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The Last Jedi’s DJ focus of January one-shot comic

Coming to the Star Wars comics line in January… A one-shot about Benecio Del Toro’s DJ. Today’s Star Wars Show revealed that the issue will be about DJ leading into The Last Jedi. (There’s also a Chuck Wendig interview.)

→ An interview with Lucasfilm publishing’s creative director Michael Siglain sheds some light behind the scenes of producing Star Wars books.

→ From A Certain Point of View authors Meg Cabot, Nnedi Okorafor and Mallory Ortberg discuss their stories. Jason Fry has posted the notes for his story, ‘Duty Roster.’

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Video: The Last Jedi trailer we’ve been waiting for (and return of the tweet roundup)

That’s was… certainly something. But now that we have it, time to grab your tickets. Here’s some late-night analysis from Entertainment Weekly, Nerdist, Mashable and The Hollywood Reporter. Plus a brand-new Rian Johnson interview on Yahoo where he talks about Carrie Fisher, porgs and the spoiler no-fly list.

There’s also a new Trailer Council podcast, featuring Amanda Ward (Making Star Wars, Rebel Grrrl,) Chris Taylor (Mashable, How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,) Shana O’Neil (SYFY Fangrrls,) Kyle Newman (Fanboys,) Steele Saunders (Steele Wars,) Anthony Breznican (Entertainment Weekly,) and Holly Frey (Full of Sith.)

Head below the cut for… Tweets! Yes, really.

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NYCC: Zahn writing a Thrawn sequel, Forces of Destiny comics coming

The big news out of the Star Wars literature panel at New York Comic Con? A Thrawn sequel from Timothy Zahn is coming next summer. Thrawn: Alliances will also feature Darth Vader, because why not, I guess.

Since Thrawn pretty much butts up against Thrawn’s appearance and new canon debut Rebels, there’s some speculation that the book could be set after the cartoon… Which could mean that he’ll survive the show’s final season. Maybe. In any case, the book is already in the hands of Del Rey.

It’s also up on the Random House catalog, where we get a brief – but illuminating – blurb.

The sequel to New York Times bestseller Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances will continue to follow the rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn to the heights of Imperial power—and accompany him into the past, witnessing his first encounter with the man who will one day become Darth Vader.

The book is currently scheduled for a June 26, 2018 release in hardcover and eBook.

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The Last Jedi trailer, tickets on Monday?

The evidence certainly seems to be mounting that we’re getting The Last Jedi trailer and tickets on Monday. Most of it is various fan ventures hand-waving about their “sources,” (theater employees?) and of course there’s a Reddit component (theater employee!) now, but things are looking pretty likely. (And going back, there’s all The Force Awakens parallels and that deleted Mark Hamill tweet.)

If this all bears out, we can expect an official announcement and the poster on Sunday. Non-football watchers, brace yourselves now for watching football and/or endlessly refreshing the Star Wars Youtube channel now.

Fingers crossed, because do any of us really want another week of this?

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Rumor: Will The Last Jedi be the longest Star Wars film yet?

According to Cineworld, The Last Jedi will be an astonishing 150 minutes long – two and a half hours.

If the runtime is confirmed, that would make it the longest Star Wars film yet. Currently, that’s Attack of the Clones, which clocks in at two hours and twenty minutes. Most of the prequel trilogy falls into that range, while the original trilogy averages at just over two hours – Return of the Jedi is the longest at two hours and eleven minutes.

The Force Awakens was two hours and sixteen minutes; Rogue One clocks in at two hours and thirteen minutes.