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Background cantina alien ordering a Slusho. The name even sounds Star Wars-ey.
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jng2058 posted:I dunno, is Dennis Lawson actually involved in the new Star Wars stuff? Nope. Mirror article about Denis Lawson possibly returning to SW posted:He told The Courier: "I'm not going to do that. They asked me but it just would have bored me." It's still quite debatable whether this film even has any relation to the Rogues, in any case.
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thrawn527 posted:I hadn't seen any real timeline for the new books, so it's interesting. For example, I didn't know Tarkin took place before A New Dawn, and that Lords of the Sith even earlier than that. Also of note is Battlefront, which I guess means the video game they've been talking about? There's some weird timeline fuckery going on possibly, as according to the narrative of those books in particular, Tarkin takes place 5 years after the end of the Clone Wars, while Lords of the Sith is situated eight years "after the Clone Wars ravaged the galaxy". At first glance, it appears that Lords of the Sith actually takes place after Tarkin, but something to think about is that in the canon, the Clone Wars lasted 3 years; it's possible that the "8 years" bit is taking the Wars themselves into account, thus having it take place at least around the same time as Tarkin. In any case, A New Dawn appears to take place 3 years after either of those novels. (obligatory  )Pretty sure Battlefront is indeed the video game (a novel adaptation would have been at least announced by now), though it's strange that they're still including it in the book timeline, additionally so given the apparent (read: leaked) fact that the single player campaign encompasses the end of ROTS through ROTJ. Odd that they would arbitrarily assign it that specific place in the timeline, through I'd imagine it's a strategy by the Story Group to make a show of the new, interconnected universe that they've created. VvVvVvV edit: As somebody who liked the surrounding lore of the Dawn of the Jedi comics, this sounds really cool to me. Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Mar 30, 2015 |
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Mar 30, 2015 17:40
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Lemniscate Blue posted:HELLO IN TV LAND! CBS-FOX presents... A Collector's Preview
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Oct 11, 2016 02:48
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I haven't quite gotten around to reading it yet, but I've been hearing good buzz about Alexander Freed's Rogue One novelization; sounds to be very much in the "extra scenes and added characterization" wheelhouse.
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https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/859562273324408832 I mean, he's not wrong.
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May 3, 2017 01:30
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VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE posted:He was at the helm when we had bug orgies so I'm not sure what angle he's coming from. Was he? Best I can find is him writing comics for the official site around that time.
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May 3, 2017 03:05
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There also the "man, James Earl Jones is sounding rough" factor in play as well. Granted, it's not like they couldn't recast, and it wouldn't be the first time either, but just relegate the character to the comics/games and let the newer antagonists take center stage.
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May 19, 2017 17:53
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May 24, 2017 04:46
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And that person might be... Ron Howard! 
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Jun 21, 2017 03:32
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Wait, you no longer have to do a time-consuming, planet-hopping fetch quest in order to pick up HK-51? When did this happen?
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Jul 8, 2017 22:03
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Some book news: https://twitter.com/delreystarwars/status/888486990223597568 https://twitter.com/delreystarwars/status/888485027498999808 https://twitter.com/theswu/status/888486206253694977 https://twitter.com/slashfilm/status/888486430309089280 Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 21:43
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Full list of new books and covers. I've got my sights on the Art book.
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Jul 22, 2017 02:03
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They released the final author list for the From a Certain Point of View short story collection that got announced a while back:
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Jul 28, 2017 17:08
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The Z-95 has always held a certain visual appeal for me as a lighter, crappier X-Wing. Also what the heck  https://twitter.com/RealRonHoward/status/919270625696538625
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Oct 14, 2017 20:56
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The wildly-varying characterizations of Greedo in those stories made it all worthwhile, though. Also that crazy stormtrooper dewback fetishist Also rent-hound Bea Arthur Paragon8 posted:I think the best stuff in the anthology is the stuff from the trench run and yavin 4 towards the end. But I actually do kind of agree with this; Mon Mothma running through worst-case scenarios while escaping from Yavin was entirely my poo poo. Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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Oct 25, 2017 14:54
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https://twitter.com/Brandon_Bird/status/923244840250253312 That casting.
