Around the Web

July 1, 2016 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Books, Comic Books, Conventions, DK, Interview, Marvel, Movies, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, trailers | Leave a comment
Tags: Troy Denning

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

Book News

• StarWars.com has a look at two new book covers: Star Wars: Year by Year: A Visual History and Star Wars: Complete Locations.

Comic News

• StarWars.com has a preview of Star Wars #21.
• Buzz Comics has a preview of Poe Dameron #4 and Han Solo #2.

Convention & Event News

Kathleen Kennedy, Kiri Hart, Rian Johnson, Chris Miller and Phil Lord will all be attending Star Wars Celebration Europe for a special Future Filmmakers panel.

• Star Wars Celebration Europe is July 15 to 17 in London, England. Guests so far include Mark Hamill and hosts Warwick Davis and David Collins.
• ArmadilloCon is July 29 to 31 in Austin, TX. Star Wars guests include author Martha Wells.
• MidAmeriCon II is August 17 to 21 in Kansas City, MO. Star Wars guests include authors Kevin J. Anderson, William Dietz, Rebecca Moesta, Martha Wells and Walter Jon Williams.
• Dodeca Con is September 16 to 18 in Columbia, MO. Star Wars guests include author John Jackson Miller.
• New York Comic Con is October 6 to 9 in New York City, NY. Star Wars guests include author Chuck Wendig, actress Carrie Fisher, artists Mark Brooks, Katie Cook, Adi Granov, Alex Maleev and comic writer Charles Soule.
• Star Wars Celebration Orlando is April 13 to 16, 2017 in Orlando, FL.

Fandom News

• The latest episodes of The Star Wars Show are out.

• Hangin With Web Show has a interview with author Troy Denning.

Movie & Television News

• EW has hi-res copies of the Rogue One images now. Get ready for some new desktop wallpaper material.
• As a Clint Eastwood fan and a Tom Hanks fan, this one has my interest – Sully, it’ll be out in September.

• There’s a lot of boxing movies out there, but a good story is a good story, and this one looks promising. It’s called Bleed For This and it’ll be out in November.

• Ewan McGregor is making his directorial debut with American Pastoral which will hit theaters in October.

Toy & Collectible News

• Gentle Giant has revealed that their SDCC exclusives such as the Jumbo Farmboy Luke with either yellow or brown hair, and the Captain Phasma and McQuarrie Concept Chewbacca mini busts.
• Beast Kingdom unveiled their SDCC exclusives.
• ThinkGeek also revealed their SDCC exclusives which include some cool Star Wars items.

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