Thursday, 22 February 2018

STAR WARS WEEKLY REVIEW - ISSUE 4



ON-SALE: Wednesday 22 February 1978

COVER DATE: Wednesday 29 February 1978 (see below)

28 pages

10p


CONTENTS:

  • Cover
  • Who’s Who in Star Wars (still featuring Biggs)
  • STAR WARS: ENTER HAN SOLO, SPACE PIRATE (10 pages) <Reprinted from STAR WARS US 3>

  • TALES OF THE GALAXY: WAR TOY (9 pages) <Reprinted from UNKNOWN WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION 2>


  • ADVERTS: THE OFFICIAL STAR WARS FAN CLUB (1 page)/ JUNEQUEST apparel, badges and posters (third-page)/ KP OUTER SPACERS STAR WARS FIGHTER KITE mailaway offer (1 page).


  • BEHIND THE SCENES movie text feature


  • GLOSSARY (Millennium Falcon > Yarvin) (1 page)


  • NEXT WEEK teaser 1 page)
  • PIN-UP


  • STAR WARS JIGSAW competition.  



WATCH OUT FOR:

  • There was No Wednesday 29 February in 1978.  The cover should have read 1 March.  
  • Another cover that doesn’t entirely faithfully reflect events in the movie.. or the adaptation.  
  • Han shoots first.
  • Jabba the Hut (single ‘t’)


  • One of the most fondly remembered of the back-up strips.  
  • Early evidence of mass-market merchandising (the jigsaws and the KP mailaway)
  • Glossary reference to ‘X-Fighters’, which may explain the source of Marvel’s incorrect naming of the first issue freebie.  

MEANWHILE… A LONG TIME AGO:

  • Episode 4 of DOCTOR WHO: THE INVASION OF TIME aired on Saturday 25 February.
  • 2000AD prog 54 went on sale the same day with the usual line-up.


  • The following Monday, the 27th, saw ‘Project Avalon’, the ninth episode of BLAKE’S SEVEN air on BBC ONE.  
  • Over in the States, WONDER WOMAN skipped a couple of weeks with no new episodes airing between 17 February and 3 March.  
  • Also stateside, the last season of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN was drawing to a conclusion with the two-part adventure ‘Date With Danger’ airing on the 20th and 27th.  
  • Spin-off THE BIONIC WOMAN, also coming to the end of its run, played the episode ‘Which One is Jamie’ on the 25th.  


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90 comments:

  1. ed22 February 2018 at 13:12

    And with Churchillian fervour, Luke declares that they will ' fight - to the last man ! " ( and woman if Leia were on board )


    Ah yes from the good old days of overly dramatic m-uk covers.

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  2. Oscar Dowson23 February 2018 at 15:03

    I had the SW jigsaws advertised here. One of my teachers at primary school confiscated the one with R2 & C3-PO on Tattoine and I never got it back!

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  3. ed24 February 2018 at 11:05

    Maybe that teacher was also a fan of star wars and gave the jigsaw to their own kids ?


    I brought the stormtrooper pencil case to school but mislaid it at some point.


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  4. Oscar Dowson25 February 2018 at 12:30

    I had the Han Solo pencil case! I can still smell it. :)

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  5. KlownKrusty1 March 2018 at 09:05

    Unrelated Marvel UK stuff that may be of interest ...
    This article from last week details massive changes to a UK reprinting of a Hulk story. Fascinating stuff ...
    Hulk Vs Captain Marvel in UK reprint

    (Slow, if you want to add a proper blog entry linking to this so more people see it, I think readers of your fabulous blog would be interested)

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  6. ed5 March 2018 at 12:56

    Thanks for the link Krusty.


    I've added some new material to my own blog, Ed's Emporium.

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  7. ed7 March 2018 at 19:12

    The new BACK ISSUE has a lovely retrospective on the great Archie Goodwin whose tenure on the original marvel star wars comic is still unmatched to this day.

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  8. ed8 March 2018 at 19:06

    *** NME MAGAZINE TO CEASE PUBLICATION ***


    And so yet another print edition bites the dust :


    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/07/nme-ceases-print-edition-weekly-music-magazine

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  9. ed10 March 2018 at 12:42

    the new issue of TOTAL FILM comes double packaged with THE ART OF STAR WARS bookazine.



    I can only assume that future publishing have a lot of spare copies they want to shift.



