Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Comic Book Resources talks to John Jackson Miller about Vector, Knights of the Old Republic and even Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. (He penned the comic adaption.)
The images in the article are the same ones we saw on the MySpace preview, which also went up as the standard Knights of the Old Republic #25 preview a few days ago.
If so, have I got a link for you: An exclusive preview of Vector, Dark Horse’s multi-book Star Wars crossover.
There’s also a more standard preview for Rebellion #11 over at DarkHorse.com.
Rebelscum has the Dark Horse solicitations for April, including Legacy #23, Rebellion #13, Kights of the Old Republic #28 (aka Vector part 4,) the third Legacy collection, a Droids omnibus, and even some Serenity and Indiana Jones to round out the selection.
ICv2 interviews Dark Horse CEO Mike Richardson. He touches a bit on Star Wars and handling franchises:
Media tie-ins seem to be the thing across all businesses these days. Before Dark Horse, I don’t think many companies had that much success with what we call licensed titles. I think the reason for that is that it was basically a financial move on those companies’ parts and I don’t know that the books were always good. They could have slapped a logo on the cover and expect that to sell, and often the work inside the cover wasn’t that great or inspiring. We didn’t approach it that way. Being fans ourselves as opposed to business people, we decided to find properties that we were enthusiastic about. In those early days, Randy [Stradley] and I would plot out stories and bring a writer in, and we’d basically create sequels to the movies and try to do it in an intelligent way. Obviously the fans responded because our licensed books sold huge numbers and still do years later.
The Star Wars stuff is in part one; part two focuses on manga and creators, and part three discusses webcomics, ratings, and plans for the future.
SW Artist Steve Anderson provided the staff of TheForce.net with a link to this piece, which, while cool, isn’t the cover of the comic adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, according to Jeremy Barlow at Dark Horse – instead, expect to see a new piece from Hugh Fleming (who did the awesome cover art for Shadows of the Empire comics, among other SW pieces.)
Dark Horse has posted previews for both Legacy #18 and Dark Times #7. Both issues are (currently) due mid-December.
Rebelscum has Dark Horse’s February solicitations, including Legacy #21, Knights of the Old Republic #26 aka Vector part 2 and The Force Unleashed comic adaption.
You can also check out the preview for Knights of the Old Republic #23 (due at the end of the month) at Dark Horse’s site.
Newsarama has been catching up with the Dark Horse folks to talk about the upcoming crossover Vector. First up, editor Randy Stradley (and a peek at another cover) and then creators John Jackson Miller, John Ostrander and Jan Duursema. Interesting factoid: They’ve been laying the groundwork for the crossover for a while now. Intrigue!
Rebelscum has the Dark Horse solicitations for January 2008. There’s not much, but Legacy fans will be happy to hear that #20 finally gives us a look at the Galactic Alliance. Also included is Knights of the Old Republic #25, aka part one of the Vector crossover mega-series, which just happens to be the focus of DarkHorse.com’s latest editor letter.
And for a look at more upcoming comics, previews of Dark Times #6 and Knights of the Old Republic #21.