1.     Esso Coffeehouse 

2.     Clarkdale’s Train Station

3.     The Grapevine’s Sunday Afternoon Karaoke

4.     Hula’s Modern Tiki Lounge

5.     Two Guns

6.     Drawn to Comics

7.     Bookman’s

8.     The Shady Dell

9.     Cab Comics

10.   Ash Avenue Comics

11.   Serafina Coffee Roasters

12.   Peregrine Bookstore

13.   Common Grounds Coffee House

14.   Ashley Naftule’s Chalk Art

15.   The Storyline Slam

16.   Sparky’s Origin

17.   Vinyl Station

18.   The Thing

19.   Joyride’s Bandit Taco Platter

20.   Samurai Comics

21.   Brass Armadillo

22.   Cory McClosky

23.   Reckless Summer

24.   Janey’s Coffee Company & Bodega

25.   St. Michael’s Hotel Elevator

26.   Muffler Men Statues

27.   Linda Ronstadt

28.   Holbrook Dinosaurs

29.   Space Age Restaurant

30.   Anthem’s Christmas Tree

31.   Wigwam Motel

32.   George Herbert Johnson at the Arizona State Fair

33.   Driving the 89A

34.   Wild Iris Coffee House

35.   Goodwill

36.   Antiquing in Bisbee

37.   Poetry by Bill Campana

38.   little somethings press

39.   Cheese ‘N Stuff

40.   Twin Arrows

41.   Hub Kapp & The Wheels

42.   The Ruins of Santa Claus

43.   Liberty Market’s Vietnamese Coffee

44.   First Fridays on Grand Ave.

45.  A Night of Misfit Films   

46.   The Suns Gorilla

47.   The World’s First Drive-Thru

48.   Downtown Bisbee

49.   Whiskey Row

50.   Bosa’s Honeydew Smoothie

51.   Quartzsite’s Camels

52.   Governor Hunt’s Pyramid Tomb

53.   The Longest Stretch of the Original Route 66

54.   Stand-Up Live

55.   Antiquing in Pinetop

56.   Strawberry School House

57.   The Travis Walton Story 

58.   The Copper Penny

59.   The Glendale Library

60.   Gold Bar Espresso

61.   The Vig

62.   Screaming Banshee Pizza

63.   The US Bank Building

64.   The Wickenburg McDonald’s

65.   The Jail Tree

66.   Wizard Rock

67.   Smokey Bear Statues

68.   The Grotto Café

69.   Zia’s Records

70.   Jerome

71.   Bisbee Coffee Company

72.   Fox 10 News Team’s Christmas Commercials

73.   The UFO Cover-up at Dreamy Draw

74.   Monsoon Season

75.   John Carter’s Cave

76.   Comic Books in the Desert on Facebook

77.   The Camp Verde Kokopelli

78.   The Corner in Winslow

79.   Merchant Square

80.   The Reading Robot

81.   Family Fun World Baskets

82.   Antiquing in Prescott

83.   Bruce St. James

84.   Fantasy Comics

85.   5 ‘N Diner

86.   Tucson’s Neon Sign Project

87.   Filiberto’s Carne Fries

88.   Jack Rabbit Trading Post

89.   Macy’s European Coffeehouse & Bakery

90.   Glendale Glitters

91.   Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen

92.   Bermashave Signs

93.   “Steve Rogers”

94.   The Cardinals’ Big Red

95.   Wasted Ink Zine Distro

96.   The Copper Courier

97.   Bisbee’s Iron Man

98.   Poetry by Shawnte Orion

99.   The Monkees’ Concert Taping at the Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum in 1967

100.  Bil Keane Giddy-Up Statue

101.  S.WA.S.W.A.

102.  Creekside Lodge

103.  Riding Scooters in Downtown Phoenix

104.  Date Shakes from Dateland

105.  LP Espresso

106.  Ollie the Trolley

107.  Delgadillo’s Snow Cap Drive-in

108.  Phoenix Art Museum

109.  Our State Flag

110.  Gilbert HD South

111.  Antiquing in Yarnell

112.  Winona

Header photo: The Wigwam Motel on Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona, where one can indeed “spend the night in a wigwam.” The brainchild of Frank Redford, this is one of what wer originally seven Wigwam Motels nationwide. The wigwams have a steel frame covered with wood, felt and canvas under a cement stucco exterior. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

What video game made you fall head over heels and pony up for a whole new hardware system?

