if Buck Rogers came up with these tropes (they likely didn't, but[...]

presidential election, Kieron Gillen has successfully used the internet to rally voters to make Doctor Aphra the next action figure in the Hasbro's Star Wars Vintage Collection While fake news and stolen emails were the hackers' tools of choice, Gillen took to Twitter to ask fans to vote for the character he created with Salvador[...]

Recently new Star Wars merchandise has hit Disney Springs in Walt Disney World at the Galactic Outpost store. The Disney Blog showcased some awesome looking merchandise for both the new film and the 40th anniversary of Star Wars itself There's also brand new Guardians merch available inside World of Disney at Disney Springs From my last[...]