Something's fishy in Lucas Land! Season four of Cartoon Network's Star Wars: The Clone Warskicks off Friday with the first two parts of a gorgeously animated three-episode story set underwater on the planet Mon Calamari. "It's a massive undertaking for us with some of the most ambitious battle sequences we've ever staged in this series," says supervising director Dave Filoni. The plot finds our heroes trying to protect a young prince whose father was assassinated and includes a new badass shark character named Riff Tamsen. "He's a brute force, big-time personality — our homage to Jaws!" Filoni says with a laugh.
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Since 1977, the popularity of the Star Wars films establishes a deep footprint on cultures around the world. The franchise reaches beyond theaters with the widely successful marketing of Star Wars merchandise. Action figures and toys generate tangible souvenirs from "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away." Many children grow up playing with Star Wars action figures, creating individual memories that aggregate into a broader awareness. The impact of Star Wars action figures has a subtle yet apparent effect. In turn, this effect is shown on film, looping from film to real life and back onto film.
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Lucasfilm announced today that in celebration of the September launch of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray, it is linking up with celebrities, eBay and Major League Baseball to ask fans to Use the Force for Good to support Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). SU2C funds groundbreaking cancer research that will get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives.
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Remember that the Priority Pre-Order event for the Exclusive Boba Fett 12-inch Figure will take place on Friday, September 16th at 10AM (Pacific Time)! For those of you who can’t wait to see the full reveal of this Star Wars figure, Sideshow is posting the product gallery and info a bit early.
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Here is a quick update from BigBadToyStore.com about a variety of new arrivals and more cool new preorders.
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NewsWeek magazine has an article on Carrie Fisher and Star Wars that is a must-read.
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Here are a few ads from the circulars from my local Sunday paper. Most hyped is the Star Wars on Blu-ray and Toys"R"Us 30% off toys with FREE Star Wars R2-D2 USB Drive.
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Swing on over to BriansToys.com to pick up the 2010 Exclusive Jabba the Hutt's Throne Room playset, recently reduced to the price of $40! Make sure to add the Exclusive The Force Unleashed: Sith & Imperial Troopers multi-figure pack to your cart as well. An excellent selection of Vintage AFA graded figures have been added again, including some hard to find Empire Strikes Back and 12-Back figures.
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Celebrate the release of the Star Wars movie collection on Blu-ray with Star Wars Insider #128 and collect all four special covers, featuring gorgeous art from all six movies!
Check out the other three covers and editorial highlights from issue #128 after the jump!
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Star Wars is the third most successful movie series ever, with only James Bond and Harry Potter beating its box-office gross of over $2.45 billion (although that's without taking into account the masses of tie-in Star Wars products and sales of books, comics and television rights of the expansive media franchise).

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The Star Wars Celebration site has been updated with a new logo and teaser video.
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Pre-Orders of Sideshow Collectibles' Stormtrooper Premium Format Figure are being taken now, so ensure this elite fighter for the Empire is in your collection by blasting in your order today!
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Medicom Toys' 4-LOM and R5-D4 RAH 12-inch Figures have just become available for Pre-Order through SideshowCollectibles.com.
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That's right 'Star Wars' fans, Sideshow Collectibles' Boba Fett 12-inch Figure will be available for Pre-Order on Friday, September 16th at 10AM (Pacific Time)! Follow the link to catch a preview of the infamous Mandalorian!
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For the first time at New York Comic Con, Hasbro, Inc. will attend the convention at the Javits Convention Center in New York City from October 13-16 to present many of its iconic brands and meet with fans. Hasbro will have a significant booth presence featuring current and upcoming products from its TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE, JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS and KRE-O brands and BEYBLADE, MARVEL and STAR WARS lines. Additionally, Hasbro will host panels for several of its properties and action figure lines as well as offer for sale several HasbroToyShop.com special edition products made for New York Comic Con convention goers.
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Here is a quick update from BigBadToyStore.com about a few new arrivals and a bunch of great new preorders!
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Today we have a look at the new Hasbro Star Wars 'The Vintage Collection' Landspeeder and Luke Skywalker's Tauntaun with loose and packaged in Hi-Res.
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Super7 is proud to announce the inaugural release of Star Wars x Super7 Collection: The Imperial Forces Wallpaper! Featuring textured portraits of Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and members of the Empire, this hand-screened, flocked, designer wallpaper is an artistic way to decorate your office, collectibles room, or space station.
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Images of upcoming Star Wars Disney Star Tours and Muppets have surfaced.
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