2nd generation

The Atari 2600, for me, meant Pac-Man (the disappointing, blocky version) but also The Empire Strikes Back. For that, I have to thank my late spinster aunt who couldn’t abide seeing me upstaged by my other aunt’s children.

3rd generation

The original Nintendo Entertainment System? Super Mario Bros. Duh.

We got a Sega Master System pretty much for Penguin Land for my mom for some reason, but I quickly fell in love with that title’s robust level-building tools, which were years ahead of their time. Super Mario Maker it wasn’t, but I still pine for it from time to time.

4th generation

Before Sonic the Hedgehog arrived, Sega’s Genesis came to us mainly to keep up with those cousins, again. It came with Altered Beast (whatever).

Super NES: Super Mario World was what it was all about. But I was really just killing time waiting for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Metroid.

5th generation

I bought the original PlayStation for Final Fantasy VII. Until this point, Square Enix’s seminal RPG was a Nintendo exclusive, but that’s another story.

N64: Super Mario 64, naturally. The need to play the iconic plumber’s first 3-D adventure right away was a visceral one, and it’s a game I revisit often on the Virtual Console. It’s the first game I remember playing where I was struck by a feeling of a continuous world that was still there when I switched off the power — but not in a creepy way.

6th generation

GameCube? Uh … Luigi’s Mansion for sure, but there was also a little game called Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader. Oh, yeah …

I bought a PS2 just because it was the thing to do, and it was my first DVD player; it was stolen before I could make much use of it either way.

The original Xbox made its way into my home with a little game called Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. (Meatbags!)

7th generation

We skipped the Xbox 360, and PS3 was an eventual thrift-store purchase for my spawn’s increasing interest in the Madden series and stealth combat games. Not really my thing …

But Wii Sports was all the rage, of course, and was a must-have in our house as with so many others.

8th generation

We haven’t gone for the PS4 yet, but Santa brought an Xbox One late in its life cycle with Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, a favorite of the next generation in my household. The Wii U brought initial thrills with Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and New Super Mario Bros. U; though it was packaged with Nintendo Land, that just wasn’t enough. Derided by many for low sales, we found plenty on the system to keep us engaged for years. Later, Splatoon would more than justify the system’s purchase for us.

Handheld

Nintendo’s Game Boy was all about Tetris. Let’s call that Russia’s original electronic meddling …

The Nintendo 3DS made its way into our lives due to the Mario Kart series, as did the DS/DSi; at one point, each of the four people in my household had their own, and we linked up frequently for download play. I personally upgraded to 3DS mainly for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

Your turn!

Enough about my problem! What game made you go out and buy a new video game console? What kept you coming back for more?

Monster Manual punted to February 2025

As part of the official yearlong celebrations of Dungeons & Dragons’ 50th anniversary, the new edition of the Player’s Handbook will be released Sept. 17, 2024, with the Dungeon Master’s Guide following on Nov. 12, according to a news release distributed for Wizards of the Coast. The DM resource Monster Manual is not scheduled for release until Feb. 18, 2025.

The Vecna: Eve of Ruin adventure campaign is set for a May 21, 2024, release, with the adventure anthology Quests from the Infinite Staircase coming July 16, 2024.

The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977 will come out June 18, 2024.

It’s about more than just new adventures, retrospectives and Dungeons & Dragons core rulebooks. Brand collaborations with Converse footwear and apparel, a LEGO building set with minifigures and Pop-Tarts treats are also in the 50th anniversary consumer licensing pipeline.

The year-long celebration kicks off in March 2024, when fans all over the world will be able to play the same adventure together inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons creators’ love of tournament-style play. Fans can experience an excerpt from an upcoming release, Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, in game stores, at community centers, libraries, conventions like Gary Con and PAX East, on kitchen tables and painted scenery, in video chat rooms, and on D&D Beyond. Dungeon Masters will be available wherever fans want to play.

“D&D has a rich history, an exciting present, and a great future,” said Kyle Brink, executive producer of the team making D&D at Wizards of the Coast. “This year we’ll be celebrating all three with the 50th Anniversary of the first publication of Dungeons & Dragons. We’ll take you through the making of the game, bring some of the classic adventures to today’s play, visit the most iconic settings in the D&D multiverse, and kick off the future of the game with the new 2024 core rulebooks that are the heart of the game. We’ve been building up to this for a while now. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

What’s coming before the new Dungeons & Dragons core rulebooks?

