Around the Web

June 29, 2018 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, News, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars News | Leave a comment

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

Book News

Convention & Event News

Star Wars: The Clone Wars will have a special panel at San Diego Comic Con this year for those who will be attending.

  • Fanboy Expo is June 29 to July 1 in Knoxville, TN. Star Wars guests include Jeremy Bulloch, Dave Dorman, Daniel Logan, James Marsters, Ian McDiarmid, Ron Perlman, Roy Thomas, and Timothy Zahn.
  • Westercon is July 4 in Denver, CO. Star Wars guests include Kevin J. Anderson.
  • San Diego Comic Con is July 18 to 22. Star Wars guests include Dave Dorman.
  • 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.
  • Fan Expo Boston is August 10 to 12. Star Wars guests include Dave Dorman, Ken Lashley, Freddie Prinze Jr., Joe Quinones, Paul Reubens, Brent Spiner, Billy Dee Williams.
  • 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.
  • Dallas Fan Days is October 19 to 21st. Star Wars guests include Dave Dorman.
  • Star Wars Celebration 2019 is April 11 to 15 in Chicago, IL.

Fandom News

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

Movie & Television News

  • The Last Jedi is now on Netflix.
  • Star Wars Rebels: The Complete Fourth Season will be out on July 31st on Blu-ray and DVD.
  • The 44th Annual Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films handed out Saturn Awards to Mark Hamill for best actor in The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson for best writing with The Last Jedi, Bob Ducsay for best editing with The Last Jedi, and Star Wars Rebels won one for best animated TV series.

Toy & Collectible News

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.

Podcasts in Review

June 28, 2018 at 12:01 am | Posted in Podcasts, Podcasts in Review, Regular Feature, Reviews, Star Wars | Leave a comment

Here is this week’s Podcasts in Review.

Brews and Blasters: Episode 173 from dilly dilly to paternity leaves, they kick off the Star Wars party and dive into George’s comments to James Cameron. They talk about the microbiotic world, the Whills, and George’s story. Loved the idea of George doing a fan film. Plus they get into some need’em got’em and talk vintage Kenner figures. Great episode.

Podcast Network: Retrozap
Runtime: 58 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Editing: Excellent
Hosts: Joe, and Chris
Rating: Great

Children of the Force: Episode 108 goes over their contest giveaway, then they compare the Savareen standoff music in Solo with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Then they talk about some other stuff, sounds in space, The Force Awakens, Solo‘s performance, news, Jedi: Fallen Order, Poe Dameron comic series coming to an end, the negative stuff going on in social media, and more.

Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 4 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Editing: Excellent
Hosts: Al, Anna, and Liam
Rating: Good Continue Reading Podcasts in Review…

New Release: ‘Double or Nothing #2’ & ‘Doctor Aphra #21’

June 27, 2018 at 7:15 am | Posted in Comic Books, Marvel, Star Wars | Leave a comment
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Two new Star Wars releases from Marvel today.

Lando – Double or Nothing #2 (0f 5)

Writer: Rodney Barnes
Artist: Paolo Villanelli
Cover Artist: W. Scott Forbes
Variant Cover: Cameron Stewart

Lando Calrissian isn’t one to stick his neck out…unless there’s credits to be had for it. So, when he finds himself fighting for oppressed workers in a droid junkyard, they’d better hope their freedom is worth something to him…

Details: 32 pages, Rated T, $3.99

Doctor Aphra #21

Writer: Simon Spurrier
Artist: Kev Walker
Cover Artist: Ashley Witter
Variant Cover: Rod Reis

“BROKEN, INSIDE” CONTINUES! Doctor Aphra may be in Imperial prison, but she’s certainly not alone. Rumors have it that these bars are haunted, but this rogue archaeologist knows there’s something much more valuable going on. Meanwhile, Aphra’s got information–information that the Rebellion wants. But how far are they willing to go–and who are they willing to recruit – in order to get it?

Details: 32 pages, Rated T, $3.99

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Databurst From the 501st

June 27, 2018 at 12:00 am | Posted in 501st, Charity, Conventions, Databurst From the 501st, Events, Star Wars | Leave a comment

Latest Databurst From the 501st covering 501st Legion events around the world from June 27 to July 3rd. As always, be sure to mark your calendars and support your local garrisons.

June 27

  • Alaska Garrison will be in Anchorage, AK for Hope Alaska Summer Camp.
  • Central Garrison will be in North Fork, CA for North Fork Branch Library Summer Reading Program from 2:30 to 3:30 PM.
  • Star Garrison will be in Waco, TX for the Star Wars Party.

June 28

  • 70th Explorers Garrison will be in Kirkwood, MO for Star Wars Night at The Magic House from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
  • Redback Garrison will be at the Geebung Special School Fete.

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Movie Review: ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’

June 25, 2018 at 2:56 pm | Posted in Movies, Reviews | 1 Comment

If you like dinosaur movies where the dinos eat people, then Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the movie for you. It’s not a deep character story or gripping drama, its action and fun. You get an exploding volcano, dinosaurs fighting other dinosaurs and humans, humans running for their lives, and even a dinosaur in a creepy mansion. There’s some new situations, some new dinosaurs, and some new characters, but there’s also familiar dinos and familiar people. But the key is that its fun.

