July 13th, 2017058Dan Z is joined by IndyCast host, Ed Dolista and the Sandcrawler podcast co-host, as well as a writer for CWK & Retrozapped, Mike MacDonald. They begin the show with reviews of the latest from Chronicle and Disney Publishing, as well as Forces of Destiny episodes. Nick DiCo has Star Wars video game updates, and Tom gives the...
June 8th, 20173148One of the odder subplots in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones is the bounty hunter, Zam Wessel, being killed by Jango Fett with a toxic dart. I call the subplot odd because in a story as grand as Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi's quest to discover the meaning behind the dart feels more like a 1940's detective film plot than something...
July 9th, 20150160This past May the Fourth weekend I was at a flea market and picked up “Riders in the Void,” which is issue #38 of the vintage Marvel Star Wars comic series. It was great to replace the issue I had as a 12-year-old back in August 1980 - although it cost me $4.60 more this time around. A few weeks after buying the comic, I...
March 9th, 20152143Vintage 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 10th, 20153148 Vintage Star Wars Figures: How I Rediscovered My Old Toys
My blog, Looking Away to the Horizon, tends to focus more on the personal side of Star Wars. The majority of my articles deal with my Star Wars Room, what a certain part of the movies mean to me, and how Star Wars has become a positive influence in my family. Basically what...
November 20th, 20145162A long time....a long time.Continuing a theme I started a few weeks ago in my blog post featured on Coffee With Kenobi, I've discovered another vintage era piece of evidence that points to the fact that George Lucas has had the story of the Prequels for many, many years.The scope of time in the Star Wars universe is huge....
September 26th, 201418879PrologueI recently picked up at an antique store, an excellent conditioned paperback copy of the 1976 movie adaption to Star Wars, ghost written by Alan Dean Foster. This was one of the first (if not the first) piece of Star Wars merchandise I can remember ever owning as a kid. My brother Doug and I flipped through the photo insert...
