Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The folks at Swbooks.co.uk (via) spotted a cover for Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy at Amazon.
It’s somewhat similar to the 30th anniversary collection covers, and features the same Tsuneo Sanda artwork used in the solicitation and at the book’s listing on DarkHorse.com. Check it out under the cut! Continue reading “An early look at Last Hope for the Galaxy“
Clearly, it’s cover day… I guess that Dave Seeley’s CIV print ‘Rogue Leader’ was appealing indeed…
Additionally, the Random House listing also lists the book at a whopping 416 pages. And you thought the Atlas would set fanboys drooling?
Swbooks.co.uk spotted the cover for Karen Traviss’ Republic Commando: Order 66 on RandomHouse.com. Or, check it out under the cut. (via)
Wow. Are they going to do yearly updates, like the World Book? I’m actually expecting some sort of online (Hyperspace?) component/Databank revamp. Watch your back, Wookieepedia!
Whatever the case, Random House currently lists them as hardcover, with a release date as November 4, and the price at $75.
UPDATE: TFN has someone who got a few more details from Del Rey, namely that there will be ” full-color artwork.”
For the third (final?) look at Japanese book covers, StarWars.com features the Clone Wars, Dark Nest, Jedi Quest and Last of the Jedi series.
StarWars.com gets into the meat of the Japanese books covers with the New Jedi Order. These covers have developed quite a following among EU fans for their depiction of the large cast, many of whom have (or had) few reference images before this. (Above: Force Heretic I: Remnant.)
Hopefully there’s a part III, but you can see the Dark Nest covers here for now.
StarWars.com features their first set of Japanese book covers with the movie adaptions and early EU. (Above: The Krytos Trap.)
So I was poking around the Random House site, and look what I found? The cover for the second Courscant Nights book, Street of Shadows. Check out the full (well, larger) version under the cut.
First off, she explains that while the ‘Rogue Leader’ image “hasn’t been chosen to become the cover of the Luke book, the idea is one that appeals to us.”
She also addresses the concept of covers and canon, which has been a hot topic over at the TOS boards lately:
With SW, we’ve tried to get covers to stay true to what’s happening inside, but it’s rarely completely possible. I think we’ve done a very, very good job with our covers in conveying the sense and feeling of the books. Personally, I don’t think covers should be cannon at all…… an exception might be when an EU character who has never been seen before shows up on a cover, then we’d use that as future reference… but people need to be realistic about these things.
Check out the Books, Comics, and Television VIP thread at StarWars.com for more.
