All Play & No Work

F-toys 1/144 scale starfighters. Three of six including the...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:20:15 +0800

F-toys 1/144 scale starfighters. Three of six including the secret one - Slave 1 Jango Fett (Blue)

Another random gift from baby brother - the Landspeeder by...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:02:42 +0800

Another random gift from baby brother - the Landspeeder by Kenner

LEGO 9675 Sebulba’s podracer and Tatooine planet - mini...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:56:15 +0800

LEGO 9675 Sebulba’s podracer and Tatooine planet - mini version

LEGO 9676 TIE Interceptor and the Death Star - mini version

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:51:22 +0800

LEGO 9676 TIE Interceptor and the Death Star - mini version

LEGO 9674 Naboo Starfighter and Naboo planet - the mini version

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:47:39 +0800

LEGO 9674 Naboo Starfighter and Naboo planet - the mini version

The Clone Wars paper model-making kit. 3 model to be made: a...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:43:09 +0800

The Clone Wars paper model-making kit. 3 model to be made: a clone trooper’s helmet, R2-D2 and the AT-TE walker

LEGO 9490 Droid Escape In Episode IV where C-3PO and R2-D2...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:38:00 +0800

LEGO 9490 Droid Escape

In Episode IV where C-3PO and R2-D2 escaped to Tatooine with the Death Star secret plan

Minifigure: C-3P0, R2-D2 and 2 x storm trooper

Mak bought this almost fifteen years ago. Solo and Leia by Just...

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:37:45 +0800

Mak bought this almost fifteen years ago. Solo and Leia by Just Toys

Haha!

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:09:59 +0800

Haha!

stolendatatapes: Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning (2003, Del...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:22:00 +0800

stolendatatapes:

Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning (2003, Del Rey)

In The Truce at Bakura (which I reviewed way back in June), Anakin Skywalker makes a postmortem appearance to Leia and asks her forgiveness for all of the horrible atrocities he committed as Darth Vader. Unlike the saintly Luke Skywalker of Return of the Jedi, a furious Leia refuses to grant that forgiveness. She cannot separate the contrite Anakin from the evil he has since renounced. Anakin’s spirit departs, hoping that one day Leia can let go of her hatred and resentment. It’s easily the most powerful passage in the novel.

Tatooine Ghost, published a full decade later, directly addresses Leia’s daddy issues and attempts to bridge the “classic” expanded universe with the events of the prequels, two of which had been released by the time of this book’s publication. A mission to recover an Alderaanian moss painting that also happens to contain the code key to a secret New Republic communication network takes Leia, Han, Chewie, and Threepio to Tatooine, where the painting is being auctioned off. When Imperials show up at the auction and the proverbial shit hits the fan, none other than a grown-up Kitster yanks the painting right off the auction block and makes off with it.

You remember Kitster, right? He was one of Anakin’s friends from The Phantom Menace. Also appearing is the stocky Rodian known as Wald. Both appear to have grown up to be less annoying in this book than they were in the movie.

The action of the book has our heroes racing against the Imperials to track down Kitster and the painting, but the novel’s most important element is not tied directly to that plot. While briefly staying at the old Lars homestead (now owned by the Darklighters), Leia is given an old video diary belonging to Shmi Skywalker that she had intended to give to her son, but never got the chance. Through Shmi’s entries, Leia begins to understand Anakin Skywalker’s humanity, and while there is no official pronouncement of forgiveness, Leia is clearly letting go of her grudge by the end of this book.

AT-AP, the more powerful version of earlier AT-PT. Part of the...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:05:27 +0800

AT-AP, the more powerful version of earlier AT-PT.

Part of the Titanium Series - Diecast 3” vehicles

Minifigures. LEGO 7879 Hoth™ Echo Base Limited Edition

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:55:00 +0800

Minifigures.

LEGO 7879 Hoth™ Echo Base Limited Edition

Hoth™ Echo Base, the Rebel base hidden on the ice planet of...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:50:00 +0800

Hoth™ Echo Base, the Rebel base hidden on the ice planet of Hoth.

LEGO 7879 Hoth™ Echo Base Limited Edition. Minifigures: Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker (in the bacta tank), medical droid 2-1B, R-3PO and 2 x snowtroopers. Not to forget 1 x tauntaun

See-Threepio die cast metal keychain. Souvenir for big brother

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:41:44 +0800

See-Threepio die cast metal keychain.

Souvenir for big brother

Treats with Toola Roola and Scoot Along with Scootaloo. From the...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:36:00 +0800

Treats with Toola Roola and Scoot Along with Scootaloo.

From the cartoon series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Almost all the girls my age watched the series when we were a kid.

"Wars not make one great"

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:14:00 +0800

“Wars not make one great”

- Yoda

Merry Christmas everyone! atsween: Star Wars Holiday Cards

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:57:26 +0800

Merry Christmas everyone!

atsween:

Star Wars Holiday Cards

Pretty.. !

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:32:09 +0800

Pretty.. !

For baby brother. Episode I Sith attack speeder with Darth Maul,...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:02:59 +0800

For baby brother.

Episode I Sith attack speeder with Darth Maul, by Hasbro

LEGO Star Wars Brickmaster. Makes up to 8 LEGO models: 1. The...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:07:00 +0800

LEGO Star Wars Brickmaster. Makes up to 8 LEGO models:

1. The Battle on Christophsis - AAT (Armoured Assault Tank) & Nu-class Attack Shuttle

2. Ice Encounter - STAS (Single Trooper Airspeeder) & LAAT/R (Low Altitude Assault Transport/Reconnaissance) Personal Gunship

3. Desert Raid - Mobile Missile Platform & S-Wing Speeder Bike

4. Forest Fight - VTS (Varied Terrain Speeder) & AT-RT Walker