Marvel’s plans for Star Wars

Some exciting hints of what’s to come in Marvel’s Star Wars comic titles were dropped at Celebration Anaheim. Firstly, regarding the flagship Star Wars title, Boba Fett will catch up with Luke in issue #6. If you recall, in Darth Vader #1, Vader sent Fett on a mission to track down the Rebel pilot who…

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…

Greg Weisman on Star Wars: Rebels (updated)

The Star Wars Youtube channel has just uploaded a new featurette focusing on Greg Weisman, one of the executive producers on Rebels: “Tonally, we’re really leaning towards A New Hope,” Weisman notes in the clip. “We’ve got a Rebellion that is not yet organised, is not yet the Rebel Alliance,” he adds. “One of the…

Rebels: the Empire is back

Within 12 months we will see the first episode of Star Wars: Rebels, a new animated TV series following in the footsteps of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Dave Filoni, Lucas’ protégé on The Clone Wars, will act as executive producer along with Simon Kinberg (who is consulting on Episode VII) and Greg Weisman. What’s…