Around the Web

April 20, 2018 at 12:01 am | Posted in Books, Conventions, Events, Interview, Movies, News, Random House, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, Star Wars News, trailers | Leave a comment

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

Book News

• EW.com has an interview with Last Shot author Daniel José Older, as does StarWars.com.

Convention & Event News

• East Coast Comicon is April 27 to 29 in Meadowlands, NJ. Star Wars guests include Howard Chaykin, Jan Duursema, and Timothy Zahn.
• Comic Con Revolution is May 19 to 20 in Ontario, CA. Star Wars guests include Jason Aaron, Howard Chaykin, Tom Hodges, Mike Mayhew, Cat Staggs, Greg Weisman, and Timothy Zahn.
• Phoenix Comicon is May 24 to 27 in Phoenix, AZ. Star Wars guests include Steve Blum, Katie Cook, Joe Corroney, Tim Curry, Delilah S. Dawson, Jason Fry, Adi Granov, Tom Hodges, R. A. Salvatore, Charles Soule, Chuck Wendig, and Wil Wheaton.
• MantiCon is May 25 to 27 in Minneapolis, MN. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• Star Wars: Galactic Nights is May 27 in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
• Lilac City Comicon is June 2 to 3 in Spokane, WA. Star Wars guests include Daniel Logan, and Timothy Zahn.
• Origins is June 13 to 17 in Columbus, OH. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• All*Star Comic Con is June 15 to 17 in Tysons Corner, VA. Star Wars guests include Jason Aaron, John Jackson Miller, and Brian Muir.
• Westercon is July 4 in Denver, CO. Star Wars guests include Kevin J. Anderson.
• Bell County Comic Con is August 3 to 5 in Belton, TX. Star Wars guests include Timothy Zahn.
• Tampa Bay Comic Con is August 3 to 6 in Tampa Bay, FL. Star Wars guests include Kevin J. Anderson.
• Dragon Con is August 30 to September 3 in Atlanta, GA. Star Wars guests include Kevin J. Anderson.
• FanX is September 6 to 8 in Salt Lake City, UT. Star Wars guests include Tim Curry, Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne, Paul Reubens, and Brent Spiner.

Fandom News

• Want to see an image of the clean version of the Falcon‘s cockpit? Head on over to Jedi News to check it out.
• StarWars.com has an interview with Star Wars artist Dan Mumford on his AMC IMAX posters for The Last Jedi.
• Here’s the latest episode of The Star Wars Show.

Movie & Television News

• The second unit director for Star Wars Episode IX has been revealed.

Catt's outta the bag. Thank you @ava for putting my name in the #StarWars #LucasFilm hat. Thank you #JJAbrams for inviting me on your ferocious ride. *This one's for the outliers, dreaming big–in small corners of the Earth.
#MaytheForceBeWithYou https://t.co/G6ckWzCIwt

— Vic Mahoney (@VictoriaMahoney) April 17, 2018

• New TV spot for Solo entitled “Risk.”

• As you get ready for Infinity War, you can enjoy a little video Marvel put together celebrating the last 10 years.

• This one may or may not be good. Hard to tell. But here’s the trailer for Hotel Artemis which will be out in June.

• Official trailer for Incredibles 2 which will be out in June.

• And here’s the final trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom which will be out in June.

Toy & Collectible News

• Otter Box is offering Solo phone cases.
• The Gentle Giant 4-LOM Collectors Gallery Statue is up for pre-order.
• The Vintage Collection is starting to hit Target stores. Happy hunting.
• Pics are out for Tamashii Nations newly revealed Snow Trooper.
• Sneak preview of upcoming Hallmark Star Wars ornaments.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.