Two R2-D2 builders club members working on Rogue One
Two R2-D2 builders club members working on Rogue One On Starwars7news.com, the site features two Star Wars fans and members of the R2-D2 Builders Club who’ve turned their hobby into jobs with Lucasfilm. Oliver Steeples and Lee Towersey, now members of the Creature Effects team for The Force Awakens, will also use their robot-building for the new Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One movie. Here’s an article on the two from Entertainment Weekly. Many Star Wars fans have build their own R2-D2s, but only two turned the hobby into a job on TFA. In 2013 Oliver Steeples attended SWCE, where he met Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy and “cheekly” told her that he was available if she ever needed an R2-D2. Six months later Steeples got the call from LFL, and he drafted his friend Lee Towersey, whom he knew through the R2-builders community, to help him out. “I still have to pinch myself,” says Towersey, who says he is currently working on Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. Although the article confirms Oliver and Lee are working on the new Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, there’s no word if R2-D2 is or isn’t going to appear in that movie. I would also like to give Oliver and Lee some credit on the work they do because they’re not only responsible for the making of R2-D2 (my favorite blue colored droid), but also several other new kinds of astromech droids (except for BB-8 who is currently being worked on by another team) that I have never seen before. Sample of some of the new...
BB-8 Sphero toy revealed at ToyCon 2015
BB-8 Sphero toy revealed at ToyCon 2015 Great news to all you Star Wars Fans out there! Today Starwars7news.com has posted that Sphero has just started building an official remote-controlled toy of the new droid unit named BB-8 from the Force Awakens. As I previously blogged, Sphero’s technology is behind the BB-8 droid that was used in the movie. They announced in April that they would be manufacturing a toy version for consumers. The new toy is expected to be for sale sometime in September and will sell for 150 dollars. When I went to the Sphero website there is a teaser page for the BB-8 toy. Here is a screenshot of it: Source: http://www.sphero.com/starwars/ Now here are some leaked images of the BB-8 toy from this year’s ToyCon in the Philippines. BB-8 image 1: BB-8 image 2 close up: BB-8 image 3: BB-8 image...
First Order Stormtrooper Poster Unveiled
First Order Stormtrooper Poster Unveiled Starwars7news.com, has recently posted that a twitter user named Eric Patrick Cameron, AKA “TheSuperJedi” had spotted a promotional poster along with First Order Stormtrooper toys at a nearby FYE store. Stormtrooper poster: Though there isn’t more information about this poster there is something familiar about it because the pose is similar to the pose of this trooper in a celebration program for the new Star Wars exhibit back in April: For any information about the celebration program and the new Star Wars exhibit click...
Real life Mandalorian Land Speeder!
Real life Mandalorian Land Speeder! On Starwars.com, there’s an interesting story about one Star Wars fan who has made a fully operational Mandalorian Land Speeder—from concept to reality! Photo of the land speeder: This is an interesting story about this speeder because it tells about how the project of making this Star Wars vehicle started out by finding some reference data on screen shot images of different speeder models plus Lego versions. The builders use a 1987 golf cart and, with the help of an electrical engineer, take it apart and then modify it into the land speeder chassis. The land speeder even has Wi-Fi! Read the whole story...
New Force Awakens toy surfaces on Ebay
New Force Awakens toy surfaces on Ebay Great news! Today Starwars7news.com has posted the revealing of a brand new toy with the promo art of the movie the Force Awakens on ebay. This new toy, a basketball hoop with the promo art of the Force Awakens is being sold on ebay for a pricey $100. The basketball hoop does include sound effects from the movie that activate every time you make a basket. Front of the box: Back of the box: It’s sort of interesting that this new toy showed up on ebay although other toys weren’t suppose to arrive until September 2015. Would love to hear the backstory of how this new toy appeared on ebay in the first...
What if Star Wars invaded our cities!
What if Star Wars invaded our cities! On huffingtonpost.com, artist Nicolas Amiard (who is an an art director at an ad agency based in Paris) posted photos that he created of what would happen if our world was invaded by Star Wars. What amazing pictures! London, England: New York City: Venice, Italy: Paris, France: Rio de Janeiro: Tokyo, Japan: Moscow, Russia: San Francisco: I would say that these photos that Nicolas Amiard has made are pretty cool and very well thought out. I like how the photos look so realistic; it makes me think that if a clone star destroyer really crashed near San Francisco it would make a good tourist...
