Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Above, a video interview with author Sean Williams on his TFU novelization, while Penny Arcade riffs on the game.
Del Rey has also emailed out a list of book release events taking place on Saturday, August 23; You’ll find them beneath the cut. Continue reading “Yet more on The Force Unleashed!“
Deader than a Triton Moon is a brand new short story from Jason Fry, co-author of the upcoming Essential Atlas.
With most of The Force Unleashed tie-ins out today, the official site has posted a bonanza of extras:
Also of interest may be io9’s gallery of TFU concept art.
JadeCon is never a good time for real blogging, and so several stories over the last week got missed. Now that I’ve slept an entire night (and then some,) and taken a Claritin (damn you, con crud!) and am finally back in the land of working wireless, here’s some of The Clone Wars stuff that got missed:
Don’t forget to vote in our poll and review post.
So, um, apparently there’s this game coming out next month? Where you play as Vader’s secret apprentice? And stuff? Yeah, this is the novelization, and it comes out tomorrow. Oh, and a Making of book, too. Plus some comic. And all much, much cheaper than a game console.
Coming out this Wednesday from Bad Horse, err.. Dark Horse:
Also hitting the comic book shops: Indiana Jones magazine #3.
So about a dozen of us are hanging out in the secret lounge on the ground floor of the Hyatt, wasting time until we get hungry and/or need to print boarding passes. What better to do with our Post-Con Depression than to recap the highlights of the weekend? Continue reading “JadeCon ’08: Aftermath and recap”
It’s not the greatest weekend for Star Wars at the box office: AP reports that the animated film took in $15.5 million, coming in third behind Tropic Thunder ($26M) and The Dark Knight ($16.8M.) Respectable, but not exactly the kind of figures we’re used to seeing… Plus, TDK also rolled over the original Star Wars’ to become the second highest grossing film, as it’s been threatening to for weeks. Bummer.
The film is not doing very well with reviewers (a stunning 19% on Rotten Tomatoes) but many fans do seem to be liking it. Yay? In any case, our poll on The Clone Wars is up now: Vote on the sidebar or under the cut. Continue reading “The Clone Wars takes in $15.5 million”