Today at New York Comic Con, Lucasfilm publishing hosted a panel to update fans on what's available and what's to come in the world of
Star Wars publishing. Creative director of Lucasfilm publishing Michael Siglain led a panel where a new novel and a new comic book series was revealed, as well as announcing the end of a popular series and unveiling the cover of a highly anticipated novel. This article will be focusing on the announcements made during the panel, for those interested,
you can read complete, blow-by-blow recap of the panel here.
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By: Dominic Jones
Lucasfilm publishing announced the full slate of tie-in books and comics for
Solo: A Star Wars Story today
in a feature by Entertainment Weekly's Anthony Breznican. Among the announcements are the adult novel titled
Star Wars: Last Shot by Daniel Jose Older (
Shadowshaper,
Half-Resurection Blues) about Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, the YA novel
Star Wars: Most Wanted by Rae Carson (
The Girl of Fire and Thorns) about Han and Qi'ra, and the comic book series
Lando: Double or Nothing by Rodney Barnes. In addition,
The Art of Solo by Phil Szostak and
Solo: The Official Guide by Pablo Hidalgo were also announced.
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By: Dominic Jones
Last weekend during New York Comic Con, Lucasfilm publishing hosted two major panels about the recent and upcoming releases of
Star Wars books and now Penguin Random House has uploaded high quality versions of the panels to YouTube so that everyone can watch them.
The first panel, held on Friday, featured twelve authors who have written
Star Wars books talking about their history with
Star Wars and making announcements about what's to come.
The second panel, held on Saturday, features 19 of the 43 authors who contributed to the
From A Certain Point Of View collection of short stories. You can check out both panels below,
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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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By: Dominic Jones
In the lead up to a new
Star Wars film, part of the fun is to read the tie-in books and comics in search of clues about the new film and
The Last Jedi will be no different. Today, Lucasfilm and Disney executives spoke with
Entertainment Weekly about the
Journey to The Last Jedi publishing wave coming later this year. The focus is mainly on the two Young Adult novels,
The Legend of Luke Skywalker by Ken Liu and
Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray (
Lost Stars,
Bloodline), as well as the adult novel
Star Wars: Phasma by Deliah S. Dawson.
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By: Dominic Jones
This past weekend at New York Comic Con, a group of
Star Wars authors gathered for a very special panel discussion about writing for a galaxy far, far away. The panel included Timothy Zahn (
Heir to the Empire,
Star Wars: Thrawn), Chuck Wendig (
Aftermath,
Aftermath: Life Debt), Charles Soule (
Marvel's Poe Dameron), James Luceno (
Star Wars: Tarkin,
Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel) E. K. Johnston (
Star Wars: Ahsoka),
and Kieron Gillen (
Marvel's Darth Vader,
Star Wars: Classified). It was moderated by Lucasfilm's senior editor Jennifer Heddle and featured announcements from creative director of Lucasfilm publishing Michael Siglain. Check out the video below,
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