According to her website, the Republic Commando author will on hand in San Diego July 24-27 for the convention, just in time for The Clone Wars novelization to hit the shelves – if it really is coming out on July 26, that is. Are they going to wait until the con to officially announce this thing? Any day now… I hope. (via)
Ferus Olin is so totally screwed
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.
Del Rey gets the contract!
…To publish Indiana Jones books. (Nuk nuk nuk.) They’ve tapped author James Rollins to write the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull novelization, with Laurent Bouzereau and old hat J. W. Rinzler on nonfiction duty.
Out this week
Lots of reprints! On Tuesday, look for the paperback of Aaron Allston’s Betrayal, the first book of the Legacy of the Force series, and Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy, a trade paperback reprinting all three prequel novelizations.
Wednesday brings the 30th Anniversary Darth Maul collection and the first trade collection of Legacy, Broken. Those yearning for new tales can turn to Knights of the Old Republic #16 and Buffy #3.
TFU novel to pin down game canon
It’s official: The Force Unleashed novel by Sean Williams will give fans the game’s canon ending – that certainly makes several things easier. Williams may be best known to Star Wars fans as the co-author of the NJO’s Force Heretic trilogy.