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The Force Unleashed Yet Again: Day Six: What If?

2008 – the year that gave us the first appearance of Starkiller (technically in Soul Calibur 4 a couple months before TFU1 was released) and Ahsoka Tano in the Clone Wars movie. Wouldn’t it be interesting to reverse their circumstances?

The Force Unleashed Yet Again: Day Five: Dark Side Ending

The dark side of the Force Unleashed is a pathway to many possibilities some would consider…non-canon…

The Force Unleashed Yet Again: Day Three: Imposter Syndrome

You think any Star Wars characters ever get imposter syndrome? If you’re good enough at your job, there is a non-zero chance you could be cloned by evil space wizards.

The Force Unleashed Yet Again: Day Two: Magic and Melee

Force Unleashed 2 went a bit off the rails compared to all those stormtrooper variants in the first game.

The Force Unleashed Yet Again: Day One: They Invisible Now?!

I promised more Force Unleashed and now I deliver. From the depths of the workshop come shadows and terrors…

East Coast Road Trip Haul (2019)

Awesome finds at fun little book shops in the West Virginia and the other Virginia. I believe in buying used books, keeping them in good shape and giving them more than one life.

From top to bottom:

The New Rebellion (1996)
X-Wing: Iron Fist (1998)
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995)
A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (1984)
Splinter of the Mind’s Eye (1978 but couldn’t find the date of this reprint)
Shield of Lies (1996)
Smuggler’s Run: A Han Solo and Chewbacca Adventure (2015)
The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure (2015)
Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire (1998 reprint)
Dark Forces: Rebel Agent (1998)
Guide to the Star Wars Worlds Trilogy (2004)

Shout-outs to Books and Other Found Things in Leesburg, Virginia and Fuzzy Dog Books and Music in Charles Town, West Virginia. Might I add that Fuzzy Dog had possibly the best organized Star Wars section I’ve ever seen, with every arc/series grouped together. It wasn’t in chronological order, but at least some order helps when you’re hunting down bits and pieces of larger series!

It’s been a great week for books and figures. . .

The Empire grows stronger with the addition of a cold-climate range trooper, elite Death Star trooper, cunning Grand Moff Tarkin, and the ever-useful IT-O interrogator droid. I lucked out big at Target on two successive trips – and here I thought I’d have to hunt a while for Tarkin.

And thanks to a used book shop not far from home (Last Exit books in Kent, Ohio) I managed to pick up quite a few legends novels (as well as a new copy of Streets of Shadows from Barnes and Noble and Last Shot, which was on sale at Target) These will all make fine additions to my collection and backlog of Legends series I still need to read through, though Last Shot will probably come next seeing as Solo arrives next month.

Thanks for reading!

-Supreme Leader David

Target Find

My Target finally had these handsome heroes in stock. Shame they didn’t have a friend for my man in red but I do love clones as well!

(In)Definite Article #1: Collecting, Past, Present, and Future

Collecting is all about value. But what does it mean to value something? Is something inherently valuable because of what it is, or what it represents to the collector? Questionably an article and not canon at all, read on to see some recent reflections I had on my collection habit. Continue reading “(In)Definite Article #1: Collecting, Past, Present, and Future”