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The special New York Comic Con panel about the Star Wars 40th Anniversary anthology features several of the book’s 40-something writers, including moderator Pablo Hidalgo, Claudia Gray, Delilah Dawson, Jason Fry, E.K. Johnston and more.
The general publishing panel video is also out, and added to the original news post.
It’s official: Lucasfilm has announced that the next trailer for The Last Jedi is coming tomorrow during halftime of the Monday Night Football game on ESPN. The game begins at 8:15 p.m. EDT (5:15 p.m. PDT) which means halftime will likely be around 10. Tickets will go on sale afterwards.
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Looks like the Han Solo film will finally take us to Corellia. “Those #Corellian nights get a little chilly,” director Ron Howard tweets. “Screenwriter @JonKasdan and I try to keep warm.” We’ve seen the burning droid a few times in Howard’s shares from the set, but the confirmation that we’ll finally see Han’s home planet on screen? Priceless.
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The big news out of the Star Wars literature panel at New York Comic Con? A Thrawn sequel from Timothy Zahn is coming next summer. Thrawn: Alliances will also feature Darth Vader, because why not, I guess.
Since Thrawn pretty much butts up against Thrawn’s appearance and new canon debut Rebels, there’s some speculation that the book could be set after the cartoon… Which could mean that he’ll survive the show’s final season. Maybe. In any case, the book is already in the hands of Del Rey.
It’s also up on the Random House catalog, where we get a brief – but illuminating – blurb.
The sequel to New York Times bestseller Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances will continue to follow the rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn to the heights of Imperial power—and accompany him into the past, witnessing his first encounter with the man who will one day become Darth Vader.
The book is currently scheduled for a June 26, 2018 release in hardcover and eBook.
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The evidence certainly seems to be mounting that we’re getting The Last Jedi trailer and tickets on Monday. Most of it is various fan ventures hand-waving about their “sources,” (theater employees?) and of course there’s a Reddit component (theater employee!) now, but things are looking pretty likely. (And going back, there’s all The Force Awakens parallels and that deleted Mark Hamill tweet.)
If this all bears out, we can expect an official announcement and the poster on Sunday. Non-football watchers, brace yourselves now for watching football and/or endlessly refreshing the Star Wars Youtube channel now.
Fingers crossed, because do any of us really want another week of this?
The Star Wars fangirl documentary Looking for Leia has released a preview reel. You can learn more about the doc at lookingforleia.com. Spoiler: It looks pretty great.
Ahsoka Tano and Padme Amidala team up in Forces of Destiny’s ‘The Starfighter Stunt.’
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In the third new Forces of Destiny short, ‘Teach You, I Will,’ Ahsoka Tano learns how to fight with two lightsabers.
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Disney has posted the second of the new Forces of Destiny shorts, ‘Tracker Trouble.’ This one is set mid-The Force Awakens.
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This week brings two new books and three comics. Del Rey’s 40th Anniversary anthology From a Certain Point of View is out Tuesday, October 3. It features 40 short stories from 42 authors, all set during A New Hope. Also out Tuesday is William Shakespeare’s The Force Doth Awaken by Ian Doescher.
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