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Before The Empire Struck Back: Tie-Ins & The Making Of Star Wars
Over in California, Ned Raggett is still as interested in Star Wars as he was forty years back. But forty years back meant grappling with the fact that cooking shows for Wookies and brutal lightsaber attacks on young princesses coexisted fully. Here is his exploration into the original Star Wars expanded universe
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The Story Of Akim & Teddy Vann’s ‘Santa Claus Is A Black Man’
Forty years since the release of Akim & the Teddy Vann Production Company's 'Santa Claus Is A Black Man', Marc Burrows speaks to Akim about her father's work to empower and provide positive imagery for young black people in the US
