Books

Lots of recent news coming in, so I will start with this small update. Are you, like me, trying to read more or better books this year? Maybe some classic literature? Well, finish it up by the end of...

A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller, prequel novel to the TV show Rebels and the first new "canon" book, came out September 2. If you enjoyed it, Random House's Suvudu has posted a fan Q&A with the author...

Star Wars Episode 7 News posted some neat photos of John Boyega and possibly Adam Driver and Gwendoline Christie courtesy of Rick Lawrence, and again I am digging the costumes. I agree that the blonde looks like Christie, though...

At this point this is just a RUMOR, but if it turns out to be true then I want to know about it. Comicbook.com says that the classic Star Wars trilogy in its original, pre-special edition form will be...

Asian studies student Nick Stember is blogging his translation of an interesting 1980s Chinese comic book adaptation of Star Wars. Princess Leia is translated as Laia Gongzhu (來阿公主), Uncle Owen is apparently a Western swashbuckler, Boba Fett and other...

Starwars.com has announced that the first Star Wars spinoff movie (non-trilogy) will be directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters; the 2014 Godzilla) and its screenplay written by Gary Whitta (Book of Eli; After Earth).The movie is due to be released...

The first set photo was tweeted last Thursday by J.J. Abrams's official Twitter feed, Bad Robot. The filming is taking place at Pinewood Studios in London, as the office Star Wars Facebook page reminded us in this lovely pic....

It's worth mentioning that Random House has made Star Wars: A New Dawn, by John Jackson Miller, available for pre-order. A New Dawn is a prequel to the upcoming Rebels TV show and will include the story of how...

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photo credit: Official Star Wars Blog Alas, today I ran across unexpected and unfortunate news: Michael Heilemann's Star Wars collection on Flickr was shut down due to a takedown notice from Lucasfilm. Sad. Lucasfilm has traditionally been fan friendly...