Forum member MrPL attended this week's Licensing Show in New York City and previewed the upcoming Episode III packaging, confirming Swami's last reading about the volcanic theme. Read on for the full scoop!

...and it's hot. LAVA hot.

A stylized illustration of Vader's helmet graces the upper right of the branding, and he looks pissed. If it's possible for him to make that mask frown, he's doing it.

The background is black with a golden Star Wars logo adorning the upper left. But the coolest - or should I say hottest - part of the new packaging is what's at the bottom of the trade dress; lava, lots and lots of spraying molten lava. It even illuminates Vader's helmet from below.

This is just the opposite of the Clone Wars packaging and should be an appropriate follow up to the OTC look. And given the composition of certain elements, it'll make a great bookend to the modern toy line.

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