New Dungeons & Dragons core rulebooks (2024-25)

An earlier version of this update incorrectly listed the Dungeon Master’s Guide release date as Sept. 17, 2024.

Wizards of the Coast announces dates for major 2024 D&D releases – then backtracks with “Coming Soon”

Wizards of the Coast on Dec. 1, 2023, announced release dates for the updated 2024 versions of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game’s Core Rulebooks — Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide and Monster Manual. Then, it deleted those social media graphics and replaced all dates with “coming soon.” It also changed the graphic to replace Core Rulebooks with simply Player’s Handbook.

The company also said the same day as the release of the Core Rulebook(s) would bring the release of the scenario Vecna: Eve of Ruin, “a multiverse spanning adventure which goes up to level 20 and features cameos from famous D&D characters.” A Vecna module was announced earlier this year, but now we know the full title. This date, like the Core Rulebook(s?), was later replaced with “coming soon.”

A representative for the company said “the product release dates that were published in error and are actually not correct,” and that specific release dates will be announced “later” but in 2024.

WotC had also said a D&D “making of” book that includes the 50-year-old RPG’s original rules set, and a new adventure collection, Quests From the Infinite Staircase, would follow. Those announcement posts, also — you guessed it — now just say “coming soon.”

The Hasbro subsidiary has said the 2024 update would complement rather than replace the existing 5th Edition of the fantasy tabletop game, which itself turns 10 in 2024.

This post was updated to reflect the apparent retraction of 2024 release dates posted earlier in the day by the Dungeons & Dragons social media team. The dates were removed at the company’s request because they said they are not correct.

Update! D&D creative team addresses erroneous release dates …

A new video from the D&D creative team addresses last year’s “erroneous” release of a May timeframe for the release of the next edition of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying game.

“We realize there was an erroneous release date published with regards to the 2024 players handbook. that was definitely incorrect. The Player’s Handbook is NOT releasing in May. (but it will be coming this year) Stay tuned for an official announcement soon…”

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More third-party RPG titles join D&D Beyond platform

A Goth Opera for the Fifth Doctor …

The last time Big Finish Productions adapted one of the Virgin New Adventures or Missing Adventures novels, Peter Capaldi was still the Doctor!

But now it’s time for Paul Cornell’s bloody tale of vampires, Goth Opera (originally published in 1994), to get the full-cast audio treatment, with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton reprising their original roles as the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa.

Get your crosses, garlic, and parkas ready – vampires come to Manchester in a brand-new full-cast audio adaptation of Paul Cornell’s 1994 novel Goth Opera, due for release in July 2024.

The fan-favourite Doctor Who book, from the Virgin Missing Adventures range, has been adapted by Lizbeth Myles into a three-part audio play starring Peter Davison as the Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan and Sarah Sutton as Nyssa.

Manchester, 1993.The Time Lady Ruath, an old friend of the Doctor’s, arrives on the planet to inform Earth’s vampires that the arrival of their legendary messiah is imminent. His rising will herald an age of endless night where the undead reign supreme. All that is needed is the blood of a Time Lord.

In Tasmania, the Doctor, Tegan, and Nyssa are enjoying the sun and plenty of cricket. When they are attacked by vampires, they escape unscathed, except for Nyssa who suffers two small puncture wounds to her neck. Compelled by her attacker to remain silent, she can tell no-one what she’s turning into.

Why is Ruath so determined to see the descendants of the Great Vampire rise to power? If only the Doctor knew the truth, she’s certain he would turn to her side, and help to secure the future of Vampire kind, no matter how much humanity must suffer.

Goth Opera‘s guest cast includes Richard Armitage (The Hobbit, Fool Me Once), who reads the prologue as Rassilon, plus Natalie Gumede (Titans, Jekyll and Hyde) as Ruath and Micah Balfour (The Gold, The Bill) as Yarven.

Doctor Who – The Novel Adaptations: Goth Opera is now available to pre-order as a 3-disc collector’s edition box set (for just £22.99) or as a digital download only (for just £18.99). 

Producer and director David O’Mahony said: “Goth Opera has got everything: vampires, superpowers, blood, guts, and gore, and of course Peter Davison’s Doctor along with Tegan and Nyssa. It’s also set in and around Manchester, which gave us a lovely opportunity to bring in young and exciting northern actors.

