No blurb yet, but the official site has treated us to the first look at the cover for the fourth Fate of the Jedi book, featuring Ben Skywalker! See it all beneath the cut. Continue reading “Fate of the Jedi: Backlash cover revealed!”
Out this week: KOTOR, Insider
The pickings have been slim this month, but Wednesday will bring us Knights of the Old Republic #42. Also be on the lookout for Star Wars Insider #110.
More on George in Chicago
The Chicago Tribune finally has something on George, while NECN.com has video of George accepting the Siskel Award.
An Adventure With George Lucas in Chicago
The Forcecast’s Jimmy Mac was on hand for last night’s Gene Siskel Film Center event honoring The Maker in Chicago. He returns with photos and an interview with Lucas.
There doesn’t seem to be much from the press on the event yet, but Francis Ford Coppola has good words about George at MTV, and Red Tails actor Tristan Wilds talks him up over at IGN.
Christopher Lee knighted!
The genre acting legend, who played Count Dooku in two of the prequels, has received one very big honor: He’s among those knighted Saturday by Queen Elizabeth II.
Lee is not the first Star Wars player to be knighted, of course: Sir Alec Guinness had already held the title for almost two decades when he played Obi-Wan Kenobi in 1977.
The Clone Wars webcomic returns
We’ve got a glut of new Clone Wars content last night, most notably a new webcomic, ‘Hunting the Hunters’ (a story that bridges S1 and S2,) as well as a new game and the official announcement of the ‘Clone Commandos’ DVD.
TGIF: The Lonely Stormtrooper
Gus Lopez tours Tatooine Tunisia
The noted collector found and photographed several Star Wars shooting locations in Tunisia, including the cliffs in the scene above. He even nabbed a sunset shot. (via)
Father’s Day is coming!
It’s almost Father’s Day here in the U.S. (June 21,) so get ready for more celebration of our favorite limb-chopping dad in the style of Asylum’s Great Moments in Pop Culture Fatherhood. Or maybe this video from a year or so back, How To Be The Best Dad In The Galaxy. And how could anyone forget this action figure two-pack?
If you’re still in the market for gifts, there are guides from Geekdad (1, 2, 3) and StarWars.com. Or you can always just go straight to ThinkGeek. (I, uhh, ordered my father’s gift from there just now.)
New blurb for Fate of the Jedi: Abyss
SWBooks.co.uk noticed a new, heftier blurb on the Random House listing for the third Fate of the Jedi book, Denning’s Abyss. This might be spoilery for book 2, Omen, so highlight to read:
Following a trail of clues across the galaxy, Luke Skywalker continues his quest to find the reasons behind Jacen Solo’s dark downfall and to win redemption for the Jedi Order. Sojourning among the mysterious Aing-Tii monks has left Luke and his son Ben with no real answers, only the suspicion that the revelations they seek lie in the forbidden reaches of the distant Maw Cluster. There, hidden from the galaxy in a labyrinth of black holes, dwell the Mind Walkers: those whose power to transcend their bodies and be one with the Force is as seductive and intoxicating as it is potentially fatal. But it may be Luke’s only path to the truth.
Meanwhile, on Coruscant, the war of wills between Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala and the Jedi Order is escalating. Outraged over the carbonite freezing of young Jedi Knights Valin and Jysella Horn after their inexplicable mental breakdowns, the Jedi are determined to defy Daala’s martial tactics, override Council Master Kenth Hamner’s wavering leadership, and deal on their own terms with the epidemic of madness preying on their ranks. As Han and Leia Solo, along with their daughter Jaina, join the fight to protect more stricken Knights from arrest, Jedi healers race to find a cure for the rapidly spreading affliction. But none of them realize the blaster barrel is already swinging in their direction–and Chief Daala is about to pull the trigger.
Nor do Luke and Ben, deep in the Maw Cluster and pushing their Force abilities beyond known limits, realize how close they are–to the Sith strike squad bent on exterminating the Skywalkers, to a nexus of dark-side energy unprecedented in its power and its hunger, and to an explosive confrontation between opposing wielders of the Force from which only one Master–good or evil–can emerge alive.
Abyss is due in August, while Omen comes out on the 23rd.