There’s…Yeah. There’s a lot to chew on in this trailer.
A Unapologetic Love Letter To The Young Jedi Knights Books
Sometimes, there are books that you classify as a guilty pleasure and sometimes there are books that you find yourself apologizing for every time you say that you enjoy them. In the past, the Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights books have fallen into this category for me. For those unaware: it’s a series of 14 young adult books by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta that focus on the Solo twins and their friends Tenel Ka and Lowbacca during their first few years at the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4.
From here on out, there won’t be any more apologies for liking these books. Despite clearly being written for the younger crowd, they are entertaining reads with fun plot lines and great characters. Most importantly though, they are some of the best gateways for younger fans to ease into the Expanded Universe and discover a whole new galaxy. And years later? they still have plenty of fans who look back fondly at the books. Let’s take a look at some of the reasons why they’re still some of the well-creased and beloved novels on some people’s shelves.
Women of Odd Enthusiasms #2: We <3 Harry Potter
This month’s episode is just in time for Halloween. The air is getting crisp, the wind is raking through the leaves, and there’s pumpkin spice in everything. That can mean only one thing—it’s time to bring the Harry Potter love. Join Bria and Emily as they work through some thought-provoking questions regarding the magical world—from everything regarding Snape’s character to what house Batman would be sorted into. Also hear our thoughts on new TV series Sleepy Hollow and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.
Our monthly book recommendations can be found at Amazon.com.
Emily: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Bria: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
You can contact Bria on Twitter @chaosbria, and Emily @carrkicksdoor. Women of Odd Enthusiasms is part of the Tosche Station Radio Network and affiliated with Tosche-Station.net and a part of Majestic Giraffe Productions. If you like what you hear, please leave a review on the iTunes Music Store. We can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.
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Review: Star Wars: Legacy #8
Star Wars: Legacy is back again this month as issue #8 by Corinna Beckho and Gabriel Hardman hits stores today. We’d consider attaching the label of ‘trouble magnet’ to Ania Solo from here on out but honestly, now she’s just diving head first into it.
This review contains mild spoilers for the issue.
Tosche Station Radio #72: Rebel Rebel
On this episode of Tosche Station Radio, the hosts are joined by Aaron Goins to talk New York Comic Con and Rebels!
Kicking off the show, Nanci highlights what’s New on the Blog. Nanci called for practicality in Star Wars fashion, a rant sparked by, as ever, Mara Jade’s catsuit. Bria reviewed Ewoks: Shadows of Endor. Shane wrote about the League of Legends championship and why you should care.
In Fixer’s Flash, Nanci’s been busy reading Razor’s Edge. She also wrote a short story and sold another. Both the hosts took the weekend to watch Space Camp. Brian got a shiny new Chromecast he’s spent entirely too much time playing with.
Deak’s Dirt starts with Dave Filoni tweeting that The Clone Wars bonus content is finished and targeted for an early 2014 release. Speaking The Clone Wars, Season 5 was released this week, as well as the complete series box set. A Rebels “teaser” trailer hit the internet and got fandom buzzing. In literature news, Janine Spendlove’s War of the Seasons kickstarter is now live, so go support a great YA fantasy trilogy.
The big news is the Rebels information out of NYCC, which is Camie’s Concerns for the week! Aaron Goins of the Star Wars Bookworms podcast joins the hosts to recap New York Comic Con and the big Rebels panel. What does the new animated series have in store for fans?
Wrapping up the show, the hosts plug the latest episode of our sister podcast, Wrong Opinions About Movies. This week, they reviewed Captain Philips and Rush.
Tosche Station Radio is the official podcast of Tosche-Station.net and a part of Majestic Giraffe Productions. If you like what you hear, please leave a review on the iTunes Music Store. We can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.
Nanci and Brian are the co-founders and writers of Tosche-Station.net. You can find Nanci on Twitter with the handle @Nancipants and you can find Brian with @LaneWinree.
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Star Wars release windows through Episode VII
Jedi News UK has gotten a hold of a release brochure from the European Brand Licensing Show that appears to detail what Lucasfilm has planned through the 2015 release of Episode VII. Take a look for yourself:
Okay, so what can we take away from this? First and foremost, if nothing on this sheet changes, Episode VII will indeed be hitting theaters in spring/summer 2015, and NOT winter 2015 as many people have suggested would be the case because of the Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Another thing of note is the Darth Vader themed TV specials. What is this? No clue, but color me intrigued.
