Dateline: And to all you hater-aids “Darthvraider helloing in from the San Fernando Valley, Hoping June gloom runs into July so we can avoid the scorching heat as much as possible! Well Troops just hitting the turbo thrusters today and finally came across a fresh case of Unleashed Leia's. I have to say that it is really getting worse keeping up with the Unleashed line due to store/ebayer employees. I have hit Glendale, Burbank, Woodland Hills, Porter Ranch, Van Nuys, and Valencia, and let me tell you it isn?t a joke. I have tracked shipments, made numerous calls were Unleashed are a plenty.... only to come up empty handed, well that all changed with today?s Van Nuys shipment (wont get into detail). I have an extra slave Leia for trade of a Unleashed Vader, 12-inch Black Travel gown Amidala, or in need of 12-inch Boss Nass, or EI electronic C-3P0 -email your trades!And to all you hater-aids.... a BIG SHOUT OUT TO WHISKEY DOM for hooking up Unleashed red clone, and Tyrannus! United We Find! The REAL Troopers do anyways!”
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The Uninvited. This new Wasted Lands tale is created by Dave Dorman, authored by Del Stone Jr., winner of the International Horror Guild Award, and illustrated by the award-winning Jon Foster. For those of you looking for a great new Sci-Fi novel other than Star Wars this may be worth a read. If you have an Adobe Reader, 
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“We've found the complete Madine wave up here, bringing our Canadian total to 20 out of the 21 Saga figures for 2004 found at retail. Scattered reports of the last 3 new Ultra figures (Ewok, Jabba, Denizens - not new to you guys) at selected TRU stores, but they haven't made wide release yet so many of us are still looking. The TRU exclusive OTC Darth's TIE has shown up, as has the Carkoon 4 pack - both in good numbers - but they haven't yet struck me as worth the money. "If I wanted POTF2, I'd buy POTF2!", so to speak. No sign of any OTC basics up here yet of course. Good luck with the hunt troops, and as always - if you find an R1G4, hook up a Canadian brother!”
There's a nice documentary about artist Joe Corroney over at the 
With no rest for the wicked or rainfall, I made way through Gurnee, IL today on a hot tip from Trooper Dennis and scored the OTC Vader TIE Fighter. I passed these up in the green box back in the clearance wars of 98? because I was really into collecting just the figures back then. I was so surprised to find the last one without any ?shelf ware? on it. These things have a lot of window; the card bending sissy girls will have their share of bubble crunching with these things for sure. Also, there was the same crap reported by Trooper Dennis figure-wise with the exception of Clone Wars Sneak Preview figures, Zam and Clone Troopers. Never one to have too many Clones, I picked up a couple. I spoke with a Hasbro Vendor today briefly at the Waukegan, IL Target store. I asked when OTC would be showing up on the pegs and I was told somewhere around August. I guess we will have to just look at these nice Hall of Fame figures and R-3P0 for now! I can?t wait for the Sandcrawler to arrive. I went the easy route and ordered through a neighborhood comic shop, I have gone to the shop since I was a boy so it was nice to keep the money close to home. I am looking forward to the summer 
The baddest bounty hunter of all time is making another book appearance. The book, "Pursuit," scheduled to be released in December 2004 and written by Elizabeth Hand, will be the sixth novel in the Clone Wars series. Read more about this 
There's a nice little Q&A over at Hasbro's website regarding 12" figures at retail and more information about the Jedi Council Scene Packs. Read more about this 
Hey troopers! 
Scholastic Inc. will be releasing a new set of books coming out this fall, based on the original Star Wars trilogy. However, writer Ryder Windham will adapt the original Star Wars trilogy with a new perspective brought on by the almost complete six-part Star Wars saga. Read more about this 
"Today here in Indianapolis I picked up the Darth Vader TIE Fighter for $29.99 at Toys-R-Us. The stockers said at the time that they were still unloading the truck, and one of them said they believed there might be more Star Wars stuff on the truck."![[Click to view Coverage]](http://www.sandtroopers.com/Jason/extensive/conventionsmore/ilmchicago/06_th.jpg)
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Have you ever dreamed of working side-by-side with the man who invented Star Wars? Hyperspace members have recently seen George Lucas working with one of the employees in the Animatics Department of Industrial Light & Magic. That employee, Chris Edwards, reveals to us all some insight as to what it's like working with George Lucas. Read more about 
Ten-Hut Troops, Jawa Rod has coverage of the 
Have you ever wanted to play a Star Wars slot machine while on vacation in Las Vegas? Your dream is about to come true, thanks to the partnership of Lucasfilms and International Game Technology (IGT). Plans for the first slot machine, based on "A New Hope," will include a full stereo sound system and video clips from the movie. Read more about this 
Wanted to let everyone here know that Hasbro has released some information about a couple of things...
Troopers! Are you ready to hear some REALLY good news? Cartoon Network will be bringing the Clone Wars Cartoon back to its station with five new chapters, each of them running at 12 minutes instead of three minutes. I think I can speak for a lot of Star Wars fans, that the Clone Wars Cartoon series was a huge success. This was one of the few shows on TV that I HAD to watch. Unfortunately, we won't be able to watch it until March 21, 2005. It'll definitely be worth the wait.
Dark Horse Comics will be bringing the most feared bounty hunter of all time to the States on September 15th. Coming in vinyl form is the Kotobukiya Boba Fett, which will retail at $99.99. This fascinating figure stands at a whopping 13". So, do you want to add him to your collection? I know I do!
Have you ever wanted to play Star Wars Galaxies for the PC, but were too afraid that you were going to get addicted to it? Or did you think it might not be worth the monthly charge to play the game? Well, it's now the perfect time to give it a test run. LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment are offering you to play Star Wars Galaxies for free for 14 days. Interested? Read more about it 
Great news to everyone who has Hyperspace membership! You can get discounts at the StarWarsShop.com website for a limited time, plus have access to purchase exclusive Star Wars collectibles. Now I personally don't have Hyperspace membership, but with a cool perk like this I might reconsider getting membership. Being a diehard collector, I need to get my hands on everything I possibly can that is related to Star Wars. To read more details about this click 
Hey troopers! I did a little toy run over the weekend, and it seems that a lot of the Toys 'R Us and Targets are getting shipments of the Hoth & Tattoine waves. I say that because I saw several of the following figures filling up the pegs... Hoth Trooper, R-3P0, Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight & Hoth Outfit), R2-D2 with serving tray, R1-G4, and a few others. Also found one Toys 'R Us in Gurnee that had SEVERAL re-released Unleashed figures of Luke Skywalker (in X-Wing Pilot outfit) and the Emperor. When I was at the Target stores I stopped by the LEGO section, and at several different stores the LEGO AT-AT was at $99.99. So, it was just a lucky chance that I was able to snag a couple for myself at the low price of $25. I wonder if that will ever happen again.
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