It has awakened! Disney and Lucasfilm have released the official poster for Star Wars The Force Awakens. Watch for a new trailer tomorrow to debut during Monday Night Football on ESPN and advance ticket sales to launch as well. Head to StarWars.com for the full details and click on through for the official press release.
PowerA Delivers Star Wars and Marvel Avenger’s Themed Carrying Cases, Displays and Charging Solutions to Retailers Nationwide in Time for the Holidays
PowerA, the world’s premiere manufacturers of high-quality, innovative accessories for video game and mobile devices, announced today the launch of its Disney Infinity and Playmation Marvel’s Avenger’s accessory lines.
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The Hollywood Reporter is, err, reporting that the World Premiere of The Force Awakens is set for December 14, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Look for an official announcement soon.
Another figure card shot has turned up via Amazon.co.uk for an upcoming character for The Force Awakens (first appearing in the JTTFA book, Moving Target). Click the image above for a closer look at protocol droid, PZ-4CO.
Thanks to Eye of the Tyler for the tip.
WDW News Today is reporting a rumor that popular annual event, Star Wars Weekends, is retiring in 2016.
Star Wars Weekends has been perhaps the most popular annual event in the history of Walt Disney World since it was introduced in 1997, so much so that it became an annual event in the early 2000’s at the then Disney-MGM Studios. Well, after 16 fantastic events, it seems Star Wars Weekends is being shelved in 2016.
Hasbro has also made available a downloadable two-sided product poster featuring highlights of their new product launch (minus Black Series product). Download it here.
On Friday, Sept. 4 at 12:01 am in your time zone Force Friday begins!
This event is the worldwide launch of new Star Wars toys and collectibles for the upcoming film: Star Wars: The Force Awakens. New products from Hasbro, LEGO, Mattel, Funko and others will be officially for sale at midnight store openings around the globe.
While Lucasfilm has been heavily promoting this event with YouTube tie-ins and events at Toys”R”Us in Times Square, they are less forthcoming with what new toys will be available. Only three days away from the massive shopping event most collectors only know what to expect on shelves through various leaks online.
Until now.
A coalition of Star Wars collecting fan sites have joined Forces to compile all known releases into the Force Friday Product Checklist.
The sites that contributed are Boba Fett Fan Club, Idle Hands, Jedi News, Jedi Temple Archives, Mint In Box, Star Wars Action News, Teekay-421 and Yakface.
So prepare your Friday shopping spree, download the Force Friday Product Checklist! Be sure to check back as the list will be revised as new items are revealed up until Force Friday.
Thanks to everyone that helped make this list possible, especially those fans that read our respective sites.
The next generation of Star Wars toys, collectibles, books, and apparel is in range!
Star Wars: The Force Awakens products will land in our galaxy on September 4, 2015, at 12:01 a.m. — “Force Friday” — with stores around the world opening their doors at midnight for a special celebration of all things Star Wars. It will be a day long remembered. Click on through for the complete press release.
Another Force Friday early find! Star Wars Force Awakens Funko POP’s at Target! Will they let me buy one? pic.twitter.com/6k0lV3ruPc
— StudShooter! (@studshooter) August 25, 2015
Twitter follower @StudShooter managed to find a shelf full of Funko’s POP! figures for The Force Awakens which revealed Target will be having an exclusive Kylo Ren figure. A few quick images of the exclusive were taken to also reveal that Target’s version (#77) is a hood down variant while the standard release (#60) is a hood up version. Both should be available at Target on Force Friday.
No Bothans died to bring you this information, only an unsuspecting Target “red shirt”.
Empire Magazine has officially revealed the first of two exclusive foldout covers for next week’s issue. The first cover features Adam Kylo Ren, General Hux and Captain Phasma.