Around the Web

August 18, 2017 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Books, Movies, News, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, Star Wars News, trailers | 1 Comment
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Here is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.

Book News

• Fantasy Flight Games will be reprinting the classic West End Games Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game and The Star Wars Sourcebook as a 30th anniversary edition set.
• Blurb is up for the upcoming Phasma novel.
• StarWars.com has an interview with Dan Wallace covering his book Star Wars: On the Front Lines.

Convention & Event News

• John Jackson Miller, Dan Wallace and the 501st will be in Roseville, MN for an event at Barnes & Noble on August 19 at 2:00 PM.
• TerrifiCon is August 18 to 20 in Uncasville, CT. Star Wars guests include Ryder Windham.
• 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.
• New York Comic Con is October 5 to 8 in New York, NY. Star Wars guests include Katie Cook, Jim Cummings, Kieron Gillen, Mark Hamill, Felicity Jones, Skottie Young and more.
• 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.

And the latest tweets from Ron Howard on the set of the Han Solo movie.

The Empire Looms Large pic.twitter.com/IN7GiiJtXY

— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 16, 2017

Behind the scenes @PinewoodStudios btw,I see I just reached 2 mil Followers. Wow! Thanks all pic.twitter.com/GRCYj26EQo

— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 16, 2017

Looks like I was clearly enjoying this close up performance today on the set. #UntitledHanSoloMovie #chewbacca pic.twitter.com/yw9F0ZmiTl

— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 17, 2017

Movie & Television News

• The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the Obi-Wan Kenobi movie is in the works and there’s talks with a director. Click here to check out the full story.
• The international trailer for Thor: Ragnarok is out for those who can’t get enough.

• The trailer for The Osiris Child actually looks pretty good for a cheap sci-fi movie. It will have a limited release next month and will be on DirectTV.

• Going for the crime genre, there’s The Last Rampage which will be out next month.

• And to lighten things up, the trailer for The Death of Stalin which looks pretty funny.

• And if you’re after heartwarming, this one looks promising, The Florida Project.

Toy & Collectible News

• LEGO is teasing a new Star Wars set with a 500+ page manual and thousands of pieces. It will be their biggest set yet.

Get ready! #LEGOStarWars is assembling its biggest set yet! 😱 We just can't wait for October 1st! @starwars pic.twitter.com/bG5bYgHDv8

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) August 15, 2017

Video Game News

• StarWars.com has announced a new mobile game called Star Wars: Rise to Power.

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