Star Wars Fansites’ Big Thursday
Thursday might be hard to top for fans running Star Wars fansites. Fandom Apocalypse initiated a Star Wars Fansite Seminar on Twitter, where fansites shared their knowledge and learned a few new things. Dunc from ClubJade compiled the discussion, which ran with the hashtag #SWFS.
As the seminar was winding down, io9 broke the exclusive cover art and blurb for the mystery novel from Star Wars Books, set for very early next year. Maul: Lockdown continues in the horror genre for Star Wars author Joe Schreiber. From the blurb:
In a tale of retribution and survival set before the events of The Phantom Menace, Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious dispatch Sith apprentice Darth Maul on a secret mission to infiltrate a criminal empire operating from inside Cog Hive Seven – a hidden prison teeming with the galaxy’s most savage criminals. There, he must contend against the scummiest and most villainous in gladiatorial death matches while carrying out his masters’ clandestine commands. Failure is not an option; success will ignite the revenge of the Sith against the Jedi Order.
I couldn’t resist pointing out the Fifty Shades parallels in the cover art.
Also on Twitter, I had noted that the Star Wars Fansite Seminar was part of an elaborate plot:
The Force certainly works in mysterious ways. By 5:00 p.m. we had several major entertainment websites breaking the news that J.J. Abrams would be directing Episode VII. Here’s Hollywood Reporter’s look at the best Twitter reactions to the reports.
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