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FULLY OPERATIONAL FANDOM: STAR WARS IN THE CLASSROOM LEARN ABOUT AN INNOVATIVE, GROWING PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES TEACHING THROUGH THE STORIES OF STAR WARS.  The Star Wars saga has it all. Action, space battles, lightsabers, interesting characters. Everything. Fans discuss every aspect of the saga and channel their enthusiasm into blogs, fan films, podcasts, and crafts. I’m constantly surprised by what they do. I know, it’s a phrase I repeat again and again, but hey, that’s why this column exists. I stumble across a lot of fan-fueled projects on social media, and I recently noticed photos popping up in my feeds from Star Wars in the Classroom. The images featured moments from the films, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Star Wars Rebels and shared a lesson or quote that connected to the scene. They weave Star Wars into education, and it extends beyond bite-sized lessons on social media. Wes Dodgens and Thomas Riddle run an entire website devoted to helping educators and fan...

Episode 7 Hype Escalating – Hasbro Reportedly Working on Line of Toys As the release date of Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens (and of the new Battlefront title) approaches, everyone is looking to get in on the action. Toymaker Hasbro has apparently prepared an extensive line of Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys, which includes blasters, light sabers, action figures and remote controlled droids. The company hasn’t exactly been keen on making its efforts public, but fans have dug up a list of toys Hasbro are allegedly working on right now. The figurines will be mostly 3.75-inch ones, and there will be a special “Black Series” line of action figures too, aimed at collectors. Alleged photographs of some of the toys were leaked as well, although they’re of somewhat questionable quality, and some of the figurines featured (like that of Chewbacca) are apparently older releases from Hasbro. There are other inconsistencies with the Chewbacca toy featured in the photos: apparently, the Chew...

Star Wars: Battlefront vs EA’s Open World Star Wars Game! The new and upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront has not received a release date as of yet, but we do know that the date of “Holiday 2015” means that we have something to look forward to. Hopefully we will have some excellent gaming before we get our hands on the new Battlefront game. The question we want to ask today is would you rather play Star Wars: Battlefront or EA’s Open World Star Wars game? The only information that has been released for Star Wars: Battlefront is that there should be a small connection to the Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens, something in the likeness of easter eggs or characters and ships. Kotaku confirmed that EA was in development of an open world style game set in the Star Wars universe, but there are no details about what the game will include. We think that it will not be another MMO since SWTOR is already going really well. We are assuming that it may take the style of GTA V, m...

STAR WARS: SMUGGLER’S BOUNTY AUDIO DRAMA SET FOR STAR WARS CELEBRATION ANNOUNCING A ONE-TIME-ONLY LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM DIRECTOR KYLE NEWMAN! Everyone’s favorite Greedo-shooting, Millennium Falcon-piloting, Ewok-preferred main course is back — in a new live audio drama, coming only to Star Wars Celebration. Star Wars: Smuggler’s Bounty, directed by Kyle Newman (Fanboys, the upcoming Barely Lethal) and co-written by Newman and F.J. DeSanto, stars Han Solo in a special, by-fans-for-fans production set during the original trilogy. Reuniting the creative team behind Celebration IV’s hit Star Wars: Smuggler’s Gambit audio drama, it will be a one-time-only live performance on the Celebration Stage, with music, live sound effects, and a star-studded cast. Much like Smuggler’s Gambit, Smuggler’s Bounty promises to be a love letter to classic Star Wars radio dramas and the saga itself — affectionately made by true Star Wars aficionados. David W. Collins (Digital Stage host) — who doe...

DIY HOTH SNOW GLOBE AT-ATS, TAUNTAUNS, AND PROBE DROIDS IN A JAR! LEARN HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN STAR WARS SNOW GLOBE WITH STARWARS.COM'S EASY GUIDE. When December rolls around each year, I look at my holiday decorations to see what I can apply a Star Wars makeover to. It seems like there’s an endless number of crafts to make such as stockings, tree skirts, and ornaments. This year I turned my eye to snow globes. I’ve put a tauntaun in a jar of fake snow, but I’ve never taken the next step and added water. I learned that snow globes are surprisingly simple to make, and I want to make one for every shelf in my home. I started with a Hoth snow globe because of obvious reasons and because it’s one of my favorite planets in the Star Wars universe. All supplies except the miniatures can be found at your local craft shop. Check the soap-making section for the glycerin. And as far as those miniature Star Wars toys, you’ve probably noticed from my DIY posts that I ha...

Darkest Night In and amongst all the (quite frankly) deserved flak that  Halo: The Master Chief Collection  has received from both critics and fans alike since its November 11th launch, it's quite easy to forget about  Halo: Nightfall  - the latest TV series set in the  Halo  universe, that came bundled with copies of the game. Produced by Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions in collaboration with 343 Industries,  Nightfall  is similar in both style and presentation to 2012's  Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn . It's an episodic five-part  Halo  TV series (accessible via the Xbox One's Halo Channel, the Xbone's next-gen replacement for the 360's Halo Waypoint app) that follows the exploits of new character Jameson Locke (or, as he's known at this point in time, Lieutenant Commander Locke) and a bunch of ONI operatives on a high-risk covert operation to a blackened and twisted fragment of the Alpha Halo ring from  Halo: Combat Evolv...

If you had to sum up  Star Wars  in 2014 with one word, it would be “new.” New era, new movie footage, new animated series, new books, new heroes, new villains, new everything.  Star Wars  feels new — alive and important and, quite simply, fun, in a completely fresh way. It’s a truly exciting time to be a fan. So, to paraphrase a certain dark-side devotee, this will be a year long remembered. Let’s look at the reasons why. “There’s been an awakening. Have you felt it?” Yes, we have, mystery voice — and lots of chills, too. The teaser for  Star Wars: The Force Awakens  was released in theaters and online on Friday, November 28, giving the world its first look at the film’s new characters (Finn! Rey! Kylo Ren with meme-inspiring lightsaber!), droids (the cute-meets-cool BB-8!), and designs (stormtroopers 2.0!). Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, a bunch of X-wings and TIE fighters and the  Millennium Falcon . To date, the teaser has amassed over 100 mil...