Around the Web

November 17, 2017 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Movies, News, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars News, trailers | Leave a comment

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

Book News

• Nerdist has a new excerpt from the upcoming Star Wars novel Canto Bight as well as the audiobook excerpt.

Comic News

• StarWars.com has a preview of Thrawn #1.

Convention & Event News

• 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 Science and Star Wars.

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

• There’s a new episode of Clone Wars Conversations hosted by James Arnold Taylor and featuring guest Angelique Perrin.

Movie & Television News

• New The Last Jedi TV spots “Darkness Rises.”

• “Raised to Fight”

• “Meant to Be”

• TV Spot #6

• Pretty Curious promo.

• And international trailer #2.

• Here’s the latest episode of Rebels Recon and the official episode guide for “Rebel Assault.”

• New The Last Jedi poster via Dolby Digital and artist Paul Shipper.

I am very excited to be able to finally share this @StarWars #thelastjedi poster I illustrated for the films relea… https://t.co/iRyLoMfJGx pic.twitter.com/1a603ndNhs

— Paul Shipper (@paulshipper) November 15, 2017

• New IMAX poster for The Last Jedi.
• New Solo tweet from Ron Howard.

Deep into post production on #Solo The journey continues! Fun pic.twitter.com/LlV2IsA5nF

— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) November 15, 2017

• TIME magazine has a new article on The Last Jedi‘s Rose and Admiral Holdo with pics.
• USA Today has an interview with Daisy Ridley on The Last Jedi.
• Beyond Star Wars, there’s a trailer out for A Quiet Place which may or may not be good, but it does look novel.

• For those into heist movies, there’s Bullet Head, though this has some kind of monster dog angle as well.

• A ridiculous, over the top action movie based on an old video game – Rampage.

• Best of the bunch – new teaser for Deadpool 2.

Toy & Collectible News

• StarWars.com has a look at Hasbro’s Micro Force figures which are already hitting some Toys R Us stores.
• Gentle Giant Darth Vader Emperor’s Wrath mini bust, Jumbo Luke Skywalker Stormtrooper, and Kenner R2-D2 life-size are all up for pre-order.

Video Game News

• Mattel has a commercial out for a new Star Wars video game called Bloxels.

• Gamers can get a first try at Star Wars: Rise to Power with the closed pre-alpha.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.