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Tuesday sees the release of a new picture book, The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight. Written by Tony DiTerlizzi and featuring Ralph McQuarrie art, it’s the first fruit of an OT-based program with Disney Publishing.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, comic fans can pick up the collected Rebel Heist. Non-subscribers should start keeping an eye out for Star Wars Insider #152 on newstands.
Today sees the release of John Jackson Miller’s (award-winning!) Kenobi in paperback. I liked the book back when it first came out, giving it a grade of B+ in my review.
Meanwhile, another Dark Horse comic wraps up on Wednesday with Rebel Heist #4.
Comic review: With Rebel Heist #3 taking a fresh point-of-view on Chewbacca, this series is getting better and better, says James.
Head to the comic shop on Wednesday to pick up Legacy #16 and Rebel Heist #3.
You’ll find a reason to go to the bookstore next week, as both William Shakespeare’s The Jedi Doth Return and the Crucible paperback drop on July 1.
James’ latest Star Wars comic reviews for Big Shiny Robot: He gives a big thumbs up to Legacy #15, says there’s a great Leia spy story in Rebel Heist #2 and the finale of The Star Wars (#8) features beautiful art.
On the comic shipping lists for Wednesday is the first of a new limited series, Rebel Heist #1. The Han-centric story is penned by Matt Kindt. Also out is the seventh Dark Times trade collection, A Spark Remains.
Our next book, out in two weeks on May 13, is Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy edited by J.W. Rinzler.
News. Dark Horse revealed a new miniseries by Mind MGMT’s Matt Kindt, Rebel Heist, on Comic Book Resources last week. The four-issue series starts with a Han Solo issue in April and will feature art by Marco Castiello (Purge.)
Excerpt. There’s a bunch of Maul: Lockdown available at Random House’s catalog.
Interviews. John Ostrander and artist Jan Duursema are also on Comic Book Resources, talking Dawn of the Jedi, while Ostrander talks to Eleven-ThirtyEight.
Notes. John Jackson Miller has added production notes for Kenobi to his site.
The blogside. Abel G. Peña and Daniel Wallace continue their look at the Imperial Warlords at the official blog, while Mike Cooper at Eleven-ThirtyEight asks fandom to stop trying to quantify everything.