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The Swarm War Covered
First revealed at Comic-Con International, here is the cover to The Swarm War, the final book of the Dark Nest trilogy.
In this explosive conclusion, Luke Skywalker summons the heroes of the New Jedi Order from near and far as the Star Wars galaxy teeters on the edge of eternal war. Yet even the combined powers of the formidable Jedi may not be enough to vanquish the deadly perils confronting them. EDITOR’S NOTE: YEAH YEAH YEAH….. OR AS THEY REFER TO IT IN THE STAR WARS GALAXY, TUESDAY.
The Chiss-Killik border war is threatening to engulf the entire galaxy -- raising the awful specter of the Killik sweeping across space to absorb all living creatures into a single hive mind. EDITOR’S NOTE: I GUESS THAT WOULD KINDA SUCK. (BE LIKE LIVING IN A RED STATE. OH, WAIT……) The only hope for peace lies with the Jedi -- who must not only end the bloodshed between two fierce enemies but also combat the insidious evil spread by the elusive Dark Nest and its unseen queen. EDITOR’S NOTE: NOT ME. NOT THE QOTD. A DIFFERENT, MEANER QUEEN. (RICHARD SIMMONS?)
Leia's Jedi skills will be put to the ultimate test in the coming life-and-death battle. As for Luke, he will have to prove, in a lightning display of Force strength and swordplay, that he is -- beyond a shadow of a doubt -- the greatest Jedi Master in the galaxy. EDITOR’S NOTE: OH. IS THAT ALL? NO PROBLEMA.
The Swarm War is scheduled for paperback release this December.
Great Star Wars Books on the Horizon
Got a coffee table? EDITOR’S NOTE: DO FANCIFULLY COVERED (THANKS DWEEBPAL MARGARET) PEACH CRATES COUNT?
By the end of the year, it'll be covered in lavish, high-end Star Wars books. EDITOR’S NOTE: UMM…PEACHY!
Fans of Star Wars literature were given a look at some of the future tomes that will be lining their bookshelves and display cases. The second half of 2005 promises some of the most beautiful, elaborate and intriguing books to carry the LucasBooks logo. LucasBooks Senior Editor (and author) Jonathan Rinzler and authors (and Star Wars fans) Steve Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo were on hand for an image-rich panel that peered at what was to come.
Chronicle Books adds two important art books for Star Wars aficionados.
Steve Sansweet is joined by poster authority Peter Vilmur in writing the definitive resource for fans of Star Wars poster artwork. More than 300 of most evocative and compelling posters are featured in The Star Wars Poster Book.
"One of the ideas in this book was to tell the stories behind the posters too," said Sansweet. "We interviewed more than 50 artists and executives at Fox and adverrtising people to find out everything. We tracked down the graphic artists who did the first Star Wars logo, and she tells the story of how she got direction from George. He wanted it to look sort of fascist, because it was the evil Empire."
Sansweet described the making of the Style-D poster, known as the "Circus Poster." He explained how its peculiar shape came out because the original artwork -- now surrounded by a red border -- couldn't accommmodate the size of the credit block of text. So, the artists expanded the artwork with elements that made it look like a wild posting -- with torn paper and exposed fence. "That's been the fun for both Pete and me to discover some of these stories," he says.
Star Wars: Chronicles
Coming out later this year from Chronicle Books is the follow up to what many fans regard as one of the best non-fiction Star Wars books ever made.
In 1997, Chronicle made what is possibly the heaviest entry in the Star Wars library, the original oversized and picture-packed Star Wars: Chronicles. The book explored the classic trilogy in detail, with many incredible photos from the Lucasfilm archives. EDITOR’S NOTE: A TRULY GORGEOUS BOOK.
The follow up to that book gives the same treatment to the prequel trilogy. With a study of each element of the prequels in movie-order, the book promises some never-before-seen photos of the popular characters and elements, as well as rare images of the background detail that fill out the frame. Given how visually dense the prequel trilogy is, this book is the ultimate celebration of that detail.
"What's great is that there's very rarely opportunity to run a photo like the belly of an [SPHA-T walker, for example]. No one really asks for that. It's not trading card material," said Hidalgo. "But it's still the sort of crunchy visual reference that fans love. EDITOR’S NOTE: ‘CRUNCHY VISUAL REFERENCE’? GIGGLE. This book is filled with taht kind of turn-around photography, because it's the perfect place for it."
Coming from Harry N. Abrams books is Dressing the Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars, the ultimate tribute to the skills of Trisha Biggar and the classic trilogy costume supervisors that preceded her.