    Its worth noting here that there don't seem to be as many new specials and bookazines produced now. Its just reprints mostly and even SCI-FI ICONS has ceased publication.



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  10. SLOW ROBOT13 March 2018 at 18:37

    Indeed. It is very noticable that bookazines and specials seem to have gone into sharp decline since a burst of activity at tbe tailend of last year. Maybe tbe retailers have reached satuation or publishers are keeping them on sale EVEN longer. Only Panini seems to be ploding on... With their WHO spin-offs.

    RADIO TIMES has a DAD'S ARMY one-shot planned for tbe end of the month. It sounds like it will use a lot of previously unpublished stills from their vaults.

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  11. SLOW ROBOT13 March 2018 at 18:40

    Not a huge surprise on the SCI-FI ICONS front... It seemed to be deselected from the bulk of WHS stores a while back and only survived in a few travel outlets.

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  12. SLOW ROBOT13 March 2018 at 18:41

    HORRORVILLE (is that right?) also seems to have stopped publishing new issues... Although they may be on an erratic only-when-we-have-something-to-talk-about schedule.

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  13. ed15 March 2018 at 13:27

    The problem also with specials is the lack of notice regarding cancellation.


    They just stop publishing.


    I've only ever found SCI-FI ICONS in the one shop - my local newsagent.


    Yes it looks as if HORRORVILLE has gone to that great magazine shelf in the sky.



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  14. ed21 March 2018 at 19:21

    out today - the new issue of JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE has a nice article on CHARLEYS WAR , the meg is heading for its 400th issue while SFX reaches their 300th next month.


    and EMPIRE have another biggie due tomorrow - the main issue on INFINITY WAR plus an extra mag on the marvel movie universe. I assume this will come polybagged.



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  15. ed28 March 2018 at 18:53

    For reasons that escape me, the PREVIEWS catalogue has slightly re-designed its layout.


    In effect, this means there is no longer a single section for books and magazines. Instead , they are scattered all over the catalogue which makes them much harder to find.



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  16. ed28 March 2018 at 19:26

    EMPIRE are launching a spin-off title called PILOT TV as seen here :



    https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/pilot-tv-magazine-launching-team-behind-empire/


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  17. ed4 April 2018 at 19:11

    the new issue of WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED has a 2 page article on JOHNNY RED.

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  18. SLOW ROBOT6 April 2018 at 19:09

    PILOT TV seems pretty good. Almost like THE BOX but with a lot less nostalgia.

    Conspicuously absent is any mention of a second issue. Or must-see shows like the DYNASTY reboot and RIVERDALE. Have they no taste?!?

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  19. ed7 April 2018 at 10:57

    I've yet to find it in the shops.


    Maybe they are hedging their bets and waiting to see the sales figures before producing a second issue.


    The bar code lists it as both issue 0 and 01.

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  20. ed7 April 2018 at 13:17

    an old favourite of STARLOGGED is returning to comics :



    https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/210773-Elvira-Returns-To-Comics

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  21. ed13 April 2018 at 14:21

    RIP TIM O ' CONNOR


    From BUCK ROGERS season 1.


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    1. SLOW ROBOT13 April 2018 at 18:46

      He seemed old even in 79-80. The Clive Dunn of US TV.

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  22. ed14 April 2018 at 11:45

    To complement your own exhaustive coverage here of BUCK ROGERS, I've posted STARLOG's interview with O Connor on my own blog.

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  23. ed14 April 2018 at 11:49

    https://edsemporioum.blogspot.ie/2018/04/tim-o-connor-in-starlog.html

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  24. ed18 April 2018 at 19:40

    out today :


    PLANET OF THE APES ARCHIVE VOLUME 3

    CHARLEY'S WAR COLLECTED STRIPS


    And nice to see FILMFAX is still publishing and on improved quality paper.


    Although technically , the title is now FILMFAX Plus .


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  25. ed23 April 2018 at 13:16

    btw, did you know that the publishers of FILMFAX also once produced FANTASTIC FILMS ?


    More info here ;


    https://edsemporioum.blogspot.ie/2018/04/well-i-never-did.html

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  26. ed25 April 2018 at 19:47

    The PREVIEWS catalogue continues to make changes.

    Now the Dc section comes as a seperate publication which means there are now three supplements in addition to the main catalogue - MARVEL PREVIEWS, DC PREVIEWS and IMAGE PLUS.


