UNICEF and Star Wars: Force For Change have teamed up to do good in the world. Today they launched the Green Kid Power Band, available at Target, which is will help kids unlock food packets and save lives. Using the band, kids go on “missions” to learn about new cultures and earn points. These points unlock funding and UNICEF delivers...
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On this week’s Legion of Leia Podcast episode 40, my co-hosts Anastasia Washington, Sabina Ibarra and I welcome Heather Nuhfer, author of the first book out of Her Universe Press, Weirdest (which you can read as an e-book or pre-order on Amazon by clicking on the link here). We covered the ebook release here on Legion of Leia, and we just...
If your geek swag game is not on point, Ashley Eckstein and HerUniverse have you covered with Star Wars goodies galore. With an order of $25 or more, you get a free Star Wars Day patch. Goodbye all my monies and curse that online shopping addiction o’ mine. Celebrate #StarWars on #RevengeOfThe5th w/ NEW products, special SALE & ...
Friend of the Legion, voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels and founder of Her Universe, Ashley Eckstein recently expanded her company to begin Her Universe Press! According to the site, “We began this imprint to provide an opportunity for new and aspiring female writers to have their voices heard and to...
Calling all designers! Ashley Eckstein and our friends over at Her Universe are looking for your best work! If you’re in Los Angeles, you can come to the open call on April 23 at 1pm at the Hot Topic at Hollywood and Highland (see below for details) and submit your designs for a chance to be in the Her Universe fashion show at San Diego...
Ashley Eckstein is a woman with a lot of name recognition in geek circles already. The founder of the Her Universe clothing company, which caters specifically to geek girls and women, Eckstein now has a new project underway, perhaps even more ambitious: Her Universe Press. This up-and-coming publishing house, set to debut its first book in May...
Let’s talk about that Star Wars: Rebels finale. Are you feeling unresolved? Cause we sure are too, even after attending a Q&A at Walt Disney Studios with Dave Filoni, Simon Kinberg, Ashley Eckstein and Taylor Gray. They talked the highlights of the episode and especially that final battle between Ahsoka and Darth Vader which was...
Friend of the Legion, voice of Ashoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, Ashley Eckstein is voicing the character Yaeko in the English-language version of Studio Ghibli‘s 1991 film Only Yesterday. To celebrate, her company Her Universe, which supplies geek clothing for women and girls is once again teaming up...
So, this is interesting. Only Yesterday (Omohide Poro Poro) was released back in 1991 but this will be its first theatrical release stateside, courtesy GKIDS. My first instinct is to say it’s not my favorite of the Ghibli films–I tend to prefer more visible classics like Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away and Kiki’s...
Holy adorable! We here at Legion of Leia love Ashley Eckstein’s Her Universe! So we couldn’t be more excited about this new line that Her Universe has created with Hot Topic! Her Universe and Hot Topic announced their new Star Wars Holiday Fashion Collection today! And it’s amazing! So cute and fun. The collection features dresses, sweaters...