Disney Mobile and LucasArts is offering free downloads of their video game Star Wars: Tiny Death Star, available for iOS, Android, and Windows formats. Live life on the dark side, and join Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader on a mission to attract Galactic bitizens, run… Read More »Disney Mobile Offering Star Wars: Tiny Death Star Game For Free
Netflix began streaming the entire Clone Wars series this weekend, including a final, unaired season called, “The Lost Missions.” I’m looking forward to this because I don’t have cable and couldn’t follow the show while it was on, so expect me to lose more than… Read More »Star Wars: Galaxy of News
Walt Disney World announced they will kick off this year’s Star Wars Weekends with a new merchandise event called Rebel Rendezvous, on Thursday, May 15. The event will take place between 10am and 5pm at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and will offer ticket holders the following:… Read More »Walt Disney World to Kick off Star Wars Weekends with Rebel Rendezvous Merchandise Event on May 15, 2014
Disney has released two teaser clips from its upcoming new animated series, Star Wars: Rebels, that give us a first look at some of the characters and settings from the show.
Star Wars: Rebels takes place in the time between Star Wars: Episode III and IV as the Empire tightens its grip on the galaxy and a rebellion begins to form. Viewers will see all this happen through the eyes of teenage Ezra, Jedi survivor Kanan, and their friends, the crew of the starship Ghost.
The first two clips are titled “Spark” and “Ignite”:
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Star Wars Weekends is approaching at light speed. If you want to make a big impression without a full on costume, you might try some of these nifty Star Wars themed hoodies from Thinkgeek.
This Tauntaun hooded sweatshirt is new to the Star Wars collection. I love the interior pattern, sure to be enough guts to keep you warm on chilly evenings.
Two other favorites are the Chewbacca Wookiee and Boba Fett hoodies.
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Editors Note: Chris has added Star Wars to his beat here on The Disney Blog. His first post is a look at what has transpired since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm. It has been very interesting to watch and compare Disney’s acquisition of Marvel and Lucasfilm.… Read More »Star Wars – The Galaxy Is Not So Far Away Anymore
During a special event at the 2014 American International Toy Fair, Disney Consumer Products unveiled four new toy lines expected to hit stores this year.
Actors Andrew Garfield and Jorge Vega of the upcoming film Amazing Spider-Man 2 debuted new toys based on the movie. In the photo, Vega holds the Amazing Spider-Man 2 Giant Web Slinging Spider-Man Figure by Hasbro (SRP $29.99; available Fall 2014).
Then actor Dane Cook, the voice of Dusty Crophopper, debuted toys from this summer’s Disney film, Planes: Fire & Rescue. In the photo, he’s holding a Fire Blastin’ Dusty Crophopper toy by Mattel (SRP $49.99, available June 2014).
The Force was with actor Freddie Prinze, Jr, as he introduced toys inspired by the upcoming animated TV series, “Star Wars Rebels.” Prinze, who voices Kanan on the show, holds a LEGO Star Wars Rebels Ghost Ship (SRP $79.99, available August 2014) from the show, with Stormtroopers keeping a watchful eye.
Actor Chris Pratt of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy made a special appearance via video to share his excitement about how his character’s stories are being brought to life through the action-packed Guardians toy line. He’s especially excited about the Star-Lord Quad Blaster by Hasbro (SRP $19.99, available July 2014), which fires four included NERF darts.
“Disney Consumer Products is firing on all cylinders across our diverse franchise portfolio, and at this year’s Toy Fair we’re building off a successful 2013 to showcase the best of our new and storied properties that will heat up toy aisles in 2014,” said Josh Silverman, executive vice president, global licensing at Disney Consumer Products. “We’re excited to see these four properties take off at retail as we know these innovative products will resonate with kids and fans who want to create their own heroic stories.”
Thanks to Disney Consumer Products for the photos from the event. Plenty more below the jump:
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Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker will be back in the Star Wars sequels, and played by the original actors. Carrie Fisher was quoted in a TV Guide article that she is due on the set of the next Star Wars film as soon… Read More »Carrie Fisher On Way To Set of New Star Wars Film Soon, Ford and Hamill Too