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Oct 25, 2017 19:23
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VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE posted:Wait who's Guri and Xizor? Helen Hunt and... Ed Norton, I think?
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Oct 25, 2017 19:35
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The idea of "Vader and Thrawn banter for an entire novel" is giving me life
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Nov 22, 2017 21:22
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Chairman Capone posted:The initial pre-release reviews for Attack of the Clones were overwhelmingly positive too, I remember. It's not so much the 'what' but the 'why' with these Twitter reactions. Obviously, you're gonna have your dime-a-dozen "loved the action/story/CG" impressions that barely speak to the film's overall quality, but then there's stuff like this - https://twitter.com/GermainLussier/status/939790585984008192 https://twitter.com/ScottMendelson/status/939746740118237185 - that actually allude to what the film does right and how it improves upon previous works. Got me all intrigued and poo poo. Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Dec 10, 2017 |
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Dec 10, 2017 20:16
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But here's a question: What, essentially, is the difference in borrowing from another film versus simply reusing a leitmotif in the appropriate moment? Like I'm not sure that Poe's motif cropping up when he does something rad really counts as "recycling". Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Feb 3, 2018 |
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Feb 3, 2018 21:19
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Plus Poe’s motif shows up at least twice in TLJ: when he blows up the last surface gun and does that  power-slide through the explosion, and also during the “I’m Rey” “I know” bit at the end.edit: Also kinda have to disagree with the “Rey’s theme does nothing in TLJ” sentiment given how hers and Luke’s “exile theme” interact in the very training scene that is mentioned, in addition to nearly every other scene they share. There’s an interesting contrast in how the optimistic, adventurous tone of Rey’s theme mixes with the more cynical, workman-like quality of Luke’s. Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Feb 4, 2018 |
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Feb 4, 2018 00:35
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 Just a mockup cover commissioned by Kevin Rubio, there's no actual T&B comic announced... yet
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Feb 19, 2018 18:19
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I'm still not really sold on, well, any of the human leads besides Clarke and Harrelson, but geez, they're really nailing it in the visuals department.
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Apr 9, 2018 02:10
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I'd pay money to see him return astride a literal space chimaera he captured during his adventures with Ezra and the space whales
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Apr 26, 2018 23:31
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Star Wars: Episode I: Racer is now available to buy on GOG. Best thing to come out of TPM besides Duel of the Fates.
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May 1, 2018 18:42
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I’m starting to genuinely wonder if some of you folks might be misunderstanding the intent of a Star Wars book titled From a Certain Point of View
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May 3, 2018 05:56
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Who says he's not writing for Star Wars novels anymore? He was fired from Marvel, not Del Rey or Lucasfilm.
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Oct 12, 2018 22:29
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Big Mean Jerk posted:He mentioned he was also taken off an announced SW book and I had interpreted that to be a novel, but I suppose he could have just been referring to another comic. It likely was a comic:  (from the JCC Lit forum)
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Oct 12, 2018 22:55
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Cover for Alex Freed's Alphabet Squadron (which is also now a trilogy of novels): They also announced a Marvel tie-in miniseries: TIE Fighter  quote:From a certain point of view, the rebels are traitors to the Empire, putting the innocent people of the galaxy at risk. In the last days of the Galactic Civil War, an elite squadron of TIE fighter pilots, known as Shadow Wing, is assembled to protect Imperial interests.
