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Two More Guests Confirmed for Star Wars Weekends

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Last week the initial guest list for Disney’s Star Wars Weekends hit. As of last Friday, you can add two more names to the lineup.

Star Wars Weekends takes place from May 18th to June 10th at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida. As someone living on the other side of the country, let me just tell those of you in closer proximity that I’m insanely jealous of you all.

New Mystery OT Era Project from a Big Dark Horse Talent

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James Haley spotted some interesting Dark Horse-related news coming out of the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2).

The second arc of “Conan” by Brian Wood will be a three-issue arc by James Herring, but Becky Cloonan will continue to work on the series long term. “Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi” did well for the publisher, Parkinson said. There are more plans for the original trilogy characters including the death of Boba Fett as written by Tom Taylor in “Star Wars: Blood Ties.” More plans are in store for Darth Vader and Darth Maul comes July. Atkins also announced that readers will soon see a “Star Wars” book set in the original trilogy era written by one of Dark Horse’s biggest talents.

Edit: Not a trilogy, but some sort of project set in the OT era.

Speculate, readers! Speculate!

Via James Haley

John Jackson Miller’s ‘Lost Tribe of the Sith’ Collection Gets New Release Date

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And a format change.

Also announced are the inclusion of brand new maps. Look for the Lost Tribe collection to hit bookshelves on July 24th.

‘Essential Guide to Warfare’ Giveaway Winners

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Who wants a free copy of EG to Warfare? All of you, I imagine! Unfortunately, only two of you will be getting them. The following two people! Who were randomly selected from a hat.*

*Red Dixie cup

  • From the Twitter pool:  @Aelinwen
  • From the Facebook pool: Daniel Laws

Congratulations winners! E-mail your address to staff.toschestation@gmail.com and we’ll send you your copy.

Thanks to everyone who entered and helped us make the first week here at Tosche Station a success. Keep your eyes open, I imagine we’ll have more contests in the future.

Catch Nanci and Brian on the Star Wars Book Report Podcast

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A little while ago, my Tosche Station Radio co-host Nanci and myself did a guest spot with the Star Wars Book Report. If memory serves, we talked about fan fiction, fun at conventions, and our thoughts on the post-Return of the Jedi Expanded Universe.Hop on over there to listen to us go off-the-rails on someone else’s podcast!

SW Book Report Episode 49

Win A Copy of the Essential Guide to Warfare

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To celebrate the official launch of Tosche Station, we’re giving away two copies of Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare. How can you claim one for yourself? Simple!

Opportunity the First: Follow the Tosche Station Twitter account and retweet this message

Opportunity the Second: Give us a Like on Facebook.

We will randomly select one winner from each pool to receive a copy, so enter in both places to increase your odds of winning a book that I really enjoyed.

The contest will run through Thursday with a winner announced Friday. Good luck!

Karen Miller ‘Star Wars Insider’ Short Story Features Antilles Spawn

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Hit it, @DelReyStarWars

That high-pitched sound your dog just picked up on was probably me. Between this short story and Mercy Kill, it’s going to be a good year for the Antilles sisters in EU literature.

Facebook Chat With Jason Fry, Paul Urquhart, and Erich Schoeneweiss

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Yesterday the writers behind the Essential Guide to Warfare stopped by Star Wars Books official Facebook page to answer questions from fans. Among the hard hitting questions: was there a classic Disney influence on the book?

Johann Mitzscherlich: It may seem obviously, but is the name “Skere Kaan” (where you first introduced his forename) to the tiger Shere Khan from The Jungle Book.

Jason Fry: Yep, Skere Kaan is a Jungle Book nod. That was Paul. Made me smile.

I’m always game for clever little nods to things outside of the Star Wars universe. Reading over a Han Solo profile, I spotted an Animal House reference. Austin over at EUCantina noticed a Kent Brockman reference in the book.

For a lengthy recap of the chat, head on over to Club Jade.