Biographic info on the new Stormtrooper toy
Biographic info on the new Stormtrooper toy Great news! Makingstarwars.net site recently posted some biographic information of the new Stormtrooper toy from the Force Awakens. Black series Stormtrooper toy: On the side of the package of this new Stormtrooper toy is some biographic information that reveals the time and placement of the new Force Awakens First Order Stormtrooper. Spoiler alert! Don’t read this if you want to be surprised by the movie! Shock Troopers clad in white armor first appeared on the Galactic Stage during the opening battles of the Clone Wars. Clone Trooper Armor became iconic almost immediately; Its stark white design stood for hope that peace and stability might be restored to a galaxy at war. But this dream of peace died with the Republic, and the Empire that rose to take its place imposed order by any means necessary. Soldiers within The Grand Army of the Republic were given a new name: Stormtroopers. As these former protectors of galactic peace mercilessly crushed resistance across the galaxy, their white armor came to symbolize oppression and indomitable power of the Emperor’s will. Yet the tyranny of Imperial Rule sparked Rebellion, and the Stormtrooper legions were scattered in the aftermath of the Empire’s fall. Now, the rise of the first order ushers in the next chapter in the Stormtrooper’s legacy as a new era of ruthless brutality begins. This information about the Stormtroopers can explain why a good person like Finn would join up these brutal soldiers of the Empire and then defecting when he sees what the empire is truly about. I do find these new versions of the...
Toys'R'Us Announces Exclusive Star Wars Collector Items for SD Comic Con
Toys’R’Us Announces Exclusive Star Wars Collector Items for SD Comic Con Toys”R”Us has posted an official press release of an announcement of exclusive Star Wars collector items for the SD Comic Con. Read on for more of the details of this announcement… Toys”R”Us Official Press Release: Wayne, NJ – June 25, 2015 – Building on its tradition of offering an unbeatable assortment of toys for collectors of all ages, Toys“R”Us today revealed its lineup of exclusive figures and playthings that will be available at the highly anticipated Comic Convention in San Diego next month. Conventioneers and online shoppers will find must-have merchandise based on several fan-favorite entertainment brands, including BATMAN™, MY LITTLE PONY, POWER RANGERS™, Star Wars™, TRANSFORMERS and more at the Entertainment Earth booth (#2343) and online at Toysrus.com/ComicConvention from Thursday, July 9 through Sunday, July 12.* In conjunction with Comic Convention, Toys“R”Us has introduced a new shop titled, “Collector Vector,” dedicated to collectible action figures, playsets and more for the mature collector community, available now in its stores nationwide and Toysrus.com. This specially designated destination features nearly 100 highly sought-after collectibles from industry leading manufacturers, including Bandai, Diamond Select™, Mezco Toyz, McFarlane Toys and NECA, among others, as well as items based on hit properties, such as BATMAN™, Godzilla, Sons of Anarchy, Predator, The Walking Dead and more. The company’s new digital “Collector Vector” hub, available online at Toysrus.com, features hundreds of additional product options, including items customers can’t find anywhere else. “Just as pop culture fans have been eagerly awaiting the 2015 Comic Convention all year long, we have been working with our manufacturing partners to bring...
Force Awakens costume sketches
Force Awakens costume sketches StarWars7News.com posted costume sketches for Han, Poe, and Finn that have appeared in a French edition of the Vanity Fair magazine. Here is a picture of these sketches: The fined print at the bottom of this photo indicates that the images of these costumes were provided by Lucasfilm, and have been drawn by the LFL concept artist Glynn Dillon. This photo came from Planete-starwars.com. According to StarWars7News, . . . “The picture features a trio of costume sketches from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. One of them we’ve seen before – the sketch of Finn with the lightsaber clipped to his jacket. The other two show the gear that Poe Dameron and Han Solo will be wearing in the upcoming Star Wars sequel.” Here is the English translation of the photo: The Stars of the Catwalk Star Wars autumn-winter collection 2015. Selection of three designer suits by Michael Kaplan Harrison Ford – Han Solo in his flying jacket Oscar Isaac – Poe Dameron in his flight suit John Boyega – Finn in his pilot’s jacket Here is a close-up of the sketches: Final note: Finn appears to be holding the Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber that Luke lost during his fight with Vader on the cloud city in the...
Actor Ken Leung stars in the Force Awakens
Actor Ken Leung stars in the Force Awakens Great news! Both Makingstarwars.net and Starwars7news.com, have just posted something brand new today! This exclusive post shows that actor Ken Leung (who played Kid Omega from X-Men III: Last Stand) will appear in the Force Awakens. Here is a picture of him as Kid Omega from X-Men: Leung has been known as a very experienced TV and movie actor because in addition to a regular role he did in later season of the series Lost (produced by Abrams), he has appeared in a recurring role on the Bad Robot which was produced Person of Interest. While outside of TV, Leung’s numerous roles include some smaller appearances during some shows like in Spike Lee’s Inside Man, Brett Ratner’s Red Dragon, and Steven Spielberg’s A.I.: Artificial Intelligence for example. Spoiler Alert! According to Starwars7news.com there is some definite proof of what kind of character Leung is portraying in the Force Awakens. Leung is playing a military officer of the Rebels, wearing a brown uniform with a reddish belt. The uniform will include a rank insignia that denotes Leung’s character as a General (the same rank as Ackbar). Here’s what the costume designer Michael Kaplan said about Rebel uniforms in general: “The Rebels [in TFA] are in khakis and olives and some oranges—warmer colors.” And Leung’s character is wearing these colors. Here’s a picture of the high rank rebel insignia: According to the StarWars7News site, “. . . the rank insignia definitely resembles the old one used in previous movies, but instead of dots they’re using...Star Wars Episode IX
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