The book will also be released in a Numbered Limited Edition of 2,500 copies, which includes an additional pages, inserts, gatefolds and even fabric samples. EDITOR’S NOTE: I KNOW I CAN’T AFFORD THIS…BUT FABRIC SAMPLES???!!! DROOL!!!
"The deluxe is a true limited edition. Trisha will be signing the first 1,000 copies," said Rinzler. "You can't turn more than 10 pages without getting a kind of insert or booklet. In the actual book you'll have upwards of about 20 fabric swatches of from the actual cloth that the costumes were made from. I think for those of you who make costumes, this will be a Godsend."
The deluxe edition also includes a booklet on CG characters, a Wookiee belt buckle, a DVD with costume documentaries, a headdress booklet, a footwear booklet, and an actual piece of Darth Vader's cloak. EDITOR’S NOTE: I THINK I HAVE TO GET A FULL-TIME JOB JUST FOR THIS BOOK!
John Knoll is well known to Star Wars fans as one of the Visual Effects Supervisors of the prequel trilogy. This fall, he'll add Star Wars author to his impressive list of credits with the release of Creating the Words of Star Wars: 365 Days.
The Harry N. Abrams book is over 700 pages thick, and packed with many never-before-seen photos from the making of all six Star Wars films. The book will also feature a CD-ROM of explorable images, well known to Hyperspace members as the Knollvision series. the disc will also have behind-the-scenes videos, many of which have never been seen before.
In October, DK adds to their glossy photo-and-illustration-intense hardcovers with Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide. Author Ryder Windham explores all facets of the Star Wars experience. The book not only offers a valuable primer to the sprawling expanded universe, but also goes behind-the-scenes on the making of the films, the world of Star Wars collecting and merchandise, and the fan experience. It features an introduction written by Ian McDiarmid.
DK will also explore the settings of Episode III in Star Wars: Complete Locations. This book compiles and updates the Incredible Locations series and adds locales from Revenge of the Sith. It features an introduction written by Gavin Bocquet.
As a companion piece to the forthcoming Star Wars: Where Science Meets the Imagination museum exhibits, National Geographic will produce a book, from which Rinzler showed the cover. Also part of Rinzler's presentation was some of the dynamic full color art that fills the pages of The New Essential Chronology by Daniel Wallace.
Dark Horse: Past, Present and Future of Star Wars
Lucasfilm's theme for Comic-Con International, as emblazoned in giant letters atop the StarWarsShop.com booth, was Star Wars is Forever. As Dark Horse Comics celebrates their 20th anniversary, their recently revealed plans for their Star Wars titles stays true to that theme.
"Let's take our 20th anniversary as an opportunity to reinvent how we're presenting Star Wars and bring in some new ongoing series and change things around," said Randy Stradley of Dark Horse. "We're going to go into territories that we haven't explored before or haven't been to in a while."
Stradley cautioned that the presentation only covered to the first few months of 2006 -- there are big plans in the works for the remainder of 2006, but "It's just too soon to talk about it," said Stradley.
While some of the long-running Star Wars titles are drawing to a close, Dark Horse is launching a fleet of new ones. Star Wars: Republic will wrap up with issue #83, bringing the series up to the events of Revenge of the Sith and just beyond.
"In the aftermath of Episode III, Palpatine has called all of his captains and commanders back to Coruscant and it's time for a loyalty test. And one of the captains is Sagauro Autem, who you might remember from the very first three-issue arc of Republic... he finds out he didn't pass the loyalty test, and Vader has it in for him." This issue, #80, is written by Jon Ostrander, who also wraps up the series with three issues that jump back in time to the events just before Order 66. Fans can look forward to the return of the Devaronian grifter Villie.
Star Wars: Empire will end with issue #40, with its final issues covering the ill-fated recruitment of Jabiim into the Alliance fold in a five-part story currently playing out. There is also a one-shot Vader story by John Jackson Miller and Brian Ching. "Vader discovers his plans for catching and destroying the Rebel fleet are being thwarted not by a Rebel agent, but by someone within the Empire. He's got to ferret out who it is," said Stradley.
As Empire wraps up, Janek Sunbar returns in a Jabiim storyline. "It's the first part of a five-issue arc that will take Sunbar from Jabiim to Kalist VI and along the way will take him to a Rebel base on Thila," explained Stradley.
Before 2005 ends, Dark Horse will be returning to the fan-favorite top guns of the Star Wars galaxy: Rogue Squadron. EDITOR'S NOTE: FLYBOYS! WHOOHOOO!!!!
