• Wednesday 1st:
  Dawn of the Jedi Handbook
  Empire #13-16
  Knights of the Old Republic #36-41
• Wednesday 8th:
  Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse #3
  Tales #5
  Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost #4
  Knights of the Old Republic: War #2
  Tag and Bink are Dead #1-2
• Wednesday 15th:
  Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm #1
  Tales #6
  Chewbacca
  Rebellion #1-5
  The Clone Wars: Deadly Hands of Shon-Ju
  X-Wing Rogue Squadron Omnibus vol. 1
• Wednesday 22nd:
  Adventures: Princess Leia and the Royal Ransom
  Legacy #29-32
  Tales #7
  Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness #4
• Wednesday 29th:
  Empire #17-24
  Tales #8
  Infinities - Empire Strikes Back
  Knights of the Old Republic #42-50

Release dates and titles subject to change.

Star Wars Insider #107
Magazine
Titan Magazines ( UK )
Featuring original short story Maze Run.

• Dawn of the Jedi Handbook
• Empire #13-16
• Knights of the Old Republic #36-41

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• Legacy #25-28
• Jango Fett: Open Seasons #1-4

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Darth Plagueis on best sellers lists
James Luceno's latest hardback novel, Darth Plagueis, has entered the US best sellers lists.
It entered this week's New York Times Hardcover Best Sellers List at #4; Publishers Weekly Hardcover Bestsellers at #5 and USA Today Best Selling Books at #49.
It should be noted that in the New York Times Best Sellers List for combined print and eBook Darth Plagueis entered at #23.

Cover revealed for Reader's Companion

Publisher Del Rey has revealed the cover for Pablo Hidago's The Essential Reader's Companion, due for release in the US on 21st August. With cover artwork by Paul Youll, who also created the cover artwork for the X-Wing novels, this new reference book promises to be a "super guide" to the novels, short stories, e-books, etc with illustrations by Chris Trevas and Jeff Carlisle:

A new, never-before-published entry in our extremely popular series of fully illustrated Star Wars Essential Guides. Star Wars: The Essential Reader’s Companion is a book Star Wars fans have been asking for, and will be presented with astonishing full-color artwork throughout!
Star Wars: The Essential Reader’s Companion is the first Essential Guide devoted entirely to published Star Wars fiction, from the original movie novelization, to young reader’s books, short stories, eBook novellas, and the most recent adult novel. This book will cover all the fiction that has built the Star Wars Expanded Universe over the last thirty-five years.

• Dark Times #13-17 (Blue Harvest)
• Dark Force Rising
• The Last Command
• Tales #4
• Zam Wesell

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First look: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Secrets
StarWars.com has released the blurb and cover for the final Lost Tribe of the Sith e-Book novella, Secrets, by John Jackson Miller.

In Sith teachings, nothing is more important than the individual: the glorious center of the universe, around which all other lives pale in importance. But the planetary home of the Lost Tribe of the Sith is not the center of the universe, but a backwater — and the tribe’s legendary founders were little more than slaves themselves!
When the Lost Tribe suddenly rediscovers its forgotten origins, frustration and anger threaten to finish the society once and for all. But the past holds more secrets still — knowledge that, in the right hands, could place the evil rulers of Kesh on a path toward a greater destiny in the stars...

Lost Tribe of the Sith: Secrets is due to be released as a free download (PDF) from StarWars.com on 5th March and from online retailers.

Knights of the Old Republic: War! #4 (of 5)
Comic Book by John Jackson Miller, Andrea Mutti, Gigi Baldassini, Michael Atiyeh et al.
Approximately 3,962 years before the Battle of Yavin
The battle for the future of the Republic is on!
The Republic, the Mandalorians, and even some of the Jedi are corrupt—so Zayne Carrick is going to take matters fully into his own lightsaber-wielding hands. It’s high risk and utterly insane, and the allies Zayne has to work with aren’t exactly what you’d call trustworthy . . . but at least this time he knows that up front!
Available: April 11th 2012

Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse #5 (of 5)
Comic Book by John Ostrander, Stéphane Créty, Julien Hugonnard-Bert, Wes Dzioba et al.
Approximately 3 years before the Battle of Yavin
Jahan Cross finally learns the truth about the deadly project called “Iron Eclipse.” Now all he has to do is defeat the crazed mastermind behind it all, keep his allies from double-crossing him, and escape the Corporate Sector with his life!
All in a day’s work for an Agent of the Empire!
Available: April 11th 2012

