Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
StarWars.com has Dark Horse’s solicitations for October, including Invasion #4 and #0 (which reprints the StarWars.com previews with six new pages,) Knights of the Old Republic #46, a Mando-fanboy pleasing Legacy #41 and Legacy Volume 7.
On that note, there’s a quickie interview with Invasion’s Tom Taylor on the TFN boards.
Let’s hear it for comics! This week, Wednesday will bring The Clone Wars #7 and Knights of the Old Republic #43, both the beginnings of new storylines.
Something to add to those Episode VII wish lists… Jaina Solo makes io9’s list of the most badass female space pilots of all time. It’s a damn shame we never got anyone in the movies who qualifies…
So the new comic debuted last week, and both NJOE and IGN have reviews, while Dark Horse has an interview with creators Tom Taylor and Colin Wilson.
I was fairly underwhelmed with it, but that’s pretty much par for the course with Dark Horse… I’ll just have to wait and see how it pans out.
Galactic Binder nabbed Dark Horse Star Wars editor Randy Stradley to talk comics (mostly Invasion, naturally.) I’m particularly approving of this bit:
Do not recycle dialogue from the motion pictures (unless, of course, you’re flashing back to an actual scene from one of the films). There is no need—ever—for another Star Wars character to say, “I have a bad feeling about this,” or “I find your lack of faith disturbing,” etc. Ditto for insertions of the “THX-1138” designation. After thirty years this sort of thing has been done to death.
Be sure to read through to the end, though, as there’s a hint down there that’s sure to make a lot of folks happy.
DarkHorse.com has the preview for Invasion #2, featuring our first look at the goings-on at Yavin IV… And man, Luke is a jerk. For those not NJO-inclined, there’s also a preview of the second Star Wars Adventures digest, Princess Leia and the Royal Ransom.
Invasion #1 is due out next week – Diamond willing – while Adventures is scheduled for August.
Tomorrow the second Fate of the Jedi book, Omen, will hit the stores. This is the first Star Wars novel we’ve seen by Christie Golden, and so far the buzz on the boards is pretty good.
Wednesday is brings something as well, with Legacy #37, the first issue of the highly anticipated ‘Tatooine’ storyline.
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.
Blood Oath in flux. The fan sites and forums are seeing some buzz about the strange vanishing of Elaine Cunningham’s whatever-happened-to-Zekk paperback from the various online catalogs and booksellers. (Last things we heard were a cover and a postponement.) It is rather mysterious, but I’m willing to wait this one out…
Part 2 of the StarWars.com Invasion preview is up. In other comic-on-the-web news, TOR’s Threat of Peace #8 is up.