- Craft: Sammi Resendes, whose Star Wars amigurumi you might remember, has produced a Darth Revan figure.
- Interview: Tomorrow sees the release of Michael Reaves’ Jedi Twilight, so EUC has a chat with him and frequent collaborator Steve Perry.
- People: Drew Karpyshyn updates his TOS blog with some random thoughts about the publishing industry
Expanded Universe newsbits: Drew Karpyshyn, Jedi Twilight, mystery books
- Interviews: Galactic Binder talks to Drew Karpyshyn.
- Sighted! In a completely surprising move, Jedi Twilight has been found early by at least one reader. That never happens!
- Mystery books: Random House has finally named Traviss’ July hardcover as The Clone Wars, but NJOE has spotted another one: Untitled SW Game Novel. One of The Clone Wars games, maybe?
Undercity talks to KOTOR’s John Jackson Miller
The Undercity Portugal blog has a new look – and an interview with Knights of the Old Republic writer John Jackson Miller. They talk about KOTOR, Vector, Indiana Jones and some upcoming projects.
Troy Denning live on the EUCast in June
EU Cantina will have Invincible author Troy Denning live on their EUCast on June 13th. Listeners can send questions to the staff or call in and ask directly.
EU newbits: Comics, games, and The Clone Wars
- Comics: DarkHorse.com has previews for Dark Times #11/Vector part 5 and Rebellion #14.
- Gaming: EU Cantina has an interview with LucasArts’ voice director David Collins.
- The Clone Wars: io9 asks what it would take to get you excited about The Clone Wars. My answer: Nothing. No matter what they do, it’s still the Clone Wars, isn’t it? Been there, done that.
J. W. Rinzler on The Making of Indiana Jones
Lightsabre conducts an interview with J. W. Rinzler, who wrote The Making of Indiana Jones, which covers all four films, and also talks about the joys of having to manage media books for not one but two movies coming out in a year (Crystal Skull and The Clone Wars).
George on (more) Indy sequels and The Clone Wars
Fox News caught up with George at Cannes and he says there’s a strong possibility for sequels. With, as many have been contemplating, Shia LeBeouf in the lead. Oh, George, you crazy diamond.
Next up, The Clone Wars and why it’s not being released by Fox:
“No one wanted it,” he told me. “Every studio rejected it, including Fox, and I’m very loyal to them. They have right of first refusal. Eventually I brought it to Warners. It’s the first time that three components of the studio have acted together. It’s very exciting.
…Every studio? Huh.
The Clone Wars director interviewed
Jedi News talks to The Clone Wars director Dave Filoni. (via)
The secret lives of stormtroopers
Bonnie interviews Cindi Geeze (aka Doctor Beef on Flickr) about her expressive stormtrooper shots,
Wookieepedia interviews with Tom Veitch and Kevin J. Anderson about Tales of the Jedi
Greyman of Wookieepedia’s Tales of the Jedi project had email conversations with with both writers regarding their work on the comics that gave fans their first look into the ancient past of the GFFA.