Wedge Antilles actor Dennis Lawson has turned down a role in Episode VII because it would “bore” him.  Perhaps he will spend his time looking at scrimshaw instead.

Amid reports that Disney and Lucasfilm were struggling with crafting a mass audience acceptable Boba Fett movie (booooo!), The Inquisitor reports that Metalocalypse director John Schnepp confirmed that the Boba Fett movie is not only going forward, but that it has been written by Lawrence Kasdan and is already in pre-production.

The English language Adu Dhabi news site The National has reported some high level details about the set construction for Episode VII as well as some of the goings on around the desert shoot location.  There may be some very minor spoiler information contained, but nothing more than would probably be revealed in the first full trailer.  Things are starting to sound Star Warsy.

This info comes via forum moderator Duke.  The site Groove Bricks has revealed the subject of the LEGO mini-figure that will be included with the Lego Star Wars book The Dark Side.

The official Star Wars YouTube channel has started uploading the documentary From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga which features rare behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the Original Trilogy and is narrated by Mark Hamill.  Part 1 of 9 has been uploaded thus far.

The hosts for Star Wars Celebration 2015 in Anaheim, CA have been announced.  James Taylor is one of the hosts.  I hope he sings Fire & Rain.  What’s that?  It’s not that James Taylor?  Good.  I hate that song Fire & Rain.

This is pretty exciting to me, but I doubt this will still be available by the time I get home from work.  I hate the prequel trilogy as a whole and I cannot overstate that.  But I do think the broad strokes of the plot are decent and I very much enjoy segments of each movie.  This story could easily have been told in a single move, and now an industrious editor has done just that (with a lot less Jar Jar):

There is a Kickstarer crowd funding campaign afoot for the post production of what looks like a fascinating documentary on the extras in Star Wars called Elstree 1976.  There are some pretty impressive perks for various contribution levels including a Jeremy Bulloch signed screen accurate Boba Fett helmet.  If you are not sucked in by the preview below, get out!  Get out now!

We were first alerted to this news bit by forum moderator Duke.  Bob Iger has confirmed that three Star Wars spin-offs are being planned which supposedly don’t tie into narrative of the sequel trilogy.  Unfortunately, the subject matter of two of the three films is rumored to be young Han Solo and young Yoda with a Boba Fett movie completing the trifecta. 

Am I the only one that cringes at the “young” prospects.  Did the PT teach us nothing that taking characters all the way back to being zygotes complete destroys the mystery of these characters that made them fan favorites in the first place.  I’m shocked to say this, but I definitely might be skipping these movies in the theater if the subject mater comes to fruition.

Big Bad Toy Store’s spring clearance is still in effect and they’ve updated the list of their latest pre-orders (including the four wheel items mentioned below).  Hit the read more link for their full list of deals and latest offerings.

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As first reported by our friends at Jedi Temple Archives, Star Wars Hot Wheels are now confirmed.  Site sponsor Big Bad Toy Store has two different Star Wars Hot Wheels products available for pre-order.  One is a case of Star Wars Character Cars and the other is a case of 4 Star Wars “Racing Tracks” (presumable a car and track).  Both are in the 1:64 scale.

The image below is not the basis of the actual product.  It’s just an estimate of what the character cars might look like.  This is a Darth Vader custom car from West Coast Customs.

DICE has confirmed that Battlefront 3 will be making an appearance at next month’s E3 expo in Los Angeles (June 10 - 12).  Why do I get the sense that I’m the only one who is excited about Battlefront 3?

Our own Darth Dre alerted us that Aint It Cool News had confirmed the working title of Episode VII, but the AICN story contained a profanity, so I wasn’t comfortable linking to it from our family friendly front page.

Now the Huffington Post has picked up the story, so you can read about the title that plays on “A New Hope” without being subjected to TV-14 talk.

As everyone but a few angry internet reactionaries knew, the casting for Episode VII is not complete. The Examiner reports that Lupita Nyong’o is still up for a role.  But it wouldn’t be the internet if we didn’t overreact to a tiny bit of information that we incorrectly extrapolate into a larger message.

Now that we have things sorted, I can stop referring you to other sites for the Star Wars Day reveal photos.  We have the high resolution images loaded here.  Don’t forget to click on the opposing arrows on the picture box to view the image in its original size.  They’re enormous.

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