Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
In August, Del Rey will publish A Practical Man, an e-novella by Karen Traviss filling in the details leading up to Boba Fett’s brief cameo in The Unifying Force.
Although there’s no price noted in the official release, it appears that Barnes & Noble has it retailing for $3.50.
The starwars.com item also gives fans a look at the Fettastic finished cover for Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines, which is due out in September.
Ryan Gosling? Rosario Dawson? Vince Vaughn? Cinematical is re-casting Star Wars, so now is the time for those psycho raving fans we love so dearly* to run over and tell them how very, very wrong they are.
Although Morgan Freeman would make an awesome Obi-Wan…
* Or not.
James Luceno to write a novel about Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious. Details are short, but it does seem that Plagueis is a Munn.
Guess that blows my pet Plagueis theory out of the water. Damn. I do so love perverted mad scientists.
The novel will be the released in hardcover in 2008.
Penny Arcade: George Lucas taped over the original trilogy!
Fortune article on Lego CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp mentions Star Wars:
When Lego decided in 1999 to launch a Star Wars series, recalls Jakobsen, “getting the license from Lucas was nothing compared to the internal struggle over having the word ‘war’ appear under the Lego brand.”
The rest of the article is actually rather depressing. I can’t say streamlining a business and making it more profitable are bad things, but Fortune makes it sound like any of the other company goals are irrelevant. (I guess that’s why I’m not the type of person who reads stuff like Fortune.)
Meanwhile, Starwars.com wants your vote on what the next Ultimate Collectors Set should be: R2-D2, FX-6, Vulture Droid Starfighter or an Electronic AT-AT walker? I don’t think the FX or the Vulture droid has much of a chance here…
The preview issue of the controversial comic series that takes place 100 years into the future of Star Wars will be available in a comic store near you tomorrow for only 25 cents. The comic is written by by John Ostrander, with art by Jan Duursema, the folks behind the Republic series that had fanboys salivating.
At least, we can hope it comes out tomorrow, as #0 has been pushed back pretty much every week so far.
In any case, there’s a hefty article up on Newsarama for your perusal.
To further jog your memory, here’s our past coverage on Legacy: Letter from Randy Stradley / The Previews solicitation / Newsarama interviews Randy Stradley and Jan Duursema / The initial annoucement
Legacy #1 is due out the 21st.
So Batwoman is a lesbian now. Naturally, the best commentary comes from The Onion:
“I applaud DC Comics for taking the bold step of introducing a voluptuous, beautiful, girl-kissing superheroine. I only hope DC’s legion of chronic masturbators will accept her.”