Interview: Victoria Schmidt aka “Scruffy Rebel”

June 28, 2012May 8, 2013 Fangirl Ahsoka Tano, cosplay, Del Rey, EU, Fangirls, interview, Jaina Solo, Princess Leia Organa Solo, Star Wars, Suvudu, Victoria Schmidt

FANgirl interviews Victoria Schmidt aka “Scruffy Rebel”

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X-wings, Insiders, and Swag

June 27, 2012June 27, 2012 Fangirl Aaron Allston, Dave Filoni, Del Rey, EU, Jaina Solo, Mercy Kill, Star Wars, Star Wars Insider, The Clone Wars, X-wing Series

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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Zahn’s Choices of One in Paperback

June 26, 2012June 25, 2012 Lex Del Rey, EU, Luke Skywalker, Mara Jade, Star Wars, Tim Zahn

Timothy Zahn’s Choices of One paperback edition goes on sale today.

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Remembering Racheal

June 25, 2012June 25, 2012 Fangirl EU, Fangirls, Racheal Ambrose, Star Wars

Remembering my friend Racheal Ambrose (1987-2012).

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Racheal Ambrose – A Fangirl Lost

June 23, 2012June 25, 2012 Fangirl EU, GeekGirlCon, Racheal Ambrose, Star Wars

From her blog The Galactic Drift, posted last night by Racheal’s husband: I just thought I should inform anyone who

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Fangirls Around the Web: June 22

June 22, 2012June 26, 2012 Fangirl Ashley Eckstein, Brave, Fangirls, Fangirls Around the Web, GeekGirlCon, Her Universe, heroine, Katrina Hill, Megan Crouse, Mercy Kill, Merida, pink lightsaber, Racheal Ambrose, Star Wars, The Legend of Korra, X-wing Series

Highlighting heroines and fangirls spotted around the web for the week of June 22.

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Karen Miller Discusses Star Wars Fandom, Feminism, and Writing

June 19, 2012June 27, 2012 Fangirl Del Rey, EU, Fangirls, feminism, Karen Miller, Star Wars

This morning Liz Bourke of Tor.com posted a lengthy interview with author Karen Miller, who wrote three Star Wars novels published in 2008 and 2010 tying into the first two seasons of The Clone Wars animated series. Miller discusses her writing, feminism, and the state of genre publishing in Australia and the U.K. compared to the United States. The interview is insightful and is definitely worth a read in its entirety, but I found some of her comments about Star Wars and its fandom particularly compelling.

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Star Wars Weekends 2012: Even More Merchandise Shopping

June 18, 2012 Fangirl Disney, Star Wars, Star Wars Weekends

When I returned to Star Wars Weekends for the third and fourth weekends, more merchandise was bound to be purchased. There are so many enticing options, and some of them I just couldn’t pass up.

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Star Wars Weekends 2012: Tricia on Star Wars Report

June 15, 2012June 16, 2012 Fangirl Star Wars, Star Wars Report, Star Wars Weekends

Just after opening weekend, hosts Riley and Bethany of the Star Wars Report podcast graciously invited me on their show to discuss Star Wars Weekends.

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Star Wars Weekends 2012: Weeks 3 and 4 Report

June 13, 2012May 12, 2013 Fangirl Ashley Eckstein, Cat Taber, Daniel Logan, Disney, Erich Schoeneweiss, James Arnold Taylor, Jason Fry, Lady Rogues, Star Wars, Star Wars Weekends

As much as I love Star Wars Weekends, you weren’t going to catch me at Disney over Memorial Day weekend. But that’s okay, because the last two weeks of this year’s event were fantastic. Here are some of the highlights from the third and fourth weeks.