New Star Wars Video Game At E3

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Lucasfilm announced today that a new video game franchise tied into the Star Wars IP would be unveiled at this year’s Electronics Entertainment Expo, one of the nation’s largest video game conventions. The debut trailer will appear on May 31st on the Spike network’s Gametarilers TV with a gameplay premiere taking place on June 4.

What could the game be?  Game Informer thinks it could be related to the recent “Star Wars 1313” trademark, which would suggest perhaps a Boba Fett game. I’m secretly wishing for an all new line of space combat simulators, but I’m not holding my breath.

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International Space Station Catches A Dragon By The Tail

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And we’ve got a little bit of space history made today.

The Dragon Module, a crew and cargo capsule designed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX program, has just docked with the International Space Station. This is the first docking the multinational station and a private space vehicle, marking a huge step forward for low-Earth orbit space travel.

Star Wars Turns 35

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Happy Real Star Wars Day!

Thirty-five years ago today, Star Wars: A New Hope hit theaters and gave birth to the wonderful and occasionally nutty fandom that we all love so dearly. As you can expect, the entirety of the Internet is getting in on the action and celebrating both the 35th anniversary of A New Hope and the 29th anniversary of Return of the Jedi. To keep tabs on what’s going on around the web, keep your eyes on this Club Jade post.

Robot Chicken’s Seth Green and Matthew Senreich Confirmed for Celebration VI

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A little more CVI related news today. The creative forces behind Robot Chicken are heading to Celebration VI. Could they be bringing news of their secret Star Wars project?

The twisted masterminds behind Robot Chicken — Seth Green and Matthew Senreich — will be attending Star Wars Celebration VI this August 23-26, 2012, in Orlando, Florida as special guests. Star Wars fans from the very beginning, Seth and Matt have been honored guests of past Celebrations since their hilarious Robot Chicken show moved beyond just the occasionalStar Wars sketch to full-fledged specials showcasing the hilarious side of a galaxy far, far away. Three Robot Chicken: Star Wars specials later, they’re still mining the saga for comedy gold, including working as consultants for the team developing a new animated Star Warsseries at Lucasfilm Animation.

For more, head to the official site.

Some Of The Best Voice Actors In the Business Perform ‘Star Wars’ Radio Play

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Tom Taylor just made my month with this tweet.

So what do you get when you take Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, Tara Strong, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Kevin Conroy, Jess Harnell and then give them a Star Wars script? The most incredible thing ever. Introducing the Star Wars Trilogy radio play performed at Emerald City Comicon 2012.

(And it goes without saying, with this group there’s a NSFW warning)

So you’ve got Batman narrating Star Wars and fans suggesting characters for the voice actors to read lines as. For example, Tara Strong reading Darth Vader as Bubbles, Maurice LaMarche reading Leia as Vincent Price, and a Rob Paulsen reading a stormtrooper as Pinky.

Shut down everything, the Internet has been won.

Official Celebration VI Shirt Available For Pre-Order

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Are you heading to Celebration VI, the Star Wars convention to end all Star Wars conventions? Do you want some wardrobe to commemorate the event? Well you’re in luck, for $30, you can pre-order the official CVI shirt.

Keep in mind, you must have a ticket to the convention to order. To get yours, head on over to the Celebration VI show store.

Why You Should Go Read Mageworlds Right Now

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Beka, aka Tarnekep Portree, wants you to read these books. Now.

Last night, after a marathon reading session, I finally finished By Honor Betray’d, aka the final novel in the Mageworlds trilogy. When I finished the last page, I broke into a grin. A few moments later, when I was able to form a coherent sentence, I thought, “Wow. This is what it feels like to be completely satisfied by the end of a series. I’d almost forgotten what that was like.” My second thought was “everyone needs to go read these books right now.”

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A Comparison

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Left: A comlink from the Galaxy Far, Far Away. Right: A smartphone

Sometimes, science fiction can get a wee bit dated. In a comlink, you have a glorified walkie talkie in an easy-to-lose form factor.

In a smartphone, you have a miracle device that can instantaneously place calls, access information from an unlimited number of databases from any location, give you directions, tell you where you are, access a wealth of auditory culture from across an entire civilization, instantly take photos and videos…

Then again, a comlink isn’t running on the AT&T network, so it’s guaranteed to work when you find yourself trapped in a garbage compacter.

Timothy Zahn’s ‘The Icarus Hunt’ Now Available in Electronic Format

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We’re just going to keep talking about this book until we convince you all to buy it.

If you have ever been curious about an Expanded Universe author’s offerings outside of the realm of Star Wars, the first novel you absolutely must pick up is Timothy Zahn’s The Icarus Hunt, a science fiction noir and chase mashup that’s made its way onto my list of yearly re-reads. If you need a bit more convincing, check out the review I wrote a little while back for Roqoo Depot.

The Icarus Hunt is a fascinating book because it delivers a sense of grandeur but, at the same time, is a rather intimate story. Alien species, futuristic technology, starships and freighters, sprawling locations, and criminal factions. With this setup, it would be easy to delve into a tale about war between species ala Ender’s Game or some sort of galactic apocalypse ala any major multi-author Star Wars series since 1999. The framework was there to tell that sort of a novel. Zahn, to his credit, chose instead to dial back on the type of doomsday conflict that we see far too often in science fiction and tell a different kind of story.

If you have a measly $7 handy, you can get yourself a copy via Amazon or Barnes and Noble. Congratulations to Timothy Zahn as well, I know in talking with him on his Facebook page that he and his agent have been working for a long time to secure the rights to get this out in eBook format.