Hondo returned in tonight’s ‘Brothers of the Broken Horn.’ Poor guy has fallen on hard times. Also, Pablo reveals a bit about Sabine.
The Force Awakens’ Daisy Ridley and John Boyega on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter
In addition to today’s poster ambush, we also got Daisy Ridley and John Boyega each get their own cover for The Hollywood Reporter’s ‘Next Gen’ issue. They both get pretty lengthy interviews. Be sure to watch the videos: The origin of ‘peanut’ is revealed, and who stole Harrison Ford’s golf cart?
The Force Awakens character posters debut!
In short order today, several character posters debuted for The Force Awakens. The official Star Wars pages produced Kylo Ren and Han Solo, Daisy Ridley had Rey on her Instgram, and John Boyega and Carrie Fisher dropped Finn and Leia on their Twitter accounts. You can nab high res versions at StarWars.com.
Almost there: Best #StarWars and #TheForceAwakens tweets for Oct. 14-Nov. 3
We already covered the new trailer and even the night before, but here’s the rest. Also be sure not to miss Chris Taylor’s roundup of three years worth of Star Wars tweets, for the anniversary of the Disney sale/Episode VII announcement.
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Chuck Wendig on why he highlights all those homophobic Aftermath reviews
Since the book’s release, Chuck Wendig has been regularly featuring Aftermath reviews that object to the book containing gay and lesbian characters. (Some examples, oh my god so many examples, people are ridiculous.)
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Review: Battlefront: Twilight Company puts the war into Star Wars
On sale today, Battlefront: Twilight Company is a good, solid novel for the military sci-fi reader. The world of Star Wars is no stranger to video game tie-in fiction, and has done so quite well with the X-Wing series and Republic Commando series, both now Legends. First time novelist Alexander Freed hits the mark by pulling the reader in for a trip with the men and women of Twilight Company, formally the Sixty-First Mobile Infantry, one of the Rebel Alliance’s toughest units, during the original trilogy era.
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The Force Awakens concept art that inspired Rebels’ Fifth Brother revealed
The Star Wars Rebels Facebook page gave us a look at The Force Awakens concept art that inspired the look of one of the new Inquistors, the Fifth Brother.
Wacky merchandise: The Death Star waffle maker
The Death Star waffle maker is the latest Star Wars-themed kitchen gear from – who else – Thinkgeek.
Orlando’s Star Wars Land aiming for 2018 completion?
MouseHub got hold of the permits for the upcoming expansions at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando. They show that construction is set to begin in January to finish in October 2018 – though people more versed in Disney than I say this might only be for the basic expansion and new entrance.
Rumor: We’re going to be seeing a lot less of Princess Leia’s slave bikini
Making Star Wars reports of rumblings that Lucasfilm is “retiring” the Slave Leia bikini. However, do note that piece’s only quoted source is J. Scott Campbell, an artist whose work mostly seems to consist of pinups – not exactly the most neutral of parties regarding this subject.
That said, I do feel it’s a very smart move for Lucasfilm to be more selective in how and when they use the bikini. It’s all-too-often used as the character’s default look – see Tsundo Sanda’s recent Newsweek cover, where any iconic Leia would do the trick just as well. The problem isn’t so much that slave Leia is a thing that exists in merchandising, it’s that the bikini dominates – and that’s not a fair representation of the character.
I do think a blanket ban on it is rather unlikely – I don’t have a huge problem with the Return of the Jedi poster that MSW uses an an example, for instance – but less of the bikini? Yes, please.