Hasbro’s New Star Wars Toys Embrace the Dark Side

Image: Hasbro Star Wars products love a theme moment—Force Friday, Triple Force Friday, whatever the Force Friday equivalent for Rogue One was called. Maybe they just love Fridays, but now Lucasfilm and its merch partners are capitalizing on a whole month to sell you things, with a specific villainous twist. This March is now Imperial … Read more

Ahsoka’s Zombie Stormtroopers Are Getting the Lavish Toys They Deserve

Image: Hot Toys If you thought it’d be Hasbro who first got its hands on Ahsoka’s trooper repurposing, think again: Hot Toys is giving us our first actual look at Thrawn and the Great Mothers’ unholy matrimony of Imperial Remnant and Nightsister witchery in action figure form… although there stands a good chance anything Hasbro … Read more

NCAA: ‘No regrets’ for graduating Enoch Valdez despite Final Four exit

Enoch Valdez.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Enoch Valdez could’ve had a grand exit for Lyceum after being the anchor of the squad for several years. But a loss to San Beda in the NCAA Season 99 Final Four abruptly halted his collegiate career, denying the Pirates a trip to the finals. Still, Valdez said he has no … Read more

The Eyes of Ahsoka, Ranked

Image: Lucasfilm Sure, Huyang isn’t an organic being. But I think he deserves a special shoutout—a crowning shoutout, in fact—if we’re talking about eyes in Ahsoka because the show did such a fantastic job with his design and keeping him emotive with one simple trick: making his photoreceptors LEDs that were capable of animating Huyang’s … Read more