Around the Web

June 23, 2017 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Books, Conventions, Events, Movies, News, Random House, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, Star Wars News, Television | Leave a comment
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Here is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.

Book News

• USA Today has the first excerpt for Christie Golden‘s upcoming Star Wars Battlefront II tie-in novel Inferno Squad.
• The Star Wars 2017 Del Rey Sampler is now available and free!
• Author Martha Wells did an AMA on Reddit you can check out here.
• Author John Jackson Miller also did an AMA on Reddit you can check out here.

Convention & Event News

• SoonerCon is June 23 to 25 in Oklahoma City, OK. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• IndyPopCon is July 7 to 9 in Indianapolis, IN. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at Fountain Books in Richmond, VA on July 11 at 6:30 PM.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at Politics & Prose in Washington D.C. on July 12 at 7:00 PM.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at Barnes & Noble in Baltimore, MD on July 13 at 6:00 PM.
• ConGregate is July 14 to 16 in High Point, NC. Star Wars guests include Barbara Hambly, Michael A. Stackpole and Timothy Zahn.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at the Philadelphia Free Library in Philadelphia, PA on July 14 at 7:30 PM along with Chuck Wendig.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at Yale Bookstore in New Haven, CT at 2:00 PM.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at The Harvard Coop in Cambridge, MA at 2:00 PM.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at Phoenix Books in Burlington, VT at 7:00 PM.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at Barnes & Noble in Boulder, CO on July 18 at 7:00 PM.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at The Bookworm in Omaha, NE at 6:00 PM.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at the Madison Central Library in Madison, WI at 7:00 PM along with author Patrick Rothfuss.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville, IL at 7:00 PM.
• Kevin Hearne‘s Besieged Tour stops off at Nicola’s Books in Ann Arbor, MI at 3:00 PM.
• RobCon is July 29 to 30 in Bristol, TN. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• Colorado Springs Comic Con is August 25 to 27 in Colorado Springs, CO. Star Wars Guests include Paul Springer, Joonas Suotamo, Spencer Wilding, Billy Dee Williams, Simon J. Williamson and Timothy Zahn.
• Dragon Con is September 1 to 4 in Atlanta, GA. Star Wars guests include Kevin J. Anderson, Delilah S. Dawson, Rebecca Moesta and Timothy Zahn.
• Salt Lake Comic Con is September 21 to 23 in Salt Lake City, UT. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• Necronomicon is October 20 to 22 in Tampa, FL. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• Timothy Zahn will be in Lucca, Italy at Lucca Comics and Games from November 1 to 5th.
• World Fantasy Con is November 2 to 5, 2017 in San Antonio, TX. Star Wars guests include Martha Wells.
• TusCon is November 10 to 12 in Tucson, AZ. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• OryCon is November 17 to 19 in Portland, OR. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.

For more events, check Star Wars Actor Appearances.

Fandom News

• Here is the latest episode of The Star Wars Show.

• They also posted their extended interview with Janina Gavankar.

• Over on J.W. Rinzler‘s blog, he’s written a piece on what it was like the day George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney.

Movie & Television News

• Well the big news this week was the firing of Han Solo directors Christopher Miller and Phil Lord (which you can catch up on here, here and here) and the announcement that Ron Howard will be taking over.
• If you missed out on the first episode of season two of LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, Disney XD put the entire episode on YouTube.

Toy & Collectible News

• Gentle Giant will be offering a Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker busts at SDCC 2017.
• Pre-orders are up for the Kotobukiya ArtFX+ Emperor Palpatine.
• Yakface has some pics of the upcoming Forces of Destiny figures.
• Jedi News has a preview of the Darth Vader Legendary Scale Sideshow figure.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.