Among the latest releases are Hot Toys 1:6 scale (12-inch) figures from the first “Star Wars” film, “Episode IV – A New Hope” – including a stunning figure in the likeness of the late Sir Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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After all, China is projected to take over the United States as the world’s biggest movie-going market in the next three years. Evidence of this can be found in orders for Star Wars merchandise in China, which Shanghai movie and comic merchandise retailer Wang Kai said makes up only about 10 per cent of that for movies featuring Marvel or DC heroes. I was in college at the time.
“The Force Awakens” follows on from 1983’s “Return of the Jedi”, with franchise veterans Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill reprising their roles as Han Solo, Leia and Luke Skywalker respectively.
“The way it’s going at this point, it’s going to break many, many records”, Lackey said.
She said: “We filmed here so this kind of feels like home to all of us”.
Andy Burrows, deputy manager at Springfield Quay said: “I think yesterday we were selling tickets every one and a half seconds in the UK”.
“The Force Awakens” also includes a host of fresh talent, including British actors John Boyega as Finn, and Daisy Ridley as Rey.
He added that he had a “very special affinity” for London, revealing his son was born here while he filmed The Empire Strikes Back.
Among those at the screening was 29 year-old Daniel Morgan Jones from Holyhead, founder of the Church of Jedism, who said interest in the organisation has increased “a thousand fold” in the past few weeks. The Legion has been around since 1997, is dedicated to creating film-quality Star Wars costumes and does myriad events like the Rose Parade, Star Wars Reads Day, Mythbusters, Weird Al concerts and charity work. “They are lucky people here aren’t die-hard fans”. It’s one of my earliest memories.
Stefan Varga, 29, got into the spirit of things with a lightsaber and helmet resembling the mysterious new character Kylo Ren.
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He said: “About half an hour into the film it cut out”.
