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Posted: 1st
May
April was busy with book news, rumours, speculation and
confirmations for The Clone Wars animation...read
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Amazon post cover for Luke Skywalker:
Last Hope for the Galaxy:
Posted:
9th May
Amazon's US site have posted a cover art image for the
forthcoming Dark Horse deluxe edition hardback graphic novel
Luke Skywalker: Last Hope for the Galaxy - From Tatooine to
Dark Empire.
You can view the enlarged image here.
(Source: Amazon.com) |
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BBC countdown to Indy IV with Indiana Jones
trilogy:
Posted:
9th May
As a countdown to the release of Indiana Jones and
the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in cinemas on May 22nd,
the BBC have an Indiana Jones season and will be showing one
film from the original trilogy on consecutive weekends.
On Sunday, 11th May you can catch the second Indiana Jones
film, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, on BBC 1
beginning 8.05 p.m. |
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Yet more The Clone Wars children's
books:
Posted: 8th May
Although first reported by TheForce.net on 5th
April, listings for another six children's books for The
Clone Wars have been discovered at Amazon Canada by
independent publisher Dalmatian Press.
These books are aimed at the younger market with a selection
of colouring, painting and activity books...more
(Source: TheForce.net,
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Official The Clone Wars trailer to be
shown tonight on US television:
Posted:
8th May
As mentioned on StarWars.com, you can see the
first theatrical trailer for The Clone Wars on US
television tonight. Shown simultaneously at 7.58 p.m. in all
US time zones on Cartoon Network, TNT, TBS, CNN, and
Boomerang, it "marks the first time a theatrical
trailer has received a simultaneous, cross-network airing on
Turner Networks." It is "an action-packed,
two-minute preview of the animated adventure" and it
precedes the trailer's debuts in theaters by one day.
(Source: StarWars.com) |
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Family Guy - Blue Harvest on British TV this
weekend:
Posted:
2nd May (UPDATED 8th May)
On Sunday May the Fourth at 10 p.m., BBC 3 will be
showing the Blue Harvest double episode of Family Guy: "With
the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter begins to
tell a story, which leads to a Star Wars flashback."
- warning, contains Adult humour.
Links: official
Family Guy site, Family
Guy Blue Harvest DVD site, BBC
Family Guy minisite
UPDATE: Blue Harvest is shown again
tonight (Thursday 8th May) at 11.10 p.m. on BBC 3. |
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New releases today:
Posted:
7th May
Available from today is issue 23 of Dark Horse's Legacy
comic story series: "The pirate Rav has nearly every
bounty hunter in the galaxy looking for Cade Skywalker, but he
never anticipated what would happen if Cade came looking for
him."...more
Also available is the digest-sized photo book adaptation of Star
Wars: Clone Wars...more
And the final Last
of the Jedi books, #10 Reckoning...more
(Source: Diamond
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First Clone Wars Quarterly graphic
novel discovered:
Posted:
4th May
TheForce.net are reporting the discovery at
Amazon Canada of a listing for Clone Wars: Shipyards of
Doom by Dark Horse. Written by Matt and Shawn Fillbach
with Henry Gilroy, this graphic novel appears to be the first
of what Randy Stradley, editor at Dark Horse, said would be Clone
Wars Quarterly, "the same digest-size format as
Clone Wars Adventures, but will feature full-length stories
rather than short stories."...more
(Source: TheForce.net) |
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Possible Millennium Falcon novel
discovered:
Posted: 27th April
(UPDATED 3rd May)
TheForce.net are reporting the discovery of two
listings at Random House for audiobooks of Star Wars:
Millennium Falcon by James Luceno. Both are due for
release on December 30th but have no corresponding book
listing...full
story at TheForce.net
UPDATE: Affiliate
The EU Cantina are reporting that both TFn's Jedi
Council and NJOE.com forums have posts that claim Invincible
contains an advert for the "Millennium Falcon" book.