    Also out today - the 300th issue of SFX which includes my own contribution in the letter pages.


    more on this here :

    https://edsemporioum.blogspot.ie/2018/04/sfx-reaches-issue-300.html



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  27. Anonymous26 April 2018 at 22:57

    Congratulations on your letter, Ed - I've just bought SFX #300 but I haven't read it yet.

    And happy birthday !!

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  28. ed27 April 2018 at 11:42

    Thanks very much Colin.

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  29. ed2 May 2018 at 19:11

    RIP MICHAEL ANDERSON


    Director of at least two stone cold sci-fi classics -

    LOGAN'S RUN and THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.



    see more on my blog here :


    https://edsemporioum.blogspot.ie/2018/05/logan-runsfrom-bad-review-in.html



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  30. ed2 May 2018 at 19:32

    Out today - COMIC SCENE - a new uk mag which seems to have a nice mix of articles.


    Issue 1 covers Roy of the rovers and dr who among other subjects.

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  31. Anonymous3 May 2018 at 13:53

    I love Logan's Run - I most recently watched it a couple of years ago on YouTube. Isn't a remake planned or something?

    Not sure I agree that The Martian Chronicles is the finest sci-fi ever filmed for TV. Both I and my late father thought it was a bit dull - but that was in distant 1981, perhaps I'd think differently if I watched the Martian Chronicles now :)

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  32. ed3 May 2018 at 18:52

    Well its better than the Logan's run tv show that's for sure !



    But seriously ,you should give it another go, it has more than stood the test of time.


    Yes there have been rumors of a new version of Logan's Run but so far - nothing has happened.



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  33. ed9 May 2018 at 18:25

    Nice to see that the BATMAN / JUDGE DREDD cross-overs you covered here before have now been re-released as a digest paperback.

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  34. SLOW ROBOT10 May 2018 at 23:52

    Slim pickings this week (which is fine by me as I seem to have spent a lot on old media recently) but the new issue of INFINITY is always welcome. And the Panini SPIDER-MAN CE has rebooted YET AGAIN.

    I rewatched THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES for the first time in decades a couple of years ago and found it an enjoyable slow-burn watch marred only by some obvious model work.

    I picked up a copy of the LOGAN'S RUN movie on BR for £6 in Fopp this very day. The TV show is available on R1 DVD.

    BATTLESTAR 78 is coming to FORCES TV in the UK.

    I got a signed copy of the JD/ BATMAN digest paperback from FP a few weeks ago. Pretty cheap too.

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  35. ed11 May 2018 at 15:10

    I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES recently, that would have been the dvd release ?


    A slow burn watch is a fairly apt description.


    Agreed about the model work especially for the martian sand ships which seem quaint by todays standards but it only adds to the shows charm.


    I've posted some material about the mini-series on my blog here :


    https://edsemporioum.blogspot.ie/2018/05/the-martian-chronicles-in-future.html


    and here :



    https://edsemporioum.blogspot.ie/2018/05/the-martian-chronicles-in-starlog.html

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  36. ed16 May 2018 at 18:32

    out today in my FP :


    THE LAST JEDI OFFICIAL MOVIE COMPANINON


    a sort of follow up to last year's souvenir mag.



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  37. ed7 July 2018 at 12:57

    RIP HARLAN ELLISON


    see my blog here :


    https://edsemporioum.blogspot.com/2018/07/harlan-ellison-in-starlog.html




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  38. ed11 July 2018 at 19:00

    RIP STEVE DITKO

    His work on SPIDER-MAN alone earns him a place in the hall of fame but he also worked on many other diverse titles such as MACHINE MAN and MICRONAUTS.


    Not to mention the final issue runs of ROM and INDIANA JONES.

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  39. ed18 July 2018 at 19:04

    the new issue of SFX is out today but I've only just read the previous one which has a nice article on Dr Who fanzines, some of which have been covered on this blog such as THE FRAME and DWB.


    the article can be viewed here :


    https://edsemporioum.blogspot.com/2018/07/who-zines-in-sfx.html



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  40. ed28 July 2018 at 13:53

    Along with their bookazine special on DAD'S ARMY, the current issue of THE RADIO TIMES has a great cover story on the classic tv show.


    And I just came across the BEANO AT 80 special in my local newsagents and its a must read for anyone with an interest in the history of British comics.



