In the first few pages of the second issue of Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir, there are two big revelations: 1) that Ord Mantell is home to a significant stronghold of the Black Sun crime syndicate, and 2) that Darth Sidious and Mother Talzin were once allies, and Talzin’s teaching’s were “sought out” by Sidious.…
In one sense, Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir signals the end of an era. It’s the final Star Wars miniseries to come from Dark Horse Comics and possibly the last we’ll see of prequel-based content for some time. It also represents a finale of sorts for The Clone Wars. But in another sense, it’s a…
First up, Star Wars Books & Comics points us to a new synopsis for Kevin Hearne’s forthcoming Star Wars novel Heir to the Jedi: The Galactic Civil War rages on after the destruction of the Death Star and Luke Skywalker struggles to learn more about the Force without the aid of Obi-Wan Kenobi—or indeed without…
Jedi News has posted a series of tweets from Leland Chee regarding Lucasfilm’s story group: @pauldunahoo @rwknopp Star Wars Canon is now determined by the Lucasfilm Story Group which @infinata and I are both a part of. — Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) January 6, 2014 @A_Targaryen Story Group has a hand in all facets of Star…
The inevitable has been announced: in 2015, the Star Wars comics publishing license will transfer from Dark Horse Comics to Marvel Entertainment. This was on the cards as soon as Disney (who own Marvel) bought Lucasfilm. You can read the press release at StarWars.com, which basically announces the move, praises Dark Horse and notes that…
Brian Wood’s Star Wars is an interesting entry in the ever more bloated “expanded universe” of Star Wars tie-in media: rather than cater to followers of the larger EU canon, Star Wars assumes knowledge of the original trilogy only, tying elements together from A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi…
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