“Lizbeth Myles has brilliantly adapted Paul Cornell’s novel and, with an incredible voice cast –including the wonderful Richard Armitage giving us a Rassilon prologue – it’s a vampiric romp through the Whoniverse not to be missed!”

Big Finish Productions’ Doctor Who audio drama releases

All of time and space …

New adventures for the Eighth Doctor, Liv and Helen

Third Doctor Adventures ‘Revolution in Space’ channels ’70s hard sci-fi, colony politics

Michelle Gomez returns as Doctor Who’s Missy in Bad Influence spinoff audio

Big Finish’s Fourth Doctor to encounter the Beevers Master, new Toymaker in ‘Metamorphosis’ audio box set

Sontarans vs Rutans vs the Third Doctor and UNIT

Big Finish adapts vampy 1994 Doctor Who novel Goth Opera for audio

The Nerdvana crew share their picks for the hypest video games of the year 2024

Christen Bejar’s most anticipated video games of 2024

Tekken 8

Jan. 25, 2024, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC

I have been a longtime fan of the Tekken series for awhile. With each entry it really seems to ramp up the quality (we don’t talk about Tekken 4 though), with the seventh one being critically acclaimed for its fast-paced combat and variety of characters. Tekken 8 will continue the wonderfully nonsensical storyline of the bloodthirsty Mishimas but scatter in a slew of new and returning characters in the roster for the next King of Iron Fist tournament. After such a strong entry, it will be interesting to see the incorporation of the new Heat system and how it will shape competitive play this year. 

Banishers: Ghost of New Eden 

Feb. 13, 2024. PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC

I am a sucker for a thrilling story and Banishers looks to be one. From the acclaimed studio Don’t Nod (Life is Strange), Banishers: Ghost of New Eden is about two fated lovers that work together to put an end to a malevolent curse (along with all the spirit creatures that come with it). The world looks beautiful and the duality between the real and the spirit realm is very interesting to me. Add in the romantic plot hook of the characters finally reuniting, either in death or life, has me ready to play. This will also be a big changeup gameplay wise from their more recent offerings, so I’m excited to see where they go with this new IP. 

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

2024, PC and Xbox Series X|S

If you missed the first entry into the BAFTA-winning Hellblade series, you’re seriously missing out. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice told a gripping and unsettling tale about a Pict warrior woman fighting for her love’s soul while battling all manner of the underworld, as well as her own mental illness. Featuring a focus on psychosis as it was understood in early civilizations, it led players through puzzles and combat using interesting mechanics outside the norm for games at the time. The first game was an incredible and still unmatched experience, so the next entry does have a little pressure to deliver the same unique storytelling that made it so poignant from other titles in 2017. Grab a pair of good headphones and hunker down for this one when it releases. 

Hades II 

Early access Q2 2024, PC

I will go ahead and admit it: Hades made me finally fall in love with roguelikes. Prior to this game, the thought of playing tireless loops with minimal payoff irked me. I couldn’t see the point. Then Supergiant Games threw Hades in front of me with its charming characters, gorgeous art, beautiful soundtrack, and satisfying combat with a compelling story. Yes it may only be early access, but I’m excited and grateful to dive into more content from the Hades lore. 

Wolf Among Us II

2024? PC

This is a wishful thinking entry. The ups and downs of TellTale Games have been well reported by now, but a surprise announcement for a sequel to one of my personal favorites in their library, The Wolf Among Us, excited me. Much like The Walking Dead TellTale games, the Fables comics lent itself well to the detective mystery players navigated Bigby Wolf through. Unfortunately, the development team was hit with layoffs in October of 2023, resulting in the delay of the game to the ambiguous date of 2024. It would be a shame if this game ended up shelved forever after its death and rebirth, but it’s a reminder that the industry sorely needs a reduction in volatility to make it a more stable place of employment for hardworking development groups. 

Christen Bejar is a freelance gaming writer who started the local blog The Pause Button while studying at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. For Nerdvana, Bejar reviews video games and also previews, recaps and photographs many local events from a gamer’s perspective.

