Hasbro Announces Force FX Darksaber From The Mandalorian and More
Throughout season 2 of
The Mandalorian, Hasbro and other companies have slowly dribbled out new product information. On “Mando Mondays,” they’ve given one tidbit at a time. And with the season at an end, today is the last one for a while. So it’s time for a big drop. And here it is: finally a Force FX Darksaber joins the high-end line of collectible Jedi weapon replicas. The sole lightsaber to date in the
Star Wars universe that gets regularly wielded by non-Force users arrives in stores next summer. Like others in the line, it features a metal handle, LED blade, and motion effects. But it’s not coming alone.
Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and was set immediately after the obliteration of the Death Star.
It provided additional backstory surrounding the notorious partners in crime, Han Solo and Chewbacca, and offered intriguing clues and foreshadowing hints that would play into director J.J. Abrams
Star Wars: The Force Awakens feature film.
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The plotline follows the daring duo as they blast off from Yavin 4 in the Millennium Falcon after reluctantly accepting a dangerous mission delivered by Princess Leia to rescue Lieutenant Caluan Ematt.
This low-profile recon commander is a stranded Rebel Alliance spy being hunted by the Empire s ruthless Commander Beck of the Imperial Security Bureau on the outer rim planet of Cyrkon.
Star Wars Novelists
By Chelsea SteinerDec 20th, 2020, 3:07 pm
When the Walt Disney Company spent $4 billion to acquire Lucasfilm in 2012, they were amassing a galaxy’s worth of characters, sagas, and intellectual property. In short order, Disney churned out a new trilogy, standalone films, a hit series, a theme park and more, all in service of the world of
Star Wars. But as Disney rakes in billions in
Star Wars revenue, they refuse to pay royalties on the franchise’s novelizations.
According to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America association,
Star Wars novelists have been shut off from royalties, as have fellow novelists for 20th Century Fox’s library, which include books set in the worlds of
Warning: Spoilers ahead!
Twins suns in the sky instantly sets the location, the planet Tatooine. The camera pans over and Jabba the Hutt s palace is revealed.
(Keep in mind this is scene is presumably set after Return of the Jedi, so Jabba the Hutt is long gone after Princess Leia took out her revenge some 5-10 years earlier).
It cuts to an interior shot of the palace it s revealed Jabba s chief steward, Bib Fortuna, is now in charge.
Boba s new sidekick, bounty hunter Fennec Shand, enters the palace, takes out Fortuna s guards with a blaster and rescues a slave before Boba Fett himself makes an entrance.
9 to 5 (1980).
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Whether you think of it as a statement on female empowerment or simply a fun workplace comedy, the 1980 hit
9 to 5 which featured Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as a trio of secretaries who turn the tables on their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot boss (Dabney Coleman) is a bona fide comedy classic. In honor of its 40th anniversary, here are 14 things you might not know about the Oscar-nominated film.
1. The concept for
9 to 5 began with Jane Fonda.
9 to 5 was produced by Jane Fonda’s company, IPC Films, and the idea originated from a real-life organization. “My ideas for films always come from things that I hear and perceive in my daily life,” Fonda told