Wednesday, 29 January 2014

YouTube video shows Alec Guinness being nice about Star Wars

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This YouTube video shows Alec Guinness talking about Star Wars on the BBC's Parkinson show in 1977. The film was shortly to open in...
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Sunday, 26 January 2014

Looking back at Star Wars Weekly – issue 3

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The brilliant, if shamelessly inaccurate, cover of Star Wars Weekly issue 3 Our look at the UK's Star Wars Weekly comic reache...
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Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Princess Leia: Damsel in distress or feminist icon?

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Giving the orders: Princess Leia changes the rescue plan The third in an occasional series of posts about the characters of Star Wa...
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Thursday, 16 January 2014

From The Wizard of Oz to Hidden Fortress: the moments from other films spotted in Star Wars

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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) Star Wars Read some of the original reviews and you’d think that maki...
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Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Looking back at Star Wars Weekly – issue 2

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The cover of Star Wars Weekly issue two February 15, 1978. In most of Britain , Star Wars had been on release for less than a week.    ...
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Monday, 23 December 2013

Star Wars original action figures – and how the box is worth more than the toys

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The first dozen Star Wars  action figures from Kenner Thirty-six years ago this week, thousands of American children received an empt...
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Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Looking back at Star Wars Weekly – issue 1

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Star Wars Weekly issue 1, with cover art by Howard Chaykin Just as Star Wars was finally arriving in the UK regions, so was the com...
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