Finally, there’s the Digital Library Launch slated for autumn/winter 2014. Initially I thought this had something to do with the Expanded Universe, but Dunc suggested something that makes a lot more sense.
@avgoins The movies/cartoons are the only thing significant enough for a mention in that context.
— Dunc (@clubjade) October 18, 2013
Digital distribution of Star Wars film and television assets? Now this I could REALLY get behind. I’ve got everything on a physical medium, but I would kill to get things like the films in a digital format. Digital distribution for Star Wars makes all the sense in the universe, especially in this day and age where so much is consumed through outlets like Netflix. I love my Blu Ray discs, but there’s no denying that being able to stream Star Wars via an Internet source of some sort is far more convenient.
Obviously, there’s a lot of speculation about what these items actually are, so don’t take any of what I’ve written as confirmation or truth. Stay tuned, because the next year and change looks to be a very exciting one for Star Wars fans.
Jaegers In Star Wars
We’re a sucker around here for not only a good crossover but also for Pacific Rim. With the awesome kaiju versus jaeger film out this week on DVD, it seemed like a good idea to ask those of you on Twitter just who you all thought would be drift compatible if there were jaegers in the galaxy far far away. (Before anyone asks, my contribution was a joke.)
And because some of you had locked Twitters… a few last entries via copy and pasted:
@[locked user 1] Ultra Thunder Music Cloud. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figrin_D’an_and_the_Modal_Nodes …@[locked user 2] idk but the wraiths definitely have like five and are always altering the way they work and pissing everyone off
“YOU CAN’T HAVE A FIVE PILOT JAEGER GOD DAMMIT TAINER.”
but kell and shalla would probably have one and they’d want to call it Facepunch Bam but command probably wouldn’t go for it so
it’d be like Restless Rager or something everyone could agree sounded violent but also someone dignified (which is no fun).
Have some of your own thoughts about what Star Wars characters duos (or trios!) would make a good Jaeger pilot team? Let us know in the comments!
A Cry for Practicality in Star Wars Fashion
It’s no secret that we at Tosche Station dislike Mara Jade’s catsuit. The reasons are many: it’s a symbol of sexism and objectification of female characters; it’s not what she’s described as wearing in the Thrawn Trilogy; we hate seeing her in the same outfit all the damn time. My dislike–even hatred–of the catsuit comes down to one simple matter.
It’s not practical.
Remaining Clone Wars content targeted for early 2014
According to former Clone Wars showrunner Dave Filoni, Lucasfilm is targeting early 2014 for the release of the show’s remaining bonus content.
Star Wars fans – I have some exciting news! We have wrapped production on all of the remaining Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes, and while that might be sad news in one way, it’s good news in another. It means you will finally get to see them. When, exactly, is a detail I cannot yet share. I can confirm that in early 2014 you will be watching the final episodes of The Clone Wars, including one of Master Yoda’s most challenging missions. So, get ready. We’ve got Clone Wars and Rebels coming at you in 2014. Animated Star Wars is alive and well. Trust in the Force my friends.
– Dave
Still no word on exactly how this content will be released (As Club Jade reminds us, Pablo Hidalgo said Lucasfilm was looking at “out-of-the-box” ideas for distribution at D23), but at least there’s a window to look forward to. The content will get out there, it’ll just take a little bit more patience.
Star Wars: Rebels Weekend Roundup
New York Comic Con was this weekend and among the events was the first Star Wars: Rebels press panel of sorts. While we don’t have a release date or any animation from the show yet, new information and artwork was revealed. Most importantly, we learned that Rebels is set to take place fourteen years after Revenge of the Sith and not the eight years that was originally rumored.
Dave Filoni also checked in with a video and made it clear that a large number of The Clone Wars creative crew will be returning for Rebels.
He also introduced the series’ new villain tasked to hunt down the pockets of Jedi that survived Order 66, the Inquisitor.
There was also a look at some concept artwork, such as this great look at the interior of a TIE Fighter.
How do you get into a TIE Fighter? Hatch will be on top! #StarWars #StarWarsRebels #NYCC pic.twitter.com/vG1hd7Oyvf
— Bonnie Burton (@bonniegrrl) October 12, 2013
One sight you may want to keep an eye on moving forward is SienarFleetSystems.com. That certainly is some pretty propaganda material.
Fore more details and artwork, be sure to head over to Club Jade to check out Dunc’s Storify compiling tweets from the event.