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The Force is with Yahoo!; Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions Feature Special Star Wars Promotions

With a week left until the premiere of "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace," Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) today unveiled a number of Star Wars offerings throughout the Yahoo!(R) network of Web properties to help fans conveniently find Star Wars-related information and purchase products online.

As the movie set in a galaxy far, far away nears earth, fans can visit Yahoo! Shopping (http://shopping.yahoo.com) and Yahoo! Auctions (http://auctions.yahoo.com) to bid, browse, find or buy action figures and collectibles from the comfort of their own homes. In addition to Yahoo!'s shopping and auctions offerings, Star Wars bargain hunters can visit Yahoo! Classifieds' (http://classifieds.yahoo.com) general merchandise area to find more Star Wars bargains.

"Star Wars fans and enthusiasts have developed a large and dedicated Internet community and have a tremendous appetite for Star Wars items, from trivia to movie trailers and collectibles to online clubs," said Tim Brady, vice president of production and executive producer for Yahoo!. "Because Yahoo! has always been committed to providing our users with a compelling online experience, we wanted to offer special Star Wars features across our network to enable these fans to easily communicate with one another and find and buy the products they want."

Shop with the Force

Standing in line for a Star Wars action figure may make consumers feel like they are in a lightsaber duel with Darth Maul, but with Yahoo! Shopping, fans can conveniently find more than 500 Star Wars-related products, including toys, apparel and computer games, and more. Yahoo! Shopping is part of the Yahoo! network of Web properties and also offers consumers convenient access to Yahoo!'s expansive and popular array of commerce services to help them purchase products. Opened in November 1998, Yahoo! Shopping has more than 4,600 merchants, including Barnes & Noble, Crabtree & Evelyn, Egghead.com, FAO Schwartz, Tower Records, Lifetime Television, The Sharper Image, Garden.com, Smith & Hawken, Yahoo! Gear, and many others.

Auctions Out of This World

Looking for Star Wars auction action? Then head to Yahoo! Auctions where fans can find more than 4,000 collectibles and memorabilia. From a mint condition Han Solo in carbonite chamber with a blastor pistol to the all new "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" Queen Amidala (Naboo) figure, Yahoo! Auction's interactive trading galaxy connects enthusiasts with action figures, dolls, spacecraft and vehicles, and a line-up of other items to celebrate "The Phantom Menace." May the winning bid be with you.

Find Your Star Wars Information and Community on Yahoo!

Yahoo!'s network of properties also includes places for fans to chat with other enthusiasts, get the latest movie news and showtimes, or download the "Phantom Menace" movie trailer. From Yahoo! Shopping's Star Wars merchandise section, fans can link to live chats on Yahoo! Chat (http://chat.yahoo.com) or to the latest "Phantom Menace" movie news through either Yahoo! Movies (http://movies.yahoo.com) or Yahoo! News (http://dailynews.yahoo.com). Enthusiasts can also find the latest schedule of Star Wars Net events on Yahoo! Events (http://events.yahoo.com) and can locate other information on the Internet from a special Prequel Trilogy Category, which can also be accessed through the Yahoo! Shopping merchandise section. Additionally, people interested in starting or joining an online Star Wars club can go to Yahoo! Clubs (http://clubs.yahoo.com).