Just announced: #StarWars Reads Day to take place on Saturday, October 5. More news to come. #SWEU
— StarWarsBooks (@DelReyStarWars) June 1, 2013
The day devoted to Star Wars in written form will return for it’s second year on October 5th. Keep your eyes out for announcements on local events near you.
On this episode of Tosche Station Radio, the hosts are joined by Emily from the blog to discuss Star Trek Into Darkness.
Kicking off the show, we have a bit of news! Next week we’re going to be interviewing Essential Guide to Warfare author Jason C. Fry, so send us your questions.
Nanci starts the proceedings by highlighting what’s New on the Blog. Nanci talked about a run-in with survey takers at Star War Weekends. Over on White Hot Room, Bria gave a tutorial on how to do Endor Leia braids. Bria also reviewed Legacy #3.
In Fixer’s Flash, Nanci’s been busy with more Star Wars Weekends. Both the hosts started reading Kenobi and Nanci’s also been reading Overdraft by John Jackson Miller while working on her own short story. The hosts were also busy watching Star Gate. Emily, on the other hand, has been dealing with all the television season finale feels.
Deak’s Dirt starts off on a musical note. John Williams wants to score Episode VII, to which we say duh. In Celebration Europe news, Attack of the Clones will be shown to attendees. Ashley Eckstein will be appearing and offering an exclusive Clone Wars shirt and Darth Vader dress. Want to buy art at Celebration Europe? Here are the prints! We’d like to say happy 30th birthday to Return of the Jedi! LEGO builds a full-size X-Wing. The entire Tosche Station staff drowns in a puddle of drool. Confirmed: KOTOR on iPad. io9 has a look inside Star Wars Storyboards: The Prequel Trilogy by J.W. Rinzler. The biggest difference? An older Anakin. Finally: Karen Gillan in Guardians of the Galaxy? Whaaaaaaaaat?
This week on Camie’s Concerns, the hosts are joined by Emily from the blog to have a (spoiler-filled) discussion of Star Trek Into Darkness. What did they like? What didn’t they like? What does this mean for Episode VII?
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There were some rumblings last week that popular Star Wars RPG Knights of the Old Republic would be making its way to the iPad. This week, it became official and IGN sat down to review the port. Long story short? It’s a must-buy. Here’s their bottom-line verdict:
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic still holds up, and remains a must-play for younger players who didn’t catch it the first time around. Though the iPad version’s touch controls make movement clumsy, most of its changes are for the better. If you haven’t played it before, or want to experience it again, this is a great way to do it.
For those who haven’t had a chance to play this game, I can’t recommend it highly enough. For those who have, maybe it’s time to revisit it on a new platform. No release date has been announced yet, but once it’s available, I know I’ll be picking it up.
Edit: Hey look it went live a little after we posted this!
European fangirls can rejoice because Ashley Eckstein and Her Universe will be at Celebration Europe in July! This is the very first time that Her Universe will have a presence in Europe and the Celebration store will have a selection of the products.
Celebration Europe will also have their very own Her Universe exclusives that are likely to sell fast.
…Eckstein is bringing 200 of her exclusive Return of the Jedi 30th anniversary necklaces to Germany. Each necklace comes with an autograph certificate by Eckstein. They will be first come, first serve. [...] Highlights include an exclusive design by Clone Wars Supervising Director Dave Filoni featuring Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker, limited to only 200, as well as a Celebration Europe exclusive Darth Vader dress using art Eckstein has loved from Japanese tea towels.
Check out pictures of some of the new Her Universe products that will be available at Celebration Europe beneath the cut!
Over at io9 is a look inside Star Wars Storyboards: The Prequel Trilogy by J.W. Rinzler. For the most part, what’s presented in the storyboards are the films we ultimately saw. But there were a few interesting differences. Take, for example, young Anakin:
Other altered characters include young Anakin. Instead of a little kid who runs around bleating “yippeeeee” the storyboard version was a bit more charismatic. Here he is sneaking a kiss from Padme. Iain McCaig explained that he modeled young Anakin after James Robinson, the little William Wallace in Braveheart. Alas, they couldn’t cast him as he was too tall by production, and who knows if George Lucas would even want him. Either way, it’s kind of nice to get a glimpse of an older Anakin.
There’s a whole bunch of interested images over at the link above, so be sure to check it out. If the storyboards strike you, also consider picking up a copy of the book.
Well here’s something interesting. After being put on the backburner, Attack of the Clones will have its 3D treatment screened at Celebration Europe.
With a new focus on the production of Star Wars: Episode VII, Lucasfilm had postponed a wide release of its 3D edition. Now, for an extremely limited engagement, July 26-28, Star Wars fans from around the world attending the Celebration event in Essen, Germany can see Attack of the Clones in 3D. Fans will experience iconic moments from the film like never before, including the thrilling chase scenes on the city-covered planet of Coruscant, the intense ground battles on the rocky terrain of Geonosis, and the first-ever lightsaber duel featuring Jedi Master Yoda.
Interesting, to be sure. There are no doubt a number of reasons Lucasfilm decided topostpone a widespread re-release of the film ranging from wanting to shift the franchise focus further down the timeline to potentially licensing and distribution issues with Fox.
Abrams wants Williams to score Episode VII. Giacchino thinks Williams should score Episode VII. John Williams wants to score Episode VII. Seems like a pretty safe bet at this point, no? Zap2It sat down with John Williams to discuss the prospects of returning to the franchise.
“We’ve certainly talked about that, and I’m happy and willing to do it,” he confirms. “J.J. Abrams, who will be the director, seems excited about the idea. I have to say that J.J. is a much younger man than I, but I will try to keep up with him as much as I can!”
It seems like at least preliminary discussions have been had with one or both of Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy. Here’s hoping Williams can score at least one more Star Wars film.
