The official site has posted a brief shakedown for episode 4, ‘Destroy Malevolence,’ a new webcomic, ‘Ambush,’ and the teaser video.
The Clone Wars: More ‘Malevolence’
StarWars.com has an episode guide and preview vid (above) for the next episode, ‘Shadow of Malevolence.’ Is it just me, or did they hire the Full Life Consequences guy to do that bit in the beginning? (I’m sure it’s Pablo’s fault.)
Meanwhile, Filoni continues talking up the show, this time over at Comic Book Resources.
EU newsbits: FOTJ, Imp Commando, TFU, KOTOR
- Fate of the Jedi: The second book, Christie Golden’s Omen, has appeared on the Random House online catalog with a release date of June 23, 2009. (Please remember the page count is probably a placeholder number.)
- Imperial Commando: Karen Traviss talks about the fate of Sev on her blog.
- The Force Unleashed: Kotaku interviews Haden Blackman. (via)
- Comics: Preview Knights of the Old Republic #34.
EU newsbits: Coruscant Nights, Williams, Vitas
- Coruscant Nights: On the official boards, Sue Rostoni drops a short except from Patterns of Force and confirms the (much-confused) release date as January 27th.
- Interview: Sean Williams over at the Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing podcast (Thanks, Zee Zee!) while Lightsabre talks to webmaster-turned-Complete Encyclopedia contributer Bob Vitas.
- Preview: Legacy #29/Vector part 10.
EU newsbits: Details from Irvine, YA, interviews
More new contract fallout: Alex Irvine details the timing of his ‘ancient Jedi’ novel on his blog:
…Yours truly is going to be writing a novel set just before the Knights of the Old Republic storyline. Since I am one of those guys who saw the movie (you know, The Movie; you know the one I mean) a dozen times the summer it came out, this is kind of a dream come true. Viva la Geek! Plus, there are some interesting open spaces in the continuity from that period, which give me a lot of room to work.
Isn’t that what the comics are doing? Oh well: I won’t even pretend to be an expert on that time period. (Some have speculated that this could be related to the still-rumored KOTOR MMO, but aren’t direct game tie-ins handled by separate contracts?)
- Young adult: Eddie spotted a couple new YA titles on Amazon.
- Interviews: Karen Miller talks briefly about Star Wars on Davebrendon’s Fantasy & Sci-Fi Weblog; Karen Traviss was on Fictional Frontiers yesterday. Presumably the episode will be up on their podcast archive at some point; Henry Gilroy is talking The Clone Wars comics at Newsarama again. (via)
- Previews: The Clone Wars #2.
Out this week: The Clone Wars #1 (and previews)
Just one on Wednesday: The Clone Wars #1, first of a new series that ties-in to the TV series.
Looking into the future, we do have some new previews: Legacy #28/Vector part 9 and Knights of the Old Republic #34.
Expanded Universe newsbits: Rebel Force, TFU, Gilroy interviewed, KOTOR #33 previewed
- Rebel Force:
Barnes & Noble is now listing the author for the upcoming Scholastic series as Robin Wasserman (and ‘Scholastic, Inc. Staff.’) At least this time it’s someone who actually exists! Of course, let’s add the usual disclaimer that this all may be a B&N/automated system burp and it’s clearly not official yet, etc. etc.Or not: B&N is now listing Alex Wheeler. - Faint praise: The New York Times seems a little miffed at The Force Unleashed topping their bestseller list. Though to be honest I can get a little ‘damn you kids, get off my lawn! about game-based things, too, so I can’t entirely blame them. (For those without NYT passwords, Sean Williams has a scan of the actual printed page.)
- Review: And since we’re on the topic of The Force Unleashed, SF Signal has reviewed the graphic novel adaption.
- Comics: Newsarama talks to The Clone Wars comic writer Henry Gilroy (via,) while DarkHorse.com previews Knights of the Old Republic #33.
Preview two The Clone Wars comics
DarkHorse.com has posted preview pages for The Clone Wars #1 and the digest-sized Shipyards of Doom.
Preview The Force Unleashed on StarWars.com
With most of The Force Unleashed tie-ins out today, the official site has posted a bonanza of extras:
- A brief excerpt from Sean Williams’ novel adaption of the game.
- Q&A with the game’s project lead, Haden Blackman, on the book vs. the game.
- Several pages from the comic adaption. (The same one we saw on DarkHorse.com)
- A quick look at The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
Also of interest may be io9’s gallery of TFU concept art.
Expanded Universe newsbits: Harper, Williams, TFU
- Interviews: StarWars.com catches up with Ben Harper about Obsessed With Star Wars.
- TFU: Preview Dark Horse’s The Force Unleashed adaption; See novel adaption author Sean Williams in Malibu.
- Toys: Expanded Universe Comic Pack pictures at Rebelscum.