X-wings, Insiders, and Swag
Issues #134 and #135 have a lot of great material for Expanded Universe fans, including Tricia’s interview with Aaron Allston about X-Wing: Mercy Kill.
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Dave Filoni
Star Wars Weekends 2012: Dave Filoni Special Appearance
Announced less than a week in advance, a special appearance by The Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni made a fitting conclusion to this year’s Star Wars Weekends. He always seems to enjoy putting on a good show for the fans, and this time was no exception.
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Dave Filoni at Star Wars Weekends
From StarWars.com yesterday, exciting new for The Clone Wars fans – Star Wars: The Clone Wars Supervising Director Dave Filoni will be a special guest at Star Wars Weekends this year!
Read moreThe Clone Wars: Season Four: Season In Review – Part One
Now that Season Four of The Clone Wars is complete, I thought it would be fun to revisit the season as a whole and discuss its strengths and weaknesses, fun moments and moving scenes, with an emphasis on the story design, characterization, and storytelling techniques used throughout the 22 episodes. Lex and Megan will be joining me for the round-robin Season In Review. So let’s get started with Part One.
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Darth Maul Lives
Cross-posted from Suvudu. There are moments in a movie that are iconic and unforgettable; they become seared in your memory. If you were a Star Wars fan – either by way of the Original Trilogy or by diving in as a new one with Episode I – one of those moments is probably Darth Maul, bisected, falling down into the seemingly endless depths of a melting pit on Naboo. Obi-Wan’s victory gave reason to cheer, at least a little bit, right before we mourned for Qui-Gon. Three cheers, the wicked Sith Lord was dead. Or so we believed.
Read moreTrust in the Force
Two Star Wars news items sparked fandom controversy today.
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Looking Forward to the New Year – 2012 Preview Fangirl-style
Last week I looked back at the top ten moments of 2011 for the blog and for me as a fan. This week, I thought I’d kick off the year with a list of the top ten events I’m most anticipating for 2012. If 2011 is any indication, though, I think it’s a safe bet that my year-end list twelve months from now won’t just be a repeat of this one.
Read moreSend in the Clones
Two weeks without The Clone Wars is finally over. I took the downtime to stick in my Season Three Blu-Ray and enjoy some of last year’s magic.
Read moreHe’s Alive!
The news breaking yesterday was not subtle – Darth Maul Lives!
Read moreFriday’s Look Ahead
Speaking of Star Wars, here are a couple of other news items from around the internet that caught our attention this week.
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