Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The official site has a double punch of new cover art today: Fate of the Jedi:Omen and Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil featuring the return of original Bane cover artist John Jude Palencar.
Meanwhile, Sue Rostoni has revealed the name of the new character on Omen: Vestara.
Considering that they’ve already finished an Empire parody, Something Something Something Dark Side (airing in the fall,) I don’t think anyone will be taken by surprise by this.
I have to say this is the most informative ‘make-a-lightsaber’ video I’ve ever seen. Yay? (via)
IGN has word that the Fanboys DVD will be coming to stores across the country in little over two months.
The Force Skeptics Page has clearly been around for a while, but it’s new to me:
The Jedi Knights are known for their supposed ability to perform “miracles.” They can influence others’ thoughts with a wave of their hand, use a slender light saber to deflect blaster bolts with their eyes closed, jump great heights in full gravity, move objects without touching them, see into the future, and do many other things that normal people can’t. Or so they claim.
Perhaps Karen Traviss subscribes to his newsletter. (via)
Looks like we might be getting a nice long break from The Clone Wars: A schedule snapped at Toy Fair shows that the second season of the show (and a box set of the S1 DVDs) are on track for the fourth quarter of 2009. That means we likely won’t see them until October at the earliest.
We can also expect another video game (??) in September.
The inherent problem with The Clone Wars is that the main characters are never in any real danger. We’ve all seen the movies, and we know Anakin’s not going to die. We know Obi-Wan’s not going to die. We know Padme’s not going to die (I mean, we know she is going to die, but not until her iddle-widdle heart gets broken and she loses the will to live). Thankfully, the Clone Wars writers also know this, so they load the cast with vulnerable secondary characters… most notably Little Miss Spunkadelic, Ahsoka Tano. Continue reading “The Clone Wars review: ‘Storm Over Ryloth’”
The StarWars.com Flickr has quite a few pictures from last weekend’s convention. And check out more on Flickr from Steve Rhodes, Deborah Beckman, Sherrie Thai, Omar Gutierrez and Tram Truong.
Well, you have a chance to get an early copy – an ARC (Advanced Reading Copy) to be exact: Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is giving one away.
Speaking of, seems there’s an audio excerpt of the book out. (via)