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Around the Web

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

Book/Comic News

• It’s not quite a book, a comic or a magazine, but Star Wars Fact File is returning!
• Paul S. Kemp‘s anthology Ephemera is currently on sale for 99 cents.
• The kickstarter for Athena’s Daughters is amping it up with a new stretch goal for “Apollo’s Daughters”, a companion piece written by Aaron Allston, Michael A. Stackpole, John Jackson Miller and others with a cover by Joe Corroney. While “Apollo’s Daughters” has met its stretch goal, they need to hit $31,000 for the special Joe Corroney cover.
• Kevin J. Anderson posted his short story “Santa Claus Is Coming To Get You” online.
• Dark Horse Comics has some mega bundle deals going on for Alien, Predator and Alien vs. Predator for a limited time.
• Dark Horse also has a three page preview of Star Wars #13.
• The Star Wars Hardcover collection now has a cover, though it won’t be out until July.

Convention/Event News

• Darth Vader actor David Prowse will be in Langenthal, Switzerland tomorrow for the Winter Cinema.
• Star Wars writer Abel G. Peña will be doing a Reddit AMA on January 8th.
• UK fans may want to keep their fingers crossed as Star Wars author Drew Karpyshyn is thinking about attending WorldCon in Lodon next year.

TV/Movie News

• There’s a rumor going around that Tim Curry may be returning to voice Palpatine…for Star Wars Rebels.
• Matthew Stover‘s movie work is finally seeing the light of day. Over on Amazon Studios, you can see a trailer for “Terminal Kill” which Stover wrote the script for.

Posted By: Skuldren for Roqoo Depot.