The ultimate fan box–The Star Wars Limited Edition Loot Crate
If you’re a Star Wars fan (and who isn’t?), it’s hard to stay away when you learn that subscription box services like Smuggler’s Bounty, Loot Crate, and Nerd Block are offering up loads of exclusive...
View ArticleHan Solo lands his own monthly series this June
Marvel Comics continues to expand its offerings in the Star Wars universe with this summer’s new monthly Star Wars: Han Solo. Marvel released the first images of the new series this week, including...
View ArticleFirst look–Star Wars: The Force Awakens deleted scenes and other extras
For those of you that haven’t already watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens ten times in the theater, you may be glad to hear Disney is releasing the digital edition next week with the Blu-ray coming...
View ArticleMike Mayhew creates iconic covers for Star Wars prequels re-release
Mike Mayhew, illustrator on The Star Wars series for Dark Horse Comics and an incredible cover and interior artist on many major sci-fi and superhero titles, has created new cover artwork for the...
View ArticleRetro watch–Documentary looks back to the making of a strange, new sci-fi...
Written and directed by Jon Spira and funded via Kickstarter, a new documentary about the making of the original Star Wars is coming your way, and it’s not anything you will find in the special...
View ArticleNew book showcases Topps’ original The Empire Strikes Back trading cards
Coming next week is the latest volume from the partnership of Abrams ComicArts and Topps Trading Cards as they document some of the greatest non-sports trading cards ever released. Complete with a...
View ArticleStar Wars original trilogy returns to the big screen this summer
Alamo Drafthouse announced it will be bringing the original Star Wars trilogy to cities across the country this August with an epic “Return of the Trilogy” theatrical event. The original Star Wars,...
View ArticleMay the Fourth Be With You
Hey, it’s the annual Star Wars celebration–May the 4th or May the Fourth Be With You. So if you see a stormtrooper patrolling your town today you know why. We found some fun collectibles you may want...
View ArticleVideo game review–Find something for everyone in Star Wars Battlefront
Review by Alec Jessen Many of us know and love Star Wars, especially the video games. The Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Battlefront 2 video games from back in the earlier 2000s were some of the...
View ArticleFirst look–Star Wars: The Force Awakens comic book adaptation premieres this...
Are you a fan of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? How about a comic book adaptation whose quality is nearly as good as that of Marvel’s original trilogy adaptations in the late 1970s and early...
View ArticleDisney/Lucasfilm offering high-end replicas from Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Last week Disney and Lucasfilm released information on a new line of Star Wars: The Force Awakens replica props and helmets from PropShop Studio Editions for sale at this link. These are high-end...
View ArticleAFI honors John Williams with first life achievement award for a composer
Few individuals have stood apart from their peers in their professional endeavors as much as maestro John Williams. Last week the American Film Institute presented Williams with its life achievement...
View ArticleSDCC 2016–ANOVOS offers 10% weekend discount
ANOVOS, the company known for its attention to detail in costumes from Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and more, is offering a discount this weekend for attendees at San Diego Comic-Con...
View ArticleCountdown is on for Kansas City Comic Con 2016
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday thousands of sci-fi, fantasy, and superhero fans will converge on Kansas City as Kansas City Comic Con returns to the Bartle Hall. The show again has booked the...
View ArticleFirst look–Star Wars Rogue One previews just get better and better
In the second trailer released today for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, during Thursday evening’s NBC coverage of the 31st Olympiad, so many teased scenes are revealed that it’s impossible not to get...
View ArticleKCCC 2016–The “Where was Luke Skywalker?” Edition
Yesterday thousands of sci-fi, fantasy, and superhero fans began to converge on Kansas City as Kansas City Comic Con returned to Bartle Hall for Kansas City Comic Con 2016. The show is featuring the...
View ArticleKansas City Comic Con 2016–Day Two
Kansas City Comic Con 2016 kicked into high gear today at the Kansas City Convention center at Bartle Hall. Probably the largest assemblages of writers and artists in the region, literally several...
View ArticleDisney/Lucasfilm to release Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D Collector’s...
Certain to provide some last-minute marketing funds for its December release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Disney/Lucasfilm is dipping once again into fans’ pockets in November as it finally...
View ArticleBook review–Cinema Alchemist: Original lightsaber creator, Oscar winner...
Review by C.J. Bunce Roger Christian’s success is a testament to the idea of thinking outside the box. If you stop in the middle of age-old processes, no matter what you’re doing and what field...
View ArticleILM provides glimpse Behind the Magic of The Force Awakens
Back in 1998, before the Star Wars prequels, PC users were given the first public look at the deleted scenes from Star Wars–the original, Episode IV, A New Hope, etc. A two-CD-ROM set called Star...
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