Anabel Amis’ most anticipated video games of 2024

Robin Hood – Sherwood Builders

Planned release: Early 2024

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159420/Robin_Hood__Sherwood_Builders/

Have you also been captivated by Robin Hood takes in pop culture? Now you can live through your best thievin’-from-the-rich life with an RPG that includes base building! I’ve been addicted to settlement builders, and the idea of putting together a cute refugee for my merry outlaws

Game details: Robin Hood: Sherwood Builders is an action-adventure RPG with base-building elements, where you take on the role of a classic hero who stands up to the tyranny and injustice that haunts Sherwood. Fight, craft, steal, and of course help the local people grow and prosper.

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

Planned release: Feb. 13, 2024

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1493640/Banishers_Ghosts_of_New_Eden/

Have you ever explored a friend’s wishlist on Steam and thought “whoa I need to add this game to my list!” I would like to thank my friend Shia for this rec. Support a pair of badass lovers as they follow through their oath on protecting the living from the dead, until death seizes one of them and complicates their lives.

Game details: Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story driven Action-RPG where your decisions have dramatic consequences. Solve haunting cases and battle supernatural forces combining Antea’s spiritual powers and Red’s arsenal.

The Thaumaturge

Planned release: Feb. 20, 2024

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1684350/The_Thaumaturge/

Another game I stole from Shia’s wishlist. Be a thaumaturge descended from a long-ling of wielders with a terrible power that can control creatures from another realm. The game has gorgeous isometric scenery, and your choices affect the story. Vampyr… Dishonored… give me a dark industrialised world with Victorian vibes and dark magic and I’m good to go.

Game details: The Thaumaturge is a story-driven RPG with morally ambiguous choices, taking place in the culturally diverse world of early 20th century Warsaw. In this world, Salutors exist: esoteric beings that only Thaumaturges can truly perceive and use for their needs.

Tiny Glade

Planned release: 2024

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/Tiny_Glade/

Tiny Glade is a super cozy castle landscape “drawing” game. The trailer does the best work in demonstrating how organic their building tools are. You can drag around your cursor and castle towers will sprout, meadows will bloom and a beautiful medieval landscape tapestry will unfold before you. All other details are stripped (no romance, story, etc.) … just relax and enjoy the unlimited sculpting in Tiny Glade.

Game details: Tiny Glade is a small relaxing game about doodling castles. Explore gridless building chemistry, and watch the game carefully assemble every brick, pebble and plank. There’s no management, combat, or wrong answers – just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.

Tales of Seikyu

Planned release: December 2024

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2340520/Tales_of_Seikyu/

Tales of Seikyu is actually in the middle of their Kickstarter right now. If you’re burned out on life-sim RPGs, this game hopes to stand out by having a unique world with mystical Japanese-folklore yokai. The character art is gorgeous, especially the yokai designs! I’m really hoping their campaign goes above and beyond with funding.

Game details: Embark on Seikyu, a fantasy farming adventure amidst yokai legends. Can you restore a countryside inn to its former glory, forge connections with extraordinary characters, and uncover the hidden wonders of this magical world?

Moonlit Peaks

Planned release: Early 2024

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2209900/Moonlight_Peaks/

It’s Stardew Valley, but you’re a vampire! Farm, craft spells, unravel mysteries and date other supernatural beings in this cozy game. The art is incredibly charming and hits that nice balance between pixel art farm sims and 3D isometric. 

Game details: Experience life as a vampire in Moonlight Peaks! Master the art of potion-making and spell-casting, tend to your supernatural farm, and make your mark on the magical town. Befriend the local werewolves, witches and mermaids, and maybe even find eternal love along the way.

Anabel Amis is a concept artist, graphic designer, events coordinator, and creative consultant now residing in Renton, Wash. She also founded the Men vs Cosplay calendar series. She also enjoys reading sci-fi/fantasy, sampling new red wines, and playing video/tabletop games.

David Buck’s most anticipated video games of 2024

When it comes to gaming, 2024 is, surprisingly, not a big anticipation year for me. Despite that, there are still some titles I’m looking forward to year.

Two of them are on the Evercade. Over the past few years, I’ve been collecting (and playing) games for the Evercade. This year, they’re releasing a multi game cart called Indie Heroes 3 that will contain some of the best and most interesting indie/homebrew games I’ve ever played (including Donut Dodo, an arcade platformer that just rocks). That — along with the C64 Collection 3 — come out in February.

