Star Wars #6, Darth Vader #6 and Princess Leia #4 previews

Next week is going to be a big week for Marvel’s Star Wars comics, seeing the release of Star Wars #6 and Darth Vader #6, wrapping-up the Skywalker Strikes and Vader arcs respectively, as well as Princess Leia #4, the penultimate issue in that miniseries. Here’s a preview of Star Wars #6, thanks to Comic…

Rogue One slowly comes into focus

Jason at Making Star Wars has posted some cool details based on concept art for Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One. In particular, it all revolves around this line from Darth Vader in Star Wars: A New Hope: “There’ll be no one to stop us this time.” Here’s the full exchange: Second Officer: Lord Vader, the battle station plans are…

Darth Vader #5 preview

StarWars.com have posted a preview for Darth Vader #5, due to be released May 13: The stunning two-page spread screams Star Wars like nothing else…

Darth Vader #4 preview

Resuming transmission… StarWars.com have just put up the first five pages of Darth Vader #4. Marvel’s output continues to impress me—while I found Darth Vader #3 a little weak,  overall their team seems to really understand what it is that makes Star Wars great. Their eponymous flagship title captures the fun and adventure of Star…

Star Wars and Darth Vader #3 covers, Princess Leia art preview

Marvel’s March 2015 solicitations are out, with covers and blurbs for the third issue of both the Star Wars and Darth Vader comic series: Star Wars #3: The attack on Cymoon-1 comes crashing to an end! Will the Rebels overcome Vader to strike another blow against the Empire? And is Luke ready to be the Jedi…

Darth Vader #1 art preview

Thanks to Marvel.com, here we get a glimpse at the art from the first issue of Star Wars: Darth Vader, as well as a synopsis for the series. Immediately. this art recalls the original trilogy (perhaps because it seems to very closely reference Luke’s arrival at Jabba’s Palace in Return of the Jedi). What’s interesting is…

A look at Marvel’s Star Wars titles

This is it. With Star Wars: Rebels currently airing, Star Wars: Tarkin hitting shelves next week and Star Wars: Episode VII wrapping production, we’re now entering the phase where the floodgates of Star Wars goodies are about to crack wide open. It seems that, with one Star Wars film being released each year for the…

Concept art mother lode!

OK, today was a bit of a surprise. I’ve been on hiatus for a number of reasons, two of which being a wedding (mine) and an illness (also mine, which I’m currently suffering through). However, something happened that was so monumental that I couldn’t not post about it. Jason over at Making Star Wars has…

Rebels: Gangsters and spice mines and Kallus, oh my!

Both Making Star Wars and TheForce.Net have posted some interesting details regarding Rebels. It seems that various people are getting to see the double-episode debut written by Simon Kinberg, and so details are starting to leak. Firstly, and most intriguingly, Lothal is apparently the home of a Devaronian crime lord called (Chatro) Vizago. This already…

Lucasfilm working on “several TV projects”

In an article Variety are running about Tony To joining Lucasfilm as head of production development, we get this tidbit: To will now oversee all live-action and animation production as Lucasfilm has six new films and several TV projects in various stages of development on its slate. J.J. Abrams is currently directing “Star Wars: Episode VII,” while…