One features Jaina, one Jacen, both posted today by Sue Rostoni on the official site boards and replicated beneath the cut.
Bane sequel is a go for December
So sayth Sue Rostoni on the TOS:
Shelly called me late last week to propose an additional hardcover this fall. THIS fall. Yep. Del Rey figured the market could bear one more, and since the Darth Bane novel was a hit, a follow-up, written by Drew, seemed the best idea. So the untitled Feb. 09 hardcover (previously the “Plagueis” novel) has been moved up, and Drew agreed to continue Bane’s story. So we’re off and running.
The release date is slated for December 26th, 2007.
I’ll be updating our release schedule presently…
Questioning the fiction changes
Sue Rostoni answers some of the questions prompted by the fiction schedule change… including some reasons for the Plagueis novel cancellation.
Also revealed – there may be one or two more e-books, tied to the LOTF series. Please note, oh disturbing literal Star Wars fans, that means it is not set in stone.
Same old, same old
Sue Rostoni has posted the Exile blurb. Nothing LOTF readers don’t already know, but it lurks beneath the cut anyway.
LOTF: Exile excerpt
Sue Rostoni has posted a short bit from Aaron’s next SW book. It lurks under the cut!
Book and comic updates
Nonfiction: J.W. Rinzler talks about wrapping up work on next year’s Making of Star Wars. He mentions two books I don’t think we’ve heard much about, a scrapbook and a pop-up book.
Fiction: Sue Rostoni posts a short timeline of Tempest. And in comics, John Jackson Miller has announced that Dark Horse is going to revive the in-continuity news source starting with in Knights of the Old Republic #13. No word on if this will spread to the other comics.
ETA: Apparently letter columns are returning to the comics as well, though it’s not known in what issues yet. (Thanks, Broox!)
Tempest teaser from Sue Rostoni
The LFL editor leaked a small bit of Tempest on the forums yesterday. Features some dude named… nevermind. Go read it.
For the detail oriented
Spoilerrific day-by-day timeline of the Legacy of the Force series (so far) from editor Sue Rostoni. I’m now envisioning that Lucas Licensing keeps one of those Without a Trace whiteboards on the walls of the Presidio.
Updates on the LOTF front
Sue Rostoni has posted the dramatis personae for Tempest, as well as an excerpt featuring Han and Leia.
Random outbursts of Allegiance news…
A summary of Timothy Zahn’s Allegiance was found by a TFN user on Amazon U.K. I wouldn’t put too much faith in it, as there are two listings for the book and the summary seems a rather rough rewording of the first look at the novel. And they have the movie placement wrong. But, for posterity:
A “Star Wars” novel set between the events of “Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi”, it features a younger Han, Leia, and Luke, as well as Mara Jade. Mara Jade, the Emperor’s Hand, is looking into the illicit financial affairs of a planetary governor, hoping to find evidence that he might be funding the Rebellion. Luke, Han, and Chewbacca are sent on a mission to help some rebel supporters. Leia is busy being a diplomat, trying to drum up support for the Rebel Alliance. And a band of 5 stormtroopers, on the run after refusing a direct order, finds itself in the strange position of doing good deeds…and perhaps even aiding the Rebellion. The paths of all of them will crisscross back and forth as they come closer and closer to meeting up with one another…but never quite managing to.
However, we do have something from an official source: Sue Rostoni posted an excerpt from Allegiance on the starwars.com boards today. Text beneath the cut, nothing all that spoilery, IMO.