Around the Web

December 28, 2018 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Comic Books, Conventions, Events, Marvel, Movies, News, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars News, Star Wars Resistance, Television, Toys & Collectibles, trailers | Leave a comment

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

Comic News

• Marvel is offering up to 83% off their online comic collections until January 3rd.

Convention & Event News

The theme for Celebration’s diorama workshop has been revealed – The Battle of Scarif.

• Star Trek: The Cruise III is January 4 to 10 in Miami, FL. Star Wars guests include Jason Isaacs, and Brent Spiner.
• Wizard World New Orleans is January 4 to 6 in New Orleans, LA. Star Wars guests include Mads Mikkelsen.
• Ace Comic Con is January 11 to 13 in Glendale, AZ. Star Wars guests include David Tenant.
• Albuquerque Comic Con is January 18 to 20 in Albuquerque, NM. Star Wars guests include Michael Bell, Michael Carter, Howard Chaykin, Mark Dodson, Peter Mayhew, Femi Taylor, and Keone Young.
• STCE’s Comic Con is January 26 to 27 in Laredo, TX. Star Wars guests include Greg Baldwin, Grant Gould, and Ray Park.
• Pasadena Comic Convention & Toy Show is January 27 in Pasadena, CA. Star Wars guests include Julie Dolan, and Kevin Thompson.
• Star Wars Celebration 2019 is April 11 to 15 in Chicago, IL. Star Wars authors who will be in attendance include Jeffrey Brown, Katie Cook, Zoraida Cordova, Delilah S. Dawson, Alexander Freed, Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, E.K. Johnston, Cavan Scott and Timothy Zahn.
• D23 is August 23 to 25 in Anaheim, CA.

Fandom News

• Dave Filoni teased an image of Ahsoka on Twitter.

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate
And thought I oft have passed them by
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the moon, East of the Sun.
– J.R.R. Tolkien

Happy Holidays pic.twitter.com/cy3p4Y3xom

— Dave Filoni (@dave_filoni) December 25, 2018

• Disney revealed a new sneak peek at Galaxy’s Edge.

Movie & Television News

• Disney ABC Press has the air dates and episode titles for the next three episodes. The show will be returning on January 13th. You can click on each to get a brief synopsis.
• John Boyega provided confirmation of how long the time jump between The Last Jedi and Episode IX is.
• Jon Favreau revealed a new image on Instagram. Is it IG-88?

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Merry Christmas!

A post shared by Jon Favreau (@jonfavreau) on Dec 25, 2018 at 8:17am PST

• New Star Wars Resistance shorts.

• Beyond Star Wars, there is a spooky trailer for Us which will be out in March.

• And 20th Century Fox is continuing to have fun, this time with “The Predator Holiday Special.”

Toy & Collectible News

• Star Wars Resistance figures are starting to hit stores.
• Hot Toys teased their upcoming Director Krennic.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.