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Archived News-August 2007
Week 1
| Friday August 03, 2007 | |
| I'm Back! | |
Well, after taking a month off (coming home from my exchange program in Belgium) I'm back and ready to report on Star Wars Collecting News. Just to let you know, it wasn't a complete break. While in London I checked out the "Star Wars: The Exhibition".... exhibition at County Hall and that was amazing! They have a life-size N1 Starfighter, various models and props from the saga including R2-D2 and C-3PO, Boba and Jango Fett, Yoda (!), Podracers, part of the Tatooine podrace seating miniature and so much more. If you are in London you should definitely check it out. Official Site | |
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| Friday August 03, 2007 | |
| Movies Section Updated | |
Today I have updated the Movies Section with a new video clip from one of your favorite Star Wars video games! The latest scene we have provided is entitled Attack on the Executor from the Star Wars video game Rogue Squadron III-Rebel Strike. You can find this video clip in the Video Game Scenes section. Special thanks to Stefan Mahrla for capturing and sharing the cutscene! If you have a movie clip or scene from any video game in a AVI, MOV, etc. format, please send it in!
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| Friday August 03, 2007 | |
| Homing Beacon #193 | |
The latest Homing Beacon has arrived and today we recap Comic-Con. The celebration of Star Wars continued in one of the venues where it first began: San Diego Comic-Con International 2007. In the summer of 1976, a little under a year before the movie would debut, representatives from Lucasfilm put on a slide-show of what was happening in the universe of Star Wars. It has since become tradition. Here's a roundup of some of the news that made it to the Official Star Wars Blog during Comic-Con International. At the main Lucasfilm presentation, Steve Sansweet invited "Family Guy" creator Seth McFarlane onto the stage for a brief interview and preview of the forthcoming Star Wars-themed "Family Guy" episode coming at the start of the next season. "Star Wars and pop culture are sort of synonymous," said McFarlane. "Everyone from my generation knows that film backwards and forward. Everyone in our writing staff can quote that movie. If you don't know Star Wars, god, you might as well jump off a cliff." Dailymotion and the Weinstein Company are on the search for the "Ultimate Fanboy (or Girl)" as part of a promotion for their upcoming Fanboys movie. Do you love and know your Star Wars and can prove it? You may win a walk-on role in the movie! Jonathan Bresman of MAD magazine gave a preview of the upcoming MAD About Star Wars book, which includes such classics as the very first "Star Bores" parody, Sergio Aragones' classic looks at Star Wars, and the many riffs on Star Wars the legendary magazine has done in the past 30 years. "Star Wars is MAD Magazine's most favorite punching bag... and fortunately George Lucas happens to be a life-long MAD magazine fan," said Bresman. Indiana Jones news was everywhere as the fourth installment of Indy's cinematic adventures is one of the most eagerly anticipated films of 2008. In a live video feed from the set, Director Steven Spielberg announced that Karen Allen is reprising her role as Marion Ravenwood in the film. Lucas Books editor J.W. Rinzler revealed the Indy publishing programming that starts next years, including novels, comics and high end collectible books, while Hasbro previewed their upcoming Indy toyline, with 3 3/4" figures, cute "Adventure Hero" toys and 12" figures. LucasArts also debuted the trailer to the upcoming LEGO: Indiana Jones video game. All this and more -- including summaries of Paramount's previews and the upcoming Blade Runner: The Final Cut release. | |
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| Friday August 03, 2007 | |
| Path to the Force - Episode 199 | |
Today we have Episode 199 of Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force which has been created by Nathan Ciprick. You will be able to access these stories through the Comics section. Check out the latest episode! Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force- Be sure to join us next week for the monumental two-hundredth episode of Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force. Then join us every week as we continue to follow the adventures of the Wookiee E'nac from the Star Wars Galaxies videogame in the form of Gamics! | |
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| Thursday August 02, 2007 | |
| AAHA's New Look | |
JediJen from our affiliate site, AAHA has created a new look for her site. Here is what she says about the new layout: "I wanted to go with an emotionally dark theme from ROTS, so I chose to
use images of how it ended for Anakin and Padme - Padme's tragic death, and
Anakin becoming Vader." Great job Jen! If you haven't visited AAHA for a while or have never been, then now's the time! | |
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| Thursday August 02, 2007 | |
| Ships Section Updated | |
Today I have updated the Ships Section with the TIE Hunter. The page includes a Flash video of the ship to give you something a little more interesting. You can get a listing of ships and vehicles using their picture by type at the Ships Section. Or, if you would like to see an alphabetical listing of all of our ships and vehicles, you can check out the Ship Index. If you have a ship you would like to see me add, then e-mail me the request and I will do my best to add it for you. Enjoy!
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| Thursday August 02, 2007 | |
| Guy Lagacé's Probeshots | |
Today I have updated Guy Lagacé's ProbeShots with another of his scenes. This is the second image for this section. Remember that these images were his vision of scenes from movies that had not been created. Be sure to also see other great artists in the Featured Artists section. Enjoy!
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