Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The official site teases Jude Watson’s final Last of the Jedi novel, Reckoning. Look for the book in June, though I expect to see a ‘How will Ferus die?’ poll any minute now.
In other young reader news, there’s also the Indiana Jones Junior Novelizations.
The Toy Fair coverage is getting a bit too hefty for poor little non-collector me to keep up with, so I’m just going to point you towards the TOSblog and Rebelscum. Of interest to the EU fans – Hasbro’s The Force Unleashed collections.
For your further amusement, some life-size LEGO figures.
The Official Blog has pictures of new Clone Wars and Indiana Jones LEGO vehicles and sets, fresh from U.S. Toy Fair. Above, the V-19 Torrent. (You can see the Star Wars stuff a tad larger, plus descriptions, over at Gizmodo.) Warning to spoilerphobes: The Indy IV sets look like they contain some location spoilers.
Wizard has official photos of Hasbro’s Clone Wars line.
Yakface has an impressive gallery of pictures from the Hasbro booth, including some familiar faces from the Legacy comics and other EU faves.
Oh, and Deet? Gentle Giant is coming out with a Shirtless Darth Maul. I thought you should know.
Explore the site of sculptor Keith Short, the man responsible for Palpatine’s throne and the Ark of the Covenant. He also worked on The Phantom Menace and Temple of Doom, among others.
That was quick… USA is picking up the tab to air Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as well as the three previous Indy titles, for what may end up being as much as $40 million, depending on Kingdom’s box office. The network will air Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade in May to help give the new film a boost.
Watch the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull teaser trailer larger at IndianaJones.com or Yahoo Movies. (First impression: What’s with the Children of Dune score on the first half?)
There’s also some brand-new stills at TheRaider.Net and Coming Soon.
If you really must catch the absolute first showing of the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull teaser trailer on Good Morning America tomorrow morning, set your DVRs for ABC between 8 and 9am. If you think all that morning show chipperness will make the thing explode or are otherwise occupied with whatever it is normal people do at such ungodly hours, you’re probably just best off clicking over to IndianaJones.com sometime after 9am.
Rebelscum has Dark Horse’s May solicitations, including Dark Times #11/Vector part 5 (is that a cover spoiler I spy?) Legacy #24, Rebellion #14, Knights of the Old Republic #29, and several Indiana Jones titles, including one that takes a page from the popular Clone Wars Adventure series.
Harrison Ford is among the stars that Barbara Walters will talk to on her Oscar Special. Expect lots of questions on Indiana Jones. The Barbara Walters Special will air February 24th at 7pm Eastern, just before the Oscars. (West Coast viewers can catch it after the show.)
UPDATE 02/25: Video is here.
ABC, gearing up for their Crystal Skull trailer debut, also take a look at Indy stars past and present in Indiana Jones: Then and Now.
The Deadbolt digs back into early scripts, rumors and other reports with Indiana Jones 4: The Scripts That Weren’t.