StarWars.com updates today with details of a new expansion feature coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic – Galactic Starfighter
Starfighters (with the ability to make use of special modifications) and the classic space dogfights of Star Wars are coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic. BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., and LucasArts have officially announced Galactic Starfighter, an upcoming the Free-to-Play digital expansion of the hit Star Wars: The Old Republic. The new add-on features Player-vs-Player (PvP) combat with epic 12-against-12 space battles, a variety of unique starships, a wide set of customization and upgrade options, and multiple battle zones and gameplay modes.
ToysRUs has updated today and it now shows one of two Battle of Geonosis: Jedi Knights Packs. It is currently unavailable (it was for a brief instant, has I had them in my cart) but you can sign up for notification when they replenish their stock online. Hopefully, the second set will be available too to take advantage of the $10 off discount for order of $5o or more.
The entire Toy Hutt crew will be packing up their sabers & heading to New York City this long weekend for NY Comic Con (no booth, just fans). So all Toy Hutt storefronts including eBay & Amazon will be on vacation mode Wednesday & Thursday. Storefronts will open back up Friday morning & all orders received will ship out 1st thing flying Tuesday.” Hope to see some Toy Hutt fans in New York City so “Stay Calm & Comic Con!” – Bob & the crew @ www.ToyHutt.com
Collider has alerted us to an exclusive Villain Noir “Bounty Hunter” giclee by Marko Manev that will be available this weekend at NYCC (Bottleneck Gallery booth #2167). It is limited to just 125 pieces but if you can’t attend, there will be some made available on the Bottleneck Gallery website on Saturday at 1pm ET.
Here it is, your first look at the new Star Wars Rebels series coming in 2014 to Disney XD. Stay tuned for more footage and images to pop up so as the Rebels panel at NYCC this week is sure to reveal more.
Hot on the heels of the glorious The Making of Return of the Jedi from J.W. Rinzler comes Star Wars Art: Concept – a must have publication for any art aficionado. This book contains some of the earliest works created for Star Wars leading right up to the present with concept art for 1313. You can pre-order it now from Amazon for only $24.00 (reg. $40.00) or pick it up whereever fine books are sold on October 15.
Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives are reporting that the upcoming Kmart Exclusive (Scanning Crew and Ewok Catapult) Sets have been added to their website and should soon be available for order. Head on over to check out the details.
