What happens when a popular toy line starts to wane? In this episode we are joined by two collectors with a keen interest in the unique ways vintage figures were packaged for the clearance aisles. Gary Smith (almost certainly owner of the best Palitoy Star Wars collection in the world) joins Jez to discuss his collection of miscards and how these were 'intentional mistakes' to get rid of old stock. And Thorsten Greth pops in to discuss German Power of the Force three-packs and the recent addition of an amazing wild find to his collection.

Jez also takes a closer look at one of the forums that really helped to build the community prior to the Facebook takeover. Will other social platforms ultimately spell the end of the line for Star Wars Forum UK? We don’t think so.

In other news, Dan is on hand to highlight key lots from some recent big hitting auctions, the team go over the Vintage Figure of the Year poll, and Craig reports on his special access visit to UK Graders and his experience filming with the Leicester Vintage & Old Toyshop Toys crew.

With less than a week to go on their Kickstarter campaign, former toy designer Bob Brechin and art director Brian Hickey join Dan, Craig and Pete to discuss 'My Palitoy Life'.

Stuart, Craig, Jez and Pete return from the shenanigans of this years Star Wars Celebration in London and relive some of their stand out moments.

From Craig's double panel presentation on Sunday to the Craft Beer show event he was truly a busy boy.  Whilst Jez, with his alter ego 'The Running Stormtrooper', tells the tale of his Celebration running 100km whilst raising money for two children's charities, and what a tale, exceeding fundraising expectations and ending his Celebration in a way he never would have dreamt of, this tale alone is worth listening in for.

The team also discuss swag, panels, cosplay, guests, evening entertainment, marriage proposals and everything in-between as they revisit this years Celebration!

Enjoy the show!

Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 is upon us, and the team at Generation Skywalker are getting very excited.

So excited in fact that they've done a guide to things they wouldn't want to miss, from panels and art to evening entertainment and running in a booth, we've got it covered here.

Listen in, enjoy the show, and we'll see you in London in just a few days.

FREAK OUUUUTTTTT!!!!!

Few movie villains have appeared in as many classic scenes as Darth Vader, but which of his countless moments across the films, TV shows, comics and novels do the Generation Skywalker team consider to be his best?

Join Stu, Craig, Dan and Pete as they debate their picks here or (if you can do without hearing what happened to the Imperial nurse who fell in love with the Dark Lord) head straight to the video on YouTube or TikTok to watch our final Top 10. 

Generation Skywalker brings you a fun and uplifting roundtable.

With #Cantina2 on the horizon as the must-attend event at this year's Star Wars Celebration, Stuart and Jez sit down with Martin Keeler, film director/producer/writer Jed Shepherd and Mark Hamilton from rock band Ash to talk about the event that the three of them are putting together.

We look at the success of the first Cantina in 2016 and some of what to expect this time around, but this roundtable is much more than that, with tales from Mark of playing the wrap party of Episode 1 and a wonderful collecting tale of contacting Toymaster shops and clearing up left over stock. Jed pitches a Star Wars TV show, discusses 'Slashed' and tells us all about Chris Martin's curd joke. There's just so much on here to enjoy, from Martin's Zuveum to the mystery Porg at #Cantina1.

Get your tickets for #Cantina2, this is an event not to be missed.

(Released as part of Star Wars Podcast Day 2023 #StarWarsPodcastDay2023 #SWPD2023)

As well as a full review of collecting in 2022 and a look forward into 2023, this packed episode of Those Old Fossils has three exclusives:

The first being a brilliant real-time talk through the fascinating Toltoys auction which took place in New Zealand, thanks to David Phillips. Then we have Peter interviewing Chuck Lang regarding the imminent Morphy auction and finally we give one more exclusive which is so hot we won't even write it here!

The perfect vintage collecting episode to listen to before the Morphy auction, on your way to Echo Live or simply because you need that vintage collecting fix in your life, with the entire Generation Skywalker crew.

