It sometimes seems, with ever increasingly-detailed playsets and figures coming on to the market, that ‘toys’ today aren’t really designed for children at all, but are in fact aimed squarely at the adult collector market. It’s a shame, because I’m sure I can’t be the only child of the 1970s who spent many a happy … >
The Star Wars universe consists of planets that feature stunning terrain. From the sand-blasted Jakku, with its Star Destroyer graveyard and promising scavenger Rey, to the foreboding jungle of Dagobah, hidden retreat for Master Yoda, the conditions on each world vary greatly. In the real world, terrain also varies greatly – from the Sahara desert … >
The definitive guide to the people, aliens and droids of the Star Wars galaxy is back – bigger and better than ever before – and packed with new Star Wars: The Force Awakens™ characters. To celebrate DK’s release of the updated and expanded Star Wars Character Encyclopedia (out now), we’ve got copies of the book to give away to … >
With five years of fantastically exciting set-pieces and dramatically intense scenes to choose from, it’s a tough call to separate Battlestar Galactica‘s true diamonds from the rest of the gemstones. There’ll be quite a few great moments that may be conspicuously absent, but here’s what we’ve come up with… > Buy the Complete Series Blu-ray … >
Within the Star Wars trilogies, parallels are an undeniable reoccurring factor, and are once again coming to light (or Dark *nudge nudge*) in The Force Awakens. The storylines often seem to line up and perhaps this will give us an insight into what’s to come in this new third trilogy of movies. > Buy the … >
The official novelisation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out, published by Century, priced £19.99. > Buy the book on Amazon. To celebrate, we’ve got copies of the book to give away to four of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and retweet this tweet: Win! Follow … >
So, we’ve still not stopped grinning since seeing The Force Awakens last month – and no, we’ve not got over that death yet. Some of the movie’s best moments involved the return of the original characters, but it was as equally exciting to meet Episode VII‘s new faces. > Pre-order The Force Awakens on Amazon. … >
Well, they do though, eh? It’s a shame, because in between miscasting, misjudged characters, non characters and tax embargoes there as some very typically Star Wars tropes which get lost in the soup of prequel bashing. > Buy the complete original Star Wars saga box set on Amazon. But let’s have a look at Episodes … >
There are so many brilliant moments in Star Wars: The Force Awakens that it’s hard to compile a list of the best bits, but here are some of our favourite things in the movie… > Pre-order The Force Awakens on Amazon. 10. The Millennium Falcon Yes, the Millennium Falcon was back (last seen in … >
It’s safe to assume by now that we all loved The Force Awakens; what’s not to love about a new Star Wars movie at Christmas?! Without a doubt, it’s been the most highly-anticipated film of 2015 – if not the 21st Century so far. Star Wars is arguably the biggest franchise ever (sorry, Mr Bond … >