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Star Wars
Vintage "Star Wars" merch skyrockets in value
by
Rowan Bridge
Feb 2, 2024
It may have all started in a galaxy far, far way, but buying and selling vintage "Star Wars" merchandise is now a huge and growing market, worth millions of dollars.
That best-selling romance book? It might be based on fan fiction
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Andie Corban
Sep 6, 2023
Major publishing houses are looking to popular fan fiction sites to find new authors.
There's a reason behind the scant merchandising of Baby Yoda
by
Nova Safo
Dec 24, 2019
What Child is this? It was very un-Disney to leave the wee green one off store shelves this holiday season. Strategists explain why.
Comic-Con at 50: still the place for epic fandom
Jul 19, 2019
What started as a small gathering of comics enthusiasts in 1970 has turned into a massive testament to the power of fandom.
At Disneyland's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, the pretend planet is the ride
May 31, 2019
Seth Kubersky, who wrote the "Unofficial Guide to Disneyland," says the new attraction is a way for Disney to compete with the Harry Potter-themed worlds at Universal theme parks.
Did superheroes kill all the other movies?
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 5, 2018
No major movie studio would make an Academy Award-winning movie like Rain Man today, says Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Fritz: “It’s an original idea. It’s driven by movie stars. It’s a domestic film.” In his new book, “The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies,” Fritz writes about the rise of the […]
"Star Wars" economics: What it takes to turn a planet into an insane superweapon
by
Tony Wagner
Dec 15, 2017
Let's do the numbers on Starkiller Base.
For public good, not for profit.
Disney's "Star Wars" terms are a financial burden for small theaters
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 7, 2017
Erich Schwartzel wrote about the tough tactics — like requiring 65 percent of ticket sales — for the Wall Street Journal.
"Star Wars" movie directors are more brand shepherds than auteurs
by
Amy Scott
Sep 6, 2017
Directors need to be creative but also be able to make a movie in the style that is already established.