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The Exhaust Port - Episode 44 // Rumors & Twerps
The Exhaust Port – Episode 44 // Rumors & Twerps
For episode 44 of The Exhaust Portpodcast, Reid Byers is back in the co-host’s seat, joining Todd once again to round up all the latest and greatest Star Wars news, rumors (**SPOILER WARNING**), and theories that surround the galaxy! And in between all of that, the duo tackle the legacy of the Special Editions, basically doing what needs to be done, and laying out the reasons they suck. Oh, and…
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The Exhaust Port - Episode 43 // a Constable, a DJ, and a General Walk Into a Bar...
The Exhaust Port – Episode 43 // a Constable, a DJ, and a General Walk Into a Bar…
Hello friends! New guest and Star Wars trivia-master extraordinaire Tyler Davis joins me this week’s episode of The Exhaust Port to discuss his fandom, as well as the past, present, and potential future of the Star Wars universe. We leave no stone unturned, and the episode really moves quickly. We’ve highlighted a few points below for your reference:
we get a feel for Tyler’s fandom baseline, and…
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Yes, we know everyone is excited for the debut of the new immersive Star Wars experience that Disney and Lucasfilm have promised when Galaxy’s Edge opens later this year, that’s a no-brainer. And if you know the fine folks at Lucasfilm, then you knew there would be some great tie-in material announced to get heads even more pumped. Well, the official Star Wars site delivered on that yesterday, announcing a bevvy of literature projects for all ages that will help usher in the era of Galaxy’s Edge and the world of Batuu. I’ll spare you long-winded descriptions, as you can just as easily go to the Star Wars site and get all the details available, but here are a few juicy nuggets:
Famed author Delilah S. Dawson (Phasma) will be penning the flagship offering for Galaxy’s Edge, a novel entitled Black Spire. The gist is this (and I quote) – “General Leia Organa dispatches her top spy to Batuu in a desperate search for Resistance allies”. Given the fact Delilah is writing this book (and the fact that the coffee table book Women of the Galaxy eludes to as much), then we can safely assume that the agent Leia dispatches is none other than one Vi Moradi. Better still, does that mean the rehabilitated Captain Cardinal could be in tow? Let’s hope so!
Writer Ethan Sacks and artist Will Sliney will be teaming up for a Marvel comics mini-series aptly named Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Here readers will be introduced to the Black Spire Outpost (first mentioned in the film Solo, a Star Wars Story) on Batuu and the infamous Dok-Ondar (also mentioned in Solo), a proprietor of rare and one-of-a-kind antiquities. Should be a fun series!
On the Young Adult side of things, newcomer to the Star Wars universe Zoraida Cordova will pen A Crash of Fate, which will focus on a pair of teens on the run from vengeful pirates. As soon as I read this I thought of Lost Stars, and one can only hope this book delivers as that one did. YA tag be damned, author Claudia Grey’s first foray into Star Wars is a must-read novel for fans of all ages!
Lastly, we have Star Wars: Myths & Fables, a middle-grade, illustrated collection of two stories that take place on Batuu. Written by George Mann and illustrated by Grant Griffin, this has me intrigued, to say the least.
Anyhow, browse the cover gallery below, and feel free to drop us a line or hit us on Twitter with your thoughts.
Galaxy’s Edge Tie-In Books Announced by Del Rey Yes, we know everyone is excited for the debut of the new immersive Star Wars experience that Disney and Lucasfilm have promised when Galaxy's Edge opens later this year, that's a no-brainer.
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Galaxy of Heroes - February Login Character and Events Posted!
Galaxy of Heroes – February Login Character and Events Posted!
If you listened to The Exhaust Port from a few weeks back, then you know that Galaxy of Heroeshas become somewhat of an obsession for both Reid and I. If you’re not familiar, it’s a free-to-play (although, there are microtransactions available if you wanna speed the process up), turn-based mobile game pitting heroes from the light and dark and across all eras against each other. If you haven’t…
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Thrawn: Alliances Added to the Reading Guide It's been a little slow on the novel front lately, so I apologize for the lack of updates on our
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The Exhaust Port - Episode 42 // Ramble On!
The Exhaust Port – Episode 42 // Ramble On!
The boys are back with episode 42 of The Exhaust Port! Todd is rejoined by Sequoyah in a rambling but insightful podcast with the main focus being worldbuilding and the future of Star Wars post-Skywalkers (gasp!). Emotions and frustrations run high during parts of the episode, and the guys are all over the place. But hey, it’s Todd and Sequoyah, so you know it’s on point, right?. Some highlights…
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Star Wars Resistance Mid-Season Trailer! Yes, I have a lot of thoughts on the start that the new animated show, Star Wars Resistance…
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Canon Casting - Last Shot
Canon Casting – Last Shot
It’s been a minute since our last update to our ongoing fan casting series, lovingly called Canon Casting. As always, we love all the feedback we get on this feature to the site, keep it coming! This month’s addition – Last Shot, the Solo, a Star Wars Storytie-in by Daniel Jose Older! If you’re new to the site and/or column and need an explanation on how all of this works, have no fear, we have…
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New Products Inspired by SOLO, a Star Wars Story are Available Now We've finally got two small fan-art product capsules inspired by SOLO, a Star Wars Story on the site, featuring shirts and more.
