The latest Big Bad Toy Store newsletter is here.  Click through to check for the latest pre-orders and new arrivals.  The image below might be a hint.  It might also be a distraction like the quonset hut.  But no, that’s one of the latest arrivals.

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io9 has in interesting interview with two admins at Wookieepedia to find out how the archive is able to update so quickly, how decisions are made regarding content, and what it was like when Disney chose to relegate the Expanded Universe to what is now known as Legends.

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Entertainment Earth is having a buy 4 get 1 free sale on their in stock Funko Pop! figures.  They have a large selection from wide-ranging sources, in addition to Star Wars. 

I was thinking of picking up that Sidney Crosby so that I could toss it out of my car window and into incoming highway traffic.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of TBS2 #10 - Jon “Dutch” Vander

Screenrant (in an ironic turn given the site’s name) takes a cue from Aaron Rogers and tells Star Wars fans to R-E-L-A-X in anticipation of the next film which promises to be “very different” from previous installments.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of TBS2 #17 - Princess Leia Organa (Boushh)

In case you missed it in Vanity Fair’s recent Star Wars issue, Lucasfilm has declared that Rey is now the official owner of Anakin’s lightsaber.  While Pablo Hidalgo specifically cautions that the color of a Jedi’s blade is not indicative of their moral compass as would be a House selection by Hogwart’s Sorting Hat, it would seem that the way a wand chooses the wizard in Harry Potter is a more appropriate analogy.  A lightsaber reaching out through The Force and choosing its owner may be the Sequel Trilogy’s version of Midichlorians.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of TBS2 #19 - Han Solo

Guest Contributor mazlow01 recently received his Smuggler’s Bounty from Funko.  Read on for an unboxing and in-depth review of all the secrets found within.

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During all the hoopla of the 40th Anniversary yesterday, did you happen to catch the official YouTube channel’s Star Wars show, or did you miss it like me?  It contains some Last Jedi details as well as an interesting Timothy Zahn interview.  But what really caught my attention was a quick inter-segment tribute.  As we’ve discussed recently, the bar for justifying Star Wars crossovers is exceedingly low.  With that, I fully expect Star Wars Deadpool crossover product soon.  Hit the jump for the video.

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For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of TBS2 #12 - Clone Commander Wolffe

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STAR WARS!  Please click through for our tribute to the milestone 40th birthday of our beloved film franchise.

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...was a team of programmers from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  The actual computer used to generate the graphics still exists, and is apparently well-cared for.  Check out the short video in the article to see it in action…