The unfortunate mostly carry forward 3.75” line wave 5 is available for pre-order.

Harrison Ford’s ankle was injured by the door of the Millennium Falcon on the set of Episode VII and he had to be taken to a local hospital.  Shooting will continue while Captain Solo recuperates.  Somewhere George Lucas is saying, “Take THAT practical effects!”

Set your DVR’s.  The highly anticipated Phineas and Ferb Star Wars special will premiere on the Disney Channel at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Saturday, July 26th.  Somewhat odd considering the post two below this one is the news that Simon Pegg will be an special guest voice actor for the episode along with the hosts of Mythbusters.

Site sponsor Big Bad Toy Store is now taking pre-orders for Wave 5 of the Black Series 6” Line which includes the bumped Chewbacca as well as the unbelievably overdue Darth Vader. The black pauldron Sandtrooper and Jedi Luke round out the case which makes this the best case assortment to date in my opinion.

According to IGN Middle East, Simon Pegg, known by some for his work with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost and by most for his role as Scotty in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot, was spotted on-set in Abu Dhabi shooting scenes for Episode VII.  There is no indication as to the size of the role which could be something as small as a wink to the audience for Pegg’s established geek cred and prior collaborations with JJ Abrams.

Thank you to Darth Mire for bringing this to our attention.

Where are my fellow baseball card collectors from the late eighties and early nineties?  Remember when Topps, Fleer, Donrus, Score and Upper Deck flooded the market with so many different sets and sublines that it saturated the market.  You went from a player having a single card in a given year to having three to having twenty plus in a few short years, and the market collectively said “no mas”. According to the web site PopCritica, Bandai has announced that its S.H Figuarts line has added the Star Wars license.  How many different Darth Vaders will I be tacking down until I say “no mas”?

USA Today has provided updated information on the SDCC Exclusive Darth Vader Hot Wheels set.  The price will be a somewhat eye popping $40 and the set will include a lightsaber case and light-up features.

Likely trying to cash in on the tourism boom that Star Wars has brought to Tunisia, the chief executive of twofour54, an Abu Dhabi media consulting firm, revealed that ways to preserve the Episode VII film sets are being explored.  The sets are being curated until a permanent display home can be arranged which will probably be on Saadiyat Island.

Coming out of E3 is news that Battlefront 3 will see a spring 2015 release as well as this new trailer.  Some of the in-engine footage is insane:

I’m always looking to fill in holes in my Vintage Collection carded collection (unpunched of course).  I stumbled across Ebay seller landbaronus who had several items that I currently need.  I’m personally shocked to see what the secondary market for these figures is with Kit Fisto taking the top spot at $51 with 9 hours to go.  There is no question that the Vintage Collection has enormous collector viability.  Unfortunately Hasbro can’t turn that into big box retail viability (and maybe no one can).

While contained plasma swords that clash with each other as if they were solids are probably a physical impossibility, sometimes science does catch up with our beloved science fiction.  A California start-up company called Ostendo Technologies has spent nine years developing tiny holographic projectors which they claim are almost ready for commercial release.  This means smart phones and watches with 3D holographic projections are close to becoming a reality.  Of course I know what you’re all thinking:  when will Sideshow announce a lifesized R2-D2 that actually projects a holographic Princess Leia.

Disney has released a pic of Mark Hamill (in civies) striking a saber dueling pose next to the mouse.  The best Jedi in the history of the Force looks ready to slice some opponents who will put up more of a fight than the bumbling Battle Droids.

Thanks to our own Darth Dre for alerting us to this.  Mint In Box has a first look at the Star Wars Hot Wheels line.

After much recent internet indignation, Disney told TIME on Wednesday that it would add Princess Leia toys to its existing Star Wars merchandise line soon.

JJ Abrams angrily lashes out at those responsible for leaked images from the Episode VII set, and offers an iron-clad denial about a specific rumor regarding a certain piece of junk…