Star Wars

Toys and CollectiblesAction figures, statues, exclusives, and other merchandise. Beware: if you look here, you’re probably going to spend some money afterwards.Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of all things good and plastic in this increasingly depressing world. Turns out that basically the only thing guaranteed in…

Jam City, the company behind Disney Frozen Adventures and Cookie Jam, has launched its popular match-3 game Disney Emoji Blitz in Japan, the second-largest mobile game market. Over the past year, Jam City and Disney have forged a collaboration on titles such as Disney Frozen Adventures, which launched during the…

We’re craving Mandalorian news like Baby Yoda craves ship knobs.Image: LucasfilmMorning SpoilersIf there’s news about upcoming movies and television you’re not supposed to know, you’ll find it in here.Dwayne Johnson has good news about Hobbs & Shaw’s future. Josh Brolin can’t wait to play Cable again...according to Rob Liefeld. The…

The Skywalker Saga is a Best Buy exclusive.Photo: All Images (Germain Lussier)This is the one with Maclunkey.For decades, Star Wars fans have been collecting new versions of Star Wars trilogies on all physical media formats. VHS, laserdisc, DVD, Blu-ray, THX editions, Special Editions, Complete Sagas—you name it and fans have…

Cassian and K2 could bump into what *should* have been some familiar faces.Image: LucasfilmMorning SpoilersIf there’s news about upcoming movies and television you’re not supposed to know, you’ll find it in here.Yeon Sang-Ho teases the setting for the Train to Busan followup, Peninsula. Get a new look at Spiral: From…

Screenshot: ValveWell, it took a little longer than I had expected, but finally, a new Half-Life game, Half-Life: Alyx, is coming out this week. For most things, I can control myself. I love Star Wars, but I know that a lot of Star Wars books and games are mediocre at…

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Some movies I bought on a wide variety of services but now have access through one central service.Screenshot: Movies AnywhereIf you are like me you are, perhaps, averse to buying digital movies. We don’t own the things we acquire digitally and there’s no telling when a service will shutter, like…

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, featuring Rey. Image: Disney/LucasfilmDo you need something to do while you’re staying home, which is easily the best thing you can do to stem the tide of covid-19, the sickness caused by the novel coronavirus, which is currently spreading widely throughout a large swath…

Bloodshot is a surprisingly capable action flick, starring Vin Diesel as the Valiant hero with director Dave Wilson at the helm. Wilson, who counts Bloodshot as his first full-length directorial debut. But it’s no surprise that Wilson is so good at making compelling action, considering his pedigree: before directing he…