Dawn of the Jedi #3 (of 5)
Comic book by John Ostrander, Jan Duursema, Dan Parsons, Wes Dzioba et al.
Approximately 25,000 years before the Battle of Yavin
The balance of the Force on Tython has been thrown into turmoil. A ship has fallen from the sky, bringing with it a strange, dark, and hostile individual. Three young Jédaii who felt “called” to the site of the crash now fight for their lives with their swords and the Force. But live or die, the storm that will engulf the homeworld of the Je’daii has already begun!
Available: April 18th 2012

Blood Ties: Boba Fett is Dead #1 (of 4)
Comic Book by Tom Taylor, Chris Scalf et al.
Approximately 2 years before the Battle of Yavin
The news spreads from one end of the galaxy to the other like wildfire: Boba Fett, the galaxy’s most feared bounty hunter, is dead.
But when members of the team that killed Fett are themselves picked off one by one, Connor Freeman—the son of one of Jango Fett’s clones—gets pulled into the action in a most unexpected way!
Available: April 25th 2012

Graphic Novel collections:

Knight Errant: Volume 2 - Deluge
Graphic Novel by John Jackson Miller, Ivan Rodriguez, Iban Coello, David Daza et al.
Approximately 1,032 years before the Battle of Yavin
Alone, deep behind enemy lines, Jedi Knight Kerra Holt has a new plan—liberate her homeworld from the Sith! But when her arrival on the planet coincides with an ambush from a Hutt mastermind, her daring rescue quickly starts looking like a suicide mission.
Collates issues #1 thru #5.
Available: June 13th 2012

Omnibus: Droids and Ewoks
Omnibus Graphic Novel by various
Based on the children’s television cartoon series of the same names, Ewoks and Droids explores further adventures in the lives of the Ewoks on Endor and the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO. The Ewoks become embroiled in the dangers of their planet—lizard warriors, underwater kingdoms, magic spells—and the outside world—pirates, invaders, and more! The droids encounter more than one new master, war droids, megaweapons, time travel, and even Ewoks! This omnibus collects all the issues of the Ewoks and Star Wars: Droids comics series, released in the 1980s by Marvel’s imprint Star Comics.
• Collected for the first time!
Available: June 20th 2012

Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse #2 (part 2 of 5)
Comic Book & e-Comic Book by John Ostrander, Stéphane Roux et al.
Dark Horse Comics ( US & UK [import])
Approximately 3 years before the Battle of Yavin:
Undercover as a diplomatic attaché, Imperial agent Jahan Cross continues his investigation into the stolen droid technology and the mysterious project known as “Iron Eclipse.” At an elegant embassy soirée in the Corporate Sector, Cross locks his sights on the Stark family.

Legacy: Volume 11 - War
Graphic Novel by John Ostrander, Jan Duursema et al.
Dark Horse Books ( US )
Approximately 137 years after the Battle of Yavin:
You can’t keep a bad Sith down!
Darth Krayt has returned from the “dead,” stronger, more evil, and more determined than ever to crush the galaxy under his heel. With Emperor Roan Fel’s Imperials, the Galactic Alliance, and the Jedi against him, Krayt would seem overmatched.
Collates the 6-issue mini-series.

• Knights of the Old Republic: War #1
• Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse #2
• Vader's Quest #1-4
• Tales #3
• The Clone Wars: Colossus of Destiny
• Union

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We've received reports of fans who have ordered the reissue of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves with the new James Luceno short story, Restraint, (re-released last month in the US) from various online retailers and have received the 2001 original paperback release (without the Luceno short story). We believe that online retailers may not realise that the 2011 reissue is a different edition and are simply supplying existing stock, ie the 2001 edition. Although the 2011 reissue has a different ISBN from the 2001 paperback edition, when we searched Random House's online catalogue with the new 2011 ISBN, the result pointed us to the 2001 edition along with its older ISBN.

If this is true the same issue could arise for those wishing to purchase the 2012 edition of The Phantom Menace (to acquire the new short story) from online retailers, we therefore recommend for fans who wish to purchase either of these new editions that they buy them from their local bookstore where they can see the cover and be sure that they are getting the new edition.

To celebrate its release author John Jackson Miller will join with Dark Horse Comics in a live Twitter chat on Tuesday 10th January at 11am PT - just use the #KOTORWarChat to ask your questions!

Dark Horse Comics has also published a 3-page preview from the second issue of John Ostrander's new series: Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse - also due for release on 11th January. In this issue Imperial agent Jahan Cross continues his investigation into the stolen droid technology and the mysterious project known as "Iron Eclipse." At an elegant embassy soirée in the Corporate Sector, Cross locks his sights on the Stark family. Before the evening is over, more than one player will be out of the game - and Cross will be wanted for murder!

• Episode I Adventures
• Empire #9-12
• Infinities: A New Hope
• Knights of the Old Republic #29-35
• Tales #2

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