EU Cantina will have Invincible author Troy Denning live on their EUCast on June 13th. Listeners can send questions to the staff or call in and ask directly.
More Hobbit
Staring into the Crystal Skull
Head on over to Livejournal for a great three-part analysis of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from screenwriter Todd Alcott. (via)
Not so fast, Hobbit fans
Tolkien’s son is making one last-ditch effort to block the production of The Hobbit:
… at a hearing on June 6 Christopher Tolkien will ask a Californian judge to back his claim that he can “terminate” film rights to The Hobbit. He is said to be furious with the New Line studio, which earned £3 billion from the Rings trilogy. Tolkien’s lawyers accuse New Line of “accounting chicanery”. Warner Bros, owner of New Line, declined to comment.
Meanwhile, Jackson and del Toro are moving forward with production, announcing that Sir Ian McKellen will return as Gandalf the Grey, Andy Serkis will be back as Gollum, and that Viggo Mortensen has been asked to reprise his role as Aragorn (even though Aragorn wasn’t in The Hobbit).
EU newsbits: Millennium Falcon, LOTF, TFU
- Millennium Falcon: A hardcover listing for the post-LOTF novel by James Luceno has finally appeared on RandomHouse.com (We were tipped off by audio versions.) The listing gives the book a page count of 320.
- LOTF: StarWars.com user Suzanne has summarized the Invincible comments from Troy Denning and Sue Rostoni.
- TFU: A user on NJOE has spotted a new blurb for The Force Unleashed novel from the Science Fiction Book Club. (Scroll down about halfway.)
31 years of Star Wars
Thirty-one years ago today, Star Wars was unleashed upon the masses… And it also happens to be the 25th birthday of Return of the Jedi. (Which is airing on Spike tonight!)
To celebrate the occasion, there’s a huuuuge poll over at the Livejournal Star Wars community.
Invincible cracks bestseller lists
The Legacy of the Force finale is #4 on Publisher’s Weekly, #5 on the New York Times, and #14 on USA Today.
EU newbits: Comics, games, and The Clone Wars
- Comics: DarkHorse.com has previews for Dark Times #11/Vector part 5 and Rebellion #14.
- Gaming: EU Cantina has an interview with LucasArts’ voice director David Collins.
- The Clone Wars: io9 asks what it would take to get you excited about The Clone Wars. My answer: Nothing. No matter what they do, it’s still the Clone Wars, isn’t it? Been there, done that.
Friday morning lulz: “Just like in debate club. You always go for the lightsaber.”
The humor wiki Darthipedia, is, for the most part… Well, they try. But this extended version of the pre-duel conversation between Anakin and Obi-Wan is pretty funny.
(Hattip to their current Quote of the Week as well.)
Aaron Allston answering LOTF questions, too!
So we’ve had Sue Rostoni, Troy Denning, and now Aaron Allston showing up at StarWars.com to answer LOTF questions! Aaron’s posts start on page 439 of the BACT VIPs thread, and he’s posted in his StarWars.com blog as well.