Sunnyskywalker explores the origins of Varykino and wonders what Bail told Padme’s family about her death; DJ Maul reviews Bloodlines; The Infinite Force wraps up his look at the Sith.
For the detail oriented
Spoilerrific day-by-day timeline of the Legacy of the Force series (so far) from editor Sue Rostoni. I’m now envisioning that Lucas Licensing keeps one of those Without a Trace whiteboards on the walls of the Presidio.
DarthWho.com reveals itself
As we learned earlier, Del Rey is sponsoring a contest to name the new Sith Lord. Well, darthwho.com went operational today, forwarding to starwars.com/darthwho.
It works like so: Starting tomorrow, fans send in their names. A panel of folks from Lucasfilm and Del Rey (including the series authors) will pick five finalists. Those five names will then be voted on by starwars.com members.
So I don’t think we’ll be seeing Darth Stephen Colbert or anything, but I still find myself rather wary of this type of fan interaction. But we’ll just have to see.
Updates on the LOTF front
Sue Rostoni has posted the dramatis personae for Tempest, as well as an excerpt featuring Han and Leia.
There is an Insider!
I got mine today… Highlights are the articles on Nathan Cabrera’s art, Spaceballs, and Tempest, which gets as in-depth as it can get and still be spoiler-free.
And yeah, the DarthWho thing is there, too. Site’s still not live, though.
Oh yes, this will end well…
Assuming it’s true, that is, and it looks likely. Spotted in the latest Insider by Acky12 at the NJOE boards:
Del Rey Asks Fans to Name the next Sith Lord
Besides being the ultimate bad guys, Vader, Sidious, Maul, and Bane have another thing in common: they all had to go through the ritual of shunning their identities to solidify their allegiance to the Sith order. A pivotal point in the career of any self-respecting Sith Lord is the adoption of his or her Darth title. If you’ve been reading the Legacy of the Force series of novels (and if not, why haven’t you?) then you know that – SPOILER ALERT, highlight to read – Jacen Solo is turning toward the dark side of the Force. The young Sith Lord is about to take the most definitive of steps by adopting a Darth moniker and Del Rey is sponsoring a contest in which readers get to choose the name of the newest Sith Lord in the Star Wars saga. Is it us, or is that pretty sweet? Details for the contest can be found at www.darthwho.com
Darthwho.com has been registered by Random House and currently redirects to Randomhouse.com.
From the Blogside
Apparently some other space franchise is 40 years old this week. Pablo has some thoughts on Star Trek, the mother of modern fandom.
JawaJoey considers the upcoming DVD release and reaction. I’m gearing up for the flood of disappointed/overblown/smug blog and forum posts myself…
Nar Cranor has advice for folks wanting to start a fansite. He has some good points, but it seems to me there’s a lot more to it than just finding something new… You have to do it well. Or at least, better than anyone else doing the same thing. And don’t start a forum (or a group blog…) unless you’re pretty sure you can bring in enough folks to populate it properly.
Reviews: RJ Peters on Bloodlines, and Suzanne takes on both Betrayal and Bloodlines.
From the Blogside
Abel G. Peña on seeing Ailyn Vel in action.
Darth Vader discovers Luke throws like a girl!
Junediamanti conjugates fandom verbs.
Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi analyzes Padme’s “There’s still good in him.”
Jedi Rita reacts to Betrayal – warning, spoilers!
Several recent reviews…
David Maddox reviews Betrayal at SF Site, while Bookgasm takes on the NJO with Rebirth and Conquest.
This Is Not A Review
So, I finished Bloodlines, opened Photoshop and this is what resulted:
