Youtuber Lindsay Ellis explores the ideology of the sequel trilogy’s First Order… And yes, she even namechecks Bloodline.
Rumor: Episode IX has new working title
A new report from Fantha Tracks says the Episode IX’s working title has been changing from Black Diamond to “trIXie.”
IX will begin filming at the end of July, director J.J. Abrams said in February. It’s due out in December 2019.
Solo roundup: Creating the Kessel Run, train heist
More looks behind the development of Solo‘s Kessel Run and train heist with Lucasfilm design supervisor James Clyne.
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Out this week: Star Wars, The Last Jedi comics
Three comics are coming on Wednesday, June 6. From Marvel, there’s Star Wars #49 and The Last Jedi #3, while IDW has Star Wars Adventures #11.
We’re clear out on books until July, but there is a pre-order link now for Amy Ratcliffe’s Women of the Galaxy, which is out in October.
Ticket details for Celebration Chicago
Celebration Chicago details are up! The advance prices for a five-day pass are $215 for adult, $100 for child, and one-day adult passes are $75 each, with a $55.00 Thursday “Bounty Hunter” preview. The VIP Jedi Master pass will run $850.00.
The show is April 11-15, 2019 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. This is eighth domestic Celebration and the first time the con has been extended to five days.
The tickets will go on sale June 5 at noon. If this will be your first Celebration, fear not: The standard five-day passes likely won’t sell out right away, though the VIP tickets certainly will. (I still wouldn’t wait too long, though.)
I am hoping completely revisit our convention tips series for Chicago, so if you have any questions, feel free to comment or send them along.
Ron Howard on Solo’s big cameo
To /Film, Ron Howard explains how that shocking Solo cameo came to be and whether a sequel is in the cards. Plus, the Kasdans on that choice and why Teras Kasi.
Women of the Galaxy book coming this fall
A new book by Amy Ratcliffe will profile 75 Star Wars women. Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy, due out in October, will feature an “eclectic mix of female characters from the films, cartoons, novels, comics, and video games.”
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Colin Trevorrow doesn’t say much about Episode IX
Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow, who was the original pick for Episode IX, isn’t going to give any details about his scuttled plans. (J.J. Abrams took over and wrote his own script with Chris Terrio.) But Trevorrow does tell Empire that he got to talk to both George Lucas and Mark Hamill about it.
“I don’t want to talk too much about it because I don’t want to affect the way that fans get to see these films,” he said. “When we were kids, these movies came to us from far away. They were a gift. And the more we talk about how they’re made, the more it reveals that they’re just movies. But they’re not just movies, they’re more than that. Beyond that, I got the opportunity to tell a story that is a celebration of everything I believe in, I got to tell it to George Lucas and I got to tell it to Luke Skywalker, and those are experiences I will cherish for the rest of my life.”
Trevorrow will next direct Jurassic World 3.
Solo novelization coming in September
The Solo novelization by Mur Lafferty is coming on September 4, Del Rey and StarWars.com announced today. There’ll also be a junior version by Joe Schreiber. A cookbook, the Millennium Falcon: Owner’s Workshop Manual and a Deluxe Smuggler’s Guide from Dan Wallace are also coming in the fall.
Lafferty has previously written two Star Wars short stories – ‘The Voice of the Empire’, a tie in to the Rogue One prequel novel Catalyst which appeared in the Insider, and ‘Not for Nothing’ for the anthology From a Certain Point of View.
Out this week: Lando comic, Canto Bight PB
This week brings us a paperback reprint of one of The Last Jedi’s fiction tie-ins, and a Solo comic. First up, on Tuesday, May 29, the paperback for Canto Bight, which features novellas from Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, Mira Grant, and John Jackson Miller. Then, on Wednesday, May 30, it’s time for Lando: Double or Nothing #1, first issue in a five-part miniseries.