Wedge Antilles stars in X-Wing: Rogue Leader, a three-part miniseries written by Haden Blackman (who also penned Star Wars: Obsession) and illustrated by Tomás Giorello with covers by Gary Irskine. The series picks up from the end of Return of the Jedi and continues to the start of the previous Rogue Squadron comics series from 10 years ago.
Darth Vader was everywhere during the lead up to Episode III, but fans can't get enough of the Dark Lord. He will take center stage in Purge, a one-shot that takes place after Revenge of the Sith. Obi-Wan told Luke that Vader helped the Emperor hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights -- this issue depicts that kind of action. Purge is by John Ostrander and Doug Wheatley with a cover by Adam Hughes. "Much carnage," is all that Jeremy Barlow had to share about this intriguing one-shot. EDITOR'S NOTE: CARNAGE. YAY! (I'M ALSO BIG INTO SQUALOR).
In February of 2006, there will be a new ongoing series of five mini-series. "It's sort of how we've been doing Hellboy and Sin City over at Dark Horse," explained Barlow of its publishing frequency. A spin-off of Star Wars: Empire, Rebellion covers an Imperial plot to uncover the ever-roving Rebel fleet. Vader has his own schemes, and has enlisted the idealistic Lt. Janek Sunber to carry out a secret mission that puts him in the heart of the enemy. Rob Williams and Brandon Badeaux are the creative force behind this series.
In 2006, new ongoing Star Wars titles begin to appear. First up is Knights of the Old Republic, an ongoing monthly series by writer John Jackson Miller and illustrator Brian Ching. It's set just prior to the events of LucasArts' smash hit KOTOR series, over four thousand years before the events of A New Hope. It features Zayne, a young Padawan on the run after being framed for a brutal crime. To escape the law, Zayne must slink into the underworld of Taris. EDITOR'S NOTE: GAMEMASTERDAVE DAVE DAVE!!! NEW OLD STUFF IN YOUR FAVE TIME PERIOD!!!
"Just to let you know there's another ongoing series coming out," said Stradley, "There's another series of miniseries coming out. There's a big project that we haven't really done before. I don't want to say too much, because I don't want to give anything away, but it's a real and true graphic novel, and that will probably be late summer of next year. A long the way there may be more Clone Wars Adventures and a little something we're thinking of doing called a Star Wars Annual."EDITOR'S NOTE: NEW STUFF TO READ, NEW STUFF TO BUY. LIFE BE STILL QUITE YUMMYGOOD!
First revealed at Comic-Con International, here is the cover to The Swarm War, the final book of the Dark Nest trilogy.
In this explosive conclusion, Luke Skywalker summons the heroes of the New Jedi Order from near and far as the Star Wars galaxy teeters on the edge of eternal war. Yet even the combined powers of the formidable Jedi may not be enough to vanquish the deadly perils confronting them. EDITOR’S NOTE: YEAH YEAH YEAH….. OR AS THEY REFER TO IT IN THE STAR WARS GALAXY, TUESDAY.
The Chiss-Killik border war is threatening to engulf the entire galaxy -- raising the awful specter of the Killik sweeping across space to absorb all living creatures into a single hive mind. EDITOR’S NOTE: I GUESS THAT WOULD KINDA SUCK. (BE LIKE LIVING IN A RED STATE. OH, WAIT……) The only hope for peace lies with the Jedi -- who must not only end the bloodshed between two fierce enemies but also combat the insidious evil spread by the elusive Dark Nest and its unseen queen. EDITOR’S NOTE: NOT ME. NOT THE QOTD. A DIFFERENT, MEANER QUEEN. (RICHARD SIMMONS?)
Leia's Jedi skills will be put to the ultimate test in the coming life-and-death battle. As for Luke, he will have to prove, in a lightning display of Force strength and swordplay, that he is -- beyond a shadow of a doubt -- the greatest Jedi Master in the galaxy. EDITOR’S NOTE: OH. IS THAT ALL? NO PROBLEMA.
The Swarm War is scheduled for paperback release this December.
Great Star Wars Books on the Horizon
Got a coffee table? EDITOR’S NOTE: DO FANCIFULLY COVERED (THANKS DWEEBPAL MARGARET) PEACH CRATES COUNT?
By the end of the year, it'll be covered in lavish, high-end Star Wars books. EDITOR’S NOTE: UMM…PEACHY!
Fans of Star Wars literature were given a look at some of the future tomes that will be lining their bookshelves and display cases. The second half of 2005 promises some of the most beautiful, elaborate and intriguing books to carry the LucasBooks logo. LucasBooks Senior Editor (and author) Jonathan Rinzler and authors (and Star Wars fans) Steve Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo were on hand for an image-rich panel that peered at what was to come.
Chronicle Books adds two important art books for Star Wars aficionados.