(Source: The
EU Cantina) |
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Latest EUCast from The EU Cantina:
Posted:
2nd May
Affiliate The EU
Cantina have just released their latest podcast, EUCast
#21 - Silence the Wookie. In this podcast they discuss the
imminent release of Invincible,
the recent book covers (with a special discussion on the cover
of Order 66), and why
Peter Mayhew "should keep quiet". Plus their usual
weekly news roundup and more!
You can download/listen to it at eucantina.net. |
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Is The Clones Wars DVD to be released
before it hits Cartoon Network:
Posted:
1st May
According to Publishers Weekly "the U.S. movie
release will be on August 15, followed by the DVD release and
then a prime-time TV series on Cartoon Network and TNT in the
fall." Given the usual three to four month gap
between theatrical and DVD release does this mean we can
expect The Clone Wars on TV in November or December?...more
(Source: Publishers
Weekly) |
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Confirmation of The Clone Wars books
for children & more books in the fall:
Posted: 29th
April (UPDATED: 1st May 2008)
The Official Star Wars website have announced the
details of licensed publishing deals between LucasFilm
Animation and The Penguin Group...more
(Source: StarWars.com)
UPDATE: According to
Publishers Weekly "Grosset & Dunlap will release
an additional five titles in the fall in conjunction with the
TV series launch."...more
(Source: Publishers
Weekly) |
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The cost of Betrayal is free (for two
weeks at least):
Posted: 29th
April
As a "special gift to Star Wars fans"
and as a countdown to the release of the final Legacy
of the Force book, Invincible
on May 13th, Del Rey has partnered with booksellers to provide
a free downloadable PDF, audio book, and e-Book of the first Legacy
of the Force book Betrayal
for two weeks only. The free download, which can be shared,
e-mailed or printed, will be available via legacyoftheforce.com
from 9a.m. Tuesday, April 29, until midnight on Tuesday, May
13 2008.
(Source: StarWars.com) |
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Sponsor Update:
Posted: 24th April
Random House have released a cover
image for The Complete Star Wars Encyclopaedia by
Stephen Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo. The Complete Star Wars
Encyclopaedia is large at 800 pages and appears to be a
two volume piece.
However, it has a list price of $75 , but when Amazon.com offers
37% off the list price plus an extra 5% for pre-ordering*,
then this magnificent tome becomes more affordable at under
$45.
*terms and conditions apply |
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LEGACY
OF THE FORCE: INVINCIBLE
by Troy Denning (Hardback Novel)
Forty years after the Battle
of Yavin:
The ninth and final Legacy of the Force book. The war
between the Galactic Alliance and the Corellian Confederation
is building to a boiling point. Now the fate of the galaxy
hangs on what is about to happen among a lonely cluster of
asteroids...more
Expected release dates: 13th May (US); 5th June
(UK)
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STAR
WARS: CLONE WARS
by Genndy Tartakovsky et al. (Photo Comic Book)
Twenty-two years before the
Battle of Yavin:
Photo comic adaptation of the award winning
epic-micro series Star Wars: Clone Wars...more
Release dates: 7th May (US); 15th May (UK)
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The Official Magazine of the Star Wars galaxy:
- The Top 10 Lightsaber battles!
- The Essential Expanded Universe: everything you
need to know
- Inside the SFX of Star Wars: Richard
Edlund recalls the early days of ILM
- LFL updates: latest news from The
Clone Wars, The Force Unleashed & Indy IV
- Available in US (as issue 101) and UK (as
issue 77)
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Darth
Bane: Rule of Two
by Drew Karypyshyn
Reviewed by Albert Ramirez, April 2008, rating: 4/5
"You want to root for the Jedi but you know that
they can't win or the Sith would never exist"....read
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Jedi
Academy I: Jedi Search
by Kevin J. Anderson
Reviewed by RobB, March 2008, rating: 4/5
"This was a very good book that provides
substantial additions and greater depth to the EU"....read
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Jedi
Academy II: Dark Apprentice
by Kevin J. Anderson
Reviewed by RobB, March 2008, rating: 4/5
"Very enjoyable to read and provide a foundation
that much of the Expanded Universe is built on"...read
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I,
Jedi
by Michael A. Stackpole
Reviewed by RobB, March 2008, rating: 5/5
"The writing style is engaging and the plot well
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