Category Archives: Star Wars

Jawa Power At Halloween (Plus A Lot Of Batman!)

Posted on November 1, 2013 by tokyofox

Almost as soon as I had wrapped up last year’s Halloween festivities, thoughts turned to what to wear for this years kids party and night out. 2012 saw the return of Darth Maul to the Clone Wars animated series and … Continue reading →

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The Star Wars Saga Continues But Does It Really Need To?

Posted on September 23, 2013 by tokyofox

“He’s my brother” says Leia to which Han Solo replies with a simple “Oh” and with that one syllable word the Star Wars saga came to an end in terms of spoken words. Of course there was a scene or … Continue reading →

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Feel The Force: Star Wars x Glico Products

Posted on July 12, 2013 by tokyofox

I got a tip-off the other day that some Convenience Stores had just become stocked full of snacks and drinks with some kind of Star Wars tie-in. Now, of course this sort of thing is nothing new for just about … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Fan Museum In Tokyo

Posted on April 1, 2013 by tokyofox

I recently came across this little-known Star Wars fan museum in Tokyo which is a small, but sizeable exhibition belonging to a collector. Among the exhibits on display are a wide range of figures, a lightsaber, toys, masks, trainers, t-shirts, … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Fate Of Ahsoka

Posted on March 5, 2013 by tokyofox

The fifth (and final?) season of ‘Star Wars The Clone Wars‘ came to a dramatic and deeply moving conclusion last weekend when, after years and years of speculation, the fate of heroine Ahsoka Tano (voiced by Ashley Eckstein) was finally … Continue reading →

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A New Hope Filming Locations: Star Wars Traveller – Yavin 4 (a.k.a. Tikal)

Posted on January 4, 2013 by tokyofox

  Nineteen seconds! Just NINETEEN SECONDS! That is as long as the ‘Star Wars Episode IV‘ scene in Guatemala lasted. The shot of Tikal, first seen on 98 minutes (and again on 105 mins), features the Millennium Falcon spaceship flying … Continue reading →

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A Spook-tacular Halloween (2012)

Posted on November 1, 2012 by tokyofox

Following on from the previous nights Halloween party in Ebisu I had to be up early to do a couple of kids Halloween Parties in Hibarigaoka with colleague and friend Lai-Keun. Last year we did a shattering three parties pretty … Continue reading →

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Darth Maul Joins In The Halloween Spirit

Posted on October 29, 2012 by tokyofox

Darth Maul may have been cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi at the end of ‘Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace‘ but that didn’t stop the writers of ‘Star Wars The Clone Wars‘ resurrecting the character at the end … Continue reading →

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‘Star Wars: In Concert’ Live In Tokyo

Posted on August 10, 2012 by tokyofox

After successfully touring North America and Europe over the last couple of years the ‘Star Wars: In Concert‘ team finally rolled into Tokyo town last night to play a set of dates to the Japanese fans at Tokyo International Forum … Continue reading →

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‘Star Wars Episode IV: ‘A New Hope’ Filming Locations

Posted on May 25, 2012 by tokyofox

Following in the footsteps of my ‘Phantom Menace‘, ‘Attack of the Clones‘ and ‘Revenge of the Sith‘ (the latter can only be seen on Tokyo Fox‘s sister site ‘Beyond The Movies‘) compilations comes the shooting locations of the original Star … Continue reading →

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