the empire strikes back
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One of the Rarest Star Wars Toys Ever Made Could Be Yours
While May the Fourth has come and gone, you have a few weeks to save money ahead of Heritage Auctions’ next Star Wars-themed sale, which happens May 31. The superstar of this one is Kenner’s famously rare Boba Fett figure with “rocket-firing” action, which was never released after being deemed a choking hazard. Further making…
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Star Wars Was Supposed to Start With the ‘Duck Dodgers’ Looney Tune
Well, this is certainly interesting. MeTV’s Toon in With Me series revealed, and Mark Hamill has confirmed, that George Lucas really, really wanted the Warner Bros. cartoon “Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century” to run before all screenings of Star Wars: A New Hope back in 1977. And then he also wanted a “Duck Dodgers”…
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A New Empire Strikes Back Book Answers Fascinating Questions You’ve Never Even Thought Of
Everything and everyone has a story. That’s just true in life. The problem is, not everyone has someone to tell those stories. When it comes to Star Wars, though, the franchise can recruit an army of incredibly talented authors to create stories about the smallest, most seemingly insignificant things. And it’s awesome.
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Read How Leia One-Upped Luke’s Jedi Training From The Empire Strikes Back
Seeing Leia train as a Jedi was undoubtedly a highlight of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Leia and Luke running around the forest and fighting with lightsabers behind blast shields was undercut only by the fact that we didn’t get to see more of it. However, in the novelization of the film, it seems…