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Retro fix–Original Star Wars toy commercials
Do you remember back in the 1970s and 1980s when every new toy had its own commercial? It seems crazy now. How could toy sales justify the cost of time slots on national networks? You’d think with...
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Shattered Universes–Marvel’s Star Wars comics, then and now
Back in the 1970s it was pretty exciting to anticipate what was going to happen after the original Star Wars aired and Marvel Comics was going to take us on a journey into the further adventures of...
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New Chewbacca comic book series to feature art of Phil Noto
If the first images out of the gate are any indication, Star Wars fans are in for a real treat. Black Widow artist Phil Noto will be illustrating interior and cover work on a new limited series...
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Auction results–First on-screen Star Wars spaceship sets new sales record
The most expensive Star Wars prop and the most iconic single Star Trek costume sold at auction this past week. A new record was set for the highest sale price for a television costume, the market...
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Retro watch–Topps goes back to 1977 with Star Wars: The Force Awakens trading...
I began collecting my first “non-sports” trading cards back in 1976 with presidents cards produced by local bread companies such as Colonial Bread. I then moved on to Star Wars cards thanks to a very...
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Lucasfilm releases final trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Have you reserved your tickets yet? It’s pretty crazy that tickets are on sale for a movie not being released for two entire months. Along with the early ticket sales, Lucasfilm has released the...
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The next Star Trek television series now only a little more than a year away
CBS is finally taking a cue from Disney. Disney, digging in its heels every which way it can to exploit its new Star Wars property, may have finally awakened CBS, which holds the Star Trek television...
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Still no Luke in new Star Wars: The Force Awakens character posters
So what is the message with this week’s release of the five individual character posters for Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Or is there one? The big question everyone is asking: Where is Luke...
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Sci-Fi Block and Smuggler’s Bounty–Two new box services coming soon for...
Catching up with the fun, genre-tailored grab bags like Loot Crate and Comic Con Box, two new box services beginning soon will mean you will have four major monthly genre-themed services to choose...
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Disney XD–Even more footage released for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Just stop watching the Internet, TV, movie trailers. Stop–if you don’t want to see most of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in snippets before the movie premieres next month. The cartoon network...
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ISS Astronauts go with the Jedi look in new NASA poster
While we have all been busy here on Earth, the international assemblage of astronauts on the International Space Station have been moving on with their scheduled work week far up and away in Earth’s...
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Thanksgiving Star Wars trailer focuses on new villain
What? Another trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Isn’t it enough that every object in Target and WalMart have Star Wars tie-ins this weekend? Maybe not. Check out the latest trailer,...
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Disney goes retro with “new” Star Wars posters
Yep, Disney is trying to appeal to your nostalgic side. December is here at last. And for hundreds of millions of moviegoers across the globe that means Star Wars is coming. The latest out of the...
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Dueling trailers–The final from Star Wars VII, the first from Star Trek Beyond
This is it. The week sci-fi/fantasy fans have been waiting for–the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Those seeing it theaters this week will get an added bonus in most theaters, a first...
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Opening weekend review–Passing the torch in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Review by C.J. Bunce Did J.J. Abrams earn or reject his Jar Jar badge? Did we drown in re-hashed lines from the original trilogy? Did Disney make the same mistakes as George Lucas made with his...
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Retro fix–New book chronicles complete Topps original Star Wars trading cards
Review by C.J. Bunce Abrams ComicArts and Topps have released the first compilation ever of the original 1977 and 1978 Topps Star Wars trading cards–Star Wars: The Original Topps Trading Card Series,...
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Create your own desk display with new Star Wars Frames postcard edition
Back in 2013 we reviewed one of the most ambitious, successful and nostalgic Star Wars products yet created. Star Wars: Frames, reviewed here, was an effort by George Lucas to file through every...
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New book delves into the concept art behind The Force Awakens
Review by C.J. Bunce Not just another visual guide to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a new art book from Abrams looks behind the creative process in making a major motion picture. The Art of Star...
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Review–Stunning new book reprints original Chaykin artwork from 1970s Star...
Review by C.J. Bunce IDW’s latest Artifact Edition has so much going for it it’s difficult to know where to begin. For a lifelong fan of Marvel Comics’ original comic book adaptation of the original...
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Preview–C-3PO gets his own monthly series from Marvel
Anthony Daniels’ C-3PO, the Star Wars human-cyborg relations protocol droid, was the comic relief of the original Star Wars trilogy. On re-watching classic Star Wars it is surprising how many...
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