    Hope you are all well - Slow, Krusty et al.

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  41. ed8 August 2018 at 19:11

    the new DR WHO SPECIAL looks very promising with lots of articles on fandom and who-zines.

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  42. ed13 August 2018 at 19:06

    It really is a superb read and what really struck me was just how many of those involved in early Who fandom went on to contribute so much to STARBURST magazine in the Visual Imagination era, especially its editor / publisher Stephen Payne and David Howe who edited the book column.


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  43. ed4 September 2018 at 19:42

    RIP JACQUELINE PEARCE

    Servalan from BLAKES 7


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  44. ed19 September 2018 at 11:13

    RIP ZIENIA MERTON

    from SPACE:1999

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  45. ed22 September 2018 at 12:37

    RIP STARLOGGED


    Am I being premature here or will Slow Robot ever return ?


    Several magazine milestones have been reached this week :


    JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE issue 400

    SCI-FI NOW issue 150 which comes bagged with a free poster showing all the previous issues covers.


    Hmm I seem to remember something similar with issue 150 of SFX.




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  46. ed1 November 2018 at 11:06

    Just a quick heads up for anyone still checking in here :


    Without any fanfare, SKY ONE have begun screening season one of BABYLON 5 on weekday mornings.


    For a show that's more than 20 years old, it holds up remarkably well.


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  47. ed16 November 2018 at 15:59

    RIP STAN ' THE MAN ' LEE


    I think its safe to say that this blog would never have existed without him.


    Nuff said.

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  48. ed21 December 2018 at 11:34

    MERRY XMAS TO ALL ONCE AND FUTURE STARLOGGERS !

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  49. ed12 March 2019 at 19:48

    RIP JAN-MICHEAL VINCENT

    Of AIRWOLF fame.

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  50. ed6 April 2019 at 13:15

    RIP SHANE RIMMER


    A guest star in just about every movie and tv series including many Gerry Anderson productions.


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  51. ed20 April 2019 at 12:44

    THE CIRCLE IS NOW COMPLETE.


    Just received the most wonderful birthday gift - the STAR WARS SUMMER SPECIAL from 1985.


    This was the subject of the first post I ever read on this blog as seen here :


    https://starlogged.blogspot.com/2012/03/summer-of-85-marvel-uks-summer-specials.html


    Now the circle is truly complete.



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  52. ed4 June 2019 at 19:48

    RIP PAUL DARROW

    Avon from Blakes's 7

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  53. ed15 October 2019 at 18:55

    RIP ROBERT FORSTER

    From my all time favourite space movie THE BLACK HOLE

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  54. ed28 November 2019 at 19:14

    RIP PAPER LANE

    Never thought this would happen but my local newsagents has just shuttered after decades of service.

    So many memories and so many goodies I obtained there - soccer mags - the M-UK weeklies of the 1980's - movie specials - the list is endless.

    Farewell Paper Lane, I shall miss you.

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  55. ed4 January 2020 at 13:33

    RIP RENE AUBERJONOIS


    Odo from Deep Space 9.

    And ' Dr Burton ' from Batman Forever.

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  56. ed18 February 2020 at 13:07

    RIP ROBERT CONRAD

    From The Wild Wild West

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  57. ed12 March 2020 at 13:30

    RIP MAX VON SYDOW

    Star of many genre movies including DUNE, CONAN, DREAMSCAPE and most famously of all FLASH GORDON.

    HAIL MING
    !

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  58. ed16 May 2020 at 13:05

    MOVIE MAG MEMORIES


    Here is a great article on the lost movie mags of yore, the kind of stuff this blog used to cover :


    https://www.filmstories.co.uk/features/the-lost-movie-magazines-of-the-1990s-and-2000s/



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  59. ed20 June 2020 at 13:44

    RIP IAN HOLM

    From ALIEN and LORD OF THE RINGS.

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  60. StarPodLog30 May 2021 at 18:15

    Great blog! We would love to have you as a guest on our StarPodLog podcast!

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  61. ed19 July 2021 at 17:33

    RIP SHANE BRIANT

    From the Hammer movies of the 1970's.


    RIP STUART DAMON

    From THE CHAMPIONS.


    RIP RICHARD DONNER

    Director of the original SUPERMAN movie.


    RIP NED BEATTY

    Also from the SUPERMAN movie.

