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EUbits: Take a Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell

February 27th, 2013 by Dunc · 3 Comments

Rebel Mission to Ord MantellAudio For you audio drama fans, Big Shiny Robot has unearthed Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell a ye olde (scripted by Brian Daley!) tale that takes place between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.

The blogside. EUCantina debuts a new column, with a look at what they’d like to see in Kenobi (some Clone Wars spoilers.) Meanwhile, Bria’s Waru Express has pulled into Tosche Station with The Thrawn Trilogy.

Interviews. There’s a real surplus of them since we last checked in, with new writers (Martha Wells, Tim Siedell, Corinna Bechko & Gabriel Hardman) old writers (Kevin J. Anderson) and of course Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, co-writer of The Last Jedi, which came out yesterday.

Speaking of The Last Jedi The reviews! NJOE, EUC, Jedi News, Lightsaber Rattling, Roqoo Depot and Bry/Megan at Knights Archive are all fairly positive, while Bria at Tosche Station is unimpressed.

Comics. Preview Dark Horse’s Free Comic Book Day offering, and behold a Legacy variant cover. Also, James has his reviews of the most recent comics: this week’s Dawn of the Jedi: Prisoner of Bogan #3 and ,a href=”http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/49301″>Agent of the Empire: Hard Targets #5 and Brian Wood’s Star Wars #2.

Congratulations to your publicist. Forbes, of all publications, profiles Dark Horse and their role in making licensed properties cool for comics. There’s some interesting stuff from a generalized viewpoint, but despite use of the term ‘expanded universe’ it’s more focused on video game tie-ins than things like Star Wars and Buffy.

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  • 1 Paula // Feb 27, 2013 at 7:37 am

    The old children’s book records are hilariously awesome. I’d encourage everyone to seek them out.

  • 2 Dom // Feb 27, 2013 at 3:08 pm

    Actually, Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell is pretty good, for what it is. It’s available online as mp3 files as well, for those of you who want to listen to it on the run.

  • 3 Video Game Review: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith | Knights Archive // Feb 27, 2013 at 8:56 pm

    [...] Ysalamiri, Noghri, Vornskrs, and Mara Jade were all created by Timothy Zahn in the Thrawn Trilogy. In fact, there’s a great EU retrospective on said trilogy over at Tosche Station! (via Club Jade) [...]

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