Something just occurred to me regarding the pics of Mark Hamill pawing through that ash tray.  And it's because of something that just happened to me a couple of weeks ago.  I was going into Starbucks for a cup of coffee first thing in the morning, and I was still a little hazy.  On my way in I was bringing the previous day's coffee cup to throw out, my keys in one hand the dead coffee cup in the other.  Lo and behold, I was so out of it I accidentally threw my keys in the garbage can and NOT the coffee cup!  That led to me digging through the garbage to retrieve my car keys, which looked bizarre to the next guy who was walking in.  Fortunately, it was super early in the morning and the garbage was empty and I got the keys back.

THAT incident makes those pictures of Mark Hamill seem far less outlandish.

Luke Skywallker - Jedi Knight

And people wonder why I'm concerned about the original cast returning...

Oh my.

Who's ready to pay $14.99 for these this Fall? 

Me neither.

You might want to reconsider your news sources.

Previews has historically been an OKAY source of information, and not much else.  You might be able to get an initial image of a new product there, but very little else.  I've used it for information in the past.  But when I was depending on my local comic shop for a good deal of collecting goods (notably Gentle Giant), I also looked into the pricing situation on Hasbro goods.  And when it comes to Hasbro, Diamond is NOT competitive.  Why?

Because Diamond Previews pricing on Hasbro offerings has always been on the high side.  It has forced the retailers (comic & collectibles shops) to price figures at least 25% higher than you would see in more traditional brick & mortar retail outlets.  Simply because they can't compete with the WalMart's, Target's and TRU's of the world from a volume standpoint.  Given that backstory with Diamond Previews, I think it's very safe to assume that the Black Series 6" figures will be priced much closer to $20 each at the traditional retail channels that most of us rely upon.  Thinking otherwise is bordering on alarmist. 

But then, there's plenty of alarmist nonsense going around with some sites talking out of their asses about the Black Series 6" figures only being available in North America.  Hooboy!   

So Bryan Singer tweeted that Quicksilver is going to be in the next X-Men movie. I know that this had come up earlier, but hadn't we also heard that Joss Whedon was going to be putting Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch in the next installment of Avengers?  WTF?!?!

In the words of one of our favorite droids, "Here we go again".


#1 - V-Wing Clone Pilot




#2 - Senator Padme Amidala (bun hairdo)




#3 - Coleman Kcaj - Jedi Council Member



#4 - Darth Vader - Jedi Temple Attack (hologram)
#5 - Cin Drallig - Jedi Swordmaster (hologram)



#6 - Sors Bandeam - Jedi youngling "Master Skywalker, what are we going to do?  There are too many of them."



#7 - Merumeru - Wookiee Captain



#8 - Palpatine - Office Duel



#9 - Sistros - Bronzium statue (Palpatine's office)



#10 - Imperial Naval Officer

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I would call a movie based on political disputes over a trade route a poor story.

Seconded, what an abysmal mess that was.

Yet we all loved it and bought every toy related to it.

It wouldn't say everyone loved it.  I would attribute a large portion of its success on the fact that it was the first Star Wars movie made in 16 years at the time it was released.

Then where was that criticism at the time?  For some time, the only thing SW community was outwardly critical of in The Phantom Menace was Jar Jar Binks.  And then when Episode II finally came out, THEN the floodgates opened and people were hating on TPM more outwardly. 

Personally, I've found the delayed criticism of the prequels to be more objectionable than the movies themselves.  And I've always looked at that criticism through the filter of an audience that saw the OT as kids, and they wanted to relive that level of excitement as 20/30/40 somethings.  That was never going to happen, and no filmmaker could live up to expectations that high.