Around the Web

September 22, 2017 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Books, Conventions, Events, Movies, News, Regular Feature, Sci-Fi, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, Star Wars News, Star Wars Rebels, Television | Leave a comment

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

Book News

• Del Rey has released the rest of the From A Certain Point of View “social cards.” You can check them out here.
• The Verge has an interview with author Martha Wells covering her new novella series The Murderbot Diaries which includes the cover for the second novella Artificial Condition. On top of that, TOR.com has a look at the cover for the third novella in the series, Rogue Protocol.
• Christie Golden has written a short story tied into an upcoming VR videogame called ARKTIKA.1. You can read an excerpt here which includes pre-order links for the short story.

Convention & Event News

• Salt Lake Comic Con is September 21 to 23 in Salt Lake City, UT. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn. Tim will be at Booth 519. You can check out his schedule here.
• Cincinnati Comic Expo is September 22 to 24 in Cincinnati, OH. Star Wars guests include Caroline Blakiston, Joe Corroney, Julian Glover, Jason Isaacs, and John Ratzenberger.
• 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, John Jackson Miller, 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

• SyFy Wire has an interview with John Knoll covering Rogue One which you can listen to here.
• The Sabrecast has an interview with Star Wars artist Joe Corroney.

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

• The first episode of Science and Star Wars is out.

• And the debut of Who Talks First.

It's #WhoTalksFirst, the Star Wars debate show with a twist! pic.twitter.com/1sVBR6No80

— Star Wars (@starwars) September 16, 2017

Movie & Television News

• Ron Howard teases what might be the spice mines of Kessel.

Spicey? pic.twitter.com/dLhop8S60T

— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) September 20, 2017

• And there’s an alien in this shot with Paul Bettany.

Had to say goodbye to my friend @Paul_Bettany today. Another terrific performance from a world class talent. pic.twitter.com/6jkNKQNQZZ

— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) September 16, 2017

• Collider has an image gallery from The Last Jedi including some new photos.
• The air dates for Star Wars Rebels Season 4 are up on StarWars.com along with some episode titles.
• The trailer for Tomb Raider is out, and this one actually looks promising. It will be out in theaters in March 2018.

Toy & Collectible News

• Pre-orders are up for the Sideshow Sixth Scale Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Video Game News

• EA has revealed the full list of maps for Star Wars Battlefront II.

Naboo
Kamino
Kashyyyk
Endor
Death Star II
Hoth
Mos Eisley
Yavin IV
Jakku
Takodana
Starkiller Base#StarWarsBattlefrontII

— EAStarWars (@EAStarWars) September 21, 2017

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.