For the Nintendo Switch, I’m looking forward to the re-release of Rocket Knight Adventures and plan to check out Mario vs Donkey Kong.

Other than that, I’m keeping an eye on the NES homebrew scene and might try my hand at making my own game.

David Buck is an author, musician, copywriter, and voice over artist based in Colorado. His work has appeared on Nerdvana Media, The Nintendo Times, Star Trek.com, EN World, SyFy Wire and across the web. In his spare time, he composes music, writes science fiction, and paints miniatures.

Jayson Peters’ most anticipated video games of 2024

Mina the Hollower

2024

For their next trick, Yacht Club Games is leaving the shovel and armor behind and trading it for a burrowing rodent hero — with a whip. The Shovel Knight developers’ new game, Mina the Hollower, hearkens back to the 8-bit Game Boy Color era for its aesthetics, but this top-down adventure also takes cues from elements of Castlevania, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and Bloodborne. I can dig it! Look for this one to launch on Windows PC, Linux and Mac sometime this year, after a late 2023 release fizzled. (And keep your fingers crossed for a console release.)

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Feb. 29, PS5

Contra: Operation Galuga

Early 2024, Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam), PS4 and Xbox One

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD

Summer, Nintendo Switch

A visually enhanced version of Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, originally released on Nintendo 3DS, is coming to Switch soon.

Star Wars Outlaws

Get set to experience open-world adventure to the gritty underworld of A Galaxy Far, Far Away in 2024.

Future of the Nintendo Switch …

And last but not least, the Nintendo Switch’s successor system is expected to be revealed (and released?) this year. But Professor Layton and the New World of Steam apparently won’t see release on the Switch until 2025 …

Born and raised in Phoenix, Jayson Peters is a southern Colorado-based newspaper copy editor and website designer. He has taught online media at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and now teaches at Pueblo Community College. A versatile digital storyteller, he has led online operations at the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Arizona, followed by the Pueblo Chieftain, Colorado Springs Independent, Colorado Springs Business Journal and Pueblo Star Journal. He is a former Southern Colorado Press Club president and founder and curator of Nerdvana.

What are your most anticipated video games of 2024? Let us know below!

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Disney+ has released the highly anticipated trailer and teaser poster for the final season of acclaimed Lucasfilm Animation series “Star Wars: The Bad Batch.” This is the third season of the critically acclaimed animated series, which is a fan-favorite spinoff from the Emmy® award-winning series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

In the epic final season of “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” the Batch will have their limits tested in the fight to reunite with Omega as she faces challenges of her own inside a remote Imperial science lab. With the group fractured and facing threats from all directions, they will have to seek out unexpected allies, embark on dangerous missions, and muster everything they have learned to free themselves from the Empire.

“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” showcases a talented voice cast, including Dee Bradley Baker (“American Dad!”), Michelle Ang (“Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462”), Keisha Castle-Hughes (“Whale Rider”), Jimmi Simpson (“Westworld”), Noshir Dalal (“It’s Pony”) and Wanda Sykes (“The Upshaws”).

“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” is executive produced by Dave Filoni (“Ahsoka,” “The Mandalorian”), Athena Portillo (“Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “Star Wars Rebels”), Brad Rau (“Star Wars Rebels,” “Star Wars Resistance”), Jennifer Corbett (“Star Wars Resistance,” “NCIS”) and Carrie Beck (“Ahsoka,” “The Mandalorian”), with Josh Rimes (“Star Wars Resistance,” “Star Wars: Visions”) as co-executive producer and Alex Spotswood (“Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “Star Wars Rebels”) as senior producer. Rau is also serving as supervising director with Corbett as head writer.

“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” debuts with the first three episodes on Wednesday, February 21, exclusively on Disney+.

When is Star Wars: The Bad Batch coming back for its third and final season?

Season 3 Episode Schedule:

2/21:  Episode 301 “Confined,” Episode 302 “Paths Unknown,” Episode 303 “Shadows of Tantiss” (debut)
2/28:  Episode 304 “A Different Approach”
3/6:    Episode 305 “The Return”
3/13:  Episode 306 “Infiltration” & Episode 307 “Extraction”
3/20:  Episode 308 “Bad Territory”
3/27:  Episode 309 “The Harbinger”
4/3:    Episode 310 “Identity Crisis” & Episode 311 “Point of No Return”
4/10:  Episode 312 “Juggernaut”
4/17:  Episode 313 “Into the Breach”
4/24:  Episode 314 “Flash Strike”
5/1:    Episode 315 “The Cavalry Has Arrived” (finale)

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away …

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Doctor Who fans can continue to build their own home archive on Blu-ray with a seven-disc box set of the 15th Season from 1977, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. Containing six classic stories, this limited-edition set is packed with hours of new and exclusive material.

