The marketing mechanics around The Yoda Chronicles are slowly getting started: A 3-episode mini-series soon to be broadcast on Cartoon Network, web episodes posted regularly on the official website dedicated to the LEGO Star Wars range, a set announced for the second half of 2013 (75018 Jek-14's Stealth Starfighter), a book dedicated to the mini-saga accompanied by an exclusive minifigure planned for summer 2013 (see this article) and now a mini-event organized by Toys R Us in the USA during which it will be possible to build a mini version of the Jek-14's Stealth Starfighter in store.

This is not a polybag, but an event that will take place in stores on May 4 and which will allow customers to assemble this apparently very successful mini-ship on site and leave with it.

No information for the moment on the possibility of participating in the event in the brand's stores in France. Instructions for reproducing this mini-ship will likely be available soon.

The info was communicated by starstreak007 which offers a photo of the panel announcing the operation on his flickr gallery.

On the way to the third episode of the mini-films devoted to the saga The Yoda Chronicles in which we see Dooku and Grievous wallowing miserably a few seconds after taking control of the black ship from the LEGO Star Wars set 75018 Jek-14's Stealth Starfighter.

We also find in this video all the machines of the range LEGO Star Wars 2013: Republic Gunship (75021), AT-RT (75002), Corporate Alliance Tank Droid (75015). This is called elsewhere product placement ...

As for the scenario, we are moving slowly and I will let you discover the first clues concerning the Machiavellian plan set up by Dooku and Sidious.

http://youtu.be/c4zO8Bt0jBw

After his version of the Iron Man Mark I armor, Tsang Yiu Keung alias chiukeung offers us a custom Iron Patriot to make yourself using several pieces of the War Machine minifig delivered in the set 76006 Iron Man - Extremis Sea Port Battle.

Obtaining the desired result will however require a lot of patience and a certain know-how: You have to go through the painting of the helmet and the installation of decals to print yourself, with the risk of obtaining a level of finish that will not satisfy the most demanding.

If you are interested in the challenge, you can retrieve the instructions from chiukeung's flickr gallery (Click here) and the decals sheet in pdf format here.

For my part, I will continue to hope that LEGO will bring us an Iron Patriot minifigure one day. Even if it must be a limited edition version or exclusive to Comic Con for example.

The Bounty Hunter of the week is Dengar also known by the nickname of "Payback".

Passionate about "Swoop Bikes" races, this bounty hunter turned man-cyborg following a Swoop accident was associated with Boba Fett and Bossk in an attempt to capture Han Solo.

But what has always amused me with this character is this somewhat ridiculous appearance, as if the costume specialists of the Star Wars saga had looked for something to dress him in the bottom of the last drawer of the dressing room dedicated to the Bounty Hunters. ...

Omar Ovalle presents his vision of Dengar armed with his favorite blaster: the Valken-38. He gets off honorably, reproducing the bust of this frumpy bounty hunter being a difficult exercise.

LEGO has produced two Dengar minifigs: The first was in the 6209 Slave I set released in 2006 and the second, more elaborate and above all more faithful to the character's look, is delivered in the set. 10221 Super Star Destroyer released in 2011.

Find all of the Bounty Hunters made-in-Omar-Ovalle on his flickr gallery. Do not hesitate to give your opinion on his creations in the comments, Omar Ovalle reads you and sometimes answers by providing some details about his work.

You can also find at this address his interview where he details his approach to the LEGO MOC.

Disney wants to make the most of the Star Wars franchise, it is now a given: It is indeed during the Cinema Con 2013 which is currently taking place in Las Vegas that the entertainment giant has just announced through the voice of Alan Horn, president of Walt Disney Studios, that starting in 2015 with the release of Episode VII directed by JJ Abrams, we will be entitled to one "Star Wars" film per year with alternation between classic episodes and spin-offs (derivative films centered on certain characters).

I am not against "No More Star Wars" in cinema or television, and the meteoric progress in recent years in the field of special effects and digital creation makes it possible to produce more quickly this type of content which calls heavily on the virtual industry.

If the films offered are of quality, everyone will find something for them. Disney will be able to wring out the license until the fans tire of collecting as many greenbacks as possible, the spectators (including yours truly) will be in theaters each year to follow the adventures of their (new) heroes and the manufacturers of products. derivatives of which LEGO is part will be able to have fun while avoiding the endless remakes.

The profusion of films will inevitably bring its share of new ships / machines / planets / characters that LEGO will not fail to immortalize in ABS plastic. Collectors, prepare the dollars!

Despite everything, the frequency of a film per year worries me a little, maybe wrongly: the Marvel universe now follows this logic and the result is not so catastrophic. Each new film is an unprecedented entertainment, full of special effects, with the correct cast and simplistic scenarios but convincing enough to make us want to go see the next opus while sipping Coke and gorging on popcorn. 

Some would argue that Star Wars doesn't deserve the Marvel or Pirates of the Caribbean treatment. I won't contradict them: For a whole generation of fans, Star Wars is more than an endless cinematic saga with its six episodes, its cartoons and all its derivative content. But at the rate of one film per year, the fan base risks changing in an unexpected way: fatigue for some, discovery of a new universe for others: there is renewal in the air. At Hasbro, LEGO and others, we already have to rub our hands ...

If you have an opinion on this announcement which promises us Star Wars in high dose in the years to come, do not hesitate to give it in the comments ...