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The Rise of Skywalker novelization, written by Rae Carson with expanded content, certainly helps add more depth and context to a film that just needed a few extra minutes to let events sink in, making it a great read for those left wanting a little more from the Skywalker Saga’s finale. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: The Rise of Skywalker”
The Lucasfilm Publishing Panel at NYCC 2019 was ripe with announcements, reveals, and intriguing hints of what’s to come. Marvel’s Star Wars comics head post-The Empire Strikes Back, the next Alphabet Squadron novel gets a release date, The Clone Wars gets an anthology book, some very scant details about Project Luminous, and much more so head below to learn what all happened! Continue reading “NYCC 2019: Marvel Goes Post-TESB with Relaunches, More Doctor Aphra Promised, New Thrawn Trilogy Incoming, and More!”
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Most Wanted, written by Rae Carson, is a young adult novel focusing on Han Solo and Qi’ra prior to the events of Solo: A Star Wars Story. It’s a well-written, fast paced book that gives Qi’ra her due, diving deep into what makes her tick, while focusing more on the idealistic younger Han than the film ever did. Continue reading “Canon Young Adult Novel Review: Most Wanted”
Once the teaser trailer dropped after the Super Bowl, the Solo: A Star Wars Story media blitz was ready to kick into high gear. We got the first details on the film from the usual suspect, an Entertainment Weekly cover story, then some of the toys were revealed, and finally the literature tie-ins, including books and comics were announced. Check out all the news in one, convenient spot below! Continue reading “Solo News Roundup: Book/Comic Tie-ins, EW Cover Story, and Merchandising”
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Released at the beginning of December, as part of the “Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi” initiative, Canto Bight is a novella collection that gives readers a peek into the new casino location seen in the film. The four novellas, written by Saladin Ahmed, Mira Grant, Rae Carson, and John Jackson Miller, all paint the casino world of Cantonica as “Space Vegas,” in various thrilling, funny, and dark ways. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: Canto Bight”
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There have been short story collections in the Star Wars universe before, but nothing quite like this! From a Certain Point of View gathers together 43 authors for 40 stories giving us new perspectives on Episode IV: A New Hope, as a celebration of the film’s 40th Anniversary (bonus: all the author proceeds go to the charity First Book!). In short, the stories within had me crying, laughing, and filled me up with joyous wonder, much like A New Hope did and continues to do 40 years later, which is a pretty fitting way to celebrate the 40th anniversary, if you ask me! Continue reading “Novel Review: From a Certain Point of View – Star Wars”
Thursday evening, Del Rey (at their @DelReyStarWars account) stirred up Star Wars fandom on Twitter by teasing the announcement of something called Operation Blue Milk. The hashtag, #OperationBlueMilk quickly blew up with speculation followed by various authors, some new and old to SW writing, revealing they were part of the project. While Amazon might have beat Del Rey to the official announcement, the details have finally been released and it’s a pretty exciting surprise: 40 different authors retelling events from A New Hope from random background characters’ points of view! Whether or not this is your cup of caf, you should probably pick this up because not only is the talent involved nothing short of spectacular, all author proceeds are being donated to charity (!!) so read on for the list and more details! Continue reading “A Certain Point of View Celebrates 40 Years of Star Wars: A New Hope”
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