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Thanks to Brian Curran, last week I got to interview actor Bruce Boxleitner as part of our D23 coverage. Video link after the jump!

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If you’re like me, up until Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, you believed that the RX pilot droid was a brand-new model shortly after the end of Return of the Jedi.

But now we know that RX’s were actually in existence prior to A New Hope, which led me to reconsider an obscure passage from L. Neil Smith’s 1983 novel Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu. And the traits of the 1986 Rex pilot dovetail pretty nicely with the descriptions from the older novel.

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I’ve been having fun lately deciphering the omnipresent Aurebesh lettering found in Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. There is wording on the X-Wing in the Star Trader which conceals the names of classic Disney characters like Mickey, Donald, the Cheshire Cat, and Peter Pan. G2-4T’s screen contains references to THX 1138, TK-421, the number 42 made famous in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and 626, the experiment number of Disney alien Stitch.

Of course, there are also a few misspelled words. I recently downloaded an Aurebesh font for my computer, and discovered that it can be disconcerting to type in an unfamiliar alphabet, without the usual ease of telling at a glance whether you’ve mis-keyed. (I wish the Imagineers had learned my new trick… type it in English, double-check your spelling, highlight it, and THEN switch fonts!)

But late last night, while translating a new batch of pics that my buddy David Yeh sent of the screen behind C-3PO, I found a new inside joke that tops all the previous ones and makes even the worst typos forgiveable!

Among the various system readouts of the Starspeeder 1000 (deflector shields, nav comp, hyperdrive, thruster vents, countermeasures, life support, repulsors, laser cannons), seven little letters can be found which spell out FLUX CAP.

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I remember the first time I picked up a Star Wars Role-Playing Game sourcebook from West End Games that contained an ‘Aurebesh’ chart, back in the late 80′s/early 90′s. My initial two thoughts were, “Wow! That’s pretty cool!” and “Wow! Someone has too much time on their hands!”  I specifically recall a pretty cool graphic for a tabletop gaming diorama featuring an Aurebesh-graffitied MPC model kit of the AT-AT, but told myself that was about the only application for which the Aurebesh would ever be useful.

Shows what I know!

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Sad news, friends. Irvin Kershner passed away today at the age of 87. To most folks out there, I’m sure they hear the name and think, “Who?”… But Star Wars fans know the name and utter it with admiration.

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A report from The Star Wars CV Disney Parks Collector Panel that contains photos and video. Check it out here:

http://www.endorexpress.net/special-features/cv-disney-parks-collector-panel/

Special Thanks to Matt Roseboom of Orlando Attractions Magazine for use of photos from the panel.

Be sure to check out  www.attractionsmagazine.com

Our own eagle-eyed reporter Dave Yeh has uncovered a very intriguing photo online from this past weekend’s Disney Pin Celebration “Trade City USA” 2010, held at Epcot’s World Showplace in Orlando Florida.

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Alex’s reports from Star Wars Celebration V we be post here and on our Special Features page.

• Alex’s productive first two hours at CV on Friday the 13th
• CV Exclusive Starspeeder 1000 Toy Review

EndorExpress recently got the chance to interview Lynette Eklund. Lynette created the Ackbar puppet used in the Tokyo Disneyland version of Star Tours. Click Here to read the interview.

I’ve seen some folks pose their Disney Star Wars characters with Galactic Heroes toys for scale, and I whipped up these pictures for your enjoyment.
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