Tag: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: Aftermath Excerpt Paints Ugly Post-Return of the Jedi Picture

Posted on July 17, 2015June 13, 2016 by Head Butler Ryan

Just recently it was revealed fan-favorite Wedge Antilles would be headlining Star Wars: Aftermath (Update: he definitely isn’t), the first in Chuck Wendig’s post-Return of the Jedi trilogy, and now we have an excerpt from the upcoming novel. Whether it’s the grim opening showing war is far from over, how it handles Wedge, an awesome connection to the first new canon novel A New Dawn, or the present-tense writing, there’s a lot to discuss (and enjoy) about Aftermath. My thoughts on the excerpt are below (Update: and here’s my review of the novel!). Continue reading “Star Wars: Aftermath Excerpt Paints Ugly Post-Return of the Jedi Picture” →

Aftermath Story Details, Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens YA Novels Receive Covers

Posted on July 13, 2015June 13, 2016 by Head Butler Ryan

Just prior to SDCC 2015, the official site unveiled covers for the Young Adult novels in the “Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens” line and they gave us a blurb from Aftermath, the first canon post-Return of the Jedi novel, which actually contained details on the story including a fan favorite character’s return! Continue reading “Aftermath Story Details, Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens YA Novels Receive Covers” →

Del Rey Panel, TFA Novelization, Sampler Thoughts (SWCA 2015)

Posted on April 21, 2015June 19, 2016 by Head Butler Ryan

Del Rey, the wonderful folks who have been making Star Wars adult fiction novels for quite a number of years now, held a panel talking about the present and future of their works, including tidbits on the “Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens” initiative and the surprise TFA novelization author. They also handed out a Sampler to attendees with excerpts from a few current and upcoming works and my thoughts on that content and the panel are below. Continue reading “Del Rey Panel, TFA Novelization, Sampler Thoughts (SWCA 2015)” →

Marvel’s Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser, Aftermath Author Revealed

Posted on March 13, 2015June 22, 2016 by Head Butler Ryan

The cover (by Phil Noto) for Shattered Empire #1 (full series review!), one of Marvel’s contributions to the ‘Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ initiative, has been revealed. It’ll drop in September, which is the expected release month of Star Wars: Aftermath, Del-Rey’s first canon post-Return of the Jedi adult novel. It’ll be authored by Chuck Wendig, his first novel for the saga, who was uncovered by Florian of Jedi-Bibliotehek. The full image of Shattered Empire and Chuck Wendig’s reaction to the gundark being let out of the cage are below. Continue reading “Marvel’s Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser, Aftermath Author Revealed” →

20 Books Along the ‘Journey to The Force Awakens’ (UPDATED)

Posted on March 10, 2015June 13, 2016 by Head Butler Ryan

EW.com had the exclusive reveal this morning about the upcoming plans for the lead-up to The Force Awakens, which will consist of at least 20 books, including YA novels, adult novels, stickerbooks, comics, and more. While they won’t be filling in every gap in the post-Return of the Jedi era (thankfully), they’ll be your chance to start getting hints on where this new era of storytelling just might go. Continue reading “20 Books Along the ‘Journey to The Force Awakens’ (UPDATED)” →