September 7th, 20150530 Star Wars Icons: The Imperial Star Destroyer A Guest Blog by Amy Richau If you ask a Star Wars fan what their favorite vehicle is the vast majority of people would probably answer the Millennium Falcon. How could you not choose Han Solo’s bucket of bolts that can do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs even while it’s falling...
August 13th, 20150397 Entertainment Weekly spoke with Kathleen Kennedy about the previously announced Han Solo Anthology film, and she gave some clues as to what fans can expect -- or not, as the case may be. It's already known that the directing team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are taking the reigns, and Lawrence Kasdan and his son, Jon, are...
July 29th, 20156116 “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Sandra, are you Haitian? You don't look Haitian. Oh, you're from another country. You listen to New Kids on the Block. You're not Black. Throughout my elementary, middle, and high school years,...
July 21st, 20153428 How many times have we heard that ‘three's a charm?’ Most likely, more than you can count. Even in advertisement, for example: Easy, Breezy, and Beautiful – CoverGirl. Is it sheer luck? Or is it pure brilliance? As someone who plays with words on a regular basis, not so much in the blogging format, but from a titling...
July 7th, 2015395 Christopher Miller and Phil Lord to Helm Han Solo Anthology Film The next adventure in the Anthology series of Star Wars films will be directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, whose credits include the critically acclaimed The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street. Among the most...
It's no secret that when Marvel Entertainment was tasked to takeover the line of Star Wars comics that it was with the full cooperation of the Lucasfilm story group. Anything in the comics, be they monthly series such as Star Wars or Darth Vader or Kanan: The Last Padawan, or mini-series Princess Leia and the upcoming...
May 4th, 20152227 Vanity Fair revealed the cover for its June issue yesterday, and it features some of the stars of The Force Awakens -- John Boyega (Finn), BB-8 (himself), Daisy Ridley (Rey), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), and Harrison Ford (Han Solo) are pictured in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon. Today there is a behind-the-scenes video of...
March 24th, 20153107 If you grew up with Star Wars, you undoubtedly have a variety of memories. Some of them are etched in your mind forever. Other memories might come in the form of action figures that you held onto (or sought out and bought again). Then there are those of us who grew up in the 1970s & 1980s and, just like Adam Goldberg, made some...
March 9th, 20152278Vintage Star Wars Figures: How I Rediscovered My Old Toys Pt 2: Toys or Totems? In part one of my look at the original Kenner Star Wars action figures I came to a partial conclusion that I had made the realization that this vintage line of toys deserved my attention and a place of honour amongst my modern collectibles. But was this...
February 3rd, 20156190I don’t think I’m the only Star Wars collector that has been aching for a great new line of die-cast. When you consider the Vintage die-cast mini vehicles, Micro Machines, all the way to the Titanium line, we’ve had some pretty good runs in die-cast. The Prequels landed us some really nice die-cast in the forms of NASCAR and...