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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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Year in Review: io9 Staff Picks
There have been so many words written about the expanse of genre here at io9, and 2023 was a wildcard of a year for entertainment (including Marvel Studios, Star Wars, DC Studios, and Max), theme parks, and games. We covered a lot of ground, from union-strong solidarity during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes to creatively…
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The Force Unleashed Was the Most Video Game-Ass Star Wars to Ever Exist
Star Wars has been a fixture of video games for decades, and spanned almost every possible genre and platform you could reasonably think of. There are certain ones that have resonated with audiences over time, like the current Jedi games from Respawn Entertainment and the Knights of the Old Republic series from BioWare and Obsidian.…
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Ahsoka Tano Is Star Wars’ Biggest Paradox
Star Wars is a franchise with a lot of characters, but all of them all feel rooted in a particular place in time. You can feel that the Skywalker twins and Han Solo are products of the late 1970s to some degree or another. Similarly, you can see that someone like Din Djarin or Mace…