Hasbro Profits Up Posted By Dustin on February 9, 2007
Hasbro is reporting that their fourth-quarter profits rose 15 percent compared to last year. This is great news considering it was a non movie year for the franchise. Here's a brief snippet from Yahoo Finace.
"Star Wars sales climbed 4.1 percent in the quarter. Although 2006 Star Wars sales fell to $284.9 million, a drop from $494.1 million the previous year when Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith was released, it was still the top boys' property in the industry for the second year in a row, Chief Executive Al Verrecchia said."
Verrecchia also let slip that we're probably going to be seeing ANOTHER video ( DVD ) release this year to help celebrate the 30th anniversary. We've suspected this to be true since the original- original trilogy release last year that had fans up in arms over various format issues.
"Looking ahead, Verrecchia said he expected Star Wars to continue to be a strong performer with Lucas planning a video release for this year's 30th anniversary, a Star Wars animated TV show next year and a live-action Star Wars TV show in 2009."
Jedi Journals: Online Comic - Departure Posted By Jay on November 19, 2008: StarWars.com adds a new "issue" of The Clone Wars Online Comic to their site, "Departure." The issue has a new cover and art by Jeff Carlisle and has been added to the end of the previous issues. And be sure to check out Jar Jar in "Bombad Jedi" this Friday on CartoonNetwork.
Dark Horse On Sale This Week Posted By Jay on November 19, 2008: "Vindication" concludes in Knights of the Old Republic.