These stories feature Louise Jameson as the Doctor’s warrior companion Leela and the introduction of trusty robot dog K-9, building to an epic showdown on the Time Lords’ home planet Gallifrey with the Doctor pitted against his old adversaries the Sontarans.

All episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources – these classic adventures have never looked or sounded so good on home media.

The Collection: Season 15 Blu-ray box set also includes extensive Special Features including:

• UPDATED SPECIAL EFFECTS
  Exclusive to Blu-ray, on HORROR OF FANG ROCK.
• BEHIND THE SOFA
  New episodes with Louise Jameson (Leela), Colin Baker (The Doctor), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric), Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Betsan Roberts (wife of director Pennant Roberts) and comedian and presenter Toby Hadoke.
• BLU-RAY TRAILER
  A brand-new scripted trailer to announce the Season 15 Boxset of Doctor Who.
• DARKNESS AND LIGHT
  A look at the life and career of producer Graham Williams.
• IN CONVERSATION
  Interviewer Matthew Sweet chats to Louise Jameson.
• INSIDE THE LIGHTHOUSE
  Making Horror Of Fang Rock.
• TOM TALKS
  Tom Baker muses on life, the universe and everything.
• AUDIO COMMENTARIES
  Exclusive new Audio Commentaries from Tom Baker.
• 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX
  On Horror Of Fang Rock.
• RARE CONVENTION FOOTAGE
• TOM BAKER BLACKPOOL EXHIBITION LINKS
• RARE ARCHIVE TREATS
• HD PHOTO GALLERIES
• INFO TEXT
• PDF ARCHIVE
• Plus lots more!

This seven-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD including Documentaries, Updated Special Effects, Featurettes, Audio Commentaries and more.

A specially shot announcement trailer has debuted on the Doctor Who YouTube channel, written by series contributor Pete McTighe (KERBLAM! and PRAXEUS) and featuring Louise Jameson’s return as Leela, last seen staying behind on Gallifrey after the events of THE INVASION OF TIME.

Doctor Who – The Collection: Season 15 includes the following stories from 1977-78:

• HORROR OF FANG ROCK
• THE INVISIBLE ENEMY
• IMAGE OF THE FENDAHL
• THE SUN MAKERS
• UNDERWORLD
• THE INVASION OF TIME

Pre-order Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 15 now on Amazon, HMV, Zavvi and Rarewaves in the UK.

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The Mandalorian and Grogu are embarking on a new adventure — to movie theaters.

Directed by Jon Favreau, and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, The Mandalorian & Grogu will go into production in 2024.

“I have loved telling stories set in the rich world that George Lucas created,” said Favreau. “The prospect of bringing the Mandalorian and his apprentice Grogu to the big screen is extremely exciting.”

“Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni have ushered into Star Wars two new and beloved characters, and this new story is a perfect fit for the big screen,” added Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.

The Mandalorian & Grogu will lead Lucasfilm’s ongoing feature-development slate, including films helmed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, James Mangold, and Dave Filoni, who is also currently developing Ahsoka Season 2, among those in the works.

Lucasfilm on Wednesday teased “The story continues” for the Ahsoka live-action series, with a sketch from Filoni depicting the Jedi Ahsoka Tano and her apprentice Sabine Wren on the same gargantuan Mortis god statue that the first season finale revealed on the extra-galactic planet Peridea — upon which perched the Dark Jedi Lord Baylan Skoll, played by the now-sadly deceased actor Ray Stevenson.

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If you’re still looking for the perfect desk calendar to see you through the year 2024, try this: a printable dodecahedron papercraft calendar (a couple, actually) that’s the same shape as the 12-sided dice (also known as 1d12s) often found at the table during Dungeons & Dragons sessions.

The finished product, offered as a free download, can be printed on cardstock.

However you choose to celebrate the New Year, know this: Nerdvana thanks you for reading, sharing and supporting our content!

Note: This post is an update of a similar entry from years past. The link to the printable papercraft calendar has been updated.

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