Jedi News talks to The Clone Wars director Dave Filoni. (via)
Comics from the future: August solicitations
Rebelscum has Dark Horse’s August solicitations, including Legacy #27, Knights of the Old Republic #32, Rebellion #16 aka Vector part 8, plus a new ‘Early Victories’ omnibus containing old-school 90’s minis such as Vader’s Quest and the Splinter of the Mind’s Eye adaption.
The biggest surprise is perhaps the first new Clone Wars quarterly, Shipyards of Doom, scripted by the show’s head writer Henry Gilroy.
Video: The Clone Wars trailer
I haven’t a clue why the new The Clone Wars trailer that aired yesterday isn’t up at starwars.com yet, but you can watch it (clearly, without Polish) online now thanks to io9.
UPDATE: And they probably got it from Yahoo, where you can nab the HD version. (Thanks, Corran Fett!)
UPDATE 2: And now it’s on StarWars.com, which also got a bit of an index makeover.
UPDATE 3: Embedded!
New Dark Horse editor’s letter sheds light on staffing changes, The Clone Wars, TFU offerings
Randy Stradley updates fans on what’s going on at the comic licensee in the latest From the Editor. As previously reported on their boards, editor Jeremy Barlow has moved on to freelance writing – and Stradley implies that he’s working on something that we’ll here about “in a future Zone.” Dave Marshall has stepped in to fill the gap, and Ms. Freddye Lins is replacing him as assistant editor.
Meanwhile, we learn that a The Force Unleashed graphic novel is coming in August, and Dark Horse will be serving The Clone Wars with a quarterly digest and monthly comic series. And of course, it wouldn’t be complete without a mention of the upcoming uber-digest Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy.
Enter the baldie: New look at TCW’s Asajj
New picture of Asajj Ventress from USA Today. Oh, and one thing I missed in yesterday’s L.A. Times article:
…and voice actors, including Samuel L. Jackson, reprising his Mace Windu character, and Anthony Daniels as the familiar voice of C-3P0.
Whoops. You win again, apathy! Err, TFN.
The Clone Wars trailer debuts tomorrow!
Look for the theatrical trailer to (officially) debut at 7:58 p.m on Thursday, May 8 – on not one, but five networks: Cartoon Network, TNT, TBS, CNN, and Boomerang. And to hold you over, StarWars.com has a new poster.
Keep telling yourself that, George
The Los Angeles Times talks to George Lucas – am old-same old about The Clone Wars and stuff past the movies:
“There really isn’t any story to tell there,” the filmmaker said. “It’s been covered in the books and video games and comic books, which are things I think are incredibly creative but that I don’t really have anything to do with other than being the person who built the sandbox they’re playing in.”
In the non-film versions of the saga, for instance, Han Solo and Princess Leia marry and have three children, one of them named Anakin after his notorious grandfather. All of it has been popular with core fans, but Lucas doesn’t see any upside to extending the tale past the leafy luau on Endor where Vader’s corpse was torched.
“I get asked all the time, ‘What happens after “Return of the Jedi”?,’ and there really is no answer for that,” he said. “The movies were the story of Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker, and when Luke saves the galaxy and redeems his father, that’s where that story ends.”
Dear media: WE KNOW. (We just don’t care.*) You can’t think of anything else to ask George Lucas? Come on!
Anyway, despite this, they do attempt a quick guide to the expanded universe – four out of nine selections actually extend past (or forward) the movies. (Bonus: They source Wookieepedia)
* Well, I don’t care. No doubt someone will object. Or gloat. ;)
Yet more on The Clone Wars tie-ins
Paul over at TFN is clearly way more into all this The Clone Wars stuff than I am. Or at least the details, so if you want to keep up with changing Amazon.com listings and the like, head on over.
The Clone Wars: Penguin and DK book details
The official site has some details on the Penguin and DK kids books that will tie into The Clone Wars movie and TV series. The books all have a release date of July 26 in the U.S. and August 7 in the U.K. One publisher announcement down… Hopefully we’ll get the others soon!
Rumor: The Clone Wars times three?
At a French con this weekend, Peter Mayhew told the folks at StarWars-Universe.com that Chewbacca is in The Clone Wars and that there’s a possibility of three Clone Wars movies! The Chewbacca thing isn’t a complete surprise, but the three movies? My skeptic hat is so on.