Do You Want To See Tron Rebooted? A Forcestrong Fan Article

Tron: Its Legacy

Forgive me for breaking the Star Wars mold, but surely I’m not the only one who is crying out for Tron to be re-booted. Growing up in the 80’s Tron shaped my love for all things sci-fi and geek related. Truth be told, I saw it before a New Hope (don't shoot me).

Tron shares many similarities with Star Wars and has a universe that can be expanded and explored indefinitely! Tron Legacy and Uprising, the latter I will discuss at a later date, are proof of this. It’s a crying shame that Disney hasn’t given the go ahead for a third film already. Sure, we’ve heard the odd rumbling, but nothing concrete.

Tron has been in sleep mode for far too long and deserves to be at the forefront of all things sci-fi and geek. We love the characters and the world in which they live in. The Users, programmes, ISOs, disc wars, Lightcycles, Recognisers… all of it!! I train to Daft Punks soundtrack to Legacy and often keep dreaming of a world that I hope to see again. Sincerely, I hope so because I for one would be very sad if all the rumblings were false dawns and Tron has reached the end of line.

Written by Melvyn Wan-Kenobi

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'Star Wars: Rebels' POP Figures Are Coming! Sneak Peek!

The Funko Pop series of epic vinyl figures has covered just about every major character from all seven Star Wars films, with new collectibles already announced for this December’s upcoming anthology prequel, Rogue One (see them here). But Star Wars isn’t just movies these days, and Jedi fanatics have been wondering just when Funko would get around to making figures based on the ragtag crew of the rebel ship The Ghost.

Announcing the full line of

Star Wars Rebels Pops!

Funko announced (official announcement here) that they’re releasing the first full series of figures from Disney XD’s Star Wars: Rebels animated series. Now you’ll be able to proudly prop up Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, Zeb, Hera Syndulla, Chopper, Sabine, and Ahsoka Tano (some available now here) right up next to Luke, Leia, Han, and the rest. 

New Clips And Images From Rebels Season 3

There's a lot of fan excitement going into Season 3 about the introduction of Grand Admiral Thrawn, the beloved Expanded Universe/Legends character who will finally be making his debut into official Star Wars canon via Rebels. Above you'll see a new images of Thrawn alongside his fellow Imperials (Grand Moff Tarkin included). Few new pics below:

Kanan in his new mask (now that he's been blinded by Darth Maul)

Ezra continuing to display increasingly impressive abilities - even
 as there is concern as to how much that Sith holocron he's opened up is an
indicator that he is going down the wrong path.

When the Disney XD animated series returns on tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT, it heralds the return of the villain who first picked up the pieces of the shattered galactic Empire and served as antagonist in the ongoing stories of Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo. Thrawn was the central foe in author Timothy Zahn’s trilogy of Star Wars novels in the early 1990s, which became a new hope of sorts for fans who suddenly found the story didn’t end with Return of the Jedi.

“It was a huge deal. You couldn’t believe it,” says Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni, who was just a kid when the first book in the Thrawn trilogy came out in 1991. “I would go the bookstore and you’d see all the Star Trek books, tons of Star Trek books, and nothing Star Wars. Then all of a sudden this standee appeared! We waited for that book and we devoured it because we were so hungry for the continuation of the saga.”

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Disney Confirms New Star Wars Movie For 2020

Disney confirmed a third Star Wars film in the standalone series that will begin this December with "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." CEO Bob Iger told an investor gathering today that his company has largely “figured out the odds for making good films” as he talked up long-term planning for franchises including Star Wars.

Meanwhile he just heard a pitch from the director of the Star Wars movie due in 2019, and has hired a writer who’s developing another stand-alone Star Wars film for 2020.

So if you're counting, that means those who were born on the same 1977 day as "Star Wars" hit theaters will be 43 when this movie comes out. Since the series' popularity seems to just keep going, someday those same people will be able to take their great-great grand kids to watch a galaxy far, far away unfold on the big screen. (Although by then will we even see movies in theaters? They'll probably just beam them directly to our brain.)

So mark your calendars, you've got "Rogue One" this December, Episode VIII in December of 2017, a as-yet-untitled young Han Solo film in 2018, then Episode IX in 2019, and now this movie in 2020. The films are alternating release years between the remaining two of the original series and the three standalone movies.

Who do you think the movie will be about? A continuation of the new trilogy? Expanding on the background of an already well loved character? You tell us, Forcestrong!

We Are Giving Away A Glow-In-The-Dark Yoda POP In October!

So, a few weeks after the Funko Pop figures came out last year I was at my local Walgreen store. You can probably guess the story from here. I picked up two of these Glow-In-The-Dark Yoda figures. Long story short (or short story short), I'm giving away the extra one to one lucky Forcestrong Member!

All you have to do is like our page here, mark that you are going to our event here, and then share the same event on your timeline (as public so I can verify it). If you do those 3 things you will be entered into our drawing for the POP figure. 

You can also get additional entries by inviting your friends to the event, for every 20 friends that you invite I will give you an additional number which will give you an additional chance to win. Full details are on the event page. Make sure you comment the number of invites on the event so I can add your additional entries and verify the invites.

If you have any questions you can message me on Facebook or email me at forcestrong@outlook.com.  Good luck and share with your friends.

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