Retro Reviews: ‘Rogue One’ by Alexander Freed
November 17, 2020 at 8:22 am | Posted in Books, Random House, Regular Feature, Retro Reviews, Reviews, Star Wars, Star Wars Books | 1 CommentTags: alexander freed, rogue one
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the second adult film novelization in the canon written by Alexander Freed and released in December of 2016.
If you’ve read my previous novelization review of The Force Awakens, you know that novelizations have a high bar with me. In fact, unless it’s something I’m really interested in, I usually skip novelizations in media tie-in fiction because they rarely add anything of value and if they do, it’s nominal. There are very few novelizations that appeal to me, and most do not.
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November 12, 2020 at 1:00 am | Posted in Podcasts, Podcasts in Review, Regular Feature, Reviews, Star Wars | Leave a comment
Here’s this week’s Podcasts in Review, starting with the top five and any honorable mentions, then moving on to the full reviews.
This Week’s Top Five
- Force of Light Entertainment Mandalorian Chapter 10 Discussion
- What The Force? Once Upon a Time In The Outer Rim: Episode 10
- Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk Episode 561
- Lipstick and Lightsabers The Mandalorian Ch 9-10 | Makeup and Mandalore Part 6
- Blast Points Podcast November 2020 Mandalorian S2 Ep 10
Honorable Mentions
- Star Wars Loose Canon Ride the Blurrg – Chapter 9
Max Reebo’s Pick of the Week: “Lighten Up”
November 9, 2020 at 2:19 pm | Posted in Max Reebo Pick of the Week, Music, Regular Feature | Leave a commentMax Reebo’s pick this week is “Lighten Up” by Brothers Osborne.
Brothers Osborne released a new album last month called Skeletons, and one of my favorite songs from it is “Lighten Up.” Enjoy!
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Podcasts in Review
November 6, 2020 at 1:00 am | Posted in Podcasts, Podcasts in Review, Regular Feature, Reviews, Star Wars | Leave a commentHere’s this week’s Podcasts in Review, starting with the top five and any honorable mentions, then moving on to the full reviews.
This Week’s Top Five
- What The Force? Once Upon a Time In The Outer Rim: Episode 9
- The Sandcrawler Episode 100
- Fangirls Going Rogue Episode 20.9
- Force Toast Episode 47
- Grand Moff Talkin’ Episode 151
Honorable Mentions
- Coffee With Kenobi Episode 366
Retro Reviews: ‘Catalyst’ by James Luceno
November 3, 2020 at 2:00 am | Posted in Books, Random House, Regular Feature, Retro Reviews, Reviews, Star Wars, Star Wars Books | 1 CommentTags: catalyst, james luceno
Catalyst by James Luceno is an adult canon book released in November of 2016. It is one of the tie-in books to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and it follows the characters of Galen and Lyra Erso, Orson Krennic, and Has Obitt.
I remember in 2016 when I was just getting into Star Wars books that my parents allowed me to go the day of release to the local bookstore to snatch up my copy of Catalyst. I was incredibly excited for Rogue One, and this book was really hyped online.
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October 30, 2020 at 2:44 am | Posted in Around the Web, Books, Comic Books, IDW, News, Random House, Regular Feature, Star Wars, Star Wars Books, Star Wars News, Television, The Mandalorian, Toys & Collectibles, Video Games | Leave a commentHere is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.
Book News
- Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good has a release date and a cover now. It’ll be out May 4, 2021.
- On top of that, Chaos Rising is going to get a special signed limited edition with foil-stamped slipcase and a printed piece of Chiss iconography. It’ll be limited to 750 copies at $150 each. Pre-orders will launch on November 17 at 11 AM EST at Out Print. You can check out io9 for the full details and a look at the covers.
- To coincide with the limited edition book, Out of Print will also be offering a Heir to the Empire t-shirt. Those will be selling for $30.
- StarWars.com has a look at some of the villains of The High Republic.
Comic News
- StarWars.com has a preview of Shadow of Vader’s Castle.
Podcasts in Review
October 29, 2020 at 2:00 am | Posted in Podcasts, Podcasts in Review, Regular Feature, Reviews, Star Wars | Leave a commentHere’s this week’s Podcasts in Review, starting with the top five and any honorable mentions, then moving on to the full reviews.
This Week’s Top Five
- Beyond the Outer Rim Lookin’ Sus on Mon Cala
- What The Force? Meta Music: The Mandalorian Part 3
- Skywalking Through Neverland Episode 306
- TechnoRetro Dads Candy Coated Special
- Blast Points Podcast Episode 240
Honorable Mentions
- Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk Episode 557
- Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk Episode 556
Max Reebo’s Pick of the Week: 6 Feet
October 26, 2020 at 2:19 am | Posted in Max Reebo Pick of the Week, Music, Regular Feature | Leave a comment
This week’s pick is “6 Feet” by Red Shahan.
I found this one last week while searching for new music. I’ve been on a bit of a county kick lately, and I’ve been mining the soundtrack for the show Yellowstone. Well that led me to Red Shahan.
“6 Feet” is off his new album Culberson County. To date, he’s only released two albums. So far I’ve only listened to the new one, but there’s some good songs on it, and if you like country, it’s worth checking out.
Podcasts in Review
October 22, 2020 at 1:00 am | Posted in Podcasts, Podcasts in Review, Regular Feature, Reviews, Star Wars | Leave a commentHere’s this week’s Podcasts in Review, starting with the top five and any honorable mentions, then moving on to the full reviews.
This Week’s Top Five
- Force of Light Entertainment Why We Prefer DC
- Talking Bay 94 Misty Rosas: Performance Artist for The Mandalorian’s Kuiil the Ugnaught
- Blast Points Podcast Episode 240
- Scavenger’s Hoard Episode 143
- Force Toast Episode 46
Honorable Mentions
- Around the Galaxy Episode 86 features author Mike Chen
- Beltway Banthas Star Wars, Court-Packing and Mike Lee vs the Galactic Senate
Retro Reviews: ‘Ahsoka’ by E. K. Johnston
October 20, 2020 at 1:00 am | Posted in Books, Disney Lucasfilm Publishing, Regular Feature, Retro Reviews, Reviews, Star Wars, Star Wars Books | Leave a commentTags: ahsoka, e. k. johnston
Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston, is a young adult novel in the canon that was released in October of 2016.
This book has an interesting place in my heart, because I had already started reading Star Wars books in 2016, but this was the first book that I bought on release day and read in a 24 hour period of time.
After reading Queen’s Shadow and Queen’s Peril, I was disappointed with E. K. Johnston’s writing as a whole. When I realized I’d have to reread Ahsoka, I was afraid I wouldn’t like it now as much as I did back in 2016.
I was wrong.
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