Around the Web

October 25, 2019 at 12:01 am | Posted in Books, Conventions, Events, Movies, News, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, Star Wars News, 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 a look at The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

Convention & Event News

• Baltimore Comic-Con will be October 18 to 20 in Baltimore, MD. Star Wars guests include Cullen Bunn, Greg Cipes, Howard Chaykin, Katie Cook, Matt Kindt, Livio Ramondelli, and Walter Simonson.
• Dallas Fan Days will be October 18 to 20 in Irving, TX. Star Wars guests include Anthony Daniels, Ron Perlman, and Ashley Witter.
• Fanboy Expo will be October 18 to 20 in Knoxville, TN. Star Wars guests include Cam Clarke, Freddie Prinze Jr, and Carel Struycken.
• Fandemic Tour – Houston is October 18 to 20 in Houston, TX. Star Wars guests include James Marsters, and Ray Park.
• Santa Fe Comic Con is October 18 to 20 in Santa Fe, NM. Star Wars guests include David Ankrum, Angus MacInnes, and John Morton.
• Walker Stalker Atlanta will be October 18 to 20 in Atlanta, GA. Star Wars guests include Dave Fennoy, and Cailey Fleming.
• Bristol Comic Con & Gaming Festival will be October 19 in Bristol, England. Star Wars guests include Bern Collaco, Sean Cronin, Mickey Lewis, Clem So, Scott Stevenson, and Miltos Yerolemou.
• Hamilton Comic Con is October 19 to 20 in Mount Hope, ON. Star Wars guests include Alan Harris, and Mike Quinn.
• Vampire Ball will be October 18 to 20 in Birmingham, England. Star Wars guests include Keith Szarabajka.
• Auckland Armageddon is October 25 to 28 in Auckland, New Zealand. Star Wars guests include Steve Blum, Jason Isaacs, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, and Sam Witwer.
• Chiller Theatre will be October 25 to 27 in Parsippany, NJ. Star Wars guests include Wilford Brimley, Tony Cox, and Phil Fondacaro.
• Destination Star Trek will be October 25 to 27 in Birmingham, England. Star Wars guests include Brent Spiner, and George Takei.
• Hal-Con is October 25 to 27 in Halifax, NS. Star Wars guests include James Marsters.
• MCM Comic Con London will be October 25 to 27 in London, England. Star Wars guests include James S.A. Corey, Nolan North, Simon Peg, and George Perez.
• Spooky Empire will be October 31 to November 3 in Tampa, FL. Star Wars guests include James Hong.
• Star Wars Celebration Anaheim is August 27 to 30 in 2020.
• Disney’s Star Wars Day at Sea will be returning in 2020.

Fandom News

• Star Tours is getting a new location in December: the ocean moon of Kef Bir (as seen in the trailers).
• Looking for some hi-res pics from the new TROS trailer to use as desktop paper? Jedi News has you covered.
• Looking for a frame-by-frame breakdown of the trailer? Jedi News has that too.
• New episode of Star Wars Roll Out.

• New episode of The Star Wars Show.

Movie & Television News

• The Rise of Skywalker broke the record for most ticket pre-sales in the first hour and the first 24 hours, and we know now the runtime which puts it at the longest Star Wars film yet (2 hours 35 minutes which just barely beats The Last Jedi which previously had the record at 2 hours 32 minutes).
• StarWars.com has a look at the new TROS poster.
• StarWars.com has a rundown of special events and ticket giveaways for TROS.
• Aside from Star Wars, there’s some other new trailers out including Burden which looks promising. It’ll be out in February.

• Line of Duty might be worth seeing if you can catch it free somewhere. It’ll be out in November.

• The Bloodshot trailer isn’t super impressive, but it’ll be out in February.

• Crown Vic might be good. It’ll be out next month.

Toy & Collectible News

• Sideshow is running some “Spooktacular” sales on Star Wars items and more.
• Some new items at Sideshow includes the sixth scale C-3PO, quarter scale Hot Toys Darth Vader, sixth scale Hot Toys Stormtroopers, sixth scale deluxe Hot Toys Obi-Wan Kenobi, and pre-orders for the Star Wars Season’s Greetings Silver Coin Note 2018, and 2019, Rey Silver Coin, Kylo Silver Coin, and BB-8 and D-O Gold Coin.
• Walgreens exclusive Clone Commander Obi-Wan (Black Series 6″) is starting to hit stores.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.