Who wants to go to the Jedi Academy?
Um. Yeah. Okay. At least they seem to have a sense of humor about it…
Old Republic in 2006, Zahn in 2007…
A few interesting bits of news out of starwars.com today… First up, news on hardcover novels due in 2006. The first, by James Luceno is a post-Episode III novel. Also due that year are two Old Republic novels by Elizabeth Hand and Drew Karpyshyn.
The most intriguing announcement, at least for Club Jaders, is a brand new book by Timothy Zahn set sometime between ANH and ROTJ fot 2007… Provided the Outbound Flight novel is still a go, that would make this his 8th Star Wars novel.
Fans of the starwars.com message boards will also note that they’ve launched a regional section.
Star Wars Roll Call
Jimmy Smits (Bail Organa, AOTC & ROTS) has signed a development deal with ABC.
Author Kathy Tyers (Truce at Bakura, Balance Point) has rewritten and rereleased one of her early novels – Shivering World. Rambles has a review. Similar to her rewrite of the Firebird novels a few years back, it now features stronger faith themes and has been rereleased under a Christian fiction publisher.
There are several SW authors (Kevin J. Anderson, Terry Brooks, and Greg Keyes) doing signing and appearances within the next few months, according to Locus Online’s Author Event calendar. None of them are promoting Star Wars books, however. We don’t recommend going to KJA signings to heckle him, because from all accounts he’s actually a nice guy and will probably have enough trouble with the Dune fans.
But of course, the big even this month is DragonCon in Atlanta, with more guests that you can possibly meet. Notable SW personalities include Aaron Allston,
Clerks… again
Kevin Smith has annouced that he’s going to do a sequel to Clerks. What??
“It’s about what happens when that lazy, 20-something malaise lasts into your 30s. Those dudes are kind of still mired, not in that same exact situation, but in a place where it’s time to actually grow up and do something more than just sit around and dissect pop culture and talk about sex,” Smith said during an interview at his Hollywood office. “It’s: What happened to these dudes?”
So… it’ll be a retail Office Space with more swearing?
Darksiders just wanna have fun
Let’s hear it for revenge!
Planning revenge sparks enough satisfaction to motivate getting even — and the amount of satisfaction actually predicts who will go to greater lengths to do so, report Swiss researchers who monitored people’s brain activity during an elaborate game of double-cross.
‘I’ve seen things…’
Real scientists pick the top ten sci-fi films. Blade Runner and Star Wars (for ‘reasons of nostalgia’?) are among the chosen.
TV News
Hey, he’s on TV, it counts: Tom Welling’s superboy might have a cameo in Batman Begins.
Speaking of Batman, Volume 2 of the Animated Series is coming in December.
Kevin Sorbo (Hercules, Andromeda) has a sitcom deal with ABC.
There’s going to be a Muppet Wizard of Oz? Miss Piggy as the wicked witch? Brilliant! (Just ignore the fact that Ashanti is going to be Dorothy. Yawn.)
Pablo in London
Because we’ve all been living in the world of post con depression and leaking noses (or is that just me?) you might have missed the return of the Episode III Set Diaries, this time from reshoots in London. The webcam is up, too, with several choice Obi-Wan shots for Wantons.
The real meaning of ‘Otaku’
I’ll admit it – anime/manga fandom kinda freaks me out. So I can’t say I’m surprised that fan label ‘Otaku’ is more or less Japanese for maniac – or, with a quick logical jump, scary fanboy.
Yeah. I don’t get it.
Farscape miniseries trailer
The trailer for Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars is up. We’ll have to get a fan up in here to make sense of it – all I can do is wonder if anyone on the show wasn’t pregnant.