What we collect and why changes over the months and years. Sometimes collections are punctuated by stand out items for sentimental reasons, sheer coolness, or things we simply enjoy owning or displaying. But, more rarely, they also become a gateway into a whole new hobby…

For many of us, such a big part of growing up with Star Wars was the hours of fun spent recreating the movies, or our own stories, with action figures of our favourite characters. But what do you do if your favourite characters don’t have action figures?

Last week I made the trip to Yorkshire Comic Con to meet two big Star Wars names, who are also legends way beyond the Galaxy Far Far Away…Giancarlo Esposito and national treasure Brian Blessed. The Moff, and the Boss…

Speaking to the talented people that make Star Wars is brilliant fun, hearing stories about their own journey and experience of the galaxy far, far away, and their nuggets of insight about how what we see on screen comes together. There’s nothing more special than getting closer to it by meeting people that were involved first hand…

In the last year or so I’ve found myself learning more about the world of Star Wars trading cards. Known as part of the ‘Non-sports card' hobby, the old vintage sets date back to 1977, right up to current day sets from most of the latest shows and other signed, limited, or flagship card collections…

The High Republic era novels have started to expand this timeline before the prequels, the real golden age, but the Acolyte will be the first time we get to see this in live action, the original Star Wars medium, I can’t wait…

For me, being a Star Wars fan tended to mean quietly enjoying it at home with friends and family, the movies, shows, games, books, and searching out the odd piece of memorabilia or collectable that I liked to have about the place. That was until Star Wars Celebration came to the UK in 2023.

It’s not every day you meet somebody who played a key role in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history…and what an absolute pleasure to meet Paul Blake at an event in Newcastle, England. Paul played the now-legendary Bounty Hunter ‘Greedo’ alongside Harrison Ford in the famous Cantina scene of Star Wars A New Hope (1977)…

I remember being a Star Wars fan about as long as I remember being a kid. Born in 87' I missed the Original Trilogy (OT) in cinemas, but I was about the perfect age for the Prequels when they dropped (11 for Phantom Menace in 1999). That said, the OT was my big way into Star Wars, and I've often contemplated the timing of this…