After the glut of news from New York Comic Con, this week’s post was supposed to be relatively short and sweet. Then Chuck Wendig was fired by Marvel. So…yeah. Let’s jump right into that and get it over with.
Just last week we learned that Wendig was writing a new miniseries called Shadow of Vader. He can explain what exactly happened better than I can summarize it, both on his Twitter and his blog. Suffice it to say, an editor at Marvel was displeased with the negativity brought on by his Twitter feed and dropped him from the final two issues, as well as an unannounced project. Not necessary because of what he tweeted, but how he tweeted it (though that claim by Marvel seems a bit dubious). Because of this we at Tosche Station will no longer be covering Marvel comics on the blog; Brian posted a comment on that immediately after learning about Chuck’s firing.
This situation is very disappointing for a myriad of reasons. The emphasis on being “civil” no matter what the cost, the willingness to capitulate to Comics Gate, firing someone for social media when their persona was already well known upon hiring. While I am not a comics reader, I appreciated Chuck’s contributions to Star Wars and am saddened this may mark his last job in the universe.
In other, less disappointing news, Jedi Knight Revan joins the Galaxy of Heroes mobile game. This addition is to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Knights of the Old Republic game. (Side note: 15 years? Holy crap.) According to Star Wars dot com, the “Legend of the Old Republic” event begins October 18 with a series of six events loosely based on the Knights of the Old Republic storyline, plunging players deep into familiar locales like the sewers of Taris and the ancient Sith tomb on Korriban.
Lucasfilm announced its newest ILMxLAB offering, Project Porg. According to Star Wars dot com, it’s a mixed-reality immersive experiment in which you’ll need to gain the trust and affection of your porgs. How? You’ll feed them treats, play with them, and you’ll also teach them how to maneuver real-world environments with care instructions from C-3PO himself. So basically neopets but with porgs? Sounds brilliant! You can find Project Porg in December as a free download for the Magic Leap One.
That’s all for this week’s Holonet Blast. Hopefully next week’s won’t be as dramatic.
Resistance‘s second episode focuses on Kaz’s covert mission on the Colossus–being a mechanic. He’s not good at it. Actually, he’s pretty terrible at it. (He’s also terrible at keeping his cover by talking about his mission in public.) Which is bad because a ship has come in with a need for a rush job. Tam is unhappy with his abilities as a mechanic, Yeager is disappointed with Kaz’s lack of dedication to his job, the inhabitants of the platform are annoyed by his antics, and Neeku is…well, Neeku.