Around the Web

December 5, 2014 at 12:00 am | Posted in Around the Web, Art, Books, Conventions, Events, Interview, Movies, Regular Feature, Sci-Fi, Star Wars, Toys & Collectibles, Trailer | Leave a comment
Tags: drew karpyshyn, five by five, kevin j. anderson, martha wells, michael a. stackpole, six by six, target zone, tim lebbon

Here is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.

Book News

• The Six by Six kickstarter features six authors with six stories each including author Martha Wells.
• Tim Lebbon and Kevin J. Anderson are being featured in an upcoming X-Files anthology.
• Kevin J. Anderson teased Five by Five 3: Target Zone, this time around featuring authors Sarah A. Hoyt, Doug Dandridge, Michael A. Stackpole, Dani Kollin, and Eytan Kollin. Kevin also posted an excerpt as well.

Convention & Event News

• Steel City Con is December 5 through 7 in Monroeville, PA at the Monroeville Convention Center. Star Wars guests include Mark Dodson and Peter Mayhew.
• Buffy FanMeet is December 6 through 7 in Frankfurt, Germany. Star Wars guests include James Marsters.
• Edenbridge Comic Con is December 6 in Edenbridge, England at The Eden Centre. Star Wars guests include Chris Bunn, Ken Coombs, Alan Flyng, Michael Henbury, Nick Joseph, Pam Rose and Peter Roy.
• Timeless Collectors Fair is December 6 in Fareham, England at the Fareham Leisure Centre. Star Wars guests include Alan Flyng and Andrew Lawden.
• Wigan Comic Con is December 7 in Wigan, England at the Robin Park Sports Centre. Star Wars guests include David Prowse.
• The Official Star Trek Convention is December 12 through 14 in San Francisco, CA at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. Star Wars guests include George Takei.
• Sac-Con is December 14 in Sacramento, CA at the Scottish Rite Center. Star Wars guests include Dave Fennoy and C. Andrew Nelson.
• And for those looking forward to Star Wars Weekends, Disney has already announced their dates: May 15-17, May 22-24, May 29-31, June 5-7 and June 12-14.

Fandom News

• Star Wars author Drew Karpyshyn did a couple interviews while he was over in Italy for the Lucca Comics and Games Festival.

This was has a lot more Italian, but Drew’s answers are in english.

Movie & Television News

• The Force Awakens trailer has taken the internet by storm. For those wanting to see every frame of the 88 second trailer laid out, look no further than Jedi News.
• Big thanks to Rebels Report for pointing this out, but StarWars.com is showing five full episodes of Star Wars Rebels online.
• Beyond Star Wars, Marvel has officially named Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange.
• The title for the next James Bond movie has been revealed: Spectre. It will have a November 2015 release and a cast including Christopher Waltz, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott, Monica Bellucci, Léa Seydoux and Ralph Fiennes.
• The cast for Suicide Squad has been finalized: Will Smith (Deadshot), Tom Hardy (Rick Flagg), Jared Leto (The Joker), Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jai Courtney (Boomerang) and Cara Delevingne (Enchantress). It will hit theaters in August 2016.
• The trailer for Terminator: Genisys has quietly hit the web. It’ll hit theaters in July.

Toy & Collectible News

• ANOVOS has unveiled a Darth Vader helmet and a TIE fighter pilot outfit for collectors with deep pockets.
• Hot Toys has revealed their 1:6 scale Shadow Trooper.
• Think Geek has is now offering R2-Q5 measuring cups.
• Star Wars artist Joe Corroney is running a 25% off sale, just use the promo code YODA. Each purchase also includes his Star Wars Reads Day II print.
• Star Wars artist Dave Dorman is running a holiday sale.
• And Star Wars artist Jan Duursema is selling some of her original sketch cards.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.