The 100th edition of Generation Skywalker and do we have an absolute epic show to bring you.

Leaning on our slogan, 'All eras. All passions. All Star Wars', Generation Skywalker has reached out to the furthest corners of the galaxy to bring you 100 stories from 100 Star Wars fans, from all areas of Star Wars. Cosplayers to toy collectors. Authors to childhood memories. Every tale has its own charm and needs to be heard, and we're delighted to be able to give these stories that platform.

It's our longest show to date, and can't imagine that changing in the foreseeable future. Dip in and out, or listen in one sitting, however you consume we're sure you'll agree that this one will warm the cockles.

Many thanks to all of the following for participating in this show;

4th_Moon_Toys * Jamie Acott * Immy Allinson * Jez Allinson * Jules Allinson * Paula Allinson * Mark Andrews * Robin Arnold * Will Arnold * Jon Aves * Mark Baker * Ollie Ball * Criz Bee * Becca Benjamin * Karl Bentley * Blue Harvest Toys * Robin Bocra * Bob Brechin * Brandon - Beeline Creative * David Brott * Daniel Burgess * James Burns * Jules Burt * Scott Cato * Steve Clark * Michael Cooper * Jared Cope * Darth Elvis * David DeMarchis * Carl Dennis * Josie Eclipse * Dean Edwards * Dallas Ewen * Stephane Faucourt * Corey Galal * Lee Gray * Lee Gregory * Molly Hale * Harrison * Jordan Harvey * Michael Havens * Darren Hayman * Kirsty Hillyer * Travis Hoffman * Mark Howard * Caesar V Jacquez * Paul James * Nayrand Kavura * Martin Keeler * Shawn Kemple * Steven King * Alistair Kirkland * Stefan Kluth * Satine Kryze * Jason Langendorfer * Christopher James Leddy * Peter Lee * Gus Lopez * Chris Malbon * Chris Mann * Jonathan McElwain * John Jackson Miller * Mark Mulcaster * Mark Newbold * Ed Newbon * Allan Norris * Kimberley Owen * Michael Peter * Alan Quigley * David Quinn * Daz Quinn * John Paul Ragusa * David Reader * Zia Rezvi * Ron Salvatore * Matthew Schoenfelder * Nick Shear * Amy Sjoberg * Colin Simpson * Claire Skinner * Hetty Skinner * Stuart Skinner * Toby Skinner * Jason Smith * Craig Spivey * Ted Spivey * Mark Spriggs * Star Wars Sessions * James Steven * Jake Stevens * Aldona Talarczyk * Milan Tanaskovic * Drew Tegg * David Thomas * Rob Thomas * Rob Thompson * Geoff Tilley * Julian Tittershill * Lee Towersey * David Tree * Ian Trussler * Tim Veekhoven * Lee Ward

And Thank You to our listeners and viewers who continue to watch, listen and support.

We truly appreciate it.

Enjoy the show.

The new year is upon us, but first it’s time to put 2022 to bed with a look back at the best and worst of the key Star Wars toylines from the last 12 months.

Join Stu, Dan, Jez, Craig and new boy, Pete, as they run down their hits and misses from The Vintage Collection, Black Series, Hot Toys and Lego and discuss where they’re at in their own modern collecting journeys.

For Stu, it's been a busy year picking up bargains and being unable to resist the lure of new Hot Toy releases – Dan’s new Vader focus has informed his modern collecting, though he proves there’s plenty of room for new characters alongside his growing collection of OT sixth scale – Jez remains on the look-out for new TVC carded figures to add to his 'one of every’ logo run – Craig is still convinced there’s some solid logic to his ad-hoc modern purchases – and we get to delve into Pete’s love of Lego and The Vintage Collection as the boys start their campaign to get him to buy his first Hot Toy.

With so much new Star Wars output to look forward to in 2023, the team also offer up their hopes for the latest line-up of TV shows, fan events, books and collectible releases. Regardless of passions, tastes and opinion – we are all in for a busy Star Wars year.