Attendees at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim had the opportunity to watch unaired story reels from the unfinished “Bad Batch” arc of The Clone Wars and now those who were not fortunate enough to attend that panel can watch it as well. Earlier today the official site posted the story reels, giving us twenty-two and a half minutes of what could have been. You can view the story reels here and you can also watch the panel discussing the arc here. Enjoy!
Tag Archives: Star Wars
Review: Princess Leia #3
Leia and Evaan have found some Alderaanians and are now off to Sullust in search of more, unaware of the traitor in their midst. Princess Leia #3 by Mark Waid and Terry Dodson is out today in comic stores and continues to live up to the high standards of the previous issues. Naboo may not have gone completely according to plan but Sullust… Sullust is really not what Leia expected. The Alderaanian Enclave there is lead by a woman who calls herself Preserver Jora Astane and she is really not a fan of the Princess.
There are some mild spoilers in this review.
Go/No-Go: Lords of the Sith
Welcome back to Go/No-Go, Tosche Station’s regular feature where we offer our spoiler-free opinion as to whether or not you should spend your hard-earned money on a book, film, or other entertainment. Today on the launch pad: Star Wars: Lords of the Sith. It’s a book that features not just a happy road trip by two Sith Lords but also the first LGBT character in the new canon. But is the book worth your hard earned money? To mission control for the verdict!
Review: Lords of the Sith by Paul S. Kemp
Growing rebellion on Ryloth prompts Palpatine and Vader to personally travel to the planet to deal with matters. Immediately upon arrival, their Star Destroyer is attacked by Cham Syndulla’s forces. Vader and Palpatine are forced to evacuate and crash land on Ryloth. Seeing this opportunity, Cham engages in a dangerous game to hunt down and kill the two heads of the Empire and finally free his people from Imperial oppression.
Thus is the setup for Lords of the Sith by Paul S. Kemp.
Head below the cut for the spoiler-filled review!
What Celebration Taught Us About Rebels
Brian and I weren’t able to attend the Rebels panels at Celebration, but Bria was there covering for White Hot Room and a bunch of other Twitter/blogger/podcaster friends were also in attendance.
Not only did Celebration give us a taste of what’s to come in Season 2 in the form of a fabulous trailer, but some lucky folks also got to see the season premiere. No spoilers for the episode here, but we’ll do our best to recap the trailer and speculate about what we might see in Season 2.
Tosche Station Radio #111: Teaserology
Joining the hosts today are Jonathan Baker from The Force Cult and Jay from Eleven-ThirtyEight. On the docket? Nothing but teaser trailer breakdown!
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.
This podcast has been brought to you in part by Her Universe and Audible.com.
Review: Star Wars #4
Didn’t get enough Star Wars last weekend? Good news: Star Wars #4 by Jason Aaron and John Cassaday is out today! Our heroes were successful (albeit just barely) in their mission to destroy the weapons factory on Cymoon 1 but what now for both the Rebels and the Empire?
I usually discuss the art after the plot but Cassaday drew such a gorgeous panel of Luke in his pilot helmet towards the end of the issue that I have to mention it right away! I actually paused for a minute just to take in every detail. A lot of gorgeous work went into that one panel between Cassaday’s lines and Laura Martin’s colors. There are also some other very nice pages for Luke fans but wow did that other panel just blow me away. John Cassaday will certainly be missed when he leaves the book.
On the story front, this main Star Wars book and the Darth Vader book definitely seem to be intertwined. It would be interesting to see a more detailed timeline of where each issue falls in relation to the others as this is now the second time we the readers have seen Vader dealing with Jabba. As far as plot goes, this is definitely a transitional set-up issue. Aaron is moving his characters into position for the next arc but it all feels very organic and not like a place holder issue where everyone’s treading water.
Speaking of characters! You can attribute it to either great characterization or wonderful coordination by the story group or both but the Leia featured in Aaron’s book is definitely on the same page as the Leia who is in the pages of Mark Waid’s book. In both, she’s very proactive and trying to do more than the Rebellion will let her. It’s great in terms of both continuity and who Leia Organa is as a person.
Oh yeah. And there’s a character return that’ll definitely have some fans fist pumping the air.
(As a side note, please tell me that someone else out there read the last few lines of the opening scroll and immediately heard Katara’s voice from the Avatar opening…)
Star Wars #4 gets another solid recommendation from me but you’re already reading this book, right?
Tosche Station Radio at Celebration: Star Wars Journalism
From the morning of day two, it’s the Star Wars Journalism panel. Panelists include Bryan Young, Dunc from Club Jade, Amy Ratcliffe, Eric Geller, and Chris Taylor.
Second TFA Teaser Trailer Debuts at Celebration
I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying.
Tosche Station Radio #109: Schedule Madness
Bria and Sho join the hosts today for one last Celebration preview!
Kicking off the show, the hosts highlight What’s New on the Blog. Nanci finally wrote about her and Brian’s visit to Rebel, Princess, Jedi, Queen: Star Wars and the Power of Costume. Bria reviewed Darth Vader #4. Sho gave us some more recs of all-ages comics with queer representation. Nanci did a go/no-go for Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks by Jason Fry
After going around the horn in Fixer’s Flash, the crew jumps into Deak’s Dirt and starts with film news. The Star Wars saga has gone digital! Outside of Star Wars, The Hugo award nominees were announced. In theme park related news, Star Wars Weekend guests announced.
Biggs’ Bull$&#* starts with Oscar Isaac getting some advice from Harrison Ford on the set of TFA. Meanwhile, when will see see The Force Awakens novelization? Finally, According to Jedi Bibliothek, the Shattered Empire author is Greg Rucka.
With the Celebration schedule more or less finalized, this week’s Camie’s Concerns is devoted to discussing what to do at the con! We tell you where we’ll be, things we’re excited about, and stuff you should look out for.
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.
This podcast has been brought to you in part by Her Universe and Audible.com.