In a Bloomberg Businessweek interview published online this morning, George Lucas let slip the nugget of information that every Star Wars fan has been waiting to hear since it was announced that there would be a new trilogy of films. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are signed, sealed and delivered for Episode VII. Well, sort of.

MTV.com is reporting that the in-production video game Star Wars 1313 has been put on hold. No official announcement has been made on the games future yet, but the early reports do not sound promising for the legion of Star Wars gamers who have been anticipating the game since it was announced last year. Rumors are circulating the the game has been put on the backburner by Disney, who wants to funnel all creative resources and attention towards the newly announced trilogy of movies set to hit screen starting with the J.J. Abrams-directed Episode VII in 2015.

This past Sunday at the 2013 Toy Fair in New York City, Yomega unveiled their new line of Star Wars Yo-Yos. Below is the official press release:

YOMEGA PUTS A GALACTIC SPIN ON YO-YOS WITH INTRODUCTION OF ITS NEW STAR WARSTM COLLECTION

Yomega Corp. puts the power of the Force in the hands of kids and yo-yo fans with a new collection of yo-yos based on the legendary Star Wars saga. For the first time, Star Wars characters will be featured in a line of high performance yo-yos that will have yo-yoers and Star Wars fans scanning the galaxy to collect them all.

On Saturday Feb 9th, 2013 Hasbro and Hunter PR held their annual Fan Media event. Due to the winter storm Nemo we were unable to get our TaunTauns past the 1st marker and had to stay in MA. After the event Hunter PR did upload a number of images and product description sheets for media outlets to download and make available for their fans. Check out the images and the product descriptions on our Toy Fair 2013 page. 

Although we will not be in New York this weekend to cover Toy Fair in person due to the Blizzard, that will not stop us from bringing you some of the news and information that will be there. First up is the Announcement that Yomega will be releasing a line of Star Wars-themed products. For full detail be sure to read the official press release below and be sure to check back as we will be posting images of these new items as soon as we receive them

For the past couple of days the internet had been a-buzz with runors of a possible series of Star Wars films that would stand separately from the soom-to-be 9 film saga. Yesterday both Disney and Lucasfilm made it official. Two spinoff films were announced (the subjects of those films has yet to be revealed) with Lawrence Kazdan writing one of them and Simon Kinberg penning the other. 

While no release date has been announced yet, these films are expected to be released sometime after Episode VII hits theaters in 2015.

According to an article on usatoday.com Hasbro is announcing a new Star Wars 6" line called the Black Series. These figures will have the price point of $19.99 and should be available in mid-August per the article. The initial wave of 4 will include Luke Skywalker in X-wing Pilot outfit, R2-D2, Darth Maul, and an Imperial Sandtrooper.