This is so cool.  The artist Vesa Lehtimäki (aka Avanaut) has combined highly detailed Star Wars models with some trick photography to make it look like Star Wars vehicles are truly visiting the 3rd rock from the sun.

Going hand in hand with the script change rumors mentioned in the post below is a new set of casting rumors.  These rumors finally make me feel like Episode VII IS NOT being adapted from some young reader romance novel when every casting rumor seemed to mirror the latest cover of Teen Beat magazine.

I’ve been worried about the direction Episode VII was supposedly heading, so this latest rumor is music to my ears.

Our own Darth Dre alerted us to this nice collection of Original Trilogy behind the scenes production photos uploaded by Peter Mayhew..

There is a rumor swirling around the internet about the case assortment for Wave 4 of Black Series 6” line.  Click through to see the rumored latest horrible case assortment by Hasbro.

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Taken at a Target about 7 miles from the previous report.

Special thanks to forum member Bossk_MR who sends us pictorial proof that the once clearanced Vintage Collection / Black Series DPCI of 087-06-1351 is not back to full price in some stores.

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Jedi Temple Archives has a report of 4 Vintage Collection figures who are rumored to be returning in the Black Series.  Head over to check their report.

If this turns out to be true, I have to praise Hasbro for this decision.  A while back, we called (via a submission to Jedi Temple Archives) for Hasbro to pay closer attention to the secondary market when selecting their re-releases.  All too often Hasbro will re-release a figure that goes for less than the current MSRP on the secondary market.  All four of these rumored candidates command a premium on the secondary market so making them available at retail again will actually present VALUE to the customer!  One of them in particular can command a 10x premium.

My friend Paul Harrison form Jedi Temple Archives has penned an articulate, well thought out and thought provoking article on the tenuous status of the action figure industry and in specific, our beloved Star Wars collector line. 

Please go there to read his article and leave your comments.

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As we reported on 12/27, the Vintage Collection / Black Series DPCI has been placed on clearance at Target.  Some reports on Jedi Temple Archives in the subsequent days turned out to be worrisome.  But a check of the Target scanners offers a glimmer of hope.

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While I normally hate New Year’s Day as it ends the holiday season, which for me stars with Halloween, I can find some upside to the start of 2014.  We’re one year closer to a new Star Wars movie.  Happy New Year, everyone.

The Official Site has an exclusive first look reveal of the Imperial Inquisitor figure.

We don’t know if this is nationwide or not, but the usual post-Christmas clearance has netted a surprising inclusion this year.  This could be good news or bad news.  Click through for our uniformed analysis.

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From Toys R Germany via VolkerC at Star Wars Figuren comes this funny video of Darth Vader and his troops shopping at Toys R Us.

The black series is shipping pretty heavily during the holidays, but it’s actually bad news.

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