Second Lego Star Wars Special Coming!!

By Dominic Jones/ The SWU

Anthony Daniels, the actor who played C-3PO in the six Star Wars films and on The Clone Wars Television series, revealed today at the C2E2 Convention in Chicago that a second Lego Star Wars television special is in the works. The first Lego special, The Padawan Menace, aired last July and was very well received by fans of all kinds.

Should George Lucas make Episodes 7, 8, and 9?

By Savanna Kiefer

Ever since the full prequel trilogy was released, fans have been debating whether or not George Lucas should make Episodes 7,8, and 9 to complete his story. Again, the fans are split on this topic and some want the Expanded Universe to be made in movie form while the other half just want to stick with the 6 films. I have very conflicting opinions about this subject but ultimately fall into the category of people who think that Episodes 1-6 should be the only Star Wars movies.

By Dominic Jones/The SWU

Dark Horse has released a preview for this summer’s upcoming comic series Darth Maul: Death Sentence written by Tom Taylor with cover art from Dave Dorman. The first issue of the series goes on sale on July 25, 2012.

Check out the preview below:

STAR WARS: DARTH MAUL–DEATH SENTENCE #1

By now the galaxy has learned the terrible truth: Sith Lord Darth Maul still lives. Worse, he has joined forces with his brother Savage Opress!

The Jedi are searching for them and, after Maul and Opress cut a murderous swath through the Outer Rim, so is an army of mercenaries hired by a wealthy mine owner.

Darth Maul has a price on his head, and for him there is only one way to deal with such a problem: go directly to the source!

Death Sentence #1 is on sale July 25, 2012. Written by Tom Taylor (Invasion) and cover by Dave Dorman (Dark Empire, Crimson Empire)

Star Wars Identities Update

By Dominic Jones/The SWU

The traveling Star Wars exhibit known as Star Wars: Identities opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on April 19, 2012 and in anticipation of this the exhibits official website has been updated with more details from the exhibit. It offers more in depth information about the journey fans will take in exploring their own identity as well as that of the Star Wars universe during the exhibit. It also previews some of the artifacts included in the exhibit. Some of the items are: The Millennium Falcon model, the R2-D2, Stormtrooper, Darth Vader and C-3PO costumes, The Droids in the Desert and Chewbacca concept Ralph McQuarrie art pieces, a Joe Johnston Yoda concept, the Han Solo in Carbonite prop and a early Killian Plunket Ahsoka Tano design.

Celebrity Hosts announced for Disney Star Wars Weekends 2012

By Dominic Jones/The SWU

Disney has announced that Clone Wars voice actors James Arnold Taylor and Ashley Eckstein will be returning as hosts for this years Disney Star Wars Weekends events. Taylor, who will also be the host of the Main Stage at Star Wars Celebration VI this summer, will be the Official Celebrity Host of Star Wars Weekends 2012 and Eckstein will be Celebrity Host of “Behind the Force,” which focuses on behind the scenes aspects of the Clone Wars television series. Also look for Ashley to debut some new Her Universe items during the show.

Star Wars Special Edition and Blu-Ray Versions

By Savanna Kiefer

George Lucas loves to retouch and change the Star Wars saga. I know that some fans don't mind these small tweaks but, the majority of us have complained about at least one edit in our entire history of being a fan. In this post, I'll be discussing my opinions on the Star Wars Special Edition and Blu-Ray releases which contain edited content. 

Dave Filoni to attend Celebration VI

By Dominic Jones/The SWU

It was announced on the official Star Wars Celebration website that Star Wars: The Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni will be attending Star Wars Celebration VI this August 23-26 in Orlando, Florida. Filoni has hinted in the past that he will be in attendance and promises to provide many sneak previews of the upcoming Season 5 of The Clone Wars. Filoni has stated in the past on his Facebook page that “if you can make it to Celebration 6 in Orlando you might get to see more Death Watch action than ever before.”




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