'The Last Jedi' Novelization Hits #2 On The New York Times Best Sellers List

By: Dominic Jones

Congratulations are in order for author Jason Fry, whose novelization of Star Wars: The Last Jedi debuted at #2 on the New York Times best sellers list in the "Fiction" category.  The book was released last week and finished second behind Brad Meltzer's The Escape Artist.  Fry tweeted about the news, saying, "So this is ... JUST A BIT EXCITING. Enormous thanks to Rian Johnson for his generosity and trust, to all my friends at LFL and Del Rey, and most importantly to all the readers who wanted to know more about this rich, rewarding story! Wow!"

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NYCC: "From A Certain Point Of View" Panel Recap

By: Dominic Jones

Today at New York Comic Con, Lucasfilm and Del Rey publishing hosted a special panel all about the recently released short story collection, Star Wars: From A Certain Point Of View.  The books was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of A New Hope in 1977 and features 40 short stories, by 40 authors, each from the point of view of a different secondary or background character. The panel was moderated by Pablo Hidalgo of the Lucasfilm Story Group, who also wrote a story for the book, and featured 19 other authors who wrote stories for the book.

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NYCC Lucasfilm Publishing Panel Recap

Image via: @theroarbots (Twitter)

By: Dominic Jones

Earlier today at New York Comic Con, Lucasfilm hosted a special panel focused on their upcoming books and comics.  The panel was moderated by Michael Siglain, the creative director of Lucasfilm publishing, and featured eleven authors who had written Star Wars books and comics.  The authors discussed their history with Star Wars and shared some behind the scenes stories about working on Star Wars.  Below are my tweets from the panel.

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Del Rey Previews 'From A Certain Point Of View' Short Stories on Twitter

By: Dominic Jones

We're less than three weeks away from the release of the upcoming collection of short stories, Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View, which retells the story of A New Hope from perspective of various secondary and background characters.  The book, which features stories by forty different authors, is being released in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Star Wars. To promote the upcoming release of the book, several of the authors involved are tweeting images which reveal the character their story focuses on and contains a quote from their story.  Check out the tweets below,

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'The Last Jedi' Novelization to be Released March 6th, 2018

By: Dominic Jones

Fans wanting to read Jason Fry's novelization of Rian Johnson's upcoming film Star Wars: The Last Jedi will have to wait a little longer than usual.  The Penguin Random House website updated it's listing for the book with the release date of March 6th, 2018.  When asked about the release date on Twitter, the official Del Rey Star Wars account confirmed that there is no mistake on the listing regarding the release date.

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Final Covers Revealed For "The Last Jedi" Reference Books

By: Benjamin Hart

Once we're done watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 100 days, we will still have much to learn about the film. As always, a collection of reference books for the film will be revealed concurrently with its release, and we just got our first look at some of them.

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'The Last Jedi' Novelization To Be Written By Jason Fry

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm announced today that veteran Star Wars author, Jason Fry will be writing the novelization of the upcoming film Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The announcement was made as part of the Lucasfilm Publishing panel at San Diego Comic Con today by creative director of Lucasfilm publishing Michael Siglain. Fry, whose previous Star Wars credits include the Servants of the Empire series, will adapt the film based on the script by writer/director Rian Johnson. The book is slated to hit shelves on December 15th (same day as the film hits theaters).

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Del Rey Teases New 'Star Wars' Announcement Coming Tomorrow, "Operation Blue Milk"

By: Dominic Jones

Del Rey Books, the publishers of the Star Wars adult fiction novels, are teasing a new announcement coming tomorrow, with the code name "Operation Blue Milk".  Del Rey took to their social media to tease the project posting a picture of a manila folder "Operation Blue Milk" promising more details tomorrow and encouraging those seeking out hints to click on the hashtag.

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New Updated 'Complete Locations' Book & More Revealed From DK

By: Benjamin Hart

As any Star Wars fan knows, there's always much more to the Star Wars Galaxy than what we see on screen. DK's amazing Star Wars reference books have been a tremendous source of information about the saga for years. Now, DK Publishing is introducing three new books that are sure to excite fans who have read their previous works.

Earlier this week StarWars.com cover art and info for Star Wars: Year By Year, Star Wars: Complete Locations and The Amazing Book Of Star Wars.

Year By Year, as the title implies, explores the real world history of the saga through the years. This new edition of the classic book has been updated with a wealth of new information from the Lucasfilm Story Group's Pablo Hidalgo. It's said to cover more recent events, such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars Rebels, and will even cover "Star Wars Land" at Disney Parks which is currently under construction. The book will be available everywhere books are sold on September 6th.

Complete Locations, the latest installment in a beloved line of books, will be updated to include iconic places from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. So in addition to locations from the original six films, you will also be able to explore brand new ones like Rey's AT-AT home on Jakku, which is featured prominently on the cover. Complete locations is written by Jason Fry with illustrations by Kemp Remillard and will go on sale September 27th.

And finally, a brand new title from DK, The Amazing Book Of Star Wars is perfect young fans ages 4-6. Featuring simple sentences and large imagery, the book will surely capture the interest of Younglings everywhere. It is written by Elizabeth Dowsett and hits shelves on October 4th.

As lifelong reader of DK's Star Wars books, I couldn't be more excited about this announcement! I look forward to reading these and many more in the future.

Source: StarWars.com

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Short Story Authors for 'Rise of the Empire' Bind-Up Revealed

By: Dominic Jones

Back at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, Del Rey announced that the novels Star Wars: Tarkin by: James Luceno and Star Wars: A New Dawn by: John Jackson Miller would be re-released together as a special bind-up, along with three other short stories, titled Star Wars: Rise of the Empire.  Lucasfilm has unveiled the authors of those three short stories.  They are, Melissa Scott, John Jackson Miller, and Jason Fry.  Melissa Scott is the only newcomer to the Star Wars galaxy, with both Fry and Miller having been involved in countless books and comics before, and she brings with her an impressive pedigree which includes a PhD in comparative history, the 1986 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and over thirty published novels.

Little is known about these short stories, though it was revealed at Celebration that one of them will tie-in to Chuck Wendig's upcoming novel Star Wars: Aftermath, which is set immediately following Return of the Jedi.  The cover for the bind was also revealed, check it out below,

The Bind up is slated for a October 6th, 2015 release.

Source: StarWars.com

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