Lucasfilm continuity guru Leland Chee has the roundup of the Council from the NJO and beyond.
From the Blogside
The Movie Blog’s John Campea on why we aren’t swimming in fantasy films in the wake of Lord of the Rings.
Apprentice of Wisdom does some digging and finds a possible origin for Palpatine’s name.; RJ Peters considers hope and redemption; Kenobi-fan on the Force; Abel G. Peña continues his Emperor’s Pawns endnotes with a look at the retconning of Lumiya; Leland Chee on continuty, cross-platform storytelling and non-SW terms.
EU tidbits in our pocketses
Next issue of Star Wars Insider will feature their Top 20 EU Moments. I expect there will be quite a bit of debate once this is released, but it’s always nice to see the books get some Insider page space.
Comic-Con 2005 is currently in progress in California, and there have been some hints that Jonathan Rinzler has an unfinished copy of The Swarm War cover. No guarantees, but attendees might get a peak. In the meantime, there’s plenty of other SW goodness going on in San Deigo.
Lucasfilm’s Sue Rostoni has started a starwars.com blog, where she has posted that Elizabeth Hand’s 2007 Old Republic novel has been canceled. No word on what will replace it, but fear not, there’s still one OR book in the queue – Drew Karpyshyn’s Darth Bane novel. Which I suspect is the one we’re all more interested in anyway. ;)
(More EU VIP blogs can be found in starwars.com’s listing of all the latest VIP posts.)
Another interesting post found in the starwars.com blogs is Ithorian Guy on The Mystery of the Whills. He obviously knows his stuff, and the entry came to my attention via a message board post by LFL’s Leland Chee, so you know he’s gotta be onto something.
And finally, starwars.com posted the October 2005 comics yesterday – previews of Empire #38, X-wing — Rogue Leader #2, Republic #83, and Clone Wars Volume 7, which collects the Obsession arc.