Around the Web

January 11, 2019 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Comic Books, 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

• Star Wars comic writer Kieron Gillen will be stepping away from Star Wars after Star Wars #67.

Convention & Event News

Some fan props and sets for Celebration have been revealed. StarWars.com has also revealed some of the voice actors heading to Celebration.

• 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.

Movie & Television News

• Star Wars Resistance has been renewed for a second season which will kick off in fall 2019. A trailer has also been released for the second half of season one.

• Starting January 25th, Netflix will be streaming a new Mads Mikkelsen movie called Polar which looks kind of fun.

• Another Netflix exclusive is Close which will be up on January 18th. Might be worth a watch.

Toy & Collectible News

• Hot Toys Director Krennic is up for pre-order.
• The Black Series General Grievous is up for pre-order via several sites.

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