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Star Wars Day Report: Publishing Panel

July 27, 2007

Publishing Horizon
Keith Clayton began with a quick tour of the publishing horizon from Del Rey. The Legacy of the Force series continues with the sixth installment, Inferno in September, with Fury following up in December. The last two books in the series come out in Spring and Summer of 2008. “It’s going to be a strong, powerful finish with Invincible,” said Clayton.

In October, the Death Star novel by Steve Perry and Michael Reaves tells “the ongoing politics of its creation, and everything leading up to its destruction.” In November, Karen Traviss’ third Republic Commando, True Colors comes out, with a fourth one — yet untitled — in the summer of 2008.

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Latest ToyFare Riffs on Holiday Special

July 18, 2007

Available now from Wizard Entertainment is issue #121 of ToyFare. Star Wars fans should snatch it up for their great mix of toy coverage and immature jokes, but this issue’s Twisted Toyfare Theater is entirely devoted “The Star Wars Holiday Special.” Ackmena, Saun Dann, Lumpy and all your favorites (except Jefferson Starship) from the cringe-mas* special are here.

It’s the issue with Homer on the cover, and inside you’ll find articles on The Simpsons Movie, Doctor Who, M.A.S.K. and more. For more info about ToyFare, head to their official site here.

*Yeah, we know it was a Thanksgiving day special, but then the pun doesn’t work.

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Han Solo to Star in Western

June 27, 2007

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Well, not exactly. Blogger Daniel Messer of Gilbert, Arizona spotted the space pirate donning some western duds on a book cover printed by Linford Western Library. You’d think the artist could have at least lifted an image of Ford from 1979’s The Frisco Kid, the actor’s first — and last — Western comedy.

Thanks to clubjade.net for the link. Read the original blog post here.

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Veteran ILMer Lorne Peterson Interview at Sideshow

June 25, 2007

Veteran ILMer and model maker Lorne Peterson discusses a bit of Star Wars history and the recent Sculpting a Galaxy book in a cool video interview posted at Sideshow Collectible’s official site.

Learn more about Sculpting a Galaxy from our October coverage here and November update here.

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Darth Bane Sequel Surfaces Online

June 18, 2007

Vigilant fan sites like theforce.net were the first to spot an otherwise untitled Darth Bane Sequel novel pop up on Random House’s website, causing a few surprises. Sue Rostoni of LucasBooks just commented on the Official Site Message Boards.

“Shelly [Shapiro from Del Rey] called me late last week to propose an additional hardcover this fall. THIS fall. Yep. Del Rey figured the market could bear one more, and since the Darth Bane novel was a hit, a follow-up, written by Drew, seemed the best idea. So the untitled Feb. 09 hardcover (previously the “Plagueis” novel) has been moved up, and Drew agreed to continue Bane’s story. So we’re off and running. The release date is slated for December 26th, 2007.”

Clear off a space next to Darth Bane: Path of Destruction on your bookshelves, EU fans.

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Webstrip Chatter at Celebration IV

May 27, 2007

Earlier today at Celebration IV, Joe Corroney, Tom Hodges and myself sat and chatted with Hyperspace members in the Fan Club Lounge. Much of the chatter was about The Clone Wars trailer, which had just debuted that day, but we did turn specifically to the subject of webstrips eventually, and here’s what we had to say.

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