Hasbro announced today that they will be re-issuing "fan favorites" from the Vintage line. They have decided to do a "best of the best" and split them up between the US and International Market places. The following is the line-up that will be available in the International market starting in early February 2013. It will be broken down into 2 waves. 

Hasbro announced today that they will be re-issuing "fan favorites" from the Vintage line. They have decided to do a "best of the best" and split them up between the US and International Market places. The following is the line-up that will be available in the US starting in early February 2013. 

Carrie Fisher, along with other celebrities including William Shatner, Patrick Stewart and Tom Hanks are lending their voices to the Sound Off for Autism Speaks campaign to raise money and awareness for the disorder which now affects 1 in 88 children in the United States. For $299 you can  buy a recorded message from your favorite celebrity and use it on your mobile device, website, social network, or anywhere else. Celebrities are donating their time and 100% of the proceeds will benefit Autism Speaks.

Sales of the messages take place for a limited time online, so head on over to the official site for all the details.

The current auction of 1,950 Star Wars action figures to benefit Rancho Obi-Wan now has a top bid of $7,800.00 with only 5 days remaining. For more details on the auction and exactly what is included, check out the press release below or visit the official Ranch Obi-Wan website. 

We post this realizing we are late to the party but then again so were most media outlets, Star Wars-centric sites or otherwise. It appears that sometime between Disney buying Lucasfilm and Halloween Rick McCallum, the producer of the Star Wars prequels as well as the defacto face of the company for over a decade, retired from the company. Little is known about the reason(s) McCallum left, other than a passing comment made by Fan Advisor to Lucasfilm Steve Sansweet on a podcast three weeks ago.

Some news sites are still reporting this as a rumor while other sites like The Hollywood Reporter are claiming it is a done deal. The latest news regarding the Lucasfilm/Disney production of the upcoming Star Wars sequel trilogy is that Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote both The Empire Strikes Back (Kasdan directed this film as well) and Return of the Jedi as well as Raiders of the Lost Ark will join Simon Kinberg, writer and producer of the X-Men series of movies, in writing and producing the second and third movies (Episodes VIII and IX) of the upcoming trilogy.

Joining the online shopping free-for-all that has come to be known as 'Cyber Monday', Ashley Eckstein and the staff at Her Universe will be unveiling several new products as well as special deals and free offers next Monday, November 26th. In addition to new apparel from licenses like Star Wars, Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica, shoppers for that one day only will enjoy FREE ground shipping on all orders and also receive a FREE Chewbacca Holiday pin and certified autograph from Ashley (limited to 1,000 pieces) with their purchase while supplies last.

Tomorrow night (November 13th) at 10:00 PM, Spike TVs reality show "Ink Master" will feature a special Star Wars tattoo challenge between the remaining contestants. You can check out all the details as well as an exclusive sneak peek over at the show's official website.

Via the official Star Wars website:

As pre-production of Star Wars: Episode VII begins, Lucasfilm has confirmed that award-winning writer Michael Arndt will write the screenplay for the new Star Wars film. As revealed in the ongoing video series posted here on StarWars.com, Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas have begun story conferences with Arndt. Arndt won an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay for writing Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing Toy Story 3 (2010).