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The Exhaust Port - Episode 40 // Nostalgia in Star Wars (With Video!)
Reid is back in the co-host’s chair for a very special 40th episode of The Exhaust Port, everyone’s favorite Star Wars podcast! Not only do you get to hear our amazing voices waxing on all things that make Star Wars so nostalgic to fans, but you get to see our faces! That’s right, thanks to our good friend Joe at Rough Cut Productions we have a full video of the recording session! We had an…
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The Clone Wars Continues! No sooner than I posted my official grades for Lucasfilm in the Disney era did Dave Filoni and the crew at Lucasfilm Animation drop a huge bomb on us.
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Post-Disney Acquisition - Is Lucasfilm Making the Grade?
Post-Disney Acquisition – Is Lucasfilm Making the Grade?
It’s been almost six years since George Lucas sold his Lucasfilm empire to Disneyfor the sum of $4.05 billion dollars. At the time I – as a life-long Star Wars fan – was beyond delighted, as I knew we would be getting not only new films and content, but good films and content, driven by a slew of different creators, directors, producers, and writers – all with legendary producer Kathleen Kennedy…
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The Exhaust Port - Episode 39 // The Fandom Menace
Come for the amazing Star Wars discussion, stay for Sequoyah’s George Lucas impression! That’s right, Sequoyah rejoins me for one of the very best episodes of The Exhaust Port Podcast of all time. We tackle the bantha in the room and ask the question – is Star Wars fandom ruining Star Wars? – in an episode called The Fandom Menace. During this two-hour podcast, we cover a huge variety of topics,…
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The Exhaust Port - Episode 38 // State of the Star Wars Galaxy
Todd and Reid are back together for the first time in a few months to catch everyone up on their take on what’s going on in the Star Wars galaxy! For episode 38 of The Exhaust Port, the duo briefly discusses Solo, a Star Wars Storybefore diving headfirst into the state and health of our favorite franchise. After taking a look at the possible reasons behind the box office failure of the…
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Welcome back everyone to the third and final part of our look back to “The Vintage Collection” toy line.
We have covered the single packed figures and in this installment, we are going to check out the rest of the line including vehicles, multi-packs, mail-away and convention exclusives and the only creature set. There’s a ton of great stuff left to go through so let’s get started.
The line takes a slightly different turn at this point because the single figures were mostly available at all retailers minus a few exceptions. The multi-packs and vehicles seem to be the exact opposite, being mostly released as retailer exclusives through Target, K-Mart, Amazon and Toys R Us, again, minus a few exceptions.
Vehicles and Beasts
TVC saw 15 vehicle releases from all the movies except “TPM” and included one under “The Clone Wars” cartoon. All but three were retailer exclusives with the rest being divided up between Amazon (2), Toys R’ Us (5), Target (3) and K-Mart (2). Unlike the figures, there is no numbering system for the vehicles, but with only 15 releases, it’s really not hard to keep track of them. The easiest way is to look at each retailer and list their exclusives. I also included the only beast set from TVCin this section to makes things a little more organized and it’s kind of a vehicle too!
K-Mart
The Scout Walker AT-ST from “RotJ”
B-Wing Starfighter from “RotJ”
Amazon
TIE Interceptor from “TESB”
Slave 1 from “TESB”
Target
Imperial TIE Fighter from “TESB”
Land speeder from “Star Wars”
Rebel Armored Snowspeeder from “TESB”
Luke Skywalker’s Tauntaun from “TESB”
Toys R’ Us
Biggs’ Red 3 X-Wing Fighter from “Star Wars”
Imperial AT-AT from “TESB” – Also released in a variant “RotJ” package
Millennium Falcon from “TESB”
Republic Gunship from “AotC”
Y-Wing Starfighter from “RotJ”
Non Exclusives
AT-AP from “RotS”
Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi Star Fighter from “RotS”
V-19 Torrent Star Fighter from “The Clone Wars”
The vehicles in TVC were just as impressive as the figures and like them were mostly re-issues. There was still an attention to small details that fit right in with this line like movie realistic control panels, realistic lighting effects, great paint apps, vehicle and movie-specific accessories and some of the bigger vehicles even came with figures included. This is something that the original Kenner line never did and is more associated with Hasbro’s G.I. Joe line.
The vehicles were a great addition to TVC, but most would carry such a high price tag, that it made it tough for collectors to shell out more money for vehicles that they already owned. The Millennium Falcon, for example, was an exact re-release of the 2008 Legacy Collection ship costing $100.00. When it was released for TVC, it came in at a staggering $250.00!
Multi-Packs
The 14 multi-packs were split between K-Mart and Target exclusives with 14 total. The vintage Kenner line had several of these throughout its run and included characters from a specific scene or those who shared the same affiliation (rebels, imperials, etc.). Hasbro kept the same theme with these packs and only focused on the original trilogy.
