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TF Top 10……Star Wars Events In Japan Since The Disney Takeover A Decade Ago

Posted on October 6, 2022 by tokyofox

  It’s been ten years since Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. It was certainly a news story I didn’t see coming but I’ve never had any problem with the takeover  although I really wasn’t so keen for the films … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Plane Spotting At Haneda Airport

Posted on May 4, 2017 by tokyofox

  Transportation has always been a major part of Star Wars films and animation with all manner of starships, tie fighters, starfighters, landspeeders, podracers, speeder bikes, shuttles and so on featured throughout the saga. At the end of 2015 I was lucky … Continue reading →

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Parents In Japan 2016 Pt III: Osaka

Posted on June 1, 2016 by tokyofox

Although Kyoto was the main place to see in this area I decided that Shin-Osaka would be a more convenient and cheaper location to base ourselves in case we wanted to go to Nara, Kobe or Himeji which are all … Continue reading →

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Riding On The Star Wars Rapi:it Train

Posted on May 13, 2016 by tokyofox

  On September 4th last year it was #ForceFriday and the journey towards ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ (2015) began. From that date onwards, all manner of marketing promotions and tie-ins relating to the saga were introduced in the run … Continue reading →

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