SHOPPING GUIDE: See Almost Every Star Wars Weekends 2015 Merchandise Item

The Galactic Gathering was held today at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which is basically an early shopping day for Star Wars Weekends 2015 which guests were able to buy tickets to attend. We had some of our team attend the event and here are pictures of all of the items that were amiable today, many of which will be for sale throughout the next 5 weekends of the event:

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Darth’s Mall – Watto’s Grotto (Open Edition Items)

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Darth’s Mall: X-Wing Collectibles (Limited Edition Items)

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RUMOR: Second “Star Wars Anthology” Film Will Focus On Han Solo And Boba Fett

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I had mentioned this all the way back in January that one of the new “Star Wars” spin off movies would focus on both Han Solo and Boba Fett, but recently this rumor has been heating up again and some possible new information has been revealed. It definitely makes sense to have two of the most popular characters in the Star Wars Universe to battle each other, or maybe even team up, in their own spin off.

From Schmoes Knows:

Though the first film in the series, Star Wars Anthology: Rouge One, doesn’t hit theaters until December of 2016, there’s already been speculation regarding the 2018 film, whose director spot was vacated by Josh Trank. Jeff Sneider of The Wrap recently reported that Boba Fett would be the focus of the film. However, an exclusive source has revealed some new info regarding the project.

Let’s classify this as a rumor to start as things are in motion quite a bit. But over and over again, my source is hearing the same thing: Han Solo and Boba Fett will be the focus of the second Star Wars Anthology film set for release in 2018. This is not a new rumor per se’, as Latino Review has previously reported the same rumor. What my source is stating is that it looks to be happening with some interesting additions.

The source reports that the conflict between Fett and Solo that was only hinted at in the original trilogy (and seen countless times in the Expanded Universe) will finally be onscreen in a film taking place between Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope. Additionally, it’s been mentioned that characters such as Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, and Bossk will make appearances throughout the film.

Also, according to the source, Disney really wants to delve into the “hive of scum and villainy” that Star Wars has been known for. As Rouge One definitely seems to be playing off of the influences of War films (the Zero Dark Thirty/Saving Private Ryan of the Star Wars Universe) this Anthology film will explore the influence of Westerns and bounty hunter films. Though no director is attached following Trank’s departure, my source is saying that both Jon Faverau and Matthew Vaughn have been thought to be circling the project.

Source: Schmoes Knows

New Images For Disney Infinity 3.0’s “Star Wars: Rise Against The Empire” Playset

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Disney Interactive has released brand new photos of the upcoming Disney Infinity 3.0 Play Set, “Star Wars: Rise Against The Empire.” Check out the first detailed look at the playable Star Wars characters such as Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie and Darth Vader. We also get our first glimpse of adventures on Tatooine, Hoth, Endor and the Rebel Alliance attack on the Death Star!

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Source: Nintendo Everything

4/23/15 Marvel News Mash-Up (New-Look Spider-Man, Captain Marvel in Avengers, Nerd Alert Episode #3)

Official Character Poster Of ” The Vision” From “Avengers: Age Of Ultron”

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Just minutes after the last Marvel Mash-Up article came out, Disney and Marvel released the official character poster for “The Vision” in “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” and he looks fantastic! Trust me on this one, I hear he steals the movie, just like Hulk did to the original “Avengers: Movie.”

“The Incredible Hulk” Graces The Cover Of Rolling Stone Magazine

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The Hulk is on this months issue of Rolling Stone mostly to promote “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” but it really looks like he is ready for a solo movie. I’ve been watching some interviews with Joss Whedon and Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) and they both seem to hint that a solo movie for the Hulk is in the works.

Ruffalo was asked by IGN about the future of the Hulk:

Mark Ruffalo: “I think there’s a lot of places to go with him [Hulk].”

Scarlett Johansson: “Like where?”

IGN: “Space?”

Ruffalo: “Well he’s going to space. Yeah, I mean there’s some talk of maybe Planet Hulk.”

Here is a synopsis of the Planet Hulk comic book series:

The Illuminati (a group consisting of Tony Stark, Reed Richards, Black Bolt, Namor, and Dr. Stephen Strange) meet to discuss the recent destruction of Hulk and how to deal with him. The decision to deposit Hulk on a peaceful uninhabited planet is interrupted by a wormhole, placing the savage Hulk on the violent planet Sakaar.

The green skinned warrior quickly bonds with others like him in a gladiator arena, as well as creates an enemy of Red King. Through his conflicts and troubles Hulk unites a planet by killing the tyrant king, while finding a kindred spirit and falls in love with the warrior Caiera. Hulk, the savior of the people, is crowned king with Caiera as his queen. The peace does not last for the green goliath however, but instead leads to the destruction of Sakaar and the terribly destructive World War Hulk.

