Del Rey is giving us a very early look at Jedi Trial, October’s Clone Wars hardcover by David Sherman and Dan Cragg. Interested? Be sure to check it out ASAP!
Maul’s Revenge?!?
Dark Horse is teaming up with the concept artists from Revenge of the Sith for a graphic novel, Visionaries. It will feature 12 stories (some in continuty, some not) and be written by the artists themselves.
Denning’s trilogy gets a name
Sue Rostoni has revealed the titles for the 2005 post-NJO trilogy by Troy Denning. The trilogy is Star Wars: Dark Nest, and the titles are The Joiner King, The Unseen Queen, and The Swarm War. Rostoni also said that Raynar Thul of the YJK books, last seen in Star by Star, will play a major part.
Ew, Jedi Nookie!
Only on TFN, folks…
This is creeping me out. Imagine Mark Hamill, and that McRandle chick naked and floating arund the room, like if in space. Perish the thought!
I am discretely avoiding linking to our archive of archaic Luke/Mara fanfic. I’m sure there’s floaty sex in there somewhere, but I value my sanity too much to actually look.
Author News
According to theforce.net,it was announced at Comic Con that Aaron Allston and Troy Denning will be a part of the 9-book post-NJO novel series. Allston will have three books in 2006. No numbers for Denning are given, but he already has a trilogy in this time period set for next year.
Official confirmation and more regarding upcoming EU projects, mostly prequel-related, can be found here.
Making Yav’s dreams come true
Secrets of the Jedi by Jude Watson will reveal Obi-Wan’s ‘great love’ referenced in… uhh… some book I didn’t read. There’s also some Anakin/Padme stuff… Including an Episode 3 pic of Natalie Portman.
The EU: Not Dead Yet.
Sue Rostoni of Lucasbooks announced on the starwars.com boards last month that there will be a 9-book post-NJO series. The series was previous announced as being set in the Tales of the Jedi era.
We’ve reconsidered where to set this 9-book series and have decided that the old Old Republic era may not be the best place. We’re now seriously considering post-NJO, something like 35 years after A New Hope. The thinking is that there is more opportunity here for substantial storylines using characters that people already have feelings about, and the outcome wouldn’t be known at the start of things. We still want to play in the Old Old Republic time frame, and will try to get a trilogy there. I hope you all aren’t disappointed – I’m trying to gauge whether it’s best to give you NO information at all, or information (like this) that’s subject to change.
Also from the boards, a little advance notice that the titles of the upcoming Troy Denning trilogy, also post-NJO and due next year, will be ‘leaked’ at a Comic Con panel.
I’m of mixed feelings. Yes, I kind of want more books… But Jacen and Jaina don’t do much for me, and I’m even less fond of most of their pals. I was looking forward to just ignoring the EU for a while. Damn this vile obsession!
And Matthew Woodring Stover (Traitor, Shatterpoint, Episode 3 novelization) has a blog. Who knew?
Novel Announcement: Labyrinth of Evil
In January we get Labyrinth of Evil, a novel featuring Anakin and Obi-Wan that leads directly into the opening on Episode 3. (Note: link contains visual spoilers for Ep3.)
It’s by James Luceno, who seems to be becoming the new KJA – at least as far as quantity goes. Even I really can’t insult any of the NJO authors by comparing them to the quality part. (Not even R. A. Salvatore! Well… maybe.)
Emperor’s Hand back in comics?
Mara Jade is coming back to comics in Empire. According to Randy Stradley of Dark Horse, she’s set to star in issue #28 of the ongoing series. Issue #28 would come out in January 2005, so the information is still quite tentative at this point. Previous comic storylines involving Mara are By The Emperor’s Hand, Union, and a handful of short appearances in the early issues of Star Wars Tales.
Also in comic news, the next issue of Star Wars Tales (#21) starts with an overhaul of the book with a new editor and format. Hopefully this doesn’t mean an end to the humor and offbeat stories, which is (IMO) the main reason to pick up Tales. Detail-oriented fanboys are NOT the only Star Wars fans, Dark Horse!
Mainstream Exposure
USA Today’s article about Star Wars novels, focusing on the renewal of Del Rey’s contract. Not much new information for the hardcore fan, though, but a bit over overview.