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Two Special Feature Clips From The Star Wars Digital Release

This news is what many fans have been waiting for. A few days ago, Lucasfilm announced that they will be releasing the entire Star Wars saga on digital HD with some brand new bonus features. These special features focus on interviews with people involved with the making of the movies and the more typical behind-the-scenes features.

Here are two new clips. A conversation with set decorator Roger Christian and effects technician (now director) Joe Johnston about the making of the Millennium Falcon. Then we have one focusing on the color of Han’s Hoth jacket. I had no idea there was even a controversy regarding the color of his jacket. I think they might be having a bit of fun with that one.

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Scifi Staff by — April 9, 2015 in Behind The Scenes 0
Engraved Glass Millennium Falcon And Death Star

These aren’t new, but they are so shiny and lovely that I had to share. Apparently only 40 of these engraved Millennium Falcon and Death Stars were produced to celebrate Disney taking over Lucasfilm. They were gifts for people who helped make the deal happen.

Each Millennium Falcon took six to seven hours to complete. The level of detail is pretty stunning. This is one of those “Holy grail” collectibles that most of us will never have a chance at owning.

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Scifi Staff by — April 9, 2015 in Props/Replicas 0
Celebration Anaheim: Vader Case Project

At Celebration IV in 2007, the original Vader Project had artists decorate and alter full sized Darth Vader helmet replicas. You’ve seen them around and probably marveled at how creative people can get with Darth Vader’s head. Artists turned Vader into a clown, the Statue of Liberty and much more. You can check them out at thevaderproject.com. It’s awesome stuff.

Well, now the Celebration Track has invited artists and collectors to decorate vintage Darth Vader action figure carrying cases. These cases will be shown throughout Celebration Anaheim in the Collector’s Track Social Room. They look amazing. I want to paint my old case now. See some of them below. For more info head here.

Vader Case Project

Vader Case Project

Vader Case Project

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Vader Case Project

Vader Case Project

Vader Case Project

Vader Case Project

Vader Case Project

Vader Case Project

Vader Case Project

Scifi Staff by — April 8, 2015 in Art 0
Star Wars A New Proof Book

Collector and Star Wars historian Mattias Rendahl has an awesome new book called Star wars A New Proof. It is a detailed look at Kenner’s vintage Star Wars packaging designs which includes proofs, Artwork and more. It looks like a treasure trove of behind the scenes info about the vintage toys we know and love.

The book will be $45.00 and pre orders start on April 7th at dearpublications.com. Check out some of the pages below. I know I’ll be buying this one right away.

Star Wars A New Proof

Star Wars A New Proof

Star Wars A New Proof

Star Wars A New Proof

Star Wars A New Proof

Star Wars A New Proof

Scifi Staff by — April 2, 2015 in Books 0
Star Wars Boba Fett USB Flash Drive

The baddest bounty hunter in the galaxy is now an adorable and useful flash drive. This Star Wars Boba Fett USB Flash Drive has an 8GB capacity, with just the right amount of cute. Just pop his head off and plug him into your USB port of choice.

Can you believe this little guy is only $9.48 from Amazon? He can’t wait to collect bounties for you in the form of songs, files and images and he promises not to sell your info to Jabba the Hutt for a steep price.

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Scifi Staff by — April 1, 2015 in Toys/Collectibles 0
Postcards From Fictional Locations: Gotham, King’s Landing And More

You know, if they made more postcards like this, people might actually use them like they did in the old days. MyPrint247.co.uk designed these cool postcards for fictional places like Mos Eisley, Frozen’s Arendelle, Gotham City and other locales.

The great art and design makes you wish you could visit these places for real and pick up a few postcards as souvenirs while you are on vacation. I would definitely visit Mos Eisley and Gotham City.

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Scifi Staff by — April 1, 2015 in Art 0
These Minimalist Star Wars Character Icons Are Delightful

Lisbon, Portugal based artist Filipe Carvalho created these flat minimal Star Wars icons. They are colorful and adorable. Instead of complex images that are full of detail Filipe uses just a few colors to create these characters.

I would love to have these hanging on my wall, that’s for sure. The force is strong with Filipe’s art. I don’t think you could make these characters any more simple.

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minimalist star wars icons

minimalist star wars icons

Scifi Staff by — March 31, 2015 in Art 0
Fan-Made Star Wars TIE Fighter Short Film

This amazing seven-and-a-half-minute short created by a fan took over four years to complete, It should should help tide you over until the new Star Wars movies arrive. It was created by Paul Michael Johnson and animated in the style of 80s anime series’ like Mobile Suit Gundam.

The soundtrack is very 80s too and many of the sound effects from the classic TIE Fighter series of games from LucasArts were used as well. He did an awesome job.

Scifi Staff by — March 26, 2015 in Animation/Fun Videos 0
Princess Leia, Darth Vader & Grand Moff Tarkin Star Wars Cosplay

Cosplayer Critical Miss and a few of her friends pulled off a fun and entertaining Star Wars group cosplay in these images. Not only are there scenes from the movie, but there are some other funny images that I had to show here.

The photography was done by Richard Dufault who did as excellent a job as the cosplayers themselves. I hope they are all satisfied with the DNA test results. They obviously had a ton of fun.

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Scifi Staff by — March 25, 2015 in Cosplay 0