Episode 86: Star Wars & Hutch

The lads are in a nostalgic mood this month with a look back at Celebration Europe 3, which was 5 years ago this month.  Panels, exhibits, costumes, celebs, swag and socials are all reminisced. Some great new acquisitions are discussed, from the team and elsewhere, and there’s a feisty Action Figure Face-Off - can anyone beat The Fett? In Rebel Briefings the team discusses the sale of the podcast’s spiritual home the Star Wars Forum U.K., celebrates the launch of the Variant Villain website, notes the sad deterioration in the health of Star Wars author JW Rinzler,  and looks forward to the first big U.K. collecting event post-Covid, Echo Live. For the Licensee section the boys take a trip to the land down under, and look at the Toltoys releases in Australia and New Zealand, making some surprising discoveries along the way. This month’s main interview guest is our very own Richard Hutchinson who unbelievably up til now has never had a feature interview. The lads discuss flat caps, whippets, R5-D4, Celebrations, the Expanded Universe and how not to get beaten up in the frozen North. All this with the regular banter and bluster, look out for the podcast in the normal places and of course our ever hardworking Chris Porteous. https://youtu.be/JWUK94YFfVc