“I am with the Resistance.” – Finn. And Kaz Xiono, probably. And an anonymous NYT op-ed writer who probably definitely isn’t Mike Pence. But, back to Star Wars.
That’s right, younglings, we have even more Star Wars Resistance news this (these two) week(s)! First and foremost, Entertainment Weekly gave us our closest look yet at Team Fireball, the ragtag band of pilots who will be gracing our screens next month, including some words from creator and executive producer Dave Filoni and our first introduction to the cast members behind our new heroes.
On top of that, StarWars.com showed us the newest poster and tagline for the animated series, and confirmed that it would debut at 10pm ET/PT on Sunday, 10/7, while executive producer/supervising director Justin Ridge confirmed that, in-universe, the show takes place about six months before The Force Awakens (leaving me wondering whether the show will extend past The Last Jedi in season two…).
But amazingly, it’s not all about Resistance this week! In addition to the release of the Solo novelization, we also got some news on exciting new upcoming books: while we already knew about Pablo Hidalgo’s upcoming look at the Scum and Villainy of the galaxy, the official site gave us a closer look at what to expect. But that’s not all – we also learned about two new books, in Dan Wallace’s Smuggler’s Guide, an in-universe manual of sorts for aspiring scoundrels in the spirit of Rebel Files and The Jedi Code, as well as an upcoming book from Brian Kesinger titled Star Wars Droid Tales: C-3PO Does Not Like Sand! While details are sparse on the latter, we can only assume that Threepio’s dislike of desert climes is a bit of programming left over from his famously ammophobic Maker.
Oh, and there was a bit of movie news this week, I guess, if that’s what you’re into. Two cast members for Episode IX revealed themselves on their Twitter accounts this week, with former hobbit Dominic Monaghan and JJ Abrams-favorite Greg Grunberg journeying to the galaxy far, far away, the latter reprising his role as Temmin ‘Snap’ Wexley from The Force Awakens. Finally, in news that is sure to be taken very well by white male Star Wars fans whose opinions should be taken super seriously so they don’t throw adult tantrums, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (the Oscars people) announced that Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy will be the first woman to receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, presented to “creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.” So, does that mean the Academy isn’t one of the backers of the Last Jedi remake?
That’s all for this week! Be good to each other, always stay off Twitter, and may the Force be with you.
