Countdown To Halloween Is Coming!!!

I am once again participating in the annual Countdown to Halloween. I will be posting 31 days  of spooky and/or Halloweenie things throughout the month of October.

If you or someone you know has a blog and does a Halloween countdown of some sort, check out the Countdown to Halloween blog for details on how to join the fun.

Star Wars Illustrated: The Empire Strikes Back Trading Cards

Here's a description of the cards from Topps.com --

See ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ drama like never before with Topps Star Wars Illustrated: The Empire Strikes Back. Each base card uses brand new artwork to re-tells the radio drama from unique and interesting vantage point. This set adds new background and expands on key scenes from the film. Insert cards include One Year Earlier, Movie Poster Reinterpretations, and The Mission: Capture Skywalker.

Hits Include:

• Film Cel Relics from The Empire Strikes Back
• Sketch Cards
• Panorama Sketch Cards
• Artist Autographs
• Sketchagraphs
• Printing Plates

I was buying packs of these cards a couple at a time from my local comic book shop (Kenmore Komics) for the past few months. I hadn't got any of the big hits until a couple of weeks ago when I bought the last three packs he had.

Sketch card of the Millennium Falcon in the asteroid field by Daniel Benitez and Arturo "JAR" Ramirez (not sure why it took two people to draw this).

Film Cel Relic #FR-2 Back at Echo Base. It's hard to see the film cel in my scan. It's real close to the picture of Han Solo I captured from an online video.

My Force Friday Trip To Walmart

I also went to my local Walmart on Force Friday. Not as impressive as Target. They had a few things in the toy aisle. I found some t-shirts in the men's clothing dept., but they were all buried behind other shirts. I moved them all to the front. :) Didn't buy anything here either.

My Force Friday Trip To Target

I stopped by Target at a little after four in the afternoon on Friday to see all of the new Star Wars stuff. There displays were pretty impressive. I didn't buy anything, but I took a bunch of pictures.

Star Wars Actors I've Met

How's everyone enjoying Force Friday? I might hit some stores later today after work.

In the meantime, here's some Star Wars actors I've met over the years. There are a bunch more, but for some reason I've never scanned the photos or autographs. I'll have to fix that some day.

Of course, here's my absolute favorite photo. Signed by all three actors.

Dave Prowse (Darth Vader)

Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett)

Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian)

Gerald Home (Tessek aka Squid Head)

Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca)

Phil Brown (Uncle Owen)

Richard LeParmentier (Admiral Motti)