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  62. ed3 August 2021 at 16:23

    RIP DESMOND DAVIS

    Director of the original CLASH OF THE TITANS


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  63. ed15 November 2021 at 18:35

    RIP DEAN STOCKWELL

    From Quantum Leap.

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  64. ed8 February 2022 at 16:53

    RIP YVETTE MIMIEUX

    From THE TIME MACHINE and THE BLACK HOLE

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  65. ed10 February 2022 at 19:30

    RIP DOUGLAS TRUMBULL

    Fx maestro on 2001 and BLADE RUNNER

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  66. ed15 February 2022 at 19:26

    RIP IVAN REITMAN

    Director of GHOSTBUSTERS

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  67. ed1 March 2022 at 18:19

    RIP SALLY KELLERMAN

    From the second pilot of the original STAR TREK.

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  68. ed5 March 2022 at 14:19

    RIP VERONICA CARLSON

    From the HAMMER horror movies.

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  69. ed19 May 2022 at 19:01

    RIP FRED WARD

    From REMO and TREMORS

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  70. ed20 May 2022 at 16:01

    RIP VANGELIS

    Composer of the shimmering soundscape for BLADE RUNNER

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  71. ed18 July 2022 at 15:35

    RIP JOE TURKEL

    From THE SHINING and BLADE RUNNER

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  72. ed27 July 2022 at 15:18

    RIP DAVID WARNER

    Whose numerous genre credits include TIME AFTER TIME, TIME BANDITS, TRON and STAR TREK.

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  73. ed2 August 2022 at 15:27

    RIP NICHELLE NICHOLS

    Uhura from STAR TREK

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  74. ed19 August 2022 at 14:40

    RIP WOLFGANG PETERSEN

    Director of THE NEVER ENDING STORY and ENEMY MINE.

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  76. ed26 September 2022 at 19:30

    RIP LOUISE FLETCHER

    From BRAINSTORM , V.R.5 and DEEP SPACE 9.

    RIP HENRY SILVA

    From BUCK ROGERS and DICK TRACY

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  77. ed10 December 2022 at 15:31

    RIP KIRSTIE ALLEY

    From STAR TREK 2 and RUNAWAY



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  78. ed7 January 2023 at 15:51

    RIP CHRIS BOUCHER

    Key scriptwriter for DR WHO and BLAKE'S 7


    RIP STEPHEN GREIF

    The original Travis in BLAKE'S 7.

    RIP MIKE HODGES

    Director of FLASH GORDON (1980)


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  79. ed21 June 2023 at 14:22

    RIP JOHN ROMITA SR

    Also known as ' Jazzy ' John Romita.

    One of the key artists to work on the
    earliest SPIDER-MAN comics.

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  80. ed5 July 2023 at 14:29

    RIP JULIAN SANDS

    Star of WARLOCK, ARACHNAPHOBIA and MURDER ON THE MOON.

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  81. ed3 August 2023 at 14:32

    RIP PAUL REUBENS

    Star of PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE.

    Where it all began for Tim Burton and Danny Elfman.

    Reubens also starred in BATMAN RETURNS and GOTHAM.



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  82. ed17 August 2023 at 14:31

    RIP WILLIAM FRIEDKIN

    Director of THE EXORCIST

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  83. ed27 September 2023 at 14:47

    RIP DAVID McCALLUM

    Star of cult tv series THE MAN FROM UNCLE, THE INVISIBLE MAN
    and SAPPHIRE AND STEEL.

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  84. ed30 September 2023 at 15:59

    RIP SIR MICHEAL GAMBON

    Who played Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movie series.

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  85. ed13 January 2024 at 14:44

    RIP CINDY MORGAN

    Star of TRON and BRING EM BACK ALIVE

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  86. ed26 January 2024 at 15:27

    RIP GARY GRAHAM

    Star of the Alien Nation tv show and a guest star on
    more recent STAR TREK shows.

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  87. ed14 May 2024 at 16:33

    RIP ROGER CORMAN

    King of the B-movie

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  88. ed16 September 2024 at 14:29

    RIP JAMES EARL JONES

    The voice of Darth Vader.

    He also played Thulsa Doom in the first CONAN movie.

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  89. ed16 September 2024 at 14:31

    RIP KENNETH COPE

    From RANDALL AND HOPKIRK ( DECEASED )

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