Star Wars announced that Lupita Nyong'o (hot off her Academy Award for 12 Years a Slave) and Gwendoline Christie (Brienne in Game of Thrones) will be playing roles in the new Star Wars: Episode VII directed by J.J. Abrams. Hooray [...]
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First STAR WARS Spinoff Movie Claims a Director and Names a Date
Hot off the box office success of Godzilla, director Gareth Edwards has landed the director's chair for the first of the Star Wars spin off movies, which we are now being told will be hitting theaters December 16, 2016. Here's [...]
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What You Need to Know to Win a Role in STAR WARS: EPISODE VII and Support a Great Cause
You know you would be hard pressed to pass up an opportunity to be in the next Star Wars movie. Well here comes you chance and depending on how many entries you'd like to buy, you can get perk and [...]
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An Internet Sampler To Celebrate STAR WARS Day
Happy Star Wars Day!! It's one of the greatest global nerd-tastic days where you can greet your fellow geeks, "May the 4th be with you," but do you know how far back the saying goes? And what will you do [...]
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STAR WARS REBELS Trailer to Air During LEGO’s STAR WARS: THE NEW YODA CHRONICLES
Today's Star Wars news comes from the animated side of force, or as the TV spot below says, "the lighter side." We're all very much looking forward to the release of the first full trailer for the upcoming series Star Wars [...]
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STAR WARS: EPISODE VII Cast Announced; Internet Explodes Like a Death Star
We knew it was coming, since the first cast readthrough was scheduled for today, but there's only so much you can do to prepare for the worldwide internet storm that is the Star Wars: Episode VII casting announcement. Here it [...]
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Lucasfilm Announces STAR WARS Expanded Universe Unification
Whether or not you ever read a Star Wars book or played a Star Wars game, you likely are aware they exist. You have maybe even wondered if they are considered "canon," meaning whether they are part of the main [...]
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Voice Actor Jim Cummings Makes Fun with Star Wars
File this one under the "oldie but goodie" category. Last summer at ConnectiCon, voice actor Jim Cummings (Winnie the Pooh, Darkwing Duck) made something magical when he read a classic scene from Star Wars in the voices from our childhood. Who [...]
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Dark Horse Releases a Sneak Peek of Star Wars: Rebel Heist #1
Dark Horse has released a sneak peek of Matt Kindt's Star Wars: Rebel Heist. When a young rebel meets the legendary Han Solo for his first mission, things don't exactly go to plan, and the hero doesn't seem to measure [...]
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Production Update For STAR WARS: EPISODE VII
The news is slow and drippy for Star Wars: Episode VII but we have a little press release to just firm up the basic plot (see last full paragraph) and we will probably start getting a steady stream of casting [...]
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Meet Chopper of STAR WARS REBELS in New Featurette
We met The Inquisitor, the "new face of evil" for the upcoming Star Wars animated series Star Wars Rebels, back in October. Very creepy, very evil. Now we're being introduced to someone from the hero side, sort of. His name [...]
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Book Review: Star Wars Origami
Author: Chris Alexander Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Workman Publishing Company ISBN-10: 0761169431 ISBN-13: 978-0761169437 Synopsis: Kids love origami—and what could be cooler than transforming a piece of paper into Boba Fett, Princess Leia, Yoda, or R2-D2? And not just any paper, but custom-designed paper illustrated with [...]
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