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Thirty years ago today, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi opened in theaters, bringing to a close George Lucas’ epic trilogy. With Star Wars Celebration Europe II less than two months away, Disney Star Wars Weekends in full swing and the promise of new movies and a televisions series, toast Return of the Jedi and get ready for another[...]

If you told me in 2001, as I was sitting in the theater watching The Fast and the Furious, that I would be sitting in another theater 12 years later watching the sixth installment of the “franchise” I would have called bullshit. If you had also told me that the sixth film in the series would[...]

Lego is promoting their upcoming animated series, The Yoda Chronicles, with heavy doses of free merchandise, online advertising and now, the world’s largest model of an X-Wing Starfighter. With over 5.3 million bricks, the full sized model took over four months to build and weighs in at nearly 50,000 pounds.  It was unveiled in Times[...]

Sideshow now has their Return of the Jedi Darth Vader figure up for pre-order.  Priced at $249.99 for both the regular and exclusive versions, Sideshow is estimating him to be available in January 2014. The exclusive item this time around is a severed gauntlet, recreating the damage Luke Skywalker does in their final duel aboard the[...]

This Thursday, May 23rd, you’ll be able to place a pre-order for Sideshow’s new 1:6 scale Darth Vader figure.  This version of Vader is from his appearance in Return of the Jedi and will include a removable mask and helmet so that he can be displayed as he appeared in the final scenes on the Death[...]

Diamond Select is releasing a new 4-pack of Incredible Hulk Minimates in a set called The Incredible Hulk Through the Ages.  The set includes Barbarian Hulk, Joe Fixit Hulk, Composite Hulk and Maestro Hulk.  Look for these at comic book stores. Full press release and photos below. Fans love the Marvel Minimates “Through the Ages”[...]

Diamond Select has quickly been expanding the ranks of their Starfleet ship models and their latest offerings include the first version of the U.S.S. Excelsior NCC-2000 and the Star Trek: First Contact variant of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E. Full press release and photos below. Diamond Select’s fleet of electronic Star Trek ships is undergoing a rapid[...]

Fans of the animated Star Wars tales take note, 2014 will see the debut of the next animated series, Star Wars Rebels.  Set between Episode III and IV, Rebels will follow the Empire as it hunts down the last of the Jedi and tries to suppress the growing rebellion. Dave Filoni will be on board as executive[...]

Starting with Iron Man, Marvel has unleashed five year’s worth of incredible superhero movies on the world, culminating in last year’s Avengers and heading into phase 2 with Iron Man 3 which released this month. Keeping the momentum alive, this fall, on ABC, we’ll be treated to “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” a new drama that will follow Agent[...]

Can you call a movie “Into Darkness” when it has that much lens flare? Well, yes, when the darkness in question refers to the darkness in men’s hearts, the darkest hour, the darkness of cold and lonely space and the darkness that can swallow a soul bent on revenge. Star Trek Into Darkness returns Chris Pine’s[...]