The 5 sets that were sold in K-mart were actually 2-packs with three of them focused on the battle of Endor with two Ewok sets and an AT-ST crew set. One of the Ewok sets actually came with the assault catapult from the battle.
The other two sets focused on the Imperial scanning crew from “ANH”. The neat thing of these two sets is that each one contained the two figures and either the bottom or top half the crate that they carried the equipment in from the movie so you had to buy both sets to complete the scene.
The other 9 sets from Target were straight three packs that only contained figures. These sets focused on characters with similar movie affiliations, droids, heroes, villains, imperials, etc.
These are pretty straightforward sets so there’s not a lot to cover with one exception. The “Android” set comes with C-3PO, R2-D2 and…. you guessed it, Chewbacca?! Your guess is as good as mine as to how these three characters were included together in the “Android” set.
Convention Exclusives and Mail Aways
There were two straight mail away figures included in TVC and one that is kind of a mix between a mail way and store exclusive.
The first mail away figure was in 2010 and was something fans and older collector’s had been promised for over 30 years. A Rocket-Firing Boba Fett was finally offered and delivered to fans under the TVC banner. It was made in the super detailed and articulated style of the line and looked great. This really helped kick off this line in a big way showing collector’s that Hasbro was looking to give us some unique pieces.
The second mail away was Boba Fett in Prototype Armor (#61) in 2011. It was done in the style of his original all-white armor that was early in the character design for “TESB”. It’s a really cool looking figure that has been done several times since this one in The Black Series line and by Funko and Sideshow. It was even given a number in the basic figure assortment to help it fit in the line.
The third figure was really more of a store exclusive than a mail away but I included it here because it could fit in either category. The online toy retailer, Brian’s Toys, offered a Jocasta Nu figure that was only available through them. Even though it is a basic carded figure it was not given a number in the basic line. TVCshines right here by not forgetting some of the background characters from the saga that we would not normally see a super articulated figure for.
There were also three convention exclusive sets that were offered to collectors.
The first was from Celebration V in 2010 and came in the form of a 4-LOM/Zuckuss two-pack in a box set. Each figure came on its own cardback that was foil stamped and in keeping with the vintage theme, kept the error from the original Kenner cards that had their names switched. The packaging was cool with a fold open box that revealed both carded figure behind their own window and a cardboard sleeve that slid over the box when it was closed up. Neither of these two figures was given a number in the normal basic line assortment.
The second exclusive was from SDCC 2011 and was called the “Revenge of the Jedi (Death Star Set)”. This was a 14 figure set that included two exclusives. The package is a MASSIVE circle with a graphic of the second Death Star on the front. Again, it folds open to reveal the 14 carded figure on the inside. It includes all of the 12 figures from the “Revenge of the Jedi” line in the basic assortment and 2 exclusive mini figures: Salacious Crumb (#66) and Mouse Droid (#67). These exclusives were given numbers in the basic assortment.
The third convention exclusive is the strangest of all the sets and is really only connected to TVC by one figure which is the oddest figure in the entire line. The 2012 SDCC exclusive was the “Carbonite Chamber Collector’s Pack”. This was a 7 figure set with one exclusive in a pretty elaborate package meant to mimic the carbon freezing chamber. Six of the seven figures were carded on a new card design that Hasbro was calling “The Lost Line”, representing one character from each film. This new card was a throwback to a design that was originally considered by Kenner in the 70”s. These six were eventually re-released in the stores with the new card.
The seventh figure in this set is the direct tie-in to TVC. Jar Jar Binks in Carbonite Block was the exclusive figure in this set and comes on a vintage style card under “TPM” heading. This is by far the strangest figure in the set but goes to show how much fun Hasbro had with this entire line. The figure was not given a number in the basic line of figures.
Whew! That does it for our rundown of The Vintage Collection from 2010-2012. I had a blast doing the research for these articles and looking at all the releases from this line. This was such a great set of figures and vehicles and if you have been following this article I hope you have enjoyed it and learned a little in the process.
The new figures are starting to hit stores as I type this so I would urge anyone who is on the fence about collecting this line to start looking now because it looks like Hasbro has got some great things in store for us this time. Good lucking hunting!
~Eric
Old Fossils and New Acquisitions – The Vintage Collection in Review, Part Three Welcome back everyone to the third and final part of our look back to “The Vintage Collection”
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The Exhaust Port - Episode 37 // Solo Review and Discussion!
After a (too) long layoff we are back with a brand-new episode of The Exhaust Port Podcast! For episode #37 I am joined by Dave, Katrina, and Dan for a lengthy discussion and review about all things Solo, a Star Wars Story. The crew picks apart every detail of the film and come to the following consensus – damn, this is a fun ride. From Alden and Donald’s performances as Han and Lando…
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Last Shot Has Been Added to the Reading Guide! I've added the amazing Lando and Han novel, Last Shot by Daniel Jose Older, to my…
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