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Del Rey announced on their Star Wars Books Facebook page today that the release dates for the next two adult-targeted Star Wars Expanded Universe novels, Kevin Hearn’s Heir to the Jedi and Paul S. Kemp’s Lords of the Sith, have been pushed back, though, happily, not by much. Heir to the Jedi will now be released on March 3 while Lords of the Sith will be coming out on April 28. You can read their announcement here.
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Time for another Tarkin excerpt, though this time in a different format. The official Star Wars blog has posted a preview from the audio version of James Luceno’s upcoming novel, read by Euan Morton. Listen to it here and check out Bria’s of the book here.
Tarkin will be released in hardback, ebook, and audiobook formats on November 4.
It’s that time of the week again and Del Rey has posted another mini-excerpt from the upcoming novel Tarkin on their Star Wars Books Facebook page. You can find the excerpt here and you can check out Bria’s review of the book here.
Tarkin by James Luceno will be available in hardback and ebook formats on November 4.
No Star Wars fan films are closer to my heart than Pink Five, a fan film project following the adventures of Stacy, a less than attentive X-Wing pilot, as she navigates her way through the events of the original trilogy. So when I recently managed to obtain a copy of the Kickstarter DVD of the complete Pink Five saga, I did what any typical person would do in such a situation: liveblog it on Twitter.
The results are what follows.
Please note that I have previously seen all of Pink Five except for the very last installment, Return of Pink Five, Volume III.
And be warned: here be spoilers.
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Welcome back for another installment of the Thrawn Trilogy retrospective! We ended last time with our heroes escaping the Noghri and Leia being sent back to Bimmisaari. In this episode the Imperials launch another attack, and Luke visits Dagobah. Let’s get on with the show, shall we?
The Imperial assault on Bpfassh
First I would like to lodge a formal complain to Timothy Zahn for using another crazy planet that starts with a B. This time it’s Bpfassh. I know I’m to mess up this spelling, so I apologize in advance. The Imperials are launching a three-pronged attack and using C’baoth to coordinate the attacks. Pellaeon realizes it’s not only a test of C’baoth’s battle meditation, but also his ability to take orders. While watching the battle, he reluctantly admits how effective C’baoth is. He doesn’t want to think that the Emperor was controlling the Battle of Endor, but now he’s not so sure.
The Star Wars universe turns to view the galaxy from the other side with its second book in the new canon. Veteran writer James Luceno makes his return to the galaxy and his debut in the new canon with Star Wars: Tarkin due out on November 4th. Set five years after Revenge of the Sith, Moff Wilhuff Tarkin finds himself stationed on the remote planet overseeing the construction of what all of us know will become the fearsome Death Star. The story, of course, leaves the fledgling battle station behind as the Emperor first summons and then sends both Tarkin and Darth Vader to Murkhana to investigate Separatist communications technology.
Without a doubt, Luceno is the master of weaving together all the pieces into one cohesive tale that makes sense of things you didn’t even realize you wanted clarity for. The time period between the trilogies has been deemed the Dark Times and rightly so as there have been relatively few stories placed in those years. Unlike Darth Plagueis, Tarkin doesn’t cover years and years of the protagonist’s life; instead covering perhaps a week supplemented with looks back into Tarkin’s formative years and moves seamlessly between the past and the present.
Yesterday Del Rey posted another Tarkin mini-excerpt to their Star Wars Books Facebook page. Check it out here.
And also according to the Star Wars Books Facebook page, Star Wars Insider issue 153 comes out on October 22 and will contain another excerpt from the novel. Read more about that here.
Tarkin, by James Luceno, will be released in hardback and ebook formats on November 4.
A rather amusing video of Warwick Davis, the actor who portrayed the Ewok Wicket W. Warrick, announcing that he will be in Episode VII has been posted on the official site.
If you caught the latest episode of Star Wars Rebels, “Droids in Distress,” then you know already about the pretty awesome cameo in the last few seconds. Spoilers under the cut:
Star Wars Rebels began airing in its usual time slot last night at 9pm on Disney XD with its very first regular sized episode: Droids in Distress. How does the next episode hold up after such a fantastic pilot? Read on for a spoiler filled review and find out!
The Ghost is running low on funds so they agree to take a job that involves intercepting a shipment of highly dangerous weapons to the Empire. The job seems simple enough until Zeb discovers what the weapons are… and two familiar droids wander into the path of the Ghost’s crew.