Aaron Allston has been getting some mainstream press coverage lately, thanks to the release of Betrayal. Check out his interviews with Austin’s Channel 8 News and KUT 90.5-FM.
He also did an interview with Star Wars Action News.
Up with People
Ewan McGregor and family adopt a 4 year-old girl from Mongolia.
Variety blogger Army Archerd interviews Mark Hamill and gets the scoop on some oh his upcoming projects.
Natalie Portman is being tracked all over Toronto, where she’s filming Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. The blog in question, Jaunted, claims the updates aren’t in real time, but still, kinda over-the-top.
No less weird, but not quite so creepy: The piano for a track on James Blunt’s album was recorded in Carrie Fisher’s bathroom.
And the Joker got away, hey!
Paul Dini, best known as one of the writers of Batman: The Animated Series and its various spin-offs, interviews Mark Hamill on his new IGN show Monkey Talk. Apparently there’s a sock monkey involved, but I’ll just take TV Squad’s word for it.
The land of THX
George talks to Time about moviemaking, his upcoming projects, (yes, Indy 4!) and what he sees for the future of film.
Rick spills the beans
Rick McCallum loves to talk when he does anything with Empire Magazine.
A summary of what he said:
– The TV show will be set between Episodes III and IV, will be “much darker,” and “character based.” But we still have to wait about 18 months before that starts cranking.
– George’s movie Red Tails about World War II fighter pilots is in the script-writing phase.
– George has finally approved the IndyIV script. Maybe we’ll be able to do it before Harrison Ford is in a wheelchair!
See the full article here.
VIP chats
Over the last few days, the Galactic Senate has had chats with author Karen Traviss and Insider regular Abel G. Peña. Interesting stuff!
DRIN & Tim
Interview with Timothy Zahn from the Del Rey Internet Newsletter. Thanks Rosemary!
Here a Sith, there a Sith
Editor Randy Stradley and artist Jan Duursema speak about the upcoming Legacy comic on Newsarama. Some of the comments are culled from the TFN and Dark Horse boards, but even I gave up on the TFN thread after about 10 pages.
Thrawn who?
The art of Lucasarts
Gamasutra talks to Michael Rubin, the author of Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution. This being a game site, the interview is mostly about LucasArts, but interesting nonetheless.
Also, Ballblazer has to be the funniest game title ever. (via Wookieenews)