It’s a toyetic edition of The Week in Star Wars as we have all the fallout from Force Friday, some casting news for Star Wars: Episode VIII, a new banner for The Force Awakens and more…
We hope you’ve got a lot of money saved, as the global Force Friday event has revealed all the Star Wars: The Force Awakens toy news you could ask for. You can see a bunch of images from the 18-hour live event here which includes various action figures, LEGO products, an App-controlled BB-8 and a baby’s cot that looks like The Millennium Falcon. No, really…
…Obviously the event has been and gone, but you can check out some promotional posters for Force Friday here…
…Hot Toys have also released images of their 1/6th scale figures for First Order Stormtrooper Squad Leader, Kylo Ren, First order Stormtrooper, First Order Heavy Gunner Stormtrooper and First order Stormtrooper set. Blimey. Be sure to also check out the 1/6th scale figures for Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Luke Skywalker in Stormtrooper Disguise, Sandtrooper, Spacetrooper and Millennium Falcon…
…Moving over to LEGO, and you can check out images of a lot of The Force Awakens sets including Rey’s Speeder, First Order Snowspeeder, Poe’s X-Wing Fighter, First Order Transporter, Kylo Ren’s Command Shuttle, Millennium Falcon and First Order Special Forces TIE fighter, along with the trailer for the LEGO sets here…
…Unsurprisingly, all this news from Force Friday has revealed the news that insiders and experts think that Star Wars: The Force Awakens will produce over $5 billion in merchandise revenue for Disney and Lucasfilm. Whoa. That’s on top of the staggering opening weekend the movie is suggested to have…
…Finally on the toys side of things, some images of Hasbro’s Black Series has revealed a new character for The Force Awakens, which was seen in the behind the scenes footage shown at San Diego Comic Con…
…Moving away from toys but sticking with the highly anticipated movie, and we have a new banner for The Force Awakens, which shows off our new legion of baddies including Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma and General Hux, three new posters that show off a variety of characters., as well as a series of databank entries for characters and locations, including Starkiller Base and the First Order’s new superweapon…
…And moving over now to Star Wars: Episode VIII and it had been rumoured that Benicio Del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy) was set to play the villain in the movie, which has now officially been confirmed…
…Now we officially have a villain, the shortlist for a female lead in the movie (which was previously rumoured) has been released which includes Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) and Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel)…
…We also have a new poster for Star Wars Rebels Season Two as well as a full synopsis for the upcoming series: In “Star Wars Rebels” Season Two, past lives will be revealed and the destiny of our heroes will be changed forever. The transformative new season resumes with Imperial oppression on Lothal growing stronger and the rebels seeking out new allies and additional resources to sustain their fight against the evil Empire. With the help of Ahsoka Tano, the crew of the Ghost enlists some old friends: ex-clone troopers who fought in the Clone Wars. As the rebels grow in number, so do their enemies. New Inquisitors are dispatched by Darth Vader and sent to crush any threat of rebellion. Through dangerous rescue missions, thrilling space chases, and spectacular lightsaber duels – the bond of our rebel crew will be put to the test like never before. Meanwhile, we’ve also got a featurette with director Dave Filoni, as well as some plot details from season two which you can see here…
…Stepping aside from live action and animation to the video game world and EA announced this week that a BETA version of Star Wars Battlefront will be released in early October before the game is officially released in November. The BETA is “a technical test and will feature Walker Assault on Hoth, a 40-player multiplayer battle featuring Rebels and the Empire. Walker Assault will also give you the chance to play as two of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars universe: Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker…”
…A trailer was released this week for mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, which you can watch here…
…We have a couple of comic book previews for you; first up is Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire #1: “For the first time in the new Star Wars canon, journey with us into the time after the end of Return of the Jedi! Writer Greg Rucka (PUNISHER, WOLVERINE, Gotham Central) and artist Marco Checchetto (AVENGERS WORLD, PUNISHER) take us past the destruction of the second Death Star into the chaos of a Shattered Empire.” And Star Wars: Darth Vader #9: “Vader has a new mission to do for the Empire. Unfortunately, it’s completely at odds with his own mission. What’s a Dark Lord to do?”
…And lastly, Marvel has also announced the release of the one-shot comic Star Wars: C-3PO this December, which will take place after Return of the Jedi and explain why Threepio has a red arm in The Force Awakens.
That’s all for this week – may the Force be with you.
Luke Owen is the Deputy Editor of Flickering Myth and the host of the Flickering Myth Podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @LukeWritesStuff.
