An open letter to J.J. Abrams about making Star Wars VII

There’s nothing coming out of the London based Star Wars camp, as of late, that has me even remotely interested in how this will all turn out. No one really knows how or what, J.J. Abrams, will do with this beloved franchise. All we have to go on are his previous films, which aren’t bad,

Dark Horse’s THE STAR WARS #1 brings to life George Lucas’s first draft

The premise of George Lucas’s “The Star Wars“, written by J.W Rinzler and illustrated by Mike Mayhew, pretty much follows what we now know as Star Wars, but with a little something different…no force, or at least not in this first issue of the Dark Horse Comic’s release. The “Force”, however, is mentioned in a

Has the Jedi mysticism in Star Wars been lost over the years

The years have not been kind to the Jedi, a once benevolent group of mystics whom occasionally had to do battle with the forces of evil to create balance in the universe. Remember when Star Wars was just about Luke Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Darth Vader? It’s been a very long time since

Dark Horse set to release George Lucas’s original-draft screenplay for The Star Wars to be adapted by J. W. Rinzler and Mike Mayhew!

The details regarding this latest adaptation are still rolling in, but the announcement was made at Wondercon that Lucas is allowing Dark Horse Comic’s to adapt his original screenplay The Star Wars, into a comic book series with J.W Rinzler adapting and Mike Mayhew (The Avenger’s) set to pencil. This is a story, mind you,

Disney confirms there will be standalone Star Wars films

Today I learned via Collider.com , that Disney CEO Bob Igor has confirmed that there will be standalone Star Wars films that center around new and equally as important characters in the Star Wars mythos. In addition to this great news screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi) and Simon Kinberg

Wow! J.J. Abrams is set to direct Star Wars Episode VII!

Wow! Wow! What? I know many of you are thinking wtf? J.J. Abrams told us he wanted nothing to do with the franchise after being approached countless times by Da Mouse to pick up where George Lucas, half-assedly left off. Well it’s apparently official. The news broke today on The Wrap , that J.J. Abrams

Hot Toys opens flagship store, Toy Sapiens, in Tokyo and prepares to blow collectors minds

Admittedly, I have not collected toys or action figures in many a year.  Not because I didn’t have appreciation for the hobby, but, due to the desire to spend my wages on other pursuits.  This habit of denying myself these geeked treasures may have to change now that I have discovered Hot Toys.  After spending