Steve Sansweet is joined by poster authority Peter Vilmur in writing the definitive resource for fans of Star Wars poster artwork. More than 300 of most evocative and compelling posters are featured in The Star Wars Poster Book.
"One of the ideas in this book was to tell the stories behind the posters too," said Sansweet. "We interviewed more than 50 artists and executives at Fox and adverrtising people to find out everything. We tracked down the graphic artists who did the first Star Wars logo, and she tells the story of how she got direction from George. He wanted it to look sort of fascist, because it was the evil Empire."
Sansweet described the making of the Style-D poster, known as the "Circus Poster." He explained how its peculiar shape came out because the original artwork -- now surrounded by a red border -- couldn't accommmodate the size of the credit block of text. So, the artists expanded the artwork with elements that made it look like a wild posting -- with torn paper and exposed fence. "That's been the fun for both Pete and me to discover some of these stories," he says.
Star Wars: Chronicles
Coming out later this year from Chronicle Books is the follow up to what many fans regard as one of the best non-fiction Star Wars books ever made.
In 1997, Chronicle made what is possibly the heaviest entry in the Star Wars library, the original oversized and picture-packed Star Wars: Chronicles. The book explored the classic trilogy in detail, with many incredible photos from the Lucasfilm archives. EDITOR’S NOTE: A TRULY GORGEOUS BOOK.
The follow up to that book gives the same treatment to the prequel trilogy. With a study of each element of the prequels in movie-order, the book promises some never-before-seen photos of the popular characters and elements, as well as rare images of the background detail that fill out the frame. Given how visually dense the prequel trilogy is, this book is the ultimate celebration of that detail.
"What's great is that there's very rarely opportunity to run a photo like the belly of an [SPHA-T walker, for example]. No one really asks for that. It's not trading card material," said Hidalgo. "But it's still the sort of crunchy visual reference that fans love. EDITOR’S NOTE: ‘CRUNCHY VISUAL REFERENCE’? GIGGLE. This book is filled with taht kind of turn-around photography, because it's the perfect place for it."
Coming from Harry N. Abrams books is Dressing the Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars, the ultimate tribute to the skills of Trisha Biggar and the classic trilogy costume supervisors that preceded her.
The book will also be released in a Numbered Limited Edition of 2,500 copies, which includes an additional pages, inserts, gatefolds and even fabric samples. EDITOR’S NOTE: I KNOW I CAN’T AFFORD THIS…BUT FABRIC SAMPLES???!!! DROOL!!!
"The deluxe is a true limited edition. Trisha will be signing the first 1,000 copies," said Rinzler. "You can't turn more than 10 pages without getting a kind of insert or booklet. In the actual book you'll have upwards of about 20 fabric swatches of from the actual cloth that the costumes were made from. I think for those of you who make costumes, this will be a Godsend."
The deluxe edition also includes a booklet on CG characters, a Wookiee belt buckle, a DVD with costume documentaries, a headdress booklet, a footwear booklet, and an actual piece of Darth Vader's cloak. EDITOR’S NOTE: I THINK I HAVE TO GET A FULL-TIME JOB JUST FOR THIS BOOK!
John Knoll is well known to Star Wars fans as one of the Visual Effects Supervisors of the prequel trilogy. This fall, he'll add Star Wars author to his impressive list of credits with the release of Creating the Words of Star Wars: 365 Days.
The Harry N. Abrams book is over 700 pages thick, and packed with many never-before-seen photos from the making of all six Star Wars films. The book will also feature a CD-ROM of explorable images, well known to Hyperspace members as the Knollvision series. the disc will also have behind-the-scenes videos, many of which have never been seen before.
In October, DK adds to their glossy photo-and-illustration-intense hardcovers with Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide. Author Ryder Windham explores all facets of the Star Wars experience. The book not only offers a valuable primer to the sprawling expanded universe, but also goes behind-the-scenes on the making of the films, the world of Star Wars collecting and merchandise, and the fan experience. It features an introduction written by Ian McDiarmid.
DK will also explore the settings of Episode III in Star Wars: Complete Locations. This book compiles and updates the Incredible Locations series and adds locales from Revenge of the Sith. It features an introduction written by Gavin Bocquet.
As a companion piece to the forthcoming Star Wars: Where Science Meets the Imagination museum exhibits, National Geographic will produce a book, from which Rinzler showed the cover. Also part of Rinzler's presentation was some of the dynamic full color art that fills the pages of The New Essential Chronology by Daniel Wallace.
