Star Wars, Geek Culture, and Power Converters
It’s a very Star Wars week as Rebel Heist #2 by Matt Kindt and Marco Castiello is released in comic store everywhere today. How does this second issue stand up against the first?
While Han Solo has managed to land himself in prison, Princess Leia is halfway across the galaxy. And oh boy is she handling her mission much more competently and professionally than he was. That doesn’t mean it won’t be tough to get the Alliance’s agent off of Feddasyr.
It’s another crazy day in the life of Ania Solo as Legacy #15 by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman hits comic store shelves today. Will Ania survive the glass rain and the most inhospitable planet this side of Mustafar? Will Ramid’s sacrifice be in vain? Will something about this quest to track down the Sith ever go right? (Okay, so maybe only some of these questions will get answered in Issue #15.)
Stuck out in the middle of a glass rainstorm, things continue to look bleak for Ania Solo even though her friends have finally tracked her down. Thankfully, none of them are about to let this strange bounty hunter take their friend without a fight. But how do you stop a bounty hunter with a light whip who seems hell bent on finding and capturing Ania Solo?
All good things must come to an end and thus so does The Star Wars this week. Issue #8 hits comic store shelves today as J.W. Rinzler and Mike Mayhew bring this excellent alternative universe to its close.
It’s a race against the Empire as Annikin Starkiller infiltrates the Space Fortress to rescue Queen Leia. Meanwhile, General Luke Skywalker is leading an army of newly trained wookiees in an aerial starfighter against the deadly battle-station. Annikin, never one for stealth, has already been spotted by Darth Vader and Prince Valorum who are more than happy to deal with the Jedi…
The Star Wars powers that be certainly aren’t letting us want for news lately. Star Wars.com has just given us our first piece of confirmed information about one of the standalone films.
From the Official Site:
In addition to the episodes of a new Star Wars trilogy, Lucasfilm and Disney have begun development on multiple stand-alone movies that will offer new stories beyond the core Saga. Gareth Edwards will direct the first stand-alone film, with a screenplay by Gary Whitta. The film is due out December 16, 2016.
Edwards is known for directing the recently released Godzilla while Whitta’s writing credits include The Book of Eli and Telltale Games’ adaptation of The Walking Dead.
No word yet on what the film will be about but release date is December 16, 2016.
First off, it’s official: Episode VII is filming in Abu Dabi. See for yourself in the video above. Second, you can win a chance to appear in Episode VII by supporting UNICEF through the new Force for Change program.
Star Wars: Force for Change is a brand new charitable initiative from Disney and Lucasfilm in collaboration with Bad Robot dedicated to finding creative solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems. The first Star Wars: Force for Change campaign will raise funds and awareness for UNICEF’s Innovation Labs and its innovative projects benefiting children in need.
For your chance to appear in Episode VII and visit the London studios, click the link above and enter the contest.
This comic is special, folks. It has the distinction of being the first comic or book published to officially be a part of the new canon. Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir with a script by Jeremy Barlow and pencils by Juan Frigeri takes one of the unused story ideas from The Clone Wars’ unfinished Sixth Season and brings it to life on paper but does it work? Read on to find out!
Darth Maul’s plans to conqueror the galaxy were halted when his former master decides to chop them right in half before he could get very far with his Mandalorian and Underworld army. Held captive in a secret prison, Maul’s efforts seem to have found their end. Sidious’s plotting, on the other hand, is just beginning. He believes that Mother Talzin survived the invasion of Dathomir and he’s willing use Maul as bait to lure the Nightsister back out.
Note: This nifty little DIY project comes to us courtesy of our friend Nut.
This is a little project that originated with one too many trips to Disney with Nanci, who likes wearing her R2-D2 Mouse Ears and eat cannibalistically out of an R2-D2 popcorn bucket. After a couple evening trips to the park, the question arises: “Wouldn’t it be cool if it had lights and made noise?”
Well of course it would! But Disney hasn’t taken us up on our suggestion (yet), so here’s how to make your own.
Frank Rich sent us this video of the Awesome Con panel featuring Timothy Zahn, John Morton, the Blue Milk Special team, and our own Bria. Enjoy!
How about an actual bit of news for your Friday afternoon? Rebels producer Simon Kinberg sat down with Collider today to talk about the new show. One of the first questions posed was whether or not Rebels would have the traditional 13-episode introductory run or something more.
KINBERG: It’s 16 episodes. And so I wrote the season finale. And then as the executive producer, I will read all the scripts. I will sometimes run a pen through them and rewrite stuff in the scripts that lots of other really talented writers have worked on. I will watch cuts of the show, I will give notes on whatever I think about performance or score or animation, but they have such an amazing team of people, many of whom are Clone Wars alums like Dave Filoni, who’s as much of a creative voice on the show as anybody. So they put a great team together. They really know what they’re doing. And I will come in, and look at stuff, and give input, and occasionally write episodes. So the first season I’m responsible for writing three episodes—the first two and the last one.
Additionally, Rebels will be featuring characters from the original films. Which ones? Well, apparently Lando is one of them. So, who’s getting excited?
Good news! Ashley Eckstein and Her Universe are coming back to Star Wars Weekends. Even better news! She’s bringing a boatload of new products with her!
Among the products are the Han Solo dress you see on the right, new skirts, tops, and an all new line of Artoo-themed jewelry that you can see at the link and video above.
