You can now view the very first Forces of Destiny Episode "Sands of Jakku" on Disney's YouTube Channel.

"Rey fends off a creature that wants to devour her new friend, BB-8."

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Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Three will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on August 29, The Star Wars Show announced today. The critically-acclaimed season brought the story of Star Wars Rebels closer to Rogue One and the original Star Wars trilogy, while also bringing in more elements of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and raising the stakes for the Ghost crew.

Bonus Features:

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Star Wars Forces of Destiny, an original series of animated shorts which explore the untold stories that helped shape the destinies of Rey, Jyn Erso, Princess Leia, Sabine Wren, Padmè Amidala, Ahsoka Tano and others, will make its debut beginning on July 3rd on YouTube.com/Disney.

A new short will premiere online each day at 10 a.m. PT, culminating with their broadcast debut on Disney Channel, Sunday, July 9; books, apparel, bedding, and toys based on the series will arrive August 1.

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New Just Arrived at Brian's Toys: Kenobi FX Lightsaber, Baze & Chirrut 6" Figures, Luke Jedi Jumbo, and Battlefront Snowtrooper! Save up to 20% on select items!

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Ron Howard to Direct Han Solo Film

Lucasfilm has announced today that Ron Howard will assume the directorial duties on the Untitled Han Solo Film.

StarWars.com: Lucasfilm is pleased to announce that Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard has been named director of the untitled Han Solo film.

“At Lucasfilm, we believe the highest goal of each film is to delight, carrying forward the spirit of the saga that George Lucas began forty years ago,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. “With that in mind, we’re thrilled to announce that Ron Howard will step in to direct the untitled Han Solo film. We have a wonderful script, an incredible cast and crew, and the absolute commitment to make a great movie. Filming will resume the 10th of July.”

Howard has made some of the biggest hits and most critically-acclaimed movies of the modern era. Among his many films are Lucasfilm’s Willow, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind (winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director), The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon, and Rush. He also narrated and produced the beloved comedy series Arrested Development, starred in George Lucas’ American Graffiti, and remains a TV icon for his roles in The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days.

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If you preordered The Black Series 40th Anniversary Wave 1 figures (Luke, Leia, Obi-wan, R2, and Han) you more then likely will get a cancellation notice from the retailer you placed your order with. Our sponsors (along with others) have received notices from Hasbro stating that this wave is now out of production and Hasbro will not be filling orders.

So what does this mean for the full cases of R2 and Han Solo that Hasbro said they were going to ship to Retailers? Well at this moment they have yet to cancelled these cases and retailers are still taking preorders on them as we speak. Guess we will have to wait and see what happens. 

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Han Solo Film Directors Leave The Film

StarWars.com:

"The untitled Han Solo film will move forward with a directorial change.

“Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are talented filmmakers who have assembled an incredible cast and crew, but it’s become clear that we had different creative visions on this film, and we’ve decided to part ways. A new director will be announced soon,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.

“Unfortunately, our vision and process weren’t aligned with our partners on this project. We normally aren’t fans of the phrase ‘creative differences’ but for once this cliché is true. We are really proud of the amazing and world-class work of our cast and crew,” stated Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

The untitled Han Solo film remains scheduled for a May 2018 release."

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Last chance for shipping promotion! New Gentle Giant, Sideshow and Anovos preorders! Vintage Star Wars Just Added! Head on over to Brian's Toys.

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TBS 6" 40th Anniversary Wave 2 Hitting Walmart

Readers from the East to the West Coast has been reporting finding The Black Series 6" 40th Anniversary Wave 2 figures at their local Walmart Stores this week. I personally found them as well at 3 of my local Houston Stores this morning.

Its great news that these are starting to hit, but the bad news is most Walmart stores are only receiving 1 case per store currently, so they are gone in a flash. Happy Hunting!!

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Just a reminder that LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Season 2 begins this Saturday on Disney XD. Be sure to check your local listings and set your DVR.

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This game is going to be awesome!!!

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For those into card variants, the entire Black Series 40th Anniversary 6" Wave 2 figures (All 6) have card variants. The Age text on these have been changed in the same matter as the GameStop Exclusive 40th Anniversary 6" R5-D4 Card Variant, which we first reported about last month. I personally don't have all 6 of the variants in hand yet (waiting on my preorders) but some of our readers have notified us that they have found all 6 and most can be found on eBay at scalpers prices as well.

Variants on All 6 Cards
• 1st version Card. Upper and lower case Age text
• 2nd version Card. Only upper case Age text.

Happy Hunting!!

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If your in need of The Black Series 6" Wave 11 Royal Guard, Qui-Gon Tusken Raider, & Lando, Amazon is now taking orders (as of this post) on them with a ship date of June 7th. Hurry because this will probably sell out quickly.

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Stopped by my local Houston GameStop today and mixed in with the dozen or so Black Series 40th Anniversary 6" Leia Figures was some of the new figures from Wave 2. Per the manager they received 8 new figures yesterday (assuming a case). So if your in need be sure to check your local stores.

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TBS - 6" - 39: Lando Calrissian - HD Photos

Just added to our HD Photo Gallery today is the The Black Series - 6" - 39: Lando Calrissian figure. Hasbro did a amazing job on the sculpt in my opinion and gave him plenty of articulation as expected. Lando includes a Removable Cape, Blaster Rifle, and a Communicator.

Be sure to check out all the new HD Photos in our Gallery.

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Hasbro has changed the way The Black Series - 6" - 34: Darth Revan figure is packaged in his box.

Variations:
• 1st version. Revans sits lower in box and cape is displayed.
• 2nd version. Revans sits higher in box and cape is not displayed.

You can check out the changes on Darth Revan's Figure Page.

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The Black Series - 6" - 24: K-2SO Variation

For those into variations, Hasbro has updated the paint application on The Black Series 6" 24: K-2SO figure by giving him red pupils

Variation:
• 1st version: All white eyes
• 2nd version: White eyes with red pupils.

The updated figure is now shipping in The Black Series Wave 11 Assortment (Royal Guard, Lando, and Etc). You can check out a side-by-side photo above or view larger photos on the Figure's Page.

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While at the Disney Store Yesterday noticed a variant on their Exclusive Han Solo and Luke Skywalker Elite Series 2-Pack. The variant has to do with the paint job on Luke Skywalker head.

Variants:
• Blue eyes and blond hair
• Brown eyes and brown hair

According to the bio for Mark Hamill, he has blue eyes and had blond hair, so I am assuming the brown eye and brown hair version was the first produced and then Disney corrected it to the blue eyes and blonde hair.

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We would like to say thanks to Hasbro and Litzky PR for sending us a gift to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars.

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