Upcoming author Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff has posted the third entry in A Padawan’s Journal.
Bohnhoff debuts Holostar at Book View Cafe
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff has revealed the title of the upcoming Star Wars book she’s writing with franchise vet Michael Reaves: Holostar. But the reveal is only a bit of what she addresses in the first entry of A Padawan’s Star Wars Journal, her new blog series for the Book View Cafe. (via)
The fandom minute: Ima Trooping; Scalzi ponders Star Wars 3-D; BOW cake; Yoda’s travels
- Photo fun Adventures in Stormtrooping with a little help from The Simpsons, Cobra Commander, Hellboy and a very naughty Wall-E.
- The blogside: John Scalzi theorizes that George wants to release Star Wars in 3-D to beat Gone With the Wind in the all-timers. Seems a bit of a reach to me: If that was the case, why all this waiting? Has George seen Coraline?
- Cake: Bearded Obi-Wan is full of… Strawberry jam? I’m sure there’s a Spaceballs joke in there somewhere.
- Travels: Yoda sees the world.
EU blogbits: Drew Karpyshyn on Bane #3, TOR; Dan Wallace’s Essential Atlas quotes
Drew Karpyshyn talks just a wee bit about Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil on his StarWars.com blog… And he’s moving to Austin to help out with that MMO thing Bioware is working on. People seem pretty geeked about that.
In other bloggy news, Dan Wallace has a few quotes from The Essential Atlas, which is still scheduled for a July release.
The fandom minute: A greatest hits, Danny Choo, children & ewoks, Yoda Japanese
- Videos: Unreality magazine gathers ten of the best Star Wars parody, remix and mash-up videos. We’ve seen most of these before, but there’s never a bad time for a refresher.
- Fans: Danny Choo, aka the Tokyo Dance Trooper, will be guest-blogging at Boing Boing this week.
- The Blogside: If Children Were More Like Ewoks, I Might Actually Want Some.
- Language: Learn Japanese from… Yoda? (via)
- Lists: Ten things science fiction got wrong.
New blog on the block: Wookieepedia Newsnet
The Star Wars wiki has expanded into the world of blogging with Wookieepedia Newsnet, a companion to the main site. Spearheaded by CJ reader Graestan, the blog will let those of us who maybe don’t log into our accounts for months weeks at a time keep up with community goings-on.
I sense a connection here…
Oh, not overtly – Other than Walter Jon Williams having been a actual Star Wars author – but here’s two interesting reads that I urge you to compare and contrast: Williams on writer geeks and the TFN Lit forum’s ‘Why you and I shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the canon’ thread.
The fandom minute: Thracken misses io9’s bus, My Little Ponies, Flickr, Designer editions
You missed one. io9 lists the most ridiculous evil twins in the multiverse, tragically ignoring Star Wars’ Thrackan Sal-Solo. Okay, sure, so maybe a mention for a C-list Expanded Universe character is too much to expect, but he’s the identical cousin of Han Solo! But evil! With a mustache! He led an organization called the Human League! What’s not to mock?
- My Little Pony: Bonnie interviews Mari Kasurinen, who has a new custom – Han Solo!
- The blogside: Qui-Gon Jinn is an America tourist. (via)
- Copyright: Flickr is still silent on the Heilemann deletions. I’m mourning that I never got to icon any of them.
- Random: Star Wars Designer Edition. I am 99% sure I’ve seen these before (the Insider?) but I can’t remember where and searching the blog has proved fruitless. So, enjoy.
Book review roundup: Karen Miller’s Wild Space makes the Livejournalers squee
About a month ago, Karen Miller’s first Star Wars novel was released. It’s been getting a surprising amount of of lip service in fandom lately, and I wasn’t sure why until I read a couple of reviews on LiveJournal – not exactly the hot spot for EU meta these days.
But no, right there in Jedi News, four reviews in little over a week, and two of them (Calmer-Sky and Senatorsfan-Ink) are so enthusiastic you’ll need a squeegee afterwards. Meanwhile, LazyPadawan enjoyed it but has a much different perspective on the book’s (dare I say?) fan service, while JawaStew takes a balanced tone.
Another surprise came off-LJ – a review of the book at io9 by Charlie Jane Anders, their first for Star Wars fiction. With the catchy title of ‘At Last, A Book That Explains Why Obi-Wan Is Such A Dick,‘ it’s easy to see why this post has a whopping 14,407 views as I type this.
And lest you doubt, the numbers at the highly-critical Jedi Council review thread look pretty good as well: An average of 8.08 out of 10.
With my chronic case of Clone Wars apathy, I’m still not too tempted to pick this up myself, but maybe… At the library. If I see it. Those who have read it, what do you think?
Parenthood in the Galaxy Far, Far Away
Our pal the Stooge gets his parenting meta hat on to explore the Good and Bad Fathers and Good and Bad Mothers of Star Wars… with a bookend surprise! (It’s also his birthday!)