STAR WARS REBELS: SPARK OF REBELLION WITH A NEW SCENE FEATURING DARTH VADER COMING TO ABC The critically-acclaimed epic adventure Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion will air on ABC on Sunday, October 26 (7:00 p.m. ET/PT). Executive producer Dave Filoni states, “We wanted to do something special for the ABC broadcast. We’ve added a scene which gives audiences insight into the Inquisitor and includes a cameo by Darth Vader voiced by the distinguished actor James Earl Jones.” The television movie Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion delivered 6.5-million viewers in its premieres on Disney Channel and Disney XD around the world including the U.S. and 16 markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa and Canada. The Star Wars Rebels weekly series on Disney XD (Mondays 9:00 p.m. ET/PT), has been renewed for a second season. Set between the events of Star Wars Episodes...
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FROM WORLD WAR TO STAR WARS : STORMTROOPERS An Emperor is nothing without the support of ground forces to enforce their will. These troops must be unquestionably loyal to the cause and its leader. In the Star Wars galaxy, that task falls to the Imperial stormtroopers. This faceless corps of soldiers was inspired by the similar storm troops from the past. While most well-known “storm troops” were the Nazi Sturmabteilung, the formation of “storm troop” units predates the National Socialists or World War II. In Germany, the SA (Sturmabteilung) took its name from the small units of storm troops used in German offensives of World War I. When the First World War turned into a trench-laden stalemate, both sides looked for new ways to break through enemy defenses. Organized into small units of fast moving soldiers and often armed with grenades, these original storm troops were trained to quickly break through enemy lines using stealth and surprise to t...
FULLY OPERATIONAL FANDOM: ROCKING WITH FAN-MADE STAR WARS GUITARS Music has a strong presence in the Star Wars universe. Whether it’s the infectious stylings of Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes or the smooth vocals of Sny Snootles in the Max Rebo Band, it seems standard for a bar or gathering place in the galaxy far, far away to feature live performances. While I haven’t come across any functioning replicas of musical instruments from the films, I have seen instruments from our world modified to pay tribute to Star Wars characters, symbols, and scenes. Guitars seem to be the most popular choice for transformation, and I reached out to three fans who made or altered theirs to make them Star Wars guitars. One design was carved into a guitar and painted, another was made from a toy, and the final design was hand-painted on. Anthony Colucci got inspired and turned an ESP LTD Lynch Kamikaze guitar into Darth M...
‘80S YODA POSTER: STILL GUILTING US TO READ Few images register instant success like the timeless Yoda “READ” poster design, created by the American Library Association (ALA) in 1983 for National Library Week. Printed nearly three decades before the first official Star Wars Reads Day, the poster still feels as relevant today as it did in the pre-Google days of card catalogs and Dewey Decimals. Composed of a simple production shot of Yoda with a book stripped in under his arm (this was pre-Photoshop, mind you), the image — paired with the elegantly-presented “READ and The Force is with you” snipe — feels so fitting, so natural, so right — that anyone within eye-shot of it is often struck with the sudden urge to crack open a book. But the iconic poster as we know it wasn’t always going to be the masterpiece it’s become. Digging through the old Lucasfilm archive files, we uncovered some early concept images proposed for the campaign as well as some correspon...
FIFA 15 REMAINS AS VISUALLY ARRESTING AS EVER, AND IT GOES ALL OUT TO INDULGE FANS FIFA 15 remains as visually arresting as ever, and it goes all out to indulge fans of the Barclays Premier League. Players for those sides look a lot more lifelike, after sitting for head scans in the off-season (more than 200 were added in). Any game played between two BPL sides also gets a specialized presentation, including the same graphics packages and music seen and heard on TV. English-language commentators Martin Tyler and Alan Smith also have a lot more to discuss when they are on their home turf. And in a big plus for a game that uses generic stadiums more than any other, all 20 of this year's BPL venues are in the game. There are other leagues, of course and they all benefit from the richer lighting and little highlights like persistent turf deformation from slide tackles, or divots left by cleats. The entire goal structure moves when a screamer plunges into the back of th...
PLay ArcheAge Free ! Archeage is an upcoming MMORPG in development by Korean company XL Games. Players enter a fantasy world and start play on one of two continents: Nuia (Elves),and Harihara (Ferres). From there, everything else is up to you, from what character you play, to where you go, and why. Archeage promises to remove the restrictions that have hampered former MMORPGs, especially concerning character classes and skills. Go where you will, do what you want, be the character you want to be.