2014 Rhode Island Comic Con by Joseph Tavano The last time I attended a comic book convention was 1993. It was in the large conference room of a Marriott on the outskirts of town, and there were roughly 20 vendors from all over New England selling hard-to-find action figures, bootleg concert cassettes, VHS tapes of […]
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A Trooper’s Point of View: A History
It’s nearly impossible to be a Star Wars fan these days and not have heard of the 501st Legion. However, I’m constantly surprised by people who know the name, but don’t know very much about the group. With that in mind I’ll be doing a regular column here on the Star Wars Report talking about […]
Star Wars Reads Day: The Empire Invades!
Greetings Bothans! What follows is a post about some adventures had at this past weekend’s Star Wars Reads Day! Many of you will already be familiar with Paul DePaola who writes for a number of Star Wars fan sites and is also a podcaster, but be sure to check out his geek site Fanboys Talking! With that, […]
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Dragon Con 2014 Saturday
Hello there! Our second day at Dragon Con began with us sleeping in a bit after a late night. The first thing Riley and Bethany did was to go see the famous Dragon Con parade! With hundreds of cosplayers from a wide variety of genres, franchises, and a mix of both, the parade was definitely […]
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The History of Clones in Star Wars
Last year’s airing, in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, of the four episode arc known collectively as ‘The Umbara Story Arc’ (starting with season 4 episode 7 “Darkness on Umbara”, continuing with the episodes “The General” and “Plan of Dissent”, and culminating with “Carnage of Krell”) has brought to the forefront what I call the […]