That would be great if the went with a movie adapation of “Planet Hulk.” If that is the case, it would probably be 5% Bruce Banner and 95% Hulk in the movie.

Source: IGN; Rolling Stone

Marvel Releases Covers For The “Star Wars” Movie Adaptions

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Marvel has revealed the covers for all three of the “Star Wars” Original Trilogy comic book adaptions drawn by artist Adi Granov.

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These issues are actually reprints of the original “Star Wars” comic book series that was released back in 1977. Marvel added a nice touch be retouching all of the panels and they look really nice.

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“Spider-Man” In The Marvel Cinematic Universe Update

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Kevin Feige, the heard of Marvel Entertainment, recently spoke with Collider and revealed some new information, as well as confirmed previous speculation, about the new “Spider-Man” who will make his debut in “Captain America: Civil War”:

  • Spider-Man will be Peter Parker, not Miles Morales, who is currently the Ultimate Spider-Man in the comics.
  • No origin story. Feige said, “There is a young kid [already] running around New York City in a homemade version of the Spider-Man costume in the MCU, you just don’t know it yet.”
  • Spider-Man will get a new costume. It will be classic Spider-Man but not a costume we have ever seen before on screen.
  • Peter will be 15-16 years old and he will be a high school student.

Personally, I would love for Spider-Man’s costume to be inspired by Todd Mcfarlane’s version, which was inspired by the very earliest versions of Spider-Man in the comics. Todd added really big bug eyes to the costume and brought back the webbing under his armpits. He also brought us those crazy detailed webs from his web shooters. Always loved this version:

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Source: Collider

“Captain Marvel” Was Originally Going To Be In” Avengers: Age Of Ultron” But Her Scene Was Cut And Replaced By “Scarlet Witch” And Her New Costume

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Kevin Feige explains just how close it was that Captain Marvel was going to appear in “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” and he explains why her scene was cut:

There were drafts that maybe people somehow got their hands on and read early on that included some characters – maybe others, but certainly one, which is why it’s dangerous to read scripts early on, and talk about them early on…

[Captain Marvel] was in a draft. But to me, it would have done that character a disservice, to meet her fully formed, in a costume and part of the Avengers already when 99% of the audience would go, ‘Who is that?’ It’s just not the way we’ve done it before.

Thanos is the good ‘Who’s that,’ because he’s clearly a bad guy, for comic fans he represents a specific storyline, you can get the buzz started from fans to non-fans with that cameo – as opposed to a title character, who deserves their own story. Even Black Widow you don’t meet in the last two seconds of Iron Man 2 wearing her costume – you evolve that going forward.

The way we reveal Scarlet Witch [in costume] at the end of the movie? Those were Captain Marvel plate shots. Joss said, ‘We’ll cast her later!’ And I said, ‘Yeah Joss, we’ll cast her later.’ [Whispers to an invisible associate who isn’t Joss] ‘We’re not putting her in there!’

Finally Joss was like ‘Let’s use those plates to let Scarlet Witch fly into frame, give her a big entrance?’ And that makes sense – she’s come to their side, and she deserves the cool intro, which will feed into another movie we start shooting in a few weeks.

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Source: BadAssDigest

WDWNT: Nerd Alert Episode 3 Airs Thursday Night

Nerd-Alert-Transparent_1080x1080Our third episode of “WDWNT: Nerd Alert” will air this Thursday night at 10 PM, which can be heard on WDWNT: On The Air. Nerd Alert will immediately follow “WDWNT: The Radio Show,” which airs from 8-10 PM.

This week we will be talking about the recent flood of trailers and our main focus will be the newest trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

Link: WDWNT: On The Air

That’s it for this week!

Several “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Promotional Art Pieces Released, Better Look at New Characters

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With today being the first official day for “Star Wars Celebration,” some promotional art showcasing “Kylo Ren”, “Captain Phasma” and “Incinerator Troopers” has made it’s way online.

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These promotional art images look pretty legit. Keep in mind though that one site is saying they have 100% confirmation that these are authentic and the other site is issuing a warning that there is a possibility that some of this could be really good fan art productions.

SOURCE: Making Star Wars; Indie Revolver

New Teaser Trailer For “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

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Today at Star Wars Celebration, J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy revealed the second teaser trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Lucasfilm has officially released the newest trailer on their “Star Wars” YouTube channel:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs]

 

Some images I was able to capture from the trailer:

New Lucasfilm logo:

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A downed Imperial Star Destroyer and X-Wing:

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Darth Vader’s cremated helmet:

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Rey, Finn and BB-8:

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Stormtroopers being attacked:

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Finn, an ex Stormtrooper:

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Into a downed Star Destroyer!!!!

