Official Episode VII News

March 18, 2014 at 12:00 pm | Posted in Episode VII, JJ Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm, Movies, News, Star Wars News | 10 Comments

urlWell folks it has finally happened we have some official info on Episode VII.  In this link from a StarWars.com tweet it confirms filming will begin in May and the following tidbit:

It has also been confirmed that Star Wars: Episode VII is set about 30 years after the events of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, and will star a trio of new young leads along with some very familiar faces. No further details on casting or plot are available at this time.

So a trio of new young stars and around 30 years after RotJ!!  Let the speculation begin!!

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Dave Filoni Talks The Clone Wars Season 6

March 18, 2014 at 10:51 am | Posted in Interview, Star Wars, Television, The Clone Wars | Leave a comment
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Dave Filoni talked with IGN about some of the most important issues in Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 6. He touched on Order 66, the Yoda arc and even the significance of the banking clans and Palpatine.

Also in this arc, Palpatine gets the banks all underneath him to fund massive operations like building a Death Star, showing Imperialism take over — because ultimately we had discussed where, at the time Palpatine aligns all of these banks underneath him in the Republic with no oversight, that’s basically when the Empire is really formed. Everything after that becomes a matter of just toppling certain dominoes that are in his way, but once he has that kind of power, he’s pretty unstoppable to do what he wants. So it’s actually a really important story arc in the whole scope of Star Wars, and I know a lot of fans want the whole mythic aspect of the dark versus light, and we had sufficient note of that with the whole Yoda arc, so I thought that doing this other arc, which was very important to George, about how these politics that we see in the Prequels, how they all line up in the end, turned out to be a pretty exciting arc. Plus, I got Embo in there. I added a big snow chase just to keep the kids awake if the whole banking thing wasn’t working out for them, because I know it’s a challenge. We try to balance those things these days. But directorially, it was really exciting to tell something that was so different and off the norm for us.

Click here to read the full interview.

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Synopsis for Kevin Hearne’s Luke Skywalker Novel

March 18, 2014 at 10:17 am | Posted in Books, Random House, Star Wars, Star Wars Books | Leave a comment
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Knights Archive spotted a synopsis for “Untitled Star Wars #3” over on edelweiss. Unfortunately the synopsis is no longer up on edelweiss, but you can head on over to Knights Archive to check their copy of the synopsis. The synopsis clearly states that it’s the Kevin Hearne Luke Skywalker novel, which is the third book in the Empire and Rebellion trilogy.

According to edelweiss, the book is currently slated for a January 13, 2015 release.

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Book Review: ‘The Troop’ by Nick Cutter

March 18, 2014 at 4:28 am | Posted in Books, horror, Reviews | Leave a comment
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If you like horror novels and Stephen King, then you might want to check out The Troop by Nick Cutter. It’s a story about a boy scout troop on an isolated island…with a monster. As the story progresses, things go bad. Very bad. And with story told so well, you can’t help but continue to see how it will turn out. I have to say, I was really impressed by this book and will definitely be checking out the other books by this author. Click here to read our full review.

Reviewed By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.

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