Around the Web

June 19, 2020 at 12:01 am | Posted in Around the Web, Books, Movies, News, Random House, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, Star Wars News, Toys & Collectibles, Video Games | Leave a comment

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

Book News

• io9 has an excerpt from Shadow Fall which will be out next week.
• StarWars.com has a full author list for From A Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back.
• StarWars.com also has a first look at Star Wars: Dark Legends which will be out next month.

Convention & Event News

• Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2020 has been cancelled. They are rescheduling the convention for August 18-21 in 2022 in Anaheim. If you already bought your tickets, you can either transfer them to the next con, get a refund or get credit toward merch. For anyone who pre-ordered merch, they’re offering a refund for that too. The credit and refund period will begin on June 22 and end on August 26th. All hotel bookings done through Celebration will be automatically canceled.
• ATX did a virtual festival featuring a panel hosted by Anthony Breznican and featuring a bunch of people from The Mandalorian.

Fandom News

• This Week in Star Wars…

Movie & Television News

• Disney is doing a 4K release of The Empire Strikes Back in theaters in the UK which should be out on in July.
• Jedi Temple Challenge Episode 3 is out.

Toy News

• Yak Face is reporting that Hasbro will be doing some Black Series 6″ inch figures for season seven of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Figures include Ahsoka, Ahsoka Loyalist Trooper, Mauldoroian Trooper, and Nite Owl Mandalorian.

Video Game News

• Trailer for Star Wars: Squadrons.

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