Star Wars News from Around the Galaxy for October 21 2011

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This week we have new ornaments from Hallmark, Star Wars: The Old Republic release date scorn, someone who doesn’t like the prequels, and David Prowse becomes the bionic man, sort of.

Hallmark, which often gets forgotten in the annals of Star Wars merchandise, had a showing at New York’s Comic-Con this last weekend, showing a preview of their 2012 line of ornaments as well as selling exclusive R2 unit (R2-Q5 and R2-A3) tree hangers at the show. Those went for around $30, but were sold quickly and are now only available on Ebay for around $75-100.
Other offerings mentioned were a TIE interceptor, Han on a Tauntaun, General Grievous, and Darth Maul. These will be available July 2012, while the stormtrooper logo will be in October 2012. They will also continue their tradition of coming out with humor and musical cards based on the series.


Star Wars: The Old Republic will be ineligible to be considered in the Christmas standings by the sales tracking service GtK Chart-Track because of its release date. The MMO, which is slated to be one of the number one sellers, is being released on December 20, 2011, which makes it three days too late to be included. I’m sure whoever is in first place will be glad to hear that. The company says that they do not track until the 24th, but only through the 17th and thus EA/Bioware/Lucas will have no chance at the coveted award. Previous winners have included the Call of Duty titles, Need for Speed, FIFA ’07 and ’09, and others.


In the Lionsgate documentary The People Versus George Lucas, which talks about the complaints that the fans have had with the creator of the Star Wars Universe, there is an interesting interview with Gary Kurtz. He was one of the main producers of the Star Wars series and worked with Lucas extensively, but says that he is not a big fan of the prequels that Lucas created. So there you have it. Even Lucas’ own inner circle has issues with them, so fans should feel a bit vindicated from that when challenged that they didn’t like Jar Jar.


And in an odd case of life imitates art, David Prowse, who played the half man-half machine dark villain Vader (at least in body), has had an operation to allow him to walk again. The surgery, which lasted seven hours, was designed to replace his hip, knee and femur with bionic parts in order to allow him to walk once again. Prowse is currently on a book tour for his autobiography Straight from the Force’s Mouth which tells of his early life as a trainer for Christopher Reeves in Superman and his Mr. Universe Competitions with none other than the Governator. And of course, he discusses at length his work as the ominous figure from Star Wars.

And that’s all the news we have at the moment. Thanks for reading.
 
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