Dark Horse: Past, Present and Future of Star Wars
Lucasfilm's theme for Comic-Con International, as emblazoned in giant letters atop the StarWarsShop.com booth, was Star Wars is Forever. As Dark Horse Comics celebrates their 20th anniversary, their recently revealed plans for their Star Wars titles stays true to that theme.
"Let's take our 20th anniversary as an opportunity to reinvent how we're presenting Star Wars and bring in some new ongoing series and change things around," said Randy Stradley of Dark Horse. "We're going to go into territories that we haven't explored before or haven't been to in a while."
Stradley cautioned that the presentation only covered to the first few months of 2006 -- there are big plans in the works for the remainder of 2006, but "It's just too soon to talk about it," said Stradley.
While some of the long-running Star Wars titles are drawing to a close, Dark Horse is launching a fleet of new ones. Star Wars: Republic will wrap up with issue #83, bringing the series up to the events of Revenge of the Sith and just beyond.
"In the aftermath of Episode III, Palpatine has called all of his captains and commanders back to Coruscant and it's time for a loyalty test. And one of the captains is Sagauro Autem, who you might remember from the very first three-issue arc of Republic... he finds out he didn't pass the loyalty test, and Vader has it in for him." This issue, #80, is written by Jon Ostrander, who also wraps up the series with three issues that jump back in time to the events just before Order 66. Fans can look forward to the return of the Devaronian grifter Villie.
Star Wars: Empire will end with issue #40, with its final issues covering the ill-fated recruitment of Jabiim into the Alliance fold in a five-part story currently playing out. There is also a one-shot Vader story by John Jackson Miller and Brian Ching. "Vader discovers his plans for catching and destroying the Rebel fleet are being thwarted not by a Rebel agent, but by someone within the Empire. He's got to ferret out who it is," said Stradley.
As Empire wraps up, Janek Sunbar returns in a Jabiim storyline. "It's the first part of a five-issue arc that will take Sunbar from Jabiim to Kalist VI and along the way will take him to a Rebel base on Thila," explained Stradley.
Before 2005 ends, Dark Horse will be returning to the fan-favorite top guns of the Star Wars galaxy: Rogue Squadron. EDITOR'S NOTE: FLYBOYS! WHOOHOOO!!!!
Wedge Antilles stars in X-Wing: Rogue Leader, a three-part miniseries written by Haden Blackman (who also penned Star Wars: Obsession) and illustrated by Tomás Giorello with covers by Gary Irskine. The series picks up from the end of Return of the Jedi and continues to the start of the previous Rogue Squadron comics series from 10 years ago.
Darth Vader was everywhere during the lead up to Episode III, but fans can't get enough of the Dark Lord. He will take center stage in Purge, a one-shot that takes place after Revenge of the Sith. Obi-Wan told Luke that Vader helped the Emperor hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights -- this issue depicts that kind of action. Purge is by John Ostrander and Doug Wheatley with a cover by Adam Hughes. "Much carnage," is all that Jeremy Barlow had to share about this intriguing one-shot. EDITOR'S NOTE: CARNAGE. YAY! (I'M ALSO BIG INTO SQUALOR).
In February of 2006, there will be a new ongoing series of five mini-series. "It's sort of how we've been doing Hellboy and Sin City over at Dark Horse," explained Barlow of its publishing frequency. A spin-off of Star Wars: Empire, Rebellion covers an Imperial plot to uncover the ever-roving Rebel fleet. Vader has his own schemes, and has enlisted the idealistic Lt. Janek Sunber to carry out a secret mission that puts him in the heart of the enemy. Rob Williams and Brandon Badeaux are the creative force behind this series.
In 2006, new ongoing Star Wars titles begin to appear. First up is Knights of the Old Republic, an ongoing monthly series by writer John Jackson Miller and illustrator Brian Ching. It's set just prior to the events of LucasArts' smash hit KOTOR series, over four thousand years before the events of A New Hope. It features Zayne, a young Padawan on the run after being framed for a brutal crime. To escape the law, Zayne must slink into the underworld of Taris. EDITOR'S NOTE: GAMEMASTERDAVE DAVE DAVE!!! NEW OLD STUFF IN YOUR FAVE TIME PERIOD!!!
"Just to let you know there's another ongoing series coming out," said Stradley, "There's another series of miniseries coming out. There's a big project that we haven't really done before. I don't want to say too much, because I don't want to give anything away, but it's a real and true graphic novel, and that will probably be late summer of next year. A long the way there may be more Clone Wars Adventures and a little something we're thinking of doing called a Star Wars Annual."EDITOR'S NOTE: NEW STUFF TO READ, NEW STUFF TO BUY. LIFE BE STILL QUITE YUMMYGOOD!
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