As part of a multiattraction expansion this spring, Legoland California plans to update the Star Wars Miniland area that debuted last summer, add a pirate-themed shoot-the-chutes water ride and install a crab exhibit at the adjacent SeaLife Aquarium.
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Check out this new LEGO commercial featuring the upcoming X-Wing and TIE Fighter from their 2012 line!
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Brick by brick, visitors to San Francisco's Union Square are taking part in a fantastically geeky holiday treat: helping to build a 12-foot-tall, 10-foot-wide Santa Yoda.
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The public is invited to help LEGO Master Builders construct a 12-by-10 foot Santa Yoda on Friday at the Union Square ice rink.
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LEGO's 2012 offerings are still a few months away, but an early peek at what appears to be a high quality scan shows off the 2012 Star Wars sets, among others. These are, of course, still unconfirmed, and preliminary versions, but ultimately this looks like the real deal, so these are likely representative of what we'll be seeing for the first half of 2012.

There look to be 6 sets total all from the movies rather than Clone Wars, each set sporting 4 minifigs, ...

The LEGO Book from DK Publishing. Reveal, explore, and celebrate the fascinating LEGO(R) story in The LEGO(R) Book. From its beginnings in a carpenter's workshop and the development of the first plastic brick, to the group's current position as an international brand, a timeline highlights key moments in LEGO(R) history. Fascinating facts on every significant LEGO(R) product line, theme park, video game, artwork, competition, club, collectible and more combine with images from the ...

DK Publishing sends a sneak peek at the upcoming LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, due out October 3, 2011. This highly-anticipated tome features the hundreds of LEGO Star Wars figures produced to date, each with its own page listing facts and images.

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After the Cartoon Network debut of their first-ever original television special, The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm will join forces once again to bring LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace to Blu-ray Disc and DVD. Launching on September 16, the 22-minute original standalone special will feature the charm, action and irreverent humor that have become the signature style of LEGO Star Wars animation collaborations and will include five LEGO Star Wars shorts, as well as an exclusive, collectible "Young Han Solo" minifigure.
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Thursday, July 21st, LEGO treated select media to a preview screening of the LEGO Star Wars animated television special, The Padawan

Menace, a day ahead of the premiere, and we at SSG were there. However, we weren't allowed to tell you guys about it until after it aired

tonight, July 22nd, at 7pm PST.

If you haven't seen it yet, the special runs around half an hour, and while it has some similarities to the LEGO Star Wars video games,

commercials, and shorts, the special was a significant upgrade to the storytelling style there. First off, voices, the special actually has voice

acting, and many of the voice actors are actually ...

Hallmark Gold Crown Stores has its annual Keepsake Ornament Premiere event this weekend, July 16 & 17. Four of the five Star Wars ornaments will be available during the event and after while supplies last.
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After the runaway success of their wildly popular building sets, video game collaborations and animated shorts, The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm will join forces once again for an all-new adventure – their first-ever original television special. Premiering on Cartoon Network on Friday, July 22 at 7:00 p.m. (ET, PT) in high-definition computer animation, the 30-minute original standalone special – LEGO® Star Wars: The Padawan Menace – will feature the charm, action and irreverent humor that have become the signature style of LEGO ...

Thousands of people found the Force at LEGOLAND^® California during the first day of the popular LEGO^® Star Wars Days at the family theme park in Carlsbad June 18 and 19. Park guests of all ages dressed as their favorite Star Wars characters and spent the day interacting with members of the 501st Legion of Stormtroopers and Rebel Legion. Throughout the day, guests participated in out-of-this-world activities like the Droid Hunt, video game battles, Darth Vader meet-and-greets, Jedi trivia competitions and a costume contest. ...

The LEGO Group today announced that one of the largest and most powerful vessels in the Star Wars™ universe – Darth Vader’s personal flagship Super Star Destroyer™ Executor – has been re-created as an exclusive LEGO^® model. The set will be available starting September 1, 2011 via the online LEGO Shop and in LEGO Brand Retail Stores.
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LEGOLAND has announced their LEGO Star Wars Days for 2011!
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LEGO has released a new video to celebrate today: May The 4th Be With you!
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The official StarWarsShop has received new LEGO products that will surely go fast!
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Check out this fantastic new LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars stop motion video!
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During the grand opening of Legoland California's Star Wars Miniland, part of the fun was tracking down all the fun little touches and animated bits. These animations and features add a lot of personality to the miniland dioramas. Some are operated by button presses, while others are on a timer. For you guys who could not make it to the event, I took videos of every animated element, though I did not capture the audio-only elements since there were a large number. The videos are presented in movie chronological order, the Miniland layout itself is a clockwise circle starting from the west, with the massive Christophsis battle diorama in the middle.

(a few video files were corrupted and thus unusable, these aren't edited for length, and the camera I shot with is a still camera with a mediocre microphone so much of the audio is not great.)

Episode I: Naboo




Episode II: Geonosis


(A second button and speaker was there for the Arena display, but that was the lone element not working.)

Star Wars - The Clone Wars: Christophsis



(There was actually more smoke from the other end of the battlefield, but the timing was unclear and the wind was making it difficult to capture on camera.)

Episode III: Kashyyyk & Mustafar



(This battle actually goes on for a lot longer, the video length on that is prohibitively large and doesn't really say anything beyond what you see there, so I didn't use it.)

Episode IV: Tatooine



(This one is nearly all audio, I shot the whole bit not knowing where the Falcon's lights come on - it's around 28 seconds in. The audio is much more audible in the park, obviously.)

Episode V: Hoth
(The Wampa cave and the Bacta ...

Actress Carrie Fisher, known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in Star Wars Episodes IV, V and VI, made a special appearance in Carlsbad today to commemorate the grand opening of STAR WARS™ Miniland at LEGOLAND® California. The ceremony, held prior to Park opening, was attended by community leaders and celebrities with their families and featured dramatic unveilings of each of the seven scenes built with more than 1.5 million LEGO® bricks revealing 2,000 Star Wars LEGO models.


Fisher, currently serving as the Jenny Craig spokesperson, granted an out-of-this world wish for 9-year-old Carson Wiener, who suffers from Leukemia. In addition to providing Carson with a chance to meet one ...