Hot on the heels of the glorious The Making of Return of the Jedi from J.W. Rinzler comes Star Wars Art: Concept – a must have publication for any art aficionado. This book contains some of the earliest works created for Star Wars leading right up to the present with concept art for 1313. You can pre-order it now from Amazon for only $24.00 (reg. $40.00) or pick it up whereever fine books are sold on October 15.
The official Star Wars Facebook page has posted a teaser that something Star Wars Rebels related will air next week on Disney XD.
Star Wars Rebels have been sighted near the premier of Mighty Med! Tune in Monday at 8:30 ET/PT on Disney XD for a special fly-by.
Word is that it will be about 15 seconds to give views a first look and feel of the series.
Today is the official release date for the next wildly anticipated “Making of” series of books from prolific Star Wars author, J. W. Rinzler. The Making of Return of the Jedi goes in depth into all of the build-up, pre-production, release and marketing of the (then) final chapter in the Star Wars saga. For more on this revealing book, check out the latest blog entry at StarWars.com from contributor Eric Geller or listen to the latest episode of Star Wars Action News for their complete review.
A very cool presentation video is circulating showing off Lucasfilm’s powerful CGI rendering technology applied to real-time motion captured actors. The possibilities truly seem endless.
The latest Star Wars expanded universe novel is Kenobi, a standalone story telling of the Jedi’s arrival on Tatooine, including the locals and Tuskens with whom he tussles! The book is appeasing Star Wars fans worldwide, and now Arnie sits down with author John Jackson Miller to talk about this Western-inspired tale.
Also in this week’s episode Johnathan’s back with his On The Pegs segment and Steve provides a UK Report. It’s all on this week’s Star Wars Action News podcast!
Rancho Obi-Wan has been officially recognized by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® as housing the “Largest Collection of Star Wars Memorabilia” in the galaxy! Steve Sansweet has amassed more than 300,000 unique Star Wars items since 1977. The just-released GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® 2014 Edition features an amazing two-page photograph of part of the collection.
For the complete story, visit RanchoObiWan.org
The highly anticipated Dark Horse series, The Star Wars, hits stores this week. So be on the lookout for this very original take on the screenplay that started it all – and of note, our current Yakfinities Customizing Challenge is themed after Dark Horse comics too – (hint, hint)!
Our friends at JediNews have posted an interesting bit of speculation (through an unnamed source) that iOS 7 users via Apple TV, iPhone and iPad may be the outlet through which new Star Wars content is distributed.
Toys”R”Us is offering a free digital episode of The Clone Wars with every purchase over $30 on their website. You can choose from all 5 seasons at ToysRUsMovies.com
Our friends at JediNews have received some inside information that Ian McDiarmid is rumored to be reprising his role as Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine in Episode VII. Exactly how he will be brought back from “the dead” is an interesting plot device to say the least. Could he be a spirit akin to Obi-Wan in TESB and ROTJ, imparting his knowledge of the dark side to some new apprentice? Perhaps he will possess Luke Skywalker some how and the children of our heroes from the original trilogy must redeem him. Could they pull a bit from the Expanded Universe’s Dark Empire storyline where Palpatine created a clone of himself in order to achieve immortality?
The possibilities and speculation are endless but remember, nothing is official unless Disney and Lucasfilm say so.]
Oh, and Happy Birthday today to Ian McDiarmid – a fitting story to be sure.