Fangirls Around the Web: October 20, 2012
Fangirls Around the Web for October 20, 2012.
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Read moreOut today from Pantheon Books is Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars by Camille Paglia.
Read moreFangirls Around the Web for October 10, 2012.
Read moreIn June, Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare co-author Paul Urquhart shared with Suvudu readers his best star-pilots in the Galaxy Far Far Away. The article featured images created by Frank-Joseph Frelier and included artwork of Stealth-X pilot Jaina Solo. On the first day of Celebration VI, I was amazed to see Shea Standefer at the Dark Horse Comics booth in her cosplay recreation of the new flight suit. In less than two months she pulled off a spectacular costume.
Read moreLike Del Rey, Dark Horse only made a small number of new product reveals this time around at Celebration VI. One of their upcoming titles, though – Brian Wood’s Star Wars – definitely earned showcase attention, with a Friday evening session in the Star Wars University room dedicated simply to Wood and editor Randy Stradley holding an hour-long casual conversation with fans about the series.
Read moreFor all the high-profile events a Celebration convention can bring – Mark Hamill or Carrie Fisher, Last Tour to Endor or The Clone Wars Red Carpet Premiere, even The Maker himself – there is always great fun and insight to be had at the smaller, less prominent panels. One of this year’s true highlights for me was a Thursday evening panel in the Star Wars University room: Ryder Windham’s “Secrets of the Chiss Jedi,” discussing the Secret Missions young-readers series and its starring character, Nuru Kungurama.
Read moreWith the world premiere of Season Five held at the Digital Stage on Friday night, it was no surprise that The Clone Wars had a major presence at Celebration VI.
Read moreCelebration VI featured two panels to discuss upcoming Del Rey products in the Expanded Universe: Friday morning’s panel on the novels and Sunday afternoon’s panel on the Essential guidebooks. Although the number of new product reveals was small, especially with San Diego Comic-Con’s announcements just a month before, fans did learn about a number of new initiatives to help increase the EU’s visibility and availability.
Read moreCelebration VI is over, and the fun begins of writing recaps and finalizing various posts. For starters, here’s my funniest convention tale.
Read moreAfter Friday night, I thought the first two days of the convention would be pretty difficult to top. But the weekend was amazing too, again thanks in large part to fans and friends who made the experience one I’ll never forget.
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