This morning TFN reported that French fansite Star Wars-Universe.com had info about a Clone Wars comic… But naturally, it’s in French. The EU Cantina ran it through an automatic translator, but I’m not really seeing any big scoop. Was anyone really expecting that there wouldn’t be some kind of comic tie-in?
800 pages of Luke Skywalker comics?
Looks like the giant Dark Horse omnibus is Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy. According to the Amazon blurb:
Luke Skywalker’s greatest adventures from over 30 years of comics are compiled in a single slipcased hardcover! A deluxe edition worthy of the hero who saved the galaxy, this massive volume follows Luke Skywalker on his journey from the moisture farms of Tatooine to the final days of the Dark Empire! Each story painstakingly selected from every Luke Skywalker comic ever published-from Marvel’s first issue to Dark Horse’s latest-this masterpiece collection is the ultimate portrait of one of the most widely known and widely loved heroes of modern mythology!
…Only up to Dark Empire?
(Discovered by Eddie van der Heijden, who claims to have verified it with DH’s Randy Stradley.)
“KOTOR III concept art,” the continuing story
Remember the supposed ‘KOTOR III’ images? Here’s what artist James Zhang told EUCantina:
“I’ve never used photobucket — those images were swiped off a private folder on my website, and certainly weren’t intended for public use.”
and
“I can’t really comment on anything regarding the images.”
I’ve been hearing some rumblings – nothing verifiable, and quite possibly simple fan speculation – that a KOTOR III was at one point being considered, but was dropped/postponed for The Force Unleashed, something a lot of the GDC stories last week support. I wouldn’t give up hope for future installments, but don’t certainly lose sleep over it.
Variety adds fuel to ‘Indy IV at Cannes’ fire
They report that “Paramount insiders” feel it’s a sure thing, and that the stars have already been told. The official lineup won’t be confirmed until April.
Jim Marquand to direct live-action episodes?
Jim Marquand, son of Return of the Jedi director Richard Marquand, was asked by George to direct some episodes of the live-action TV show, says the Liverpool Daily Post. (via)
Rumor: Clone Wars Happy Meals?
TFN is reporting that McDonalds will be having a “global Star Wars promotion” in the fall for The Clone Wars.
Eye candy: Any port in a storm for KOTOR fans
CVG is reporting that these mysterious images by artist James Zhang are concept art for KOTOR III. Can’t say I’m entirely convinced, but I’m always happy to see some pretty pictures.
Rumor: Indy IV going to Cannes?
The latest buzz seems to be that Spielberg’s people are negotiating to have Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull open the Cannes Film Festival. (You may recall that Revenge of the Sith opened the festival back in 2005.) Cannes starts on May 15th this year, and the film is set for a May 22nd release.
Another rumor: Reshoots!
Mystery: ‘Untitled K. Traviss 1’
Eddie on the StarWars.com boards discovered a mystery Karen Traviss Star Wars book on that paragon of reliability, Amazon.com. Whatever could it be? Order 66 is out in August, and already has a page on Amazon… Is the mystery book not a novel at all? Or could it be one of Traviss’ original works, mislabeled? Or is Amazon just having delusions? We’ll just have to wait and see: If the book is really set for a summer release we ought to hear something official soon.
Clone Wars preview in March?
TFN came across a post saying that The Clone Wars will be screening on March 15th in Vegas… In 3-D?