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WonderCon Day 1: Ackbar, Troopers & Dr. Jones

StarWars.com Team | April 3, 2010


(Go-Go’s Jane Wiedlin gets a hug from Admiral Ackbar)

Admiral Ackbar cereal Robot Chicken Cosplay? Rebel cheerleaders? Stormtroopers galore? Yup, it’s that time of year for WonderCon in San Francisco. Three full days of comics, movies, TV shows, costumes, celebrities, artists, droid builders and more!

Here’s a selection of some of the awesome things we spotted on the first day:


The 501st Legion booth at WonderCon is well-guarded.


2-4-6-8 Who do we appreciate? Rebels! Rebels! Go Rebels!


Rotta the Hutt gets a lift from a fan.


Dr. Jones, I presume?


This is the droid you’re looking for!

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Star Wars Roller Derby Night!

StarWars.com Team | March 4, 2010

Roller derby and Star Wars go together like peanut butter and chocolate on wheels! If the bout is as cool as the poster, this might end up being our favorite Sithy sport!

Naptown Roller Girls reports:

Another long wait between home bouts but we have a good one for you as we return the favor and host The Sioux Falls Roller Dollz for one bout only back in the old Toyota Blue Ribbon Pavilion. Sioux Falls beat us in October but this time we are on our own turf! Join us along with your favorite characters from Star Wars for a trip down memory lane in the first venue we ever bouted in. Don’t forget: Just one bout tonight at 7:30pm.

SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY: The 501st Legion and Rebel Legion! Including: X-wing pilots, Rebel Fleet Troopers, stormtroopers, Tusken raiders, clone troopers, TIE pilots, snow troopers, Darth Vader, and many more! Loads of fun Star Wars themed goodness for the kiddos! Remember: 6 and under always free!

Read more about the event here:
Scar Wars – Tornado Sirens vs Sioux Falls Roller Dollz

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More Lightsaber Chopsticks Coming Soon From Koto

Pete Vilmur | February 19, 2010

One Toy Fair booth that wasn’t shy about showing its Star Wars spirit was Kotobukiya, who devoted an entire wall to their line of Star Wars chopsticks. While casual passersby might be dazzled by Koto’s Star Wars utensil utopia, those few of us savvy enough to inspect their display cases off to the side discovered the next three entries in the lightsaber chopsticks line — Mace Windu, Luke Skywalker (Episode VI), and Darth Maul. Maul’s have the added feature of attaching together at the hilts like the Sith Lord’s movie version. These look to be available this summer. Check the pics after the jump for details!

Darth Maul

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Comic Images at Toy Fair

Pete Vilmur | February 16, 2010

C-3PO plush backpack

Comic Images had a lot of nifty new plushes to show off at Toy Fair this year, including two backpacks that, in retrospect, seem like no-brainers: a C-3PO in pieces (as he was carried around by Chewbacca in Empire) and a Boba Fett rocket pack. We just know there’s got to be a Yoda in Dagobah pack somewhere on the horizon!

There’s some great new plush figures as well, including a stormtrooper (with limited 501st and pink charity editions) and large-scale Vader, Chewbacca, and Yoda. Check out our full set of images here!

Boba Fett plush rocket backpack

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Bristol Lightsaber Flashmob!

Bonnie Burton | February 16, 2010

You know what would make a boring visit to the mall more exciting? A gigantic lightsaber battle!

If you were in Bristol over the weekend, that’s exactly what you got.
Our fans rock!

WATCH VIDEO: Bristol Lightsaber Flashmob

WATCH VIDEO: Flashmob: Bristol’s Biggest Lightsaber Fight: Cabot Circus

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Cool LEGO Toy Fair Swag

Pete Vilmur | February 16, 2010

While I was dazzled with the great new entries to the LEGO Star Wars line I previewed at their Toy Fair booth today, the biggest take-away for me — literally — was a slick promotional book and exclusive white Boba Fett LEGO mini-fig!

The book, which features a die-cut spot-varnish Vader cover, contains LEGO’s current and coming releases for 2010, presented on heavy gloss cardstock pages. The binding is so tight that to photograph them I had to stick my fingers in the photos (apologies!).

Another exclusive, although I wasn’t clear that it’s limited to Toy Fair, is the white Boba Fett mini fig, appearing as the bounty hunter did before designers decided to give him the bang-up Empire deco we’re familiar with. A great pair of items that is sure to have the LEGO Star Wars collectors calling their Toy Fair contacts!

Check out the rest of the images after the jump!

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LEGO Clone Turbo Tank and More at Toy Fair

Pete Vilmur | February 16, 2010

The LEGO booth at Toy Fair had some great upcoming releases on display, including the Clone Turbo Tank, Hoth Wampa Set, Plo Koon’s Starfighter and more. Many current releases were also showcased, all of which you can see in our StarWarsShop announcement here. We’ve got a couple press photos and a few snapshots from the LEGO booth, which promises some great additions to the LEGO Star Wars series this year! Look for most of these new sets this August.

Check our full set of LEGO images after the jump (and also see our StarWars.com coverage with new imagery here)!

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Hasbro Comic Two-Packs for 2010

StarWars.com Team | February 16, 2010

Before heading back to the Toy Fair floor today, we wanted to share a couple upcoming releases that were attached to the tail-end of Hasbro’s Star Wars presentation last weekend, but weren’t on display in their showroom (at least we don’t think they were — we’ll have to check our photos).

As a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive this year, the Darth Maul and Owen Lars Comic 2-Pack will be available with a reprint of a Star Wars: Visionaries comic. These will also be available through Hasbro’s site and StarWarsShop.com.

For Celebration V in August, a second comic 2-pack including Camie and Fixer from the Star Wars: Empire comic (and the cut Tatooine scenes from A New Hope) will be available, also through Hasbro and StarWarsShop. Could a womp rat be far behind?

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New Hasbro Action Figure Cards Preview

Pete Vilmur | February 16, 2010

While we were able to showcase one of Hasbro’s new action figure cardback mock-ups last month in our “2010 Star Wars Packaging Revealed” story, Hasbro did share two new mock-ups for both their Clone Wars and Saga Legends series in their Toy Fair presentation. These don’t include the lower “footer” graphic that will include the figure’s name and other info, but they do give a sense of how uniform the two series will look.

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New Star Wars Puzzles from Cardinal for 2010

Pete Vilmur | February 16, 2010

New Star Wars licensee Cardinal had their Star Wars line on display at Toy Fair, including some cool new “3 in 1 Panoramic Puzzles” which feature a Star Wars character version, a trio of clones, and the stunning Tsuneo Sanda character montage artwork. There’s also several lenticular puzzles in the mix as well. Look for these later this year, and for now, check out our image series at Flickr.

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