The fifth Forces of Destiny short takes us to Hoth – and gives us the origins of a deleted scene from The Empire Strikes Back.
Link: Dave Filoni reveals a Rebels conversation not seen onscreen
Forewarned is forearmed: How to get the Inferno Squad exclusive at SDCC
Del Rey has the details on how San Diego Comic-Con attendees can get a copy of the convention exclusive edition of Battlefront II: Inferno Squad. It’s a little more complicated than the Thrawn sales at Celebration, but will hopefully result in more folks being able to actually get the book.
→ J.W. Rinzler, formerly of Lucasfilm, is writing a blog series about his time with the company, as well as his own history with the Bay Area. Check it out on his blog.
→ And finally, some release notes: On the Front Lines got pushed back at some point. It’s now due out in August. The schedule has been updated.
Ahsoka makes Forces of Destiny debut with ‘The Padawan Path’
Forces of Destiny heads to the prequel era with the fourth episode, ‘The Padawan Path.’
Wacky merchandise: Star Wars snack bowls may be a little too up close and personal
Hankering to snack out of Chewbacca’s mouth? Want to dig into Jabba’s jowls? Eat your Swedish fish with a little help from a wampa? If so, ThinkGeek has just the product for you! I suspect most of us are gonna pass.
Those looking for a more tasteful option may prefer this highball glass.
Forces of Destiny moves on to Leia with ‘Ewok Escape’
The third Forces of Destiny short, ‘Ewok Escape,’ features Leia on Endor, and how she got that dress.
Video: Forces of Destiny continues with ‘BB-8 Bandits’
The second episode of Forces of Destiny, ‘BB-8 Bandits’, is up. Like the first, it features Rey and BB-8 on Jakku in between scenes of The Force Awakens. It debuted on the French site CNEWS Matin.
Out this week: Star Wars #33, Rogue One #4
Two new comics, a trade, and a reprint will be on the comic shelves on Wednesday. That’s Star Wars #33 and Rogue One #4 for the comics, Star Wars Vol. 5: Yoda’s Secret War for the trade, and the second printing of Darth Maul #3.
As for the rest of the month, there are two books on tap for July. Christie Golden’s Battlefront II: Inferno Squadron and Tim Leong’s Star Wars Super Graphic on the 25th. See the more upcoming titles on our book release schedule.
Making of Rogue One book has gone MIA
Looks like there won’t be a Making of book for Rogue One after all. Jedi Bibliothek noticed that catalog entry has disappeared. A similar thing happened with The Force Awakens behind-the-scenes book. We’ll look for them in a couple decades, I guess.
Video: Forces of Destiny begins with ‘Sands of Jakku’
The first Forces of Destiny episode, ‘Sands of Jakku,’ went up this morning. Over at Mashable, Dave Filoni talks about the series, which will be debuting new episodes all week on the Disney Youtube channel.