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All new The Old Republic webcomic coming soon:

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT

The official Star Wars: The Old Republic website has announced that in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics, an all-new webcomic, The Old Republic: Blood of the Empire, with begin shortly: "Blood of the Empire features a new perspective and strong character-driven story written by BioWare's Senior Writer Alexander Freed and published by Dark Horse. Set in the years before the Treaty of Coruscant and the establishment of peace between the great galactic powers, Blood of the Empire sets the stage for The Old Republic with new heroes, new villains and new revelations about the inner workings of the Emperor's cabal."

Making of The Empire Strikes Back delayed:

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:00 GMT

We have received a report from Eddie van der Heijden of affiliate site StarWarsTimeline.com that the release of The Making of The Empire Strikes Back by J. W. Rinzler has been delayed until 26th October according to Amazon.com. Eddie has received an email notification from Amazon stating that the release has been delayed from 20th July to 26th October 2010.

The listing on RandomHouse.com for The Making of The Empire Strikes Back has been updated with the new release date of 26th October.

US Release Alert! Fate of the Jedi - Backlash by Aaron Allston:

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:10:00 GMT

Released today in the US from Del Rey in hardback is the fourth novel in the nine-book series Fate of the Jedi, Backlash by Aaron Allston.

Reviews have been posted at TheForce.net (contains spoilers), NJOE.com (spoiler-free and spoilers), and at Alternative Worlds (some spoilers).

Undercity Portugal relaunches website with new portal:

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMT

Joao Pinto from affiliate site Undercity Portugal has sent us the following communique: "We are proud to announce our new Website is up and running. The Portuguese Star Wars Community finally owns their own website with all information regarding the Star Wars fandom, events, news and curiosities in Portuguese. This is the very FIRST website fully functional and with a dedicated domain. For the moment some sections are offline. We will add a special international presentation page for all our international visitors. For now, practice your portuguese!"

Undercity Portugal can be found at their new domain, www.undercityportugal.net

Tom Taylor teases new Invasion story arc:

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Writing on Dark Horse Message Boards Tom Taylor, author Star Wars: Invasion, teased on the upcoming new story arc Rescues: "Invasion will be back in May, featuring surprises so surprising they even shocked me".

Star Wars: Invasion issue 6, Rescues (part 1 of 6 part story-arc), is due to be released on 26th May.

John Jackson Miller discusses Knight Errant with Comic Book Resources:

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT

John Jackson Miller, author of the forthcoming Knight Errant comic and novel series from Dark Horse Comics and Del Rey books due this Autumn, discussed some aspects of his new project with Comic Book Resources.

Twitter Updates:

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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Win a signed copy of Fate of the Jedi: Backlash courtesy of author Aaron Allston, visit www.aaronallston.com and answer a question.

"We go back a long way, Lando and me", well at least to the back cover of Fate of the Jedi: Allies: StarWars.com reveal back cover for Allies.

Another image to tease us from Star Wars: Visions. This time it's Shadows of Tatooine by Raymond Swanland.

Inside Star Wars Insider #116: StarWars.com take a seak peak inside the next issue of Star Wars Insider.

First look at The Clone Wars: New Battlefronts - The Visual Guide:

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

StarWars.com has posted the cover for the upcoming The Clone Wars: New Battlefronts - The Visual Guide from DK Publishing. Written by Jason Fry (co-author of The Essential Atlas), The Clone Wars: New Battlefronts - The Visual Guide will be the third Visual Guide (following The Visual Guide and Ultimate Battles) to accompany The Clone Wars animated series and "gives you a ring-side seat on the galactic conflict with gorgeous imagery, as well as detailed annotations".

The Clone Wars: New Battlefronts - The Visual Guide is expected to be released in August.

UK Release Alert: The Clone Wars Comic #5:

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Released today in the UK from Titan Comics is The Clone Wars Comic issue 5 featuring the short comic story Terror on the Twilight written by Robin Etherington, illustrated by Tanya Roberts plus puzzles, games and free cover gift.

UK Release Alert: Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor:

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Also released today in the UK is the paperback reprint release of Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor by Matthew Stover from Arrow Books.

Sue Rostoni reveals new novels for 2012 (UPDATED):

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Writing on StarWars.com Message Boards Sue Rostoni, LucasBooks' Executive Editor, revealed some details for novels due to be released in 2012. First, a hardcover due March 2012, whose author Sue is unable to reveal at the present time. Secondly, November will see the release of the final Coruscant Nights book by Michael Reaves and Maya Bohnoff, with the working title of Jedi Dawn, in hardback. Sue also confirmed that they are planning a February release for Imperial Commando 2 (the sequel to Karen Traviss's Imperial Commando: 501st following Karen's departure from Star Wars writing last year) although they haven't signed an author, that's still in the contractual stages. Finally, John Jackson Miller's Lost Tribe of the Sith e-book novellas may eventually get a paperback anthology release sometime in 2012, although "this is not certain yet".

UPDATE: Sue has indicated in a later post on the StarWars.com Message Boards that the second Imperial Commando novel will "probably be the last one".

Boba Fett: Agent of Doom now available on iTunes:

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Extending their range of comic stories available on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Dark Horse Comics have added Boba Fett: Agent of Doom to the Apple AppStore. Written by John Wagner with art by Cam Kennedy, this story is told through 77 screen pages, it is the tenth Star Wars comic story to be adapted for a digital medium as part of Dark Horse Comics' Dark Horse Mobile project.

The Old Republic - Threat of Peace #27 now online:

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The twenty-seventh and final issue of Threat of Peace, the introductory online comic for the forthcoming MMO video game Star Wars: The Old Republic, is available to read online.

The twenty-seventh issue of Threat of Peace concludes the volume with a surprising turn of events as Jedi Knight Satele Shan, Fortris Gall, and Special Forces Lieutenant Tavus report their battle with the Sith to Master Orgus Din. The story comes full circle when Braden the Bounty Hunter finally completes the contract which got him tied up in this mess in the first place.

UK Release Alert! The Clone Wars: The Colossus of Destiny

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Released today in the UK from Titan Books is the latest The Clone Wars Quartley graphic novella, The Colossus of Destiny by Jeremy Barlow with art by the Fillbach brothers; the third Star Wars Adventures graphic novella, Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes by Tom Taylor (art by Daxiong); and the collated special edition graphic novel containing The Thrawn Trilogy, Timothy Zahn's stories adapted for comic form by Mike Baron.

Daniel Wallace confirms The Jedi Path book:

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Via his weblog, Daniel Wallce author of the forthcoming The Jedi Path book, has confirmed The Jedi Path's existence (described as "handed down through generations, this venerable text reveals the history and training practices of a Jedi Knight - progressing from Youngling to Padawan, to Knight, and ultimately to Master. The ancient text is annotated with comments from Jedi-in-training through the ages along with notes, drawings, and objects they have left tucked in the pages"). Daniel goes on to tease "the [Becker and Mayer] catalog copy gives the tiniest hint of how much fun this book has been to put together, and I promise to post more behind-the-scenes details as the release date gets closer".

Comic Release Alert: Legacy, issue 45:

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Now shipping from Dark Horse Comics is Legacy issue 45, Monster part 3 of 4. Wayland is a world overrun with Yuuzhan Vong flora and fauna -- almost all of it hostile to humans. Cade and his friends have been separated, Deliah Blue has been captured, and they're about to meet the source of all of the Vongspawn!