“The one and only Master Replicas Limited Edition lightsaber from the Expanded Universe.” Already sold out! It’s amazing what collectors are willing to drop $300+ dollars on…
“She’s right over here behind you.”
Gabri Jade’s account of TFN fanfic writers discussion with Karen Traviss at Celebration. Contains spoilers for Sacrifice! Huge honking Sacrifice spoilers. Fo’ real.
CIV: The one we’ve been waiting for
The biggest thing to come out of this Celebration was, of course, the much-anticipated and yet totally unexpected (well, unannounced) Clone Wars footage. As disappointed as I was to first hear that the animated series would be yet another dose of the Clone Wars, I must admit it looks pretty cool. There’s a report from the C4 panel at the StarWars.com Celebration blog. Alas, due to my schedule I never made the actual panels, although I did manage to catch the footage itself on screen, and it’s fantastic in high-def. I hope everyone who could caught it that way.
The fan-produced “3-D animated stills” mentioned is probably the ‘Tales from the New Republic’ project. While impressive for a fan production (and more in line with what I hoped for the animated series, sigh) the image quality suffers in comparison to the CW footage. Still, it’s a great idea and a lot of work, and I hope they can pull it off!
Even if… umm… no comment.
Unforseen bit of EU merchandise
Among the items Master Replicas will be producing before the end of the year (when their license expires) is a Mara Jade Lightsaber Limited Edition. (Scroll all the way down.) I’m guessing it’s the purple one, since the Anakin/Luke saber would be rather redundant.
First look at new EU figures
Rebelscum has a scan from Lee’s Toy Review #175 featuring several figures based on comic books: Vader and Leia from Infinities: A New Hope, Dark Woman & A’sharad Hett from Republic and Mara and Luke from the Heir to the Empire comic adaption. No longer will Mara fans have to depend on eBay for a figure, though I’m actually kind of digging the Dark Woman…
First Look: Sacrifice
Dude, Mara’s gonna die this time. Totally. Either that or we’ll learn she bathes daily in the blood of Mandalorian virgins or something. Perhaps both.
At least, that’s what they want you to think. (And yes, she is confirmed to be Mara.)
In less crazy-fan-theory news, the third Republic Commando book is titled True Colors.
Filk Friday
After a short break for some turkey and gravy, Filk Friday is back and ready for the holiday season! To kick off the festivities, these week’s featured filk is actually a parody of a satire (filking a filk?). While not techically a filk itself, the song this filk is based on is one of my favorite Christmas songs ever: The Night Santa Went Crazy by reknown filk and satire artist, “Weird” Al Yankovic. While the filk is not technically a Christmas song, Shack’s The Night Mara Went Crazy surely captures the manic insanity of the original song.
Filk Friday
This week’s featured filk has been coined by some critics (namely, the author) as the “greatest filk ever.” While I am not prone to such hyperbole, this is admittedly one of the most entertaining filks I’ve ever seen performed. Written by PG, the filk Lady Mara Jade combines two Star Ladies favorites: Moulin Rouge and Luke/Mara. Enjoy!
Random outbursts of Allegiance news…
A summary of Timothy Zahn’s Allegiance was found by a TFN user on Amazon U.K. I wouldn’t put too much faith in it, as there are two listings for the book and the summary seems a rather rough rewording of the first look at the novel. And they have the movie placement wrong. But, for posterity:
A “Star Wars” novel set between the events of “Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi”, it features a younger Han, Leia, and Luke, as well as Mara Jade. Mara Jade, the Emperor’s Hand, is looking into the illicit financial affairs of a planetary governor, hoping to find evidence that he might be funding the Rebellion. Luke, Han, and Chewbacca are sent on a mission to help some rebel supporters. Leia is busy being a diplomat, trying to drum up support for the Rebel Alliance. And a band of 5 stormtroopers, on the run after refusing a direct order, finds itself in the strange position of doing good deeds…and perhaps even aiding the Rebellion. The paths of all of them will crisscross back and forth as they come closer and closer to meeting up with one another…but never quite managing to.
However, we do have something from an official source: Sue Rostoni posted an excerpt from Allegiance on the starwars.com boards today. Text beneath the cut, nothing all that spoilery, IMO.
I think I read a fanfic like this once
First look at the cover for Timothy Zahn’s Allegiance is very, ah, white and shiny. Apparently the plot has something to do with rogue stormtroopers, which we didn’t know before. We did know the setting was between A New Hope and Empire, and Luke, Han, Leia, and Mara Jade are all involved.
The book is out in hardcover early next year.