Star Wars Episode VII *MAJOR SPOILERS*

I think they'll do it like the Return of the Jedi toys, in waves. The Ewoks were such a secret before that came out, they had to black them out on the back of the figure blister packs. Notice there's no older original character figures in the first wave even though we've already officially seen Han and Chewie.

Episode VIII - Rise of the G-String

Old Han & Chewie, poppin that collar playa!

Disneyland tearing down or rebranding a lot of classic rides for Star Wars land, including Space Mountain. that's not right.

http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-disneyland-star-wars-season-force-20150925-story.html?ref=yfp

  On 9/24/2015 at 12:36 AM, Rubin Farr said:

I think they'll do it like the Return of the Jedi toys, in waves. The Ewoks were such a secret before that came out, they had to black them out on the back of the figure blister packs. Notice there's no older original character figures in the first wave even though we've already officially seen Han and Chewie.

That, and kids don't want to play with an old gray haired figure - of course, the "collectors" would gobble them up nonetheless.

Ah, the days before the internet - I remember staring at those silhouettes in the tiny Star Wars catalogues wondering what they could be...

chewie haven't aged a day!

Those mini catalogs were tight, they need to bring those back.

Disney trying to milk the Star Wars franchise so hard might make the Prequels 'childhood rape' seem like a minor creepy brush against our kid-dicks in retrospect

Interesting read on the approach Hasbro is taking with the new toys, apparently everything released so far is only from the first 40 minutes of the film, everything else including the characters, vehicles, settings and plot is being kept in complete secrecy until probably the middle of December right before the movie releases.

http://m.fastcompany.com/3051411/meet-the-most-powerful-force-in-the-star-wars-universe-the-man-who-makes-the-toys?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feedburner+fastcodesign&utm_content=feedburner

notice, we haven't seen one single alien in the trailers yet, but Star Wars is known for its alien designs, among other innovations. for example:

Max Von Sydow's character
Ander Serkis as Snoke
Lupita Nyong'o's character

possibly Hayden Christensen as a Force ghost

  On 9/29/2015 at 3:53 AM, Rubin Farr said:

notice, we haven't seen one single alien in the trailers yet, but Star Wars is known for its alien designs, among other innovations. for example:

 

 

I said in the trailers, is this mic on? Please tip your waitress.

I stole the Star Wars: Empire vs Rebellion card game and it's totally boring, just a warning if anyone else was considering stealing it too, I'd go for something else.

new Rebel character Ello Asty revealed via toy. As in, Hello Nasty.

i called it, happened again, somehow i feel like these goddam toy images are way integral to the story than the background shot from the magazine

  On 10/1/2015 at 6:56 AM, Rubin Farr said:

new Rebel character Ello Asty revealed via toy. As in, Hello Nasty.

 

JJ being the Beastie Boys fan, I am not surprised. Pretty clever. His helmet says "Licensed to Ill" in Aurebesh (Star Wars language)

R u serious?

Breaking News: During the famous scrolling intro, instead of playing the Star Wars theme, the music will be Sabotage.

  On 10/2/2015 at 9:46 AM, peace 7 said:

Breaking News: During the famous scrolling intro, instead of playing the Star Wars theme, the music will be Sabotage.

Wouldn't it make more sense if it was Intergalactic?

  On 10/2/2015 at 9:47 AM, Squee said:

 

  On 10/2/2015 at 9:46 AM, peace 7 said:

Breaking News: During the famous scrolling intro, instead of playing the Star Wars theme, the music will be Sabotage.

 

Wouldn't it make more sense if it was Intergalactic?

 

Maybe a 2 track mashup? I figure Sabotage might foreshadow some big twist.

  On 10/1/2015 at 2:35 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 10/1/2015 at 6:56 AM, Rubin Farr said:

new Rebel character Ello Asty revealed via toy. As in, Hello Nasty.

 

JJ being the Beastie Boys fan, I am not surprised. Pretty clever. His helmet says "Licensed to Ill" in Aurebesh (Star Wars language)

 

It says "born to ill".

  On 10/2/2015 at 10:30 AM, peace 7 said:

 

  On 10/2/2015 at 9:47 AM, Squee said:

 

  On 10/2/2015 at 9:46 AM, peace 7 said:

Breaking News: During the famous scrolling intro, instead of playing the Star Wars theme, the music will be Sabotage.

Wouldn't it make more sense if it was Intergalactic?

Maybe a 2 track mashup? I figure Sabotage might foreshadow some big twist.

Ok, I can deal with that.

WTF, we're talkin' like that shit is gonna happen.

  On 10/2/2015 at 7:55 PM, peace 7 said:

WTF, we're talkin' like that shit is gonna happen.

It should

JJ already used Sabotage in Star Trek

I seem to recall at some point on watmm maybe predicting a character called ello asty. heh. weird, maybe it's just deja vu or something or maybe it was in the star trek thread or somewhere, after the love for beasties came out. probably though not, i was pretty tired when i saw that yesterday, even tireder nao.

JJ is a..... WATMM MEMBER?!