CW Rumors and interviews

Wookieepedia has a listing of 25 (not the previously promised 22) episodes for Season One, ending in April. Since it is after all a Wiki, treat it as a rumor not as confirmed fact. Even more incredibly, Wikipedia’s entry on the show had a listing of 45 episodes, which would include a huge chunk of Season Two but that seems to have been edited out of the entry.

TFN has posted an interview with Henry Gilroy and Dave Filoni. Read about how Lucas considers CW canon, the lighter side of Anakin, trying to save Plo Koon, Ahsoka’s future, etc..

The Amidala wallet/clutch

Diesel is selling a wallet/clutch (it’s hard to tell how big it is) named after everyone’s favorite Queen of Naboo. Given that there is no other origin for the name, somebody at Diesel must be a big SW fan, although I’d choose to make it in gold or a nice red .

Clone Wars Easter Eggs

starwars.com’s Homing Beacon newsletter listed several CW Easter Eggs to look for while watching (or re-watching) the first ten episodes:

A late Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all! Hope you all got a lot of great gifts (SW and non-SW) and got to eat a lot of great food. Here are some pictures of a Clone Wars-themed Christmas tree.

Actress Jaime King confirms she’s in CW and a SW fan

A while ago there was a report from a fan who had heard on a radio interview that actress Jaime King has signed on to join the cast of CW. Well, she confirms it for starwars.com. Her character will be introduced in Season Two but she doesn’t say who/what she’s playing. She also talks about her general love for all things SW.

You can catch Ms. King in the new film The Spirit with Samuel L. Jackson, which opens tomorrow, and in Fanboys, whenever it comes out.

First 10 episodes of CW online

If you just started watching CW or want to re-watch a favorite until new episodes air January 2, visit starwars.com!

International CW broadcasters

Live outside of North America? Visiting or moving overseas? Wondering where you can keep up with CW wherever you are? starwars.com has posted a listing of networks carrying CW in 25 countries.

PT & CW-related novels for 2009-2011

Sue Rostoni at Lucasfilm posted a few days ago Del Rey’s SW publishing schedule for the next couple of years. Here are the PT and CW-related books we can look forward to reading:

2009

Coruscant Nights #3: Patterns of Force by Michael Reeves (January 27)

The Clone Wars: No Prisoners by Karen Traviss (May 19)

Republic Commando: Order 66 (paperback) by Karen Traviss (May 19)

The SW Essential Atlas by Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace (July 21)

Clone Wars: (No Title Yet) by Karen Miller (Winter)

2010

Clone Wars: (No Title Yet) by Karen Miller (June)

2011

No titles announced yet

(H/T Sue Rostoni’s blog on starwars.com, ClubJade.net)

Anakin’s story part of trading card set

My favorite SW trading card sets ever are the popular Star Wars Galaxy sets from the 1990s. Each set featured new artwork by a variety of comics artists and illustrators, many of them offering new perspectives on SW. A new SWG set has been loooong overdue. Since the last set came out around 1997, we’ve had three new movies, new t.v. shows, and of course loads of other material like games and books.

The fourth SWG set is due out in February and starwars.com has announced there will be a six-card subset by artist Russell Walks that will cover Anakin’s story arc through the ideas of mythologist Joseph Campbell. Yay for honoring Anakin and double yay for bringing the smarts back to SW!

Mauly the Snowman

This cute animation on starwars.com features a Maul-esque snowman. I think it’s a few years old like the Fetts one, but still PT-related!