Interview: Darth Internous Tom Hoeler
An interview with Del Rey’s summer Star Wars Books intern, Tom Hoeler.
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GeekGirlCon 2012: Star Wars Panel Recap Part Two
The second half of my recap of the GeekGirlCon Star Wars panel.
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GeekGirlCon 2012: The Star Wars Saturday That Almost Didn’t Happen
Recapping a wild Saturday at GeekGirlCon, including the Star Wars panel I hosted.
Read moreCelebration VI: Suvudu Jaina Solo Art Brought to Life
In 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.
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Interview: Shea Standefer
One of the best parts of Celebration is meeting in person many fans I’ve known online for years. This time, I finally had the chance to meet Shea Standefer, an incredible cosplayer of Jaina Solo and many other characters.
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Celebration VI: Dark Horse & Brian Wood Recap
Like 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.
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Celebration VI: Secrets of the Chiss Jedi
For 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.
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Celebration VI: EU Author Allston Lays Down Tracks
In his lecture “Laying Down Tracks,” Allston likens writing a novel to creating a polished musical recording in a studio. One at a time, a track of each different instrument and voice is captured and saved, then layered one on top of the other and meshed into harmonic excellence. He suggests that this process is transferable to writing a novel, and may in fact help you to write more efficiently or with greater speed.
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Celebration VI: Del Rey Panels Recap
Celebration 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.
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Celebration VI Weekend Recap
After 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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