Around the Web

July 26, 2019 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Books, Conventions, Events, Fantasy, Movies, News, Regular Feature, Sci-Fi, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, 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.

Book News

• StarWars.com has an interview with Timothy Zahn about his new book Thrawn: Treason.
• StarWars.com also has a look at the artwork for Star Wars: Myths & Fables.
• Kevin Hearne has revealed the cover for his upcoming book A Blight of Blackwings. This is the sequel to A Plague of Giants and it will be out February 4, 2020.
• John Jackson Miller has a new book coming out this, Star Trek: Discovery – The Enterprise War. This is a tie-in to the CBS show Star Trek: Discovery which will explain where the U.S.S. Enterprise was during season one. It’ll be out July 30th.

Convention & Event News

• GalaxyCon Raleigh is July 25 to 28 in Raleigh, NC. Star Wars guests include Howard Chaykin, Tim Curry, Daniel Logan, David Tennant, Terence McGovern, Ron Perlman, George Takei, and Keone Young.
• London Film & Comic Con is July 26 to 28 in London, England. Star Wars guests include Paul Blake, Michael Carter, Neil Ellis, Barbara Frankland, Rusty Goffe, Jessica Henwick, Jason Isaacs, Annette Jones, Amanda Noar, Katie Purvis, Hugh Quarshie, Katee Sackhoff, Peter Serafinowicz, John Simpkin, Gina Torres, Billy Dee Williams, Corey Dee Williams, and Ian Whyte.
• The School of Witchcraft & Wizardry is July 26 to 28 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Star Wars guests include Spencer Wilding, and Miltos Yerolemou.
• Galactic Swag Expo is July 27 to 28 in Arlington, TX. Star Wars guests include Felix Silla.
• Otakon is July 26 to 28 in Washington D.C. Star Wars guests include Kari Wahlgren.
• The Official Star Trek Convention is July 31 to August 4 in Las Vegas, NV. Star Wars guests include Olivia d’Abo, Clint Howard, and Brent Spiner.
• D23 is August 23 to 25 in Anaheim, CA.
• New York Comic Con is October 3 to 6 in New York, NY. Star Wars guests include James Arnold Taylor, Mark Brooks, Ken Lashley, Charles Soule, and Billy Dee Williams.
• Author Kevin Hearne will be in Doylestown, PA on October 7th for a book signing. No details on the locations yet.
• Author Kevin Hearne will be in Richmond, VA on October 8th for a book signing.
• Author Kevin Hearne will be in Charelston, NC on October 9th for a book signing.
• Author Kevin Hearne will be in Orlando, FL on October 10th for a book signing.
• Disney’s Star Wars Day at Sea will be returning in 2020.

Fandom News

• Star Wars By the Numbers has a new video for every type of droid shown in the films.

• Here’s the latest episode of The Star Wars Show.

Movie & Television News

• It’s official now, Star Wars Resistance Season One will be available on DVD on August 20th. As of yet, there are no details for a Blu-ray release.
• Paramount released the SDCC featurette for Terminator: Dark Fate to get fans pumped up for its November 1st release. Fair warning, lots of cuss words.

• Here’s the trailer for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood which will be out November 22nd.

• Here’s the trailer for Harriet which will be out November 1st.

• I don’t know if we’re ready for this one, but here’s the trailer for Taika Waititi’s next movie Jojo Rabbit which will be out October 18th.

• This one looks creepy. John Travolta plays a psycho in The Fanatic which will be out August 30th.

• Zombieland: Double Tap will be out October 18th.

Toy & Collectible News

• Entertainment Earth has pre-orders up for the Hasbro Retro Collection.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.