The movie starts with recruiting the team to go save the dinosaurs from the exploding island. They go there, they start their rescue op, then the island starts exploding and everything goes to chaos. It’s a mad scramble to get off the island with their lives, and there’s some changes in scenery. We get some situations with the dinosaurs on the boat as they’re transported elsewhere, and there’s a crazy dinos in the mansion scenario which is completely new to the franchise. Some of the horror style elements in that locale where great. Continue Reading Movie Review: ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’…

Movie Review: ‘Ocean’s Eight’

June 25, 2018 at 2:43 pm | Posted in Movies, Reviews | Leave a comment

Ocean’s Eight is pretty much just another Ocean’s film but with a different cast. You get a group of colorful characters, put them on a heist that has several layers, and you let the fun play out. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s a fun little movie.

Now I’ve seen most of the Ocean’s movies. From Ocean’s Eleven to the original back in 1960, but I sort of fell off the train with Ocean’s Twelve. Ocean’s Eight felt more like the original. They didn’t get too carried away with all the intersecting storylines of all the thieves and overly complicated plots. That’s not to say it’s simple, it’s just the right amount. As all the trailers have shown, Sandra Bullock is the lead in the role of Debbie Ocean. Her brother, Danny Ocean, is portrayed to be dead. Fresh out of jail, she has a score in mind so she starts putting together a crew and the wheels start turning. Continue Reading Movie Review: ‘Ocean’s Eight’…

Movie Review: ‘Tag’

June 25, 2018 at 2:42 pm | Posted in Movies, Reviews | 1 Comment

While the trailer for Tag looked pretty good, this one turned out to be a mediocre comedy. It could definitely have been done better. There’s some laughs, but there are a lot of moments that just don’t work. In the end, it’s a movie that really isn’t re-watchable and it’s not worth the price of admission.

The premise is a bunch of adults that have been playing the same game of tag for several decades. Every year during the month of May, they play the game. The last one it lives the rest of the year in shame. On top of all of that, one of them has never been tagged. But this year, they all try to change that. Jeremy Renner plays Jerry, the untaggable character. He’s getting married, so this is their last shot to get him before he quits the game. The rest of the group is formed by Ed Helms (Hoagie), Lil Rel Howery (Reggie), Jon Hamm (Bob), and Jake Johnson (Chilli). Isla Fisher (Anna) also plays a big part in the movie even though she’s not one of the guys so she can’t tag anyone or be tagged. All of the characters are over the top and ridiculous. Sometimes that can work, but it doesn’t quite work in this one. The biggest problem is that the game of tag is hindered by the fact that Jerry can never be tagged, and since everyone is trying to get him this time around, no one cares about tagging each other. This kills a lot of the fun and situations. I didn’t even realize that that was the key thing missing until the end of the movie when everyone actually plays, as it’s that much more fun when it happens. Continue Reading Movie Review: ‘Tag’…

Around the Web

June 22, 2018 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Books, Comic Books, Conventions, Dark Horse, Events, News, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, Star Wars News | Leave a comment

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

Book News

  • Edelweiss has a new listed for a book called Star Wars Icons: Han Solo which is being written by Gina McIntyre and being published by Insight Editions. It’s a 224 page hardcover set for a October 30, 2018 release and will tell the origin of the creation of the character via rare imagery, illustrations and interviews. There’s also an Amazon link for it.

Comic News

  • Dark Horse Comics will be doing a Stranger Things comic which will be written by Jody Houser (who has done some recent Star Wars comics for Marvel). Issue #1 will be out in September.

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Podcasts in Review

June 21, 2018 at 12:01 am | Posted in Podcasts, Podcasts in Review, Regular Feature, Reviews, Star Wars | Leave a comment
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Here is this week’s Podcasts in Review.

Blast Points Podcast: Episode 128 they talk about George’s comments on the Whills, new Star Wars Battlefront II content, Jedi: Fallen Order, then their main topic The Ewok Adventure read-along books. First they talk a little about The Ewok Adventure movies, the continuity of the Ewok universe, and then they listen to the audio for the read-along books. Fun episode.

Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 10 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Editing: Excellent
Hosts: Jason, and Gabe
Rating: Fun

Coffee With Kenobi: Episode 129 Dan is joined by guests Din and Taxus as they talk about the characters in Solo, the theme of tribe and family, and whether Han changes. Dan has an audio segment from an event at the Riverfront Museum where he talked about the mythology of Han Solo and his trip to the premier (audio quality for this segment is okay). Dan, Tom and Cory go over the news, George’s comments on the Whills, and SDCC exclusives. Dan talks with his son Jason about The Empire Strikes Back, and Din has a new remix for one of his songs.

Podcast Network: Coffee With Kenobi
Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
Audio Quality: Good
Editing: Great
Host: Dan
Rating: Good Continue Reading Podcasts in Review…

New Release: ‘Poe Dameron #28’

June 20, 2018 at 5:17 am | Posted in Comic Books, Marvel, Star Wars | Leave a comment
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Marvel has one new Star Wars release today.

Poe Dameron #28 (of 31)

Writer: Charles Soule
Artist: Angel Unzueta
Cover Artist: Phil Noto

CONTINUING THE UNSEEN EVENTS OF THE FORCE AWAKENS! As Starkiller Base targets the Resistance for elimination, it’s up to Poe Dameron and Black Squadron to mount a frontal assault and take the weapon offline…as long as their friends on the ground can get the shields down!

Details: 32 pages, Rated T, $3.99

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.
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