Around the Web

October 20, 2017 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Conventions, Events, Movies, News, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars News, trailers, Video Games | Leave a comment
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Here is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.

Art News

• Tsuneo Sanda has a special art print for sale featuring Rey. Proceeds are going to Support Disaster Areas by Hurricanes and Wildfires.
• Dave Dorman also has a couple prints for sale, but they are very limited. One is a Star Wars print featuring Rey and BB-8 on Jakku, the other features Pennywise the Clown from the new It. It’s creepy and awesome.

Book News

• Unbound Worlds has an interview with author John Jackson Miller touching on his Star Wars work for From A Certain Point of View and Canto Bight.
• Behind the Books posted a cool video that features Erich Schoeneweiss who talks about some of the behind the scenes business with the production of the Star Wars books.

Convention & Event News

• Necronomicon is October 20 to 22 in Tampa, FL. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• Falls Library Comic Fest is October 28 in Menomonee Falls, WI. Star Wars guests include John Jackson Miller.
• 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.

• Two new episodes of Science and Star Wars.

• If you were at New York Comic Con or checked out some of the pictures and video online, you may have seen the Star Wars: The Last Jedi section. But you probably didn’t see this.

• StarWars.com has an interview with Rogue One composer Michael Giacchino.
• Since it’s Halloween, they also have DIY pet costumes…which are pretty awesome.

Movie & Television News

• Nerdist has an interview with Dave Filoni covering Star Wars Rebels Season 4.
• New teaser promo for next week’s Star Wars Rebels double feature.

• Rebels Recon is back! And here is the official episode guide for “Heroes of Mandalore.”

• And you’ve probably already seen it, but the Han Solo movie now has a name…Solo.

Hey #Twitterville we just wrapped production so here's a special message #StarWars pic.twitter.com/8QJqN5BGxr

— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) October 17, 2017

• StarWars.com also has a nice roundup of all of Rian Johnson and Ron Howard‘s social media posts.
• Beyond Star Wars, there’s some new movie trailers out. 12 Strong looks like a good war film. It will be out in January.

• If you like westerns, there’s The Ballad of Lefty Brown which will be out in December.

• There’s a serial killer movie where Al Pacino is the cop hunting them down called Hangman. No release date yet.

• New trailer for Black Panther.

• The New Mutants trailer is out, however it won’t be out until April of next year.

• There’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

Toy & Collectible News

• Looking for a Sabine Wren helmet? ANOVOS has you covered.
• Pre-orders are up for the Sideshow life-size Stormtrooper bust.
• Pre-orders are up for the Hot Toys Jedi Training Rey.

Video Game News

• The Visceral Studios Star Wars game is getting a delay as the studio has been shutdown and the project has been moved to a new studio. No word on a release date.
• In more positive news, EA released a new trailer for the single player campaign for Star Wars Battlefront 2.

• ILMxLAB and The Void have a trailer for their VR experience Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.