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Jan 19, 2019 02:35
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I would have gone with something like Aurek Squadron (less clunky, keeping within the alphabetical theme) but idk maybe that's too referential
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Jan 19, 2019 16:36
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Random House has a more detailed synopsis for Aquote:On the verge of victory in a brutal war, five New Republic pilots transform from hunted to hunters in this epic STAR WARS adventure. Set after Return of the Jedi, Alphabet Squadron follows a unique team, each flying a different class of starfighter as they struggle to end their war once and for all. Now I want a "Tales from the Deserters' Shantytown" anthology in the vein of the Bounty Hunters and Mos Eisley Cantina books from Legends. Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Jan 21, 2019 |
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Jan 21, 2019 18:48
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They announced a couple of Galaxy's Edge tie-in books today: quote:Marvel Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge miniseries  quote:Black Spire (Del Rey)  quote:A Crash of Fate (Disney Lucasfilm Press)  quote:Star Wars: Myths & Fables(Disney Lucasfilm Press) I'm there for the unofficial Phasma sequel, as well as that Myths & Fables cover, holy bejeezus  fake edit: Dawson's also doing a Skywalker-focused storybook https://twitter.com/DelilahSDawson/status/1091099484468203520
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Jan 31, 2019 23:57
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All I can say is that it’s likely going to be a shitshow if Batuu shows up in any major capacity in IX.
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Feb 1, 2019 18:51
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I just want a series of increasingly ridiculous variant covers for this thing
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Feb 10, 2019 16:34
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Lucasfilm just announced all the books they're releasing in the lead-up to TROS. Quite a few "what the gang was doing in the year-gap" entries in there. Also just an absolute banger of an art book cover: 
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Van Dis posted:Alliances was a bad miss, and could have easily been 30% shorter without losing anything of value. Zahn's writing has taken a deep dive since the 90s and he's long out of good ideas. I was surprised at how little of even the present-day stuff in Alliances actually worked. New alien threat from the Unknown Regions? Nah Thrawn defeats them pretty easily with tactics (which even then is muddled by the narrative's desire to, nevertheless, build them up as a genuine threat) Reintroducing the Chiss as a species and culture? Well we're just going to have an long, ill-fitting aside about how their only Force sensitives are girls and they use them to navigate hyperlanes because apparently this cool and advanced culture hasn't invented navicomputers And there's the whole weird fact of the novel's awkward placement in-between seasons of Rebels that leaves it feeling inconsequential in the grander scheme of things I'm curious to see how they resolve matters in Traitor, but I'm still surprised by how underwhelming Alliances was. Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Jun 5, 2019 |
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Jun 5, 2019 20:17
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Only about a 1/3rd through, but so far, Alphabet Squadron is pretty great y'all - A Rogue/Wraith Squadron comparison would probably be a bit obvious, but it definitely reminds me a lot of those books. - Heavy BSG vibes, too - Pursuant to that, it's the first novel of the new canon that I've read and thought "Yeah, this could be adapted into a series" - Chass is basically Jaylah from Star Trek Beyond, but a B-Wing pilot.
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Jun 20, 2019 06:40
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Arcsquad12 posted:Does alphabet squadron address the severe limitations that a mixed squadron setup would inflict on the team's performance or does it embrace the "we have one of everything so we're unstoppable!" mindset? I have a feeling they might end up there by the end of the book, but at least in the beginning, they flunk the hell out of a training exercise, even damaging a ship, partly because Yrica can't manage the unstable personalities of the squad, but also because it's just really difficult to coordinate ships of varying armament and speed like a regular squadron. "Alphabet Squadron" itself is a title mockingly bestowed upon the group by the other pilots on the ship they're based off of. And they're essentially locked into the mixed-squadron setup because it's a limited-resources intelligence operation. All the ships are ones the pilots brought with them (or stole, in Yrica's case) I'm currently at the point where they've been cleared for non-combat operations as sort of a last chance. Overall, I'm really digging it so far and am eager to get back into it.
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Jazerus posted:wait, almost the entire new republic military was on one planet?? I imagine it like if Coruscant (as of TPM) had been wiped out. Pre-Clone-Wars, the Republic had basically no standing army or navy, leaving peacekeeping duties to the Jedi or the individual member planets' defense forces. At the time of Hosnian Prime's destruction, the New Republic is in a similar situation. They've pared down the fleet to a single flotilla orbiting the planet, with probably an equal equivalent in ground forces. Member planets (greatly diminished in number compared to the Old Republic, with many worlds opting to remain independent and neutral post-Empire) have their own militaries, but most of them capitulate to the FO when they come rolling up. That's why there's no response to Leia's message in TLJ; everyone's either surrendered, dead, or dealing with planetary invasion. edit: ah, jivjov got it
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