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#DisneyMustPay campaign to support SF author Alan Dean Foster gathers momentum
A major campaign politely asking Disney to do right by a major SF author is gathering pace
Disney and Lucasfilm Announce “Mando Mondays” – A New Global Product Reveal Program in Celebration of “The Mandalorian”
Mad about The Mandalorian. It’s back next month…
Don’t miss out on some Forbidden Planet Comic-Con@Home exclusives
Blade Runner, Star Wars and other exclusives on offer from Forbidden Planet
Creator Spotlight: Official “Binary Star” Star Wars Prints by Guy Stauber
British artist Guy Stauber’s new, original trilogy Star Wars posters are now on sale from Dark Ink, who offer a range of officially licensed artworks inspired by the space saga created by George Lucas
Side by Side – Space: 1999, Star Wars and The Mandalorian
Tim Robins enjoyed the first episode of “The Mandalorian”, but concludes that it is no “Space: 1999”…
May The Toys Be With You… Palitoy returns to Coalville in new exhibition
Action Man, Pippa, Tressy, Tiny Tears, Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake, the stars of Star Wars and many more have returned to Coalville, Leicestershire – once home to toy maker Palitoy, as part of the free The Many Faces of Palitoy exhibition, part of a much wider project celebrating the heritage of the fondly-remembered British toy company
John Mollo’s original Star Wars designs go under the hammer at Bonhams
The personal notebooks and sketchbooks of world-renowned double Oscar-winning British costume designer, John Mollo, the concept artist behind the international Star Wars franchise, are to be offered at Bonhams in a stand-alone 62-lot sale, Designing an Empire: The John Mollo… Read More ›
In Review: Solo – A Star Wars Story
I never felt the need to watch a film that told me Han Solo’s back story because the character was such a cliché that I felt that I already knew it. For me, Star Wars didn’t exactly have depth. As an… Read More ›
The Force is strong in Graeme Neil Reid’s January Art Raffle!
Doctor Who and 2000AD artist Graeme Neil Reid‘s first Art Raffle of 2018 is live and there is a brother and sister (spoilers) to choose between in this Star Wars: A New Hope themed month. Graeme is a Scottish artist… Read More ›
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Art Director Kevin Jenkins joins Portsmouth Comic Con line-up
With the news that Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the biggest film at the UK and Irish box office in 2017, Portsmouth’s newest Comic Con has announced that ILM London’s supervising art director Kevin Jenkins will be attending the… Read More ›
Rare Tom Jung Star Wars film poster concept art goes up for auction – and many more cinematic gems too!
. Just when you thought you had seen everything, this amazing Star Wars artefact arrives after being hidden away for forty years – and goes up for auction through Heritage Auctions later this month, along with rare Casablanca, a rare… Read More ›
Marvel UK Star Wars collection released
Marvel has just published Star Wars: The Marvel UK Collection – a gigantic hardcover book running to over 800 pages with a price tag of just over £70 in the UK ($100), featuring stories by, among others, Alan Moore, Steve… Read More ›
Star Wars-inspired Stormtrooper Jerseys launched by cycle apparel firm Milltag
Originalstormtrooper.com is the website for Shepperton Design Studios – and the only website where you can purchase genuine Stormtrooper helmets and armour, created by the original maker Andrew Ainsworth from the original helmet moulds that were used in Star Wars: A New Hope…. Read More ›
Royal Mail Star Wars: The Last Jedi stamps revealed (some with UV secrets!)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is blasting its way onto British cinema screens from 14th December 2017. To celebrate, the Royal Mail has announced eight new Star Wars stamps, limited-edition collectibles and gifts, packed with friendly (and not so friendly)… Read More ›
Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comic collections launched by IDW
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the first Star Wars film this May, IDW Publishing and the multi award-winning imprint, Library of American Comics have just released Volume One of Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comic which contains 575 sequential strips from its premiere… Read More ›
One Plastic Carrier Bag, One Careful Star Wars Owner – A Snip at 240 Pounds!
How many of us have had a grumble at the new 5p carrier bag charge – and that’s for a cheap one? Well, on Wednesday 29th November a vintage carrier bag from the once Palitoy Staff Shop in Coalville went… Read More ›
VECTIS massive Star Wars toys auction includes early play set building magazine collection
On Black Friday – a day of commercial discounting and special offers that originated with Amazon, it’s perhaps worth remembering that once, a long time ago in decades far, far away there were times when toys were expensive and often only bought… Read More ›
Cats Go Geek with CacaoFurniture’s Cat Houses
We all know cats love a cardboard box, right? Well, Bulgarian company CacaoFurniture has run with that in a big way and created a range of cardboard cat houses – some inspired by well known SF icons, including Doctor Who‘s… Read More ›
MCM Comic Con back in Brum this weekend
MCM Birmingham Comic Con returns to the NEC this weekend for another feast of geeky entertainment… and alongside all the exhibitors, comic artists, eSports tournaments and cosplay competitions, the show will be playing host to a great line-up of special… Read More ›