The official site has posted the cover and blurb of Troy Denning’s The Joiner King, which will be out in July. Can you predict the next two covers? I think you can!
Variety on George
Variety has done a profile on George Lucas, and TFN talks them into putting it online for free. Pretty cool.
George Lucas answers to no man. Indeed, his autonomy is unique in the history of the entertainment industry: Even Walt Disney had to cope with his skinflint brother Roy.
Lucas turns 61 in May, the same month “Revenge of the Sith,” the sixth and probably last “Star Wars” picture, makes its bow. But the visionary filmmaker has no clear plans to make any more films — at least none of the obviously commercial variety.
And while he has started up several self-sufficient companies — effects shop ILM, sound firm THX, etc. — it’s not clear that he will turn his focus to any of them. Instead, his peripatetic mind seems eager to blaze new frontiers.
Canon-Bending, yay!
I don’t know about anyone else, but the EU item I’m most looking forward to right now is Visionaries. Having long been a fan of alternate universes and concept art, this looks like it may be the one of most original things to come out of Dark Horse in years. Having the actual concept artists along for the ride can’t hurt either.
Fan Club Details
The Guide to Fan Club Fun at Celebration III. If you’re not a member now, better sign up by March 4th to get the extras. Also, thanks to hofmannison of Livejournal’s Celebration community for pointing out the vendor list and map. (Last two links are PDFs and require a plug-in.)
Pop Culture and Fan Films
Now, here’s something that looks interesting – a Star Wars in Pop Culture room at Celebration 3. (They’re actually going to be showing a bit of the Holiday Special. Don’t tell George!) It seems to be mostly trailers and commercials and other promotional stuff, though. What about “Luke be a Jedi tonight” or all the great parodies? Maybe they’re still working on rights issues or something…
Merchandise… again
On starwars.com, we get kiddie books, cheestastic t-shirts, backpacks and lunchboxes, and gaming stuff.
Meanwhile, TFN found some new Legos, high-res scan of the storybook cover, M&M collector packaging, a new toy and a cereal box
“The best trailer we’ve ever done”
Revenge of the Sith producer Rick McCallum had a Hyperspace chat yesterday – although you have to be a Hyperspace member to see the whole thing, TFN has some highlights.
Hamill wins awards, addresses rumors
Mark Hamill’s Comic Book: The Movie won ‘several top honors’ (The Beat is as clueless as we are, thanks to Variety‘s subscription service.) Naturally, red carpet interviews were nabbed about the Star Wars television show: “Never say never.” IESB has video.
TV News: Galactica and Lost
Battlestar Galactica has been renewed for a second season. The latest episode, “You Can’t Go Home Again,” got 3.2 million viewers.
A new episode of Lost airs tonight, and some viewers are worried it will turn into the “bad” X-Files. (And why aren’t people saying that about Alias?) ACIN has some spoilers for the episode tonight and an overview of what the next few shows will be about.
For the Karrdes…
An entire site devoted to Leia’s Metal Bikini, complete with costumes, fan art and screencaps.