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Chewie and Han are back!

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“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is the first chapter of a new trilogy that takes place 30 years after Return Of The Jedi. The movie is being directed by J. J. Abrams and will reunite the original cast as well as new cast members to continue the Star Wars saga.  Star Wars: Episode VII is scheduled to be released domestically on December 18th, 2015.

VIDEO: Watch “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Droid “BB-8” Make A Surprise Appearance At Star Wars Celebration

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BB-8, the newest droid from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” made a suprise appearance at the Star Wars Celebration Live Stream and completely stole the show.Check out this amazing technical demonstration video of BB-8:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABzjUf3E_0c]

When BB-8 was first seen in the first teaser trailer for “The Force Awakens” last year, many people thought this was just a complete “CGI” created robot. Nope. BB-8 is a fully functional working droid who appeared with the rest of the cast on the set of “The Force Awakens.”

Kathleen Kennedy, head of Lucasfilm, also revealed that we actually have Bob Iger, CEO of Walt Disney, to thank because it was Iger that found the company that created the tech that brought BB-8 to life.

BB-8 kind of reminds me of a cross between R2D2 and Wall-E and a soccer ball.

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VIDEO: First Look At EA’s “Star Wars Battlefront” for PS4, Xbox One & PC

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Today at Star Wars Celebration, DICE revealed the first game play footage of for the upcoming video game, “Star Wars Battlefront.”

DICE, a subsidiary of EA Games, is best know for the popular Battlefield franchise. DICE had exclusive access to the Lucasfilm archives and were actually able to scan actual vehicle models and weapons from the original Star Wars movies and place them directly into Battlefront. DICE just revealed that you will have the option of playing the game in either first person or third person mode.

Official “Star Wars Battlefront” Reveal Trailer:

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Gameplay images:

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Source: StarWars.EA.com

Star Wars Weekends 2015 Merchandise Preview from Star Wars Celebration VII

Our Star Wars Celebration reporter Brendt is in Anaheim all weekend enjoying the panels, exhibitors and other festivities at the world’s largest Star Wars party! He just sent us in some great photos of some of the merchandise that we will soon see at Walt Disney World during Star Wars Weekends 2015 (May 15 – June 14).

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Disneyland 60th “Build a Droid” R2-D60. Will be made available at Star Wars Weekends as well as Disneyland’s 60 event. It’s not an LE item like they first told us.

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Darth Vader Photo Frame!

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Star Wars Weekends Autographs and Photo Book

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Disney is really getting in baseballs lately. We have recently seen a new Pirates and Steamboat Willie baseball… and here we have a Star Wars version.

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Star Wars Weekends Photo Frame

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Lots of new plush on the way including this Cheif Chirpa Ewok!!!

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A really cool Holographic R2-D2 in the “Build a Droid” line. We have been told to keep an eye out for more “Build a Droid” options and figures coming up.

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Yup, that is a Darth Vader Mini Snow Globe. Would be amazing with a mini Hoth scene inside.

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Star Wars Weekends 2015 mug seems a little bland.

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No cards on these, they seem like just props in the display case. Too bad, I was excited for a Rancor action figure.

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New additions to the Disney Character Star Wars action figure lineup. The Pluto as R2 from a previous series bundled with a new hologram version of Minnie as Leia! There is also a Pete as Jango Fett. He was in a previous series as Boba Fett.

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D-Tech Tie Fighter Pilot and Jedi versions are new this year.

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The 2015 May the Fourth and Revenge of the Fifth pins have an LE 5000 edition size.

Next, we will take a look at some of the pins that were produced for Star Wars Weekends:

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Death Star Lanyard Medal

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The droid mystery pins look absolutely incredible.

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9″ Death Star Vinylmation with 3″ Death Star Trooper will be sold during Week 3 of Star Wars Weekends.

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Star Wars Series 5 mystery 3″ set will include Jabba, Leia and Tie Fighter Pilot. There is also a Rebel Pilot Eachez.

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Limited Release Weekends Logo Pin

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Star Wars Helmets Pin Set

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Jabba’s Barge Jumbo Hinge Pin opens up.

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Boba Fett Slave I Jumbo Hinge Pin also opens up.

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Box Set with 2nd Death Star Pin

VIDEO: First Trailer For “Star Wars Rebels: Season 2”

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The first trailer for “Star Wars Rebels: Season 2” premiered today at Star Wars Celebration. In the trailer you will see the return of the crew of the Ghost and joining them will be Ashoka Tano, some unexpected returning characters and planets from Star Wars canon and of course….Darth Vader!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av8GjpGK98A]