Coffee With Kenobi (originally from Marvel) has a rundown and preview cover art of comics set for February 2019, including two new Age of Republic comics, Anakin Skywalker and Count Dooku.
More Age Of Republic Comics Info
November 20, 20181st TPM Trailer Debuted 20 Years Ago Today
November 17, 2018Tuesday November 17, 1998 was the day the first TPM trailer dropped (it went online a few days later) in a select few theaters across the country and on just about every channel on t.v..
Decider has a piece on how this was the first event trailer. Here’s my recollection from 10 years ago.
New Arrangement for Across The Stars
November 11, 2018This is a new arrangement of “Across The Stars” created for violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. Apparently there’s going to be an album full of arrangements for various classical music stars doing their own takes on John Williams’s music. Look for it next year.
Ahmed Best On Tribalism, Cynicism, Change, Blockbusters, and Bias
November 10, 2018Everything he’s saying here is absolutely true.
H/T Naboo News.
Check Out These Covers
November 5, 2018
There are a few more Qui-Gon variant covers, as per usual with Marvel. Look for the first of these to drop next month!
Star Wars Fan Awards
November 3, 2018Lucasfilm is running an awards thing for fan art of all kinds (except fan fiction and comics), expanding from fan film awards in the past.
You can vote for long video, short video, visual art, and photos. There are a lot of prequel-themed works in there! So vote early and vote often! (You can vote once a day.)
Natalie Portman On Her Career
November 1, 2018H/T Naboo News:
Would I even bother including this if it didn’t also mention Star Wars? Of course not! Start at around 1:45, or just watch the whole thing if you like. She talks about working with George Lucas and the influence of kabuki theater on her performance in TPM.
Sneak Peek At Black Series Padmé Amidala
October 30, 2018Comic Con Paris dropped a preview of the 6-inch Black Series Padmé Amidala figure, in her AOTC tighty-whites wear, due to be released in 2019.
The interesting thing is this quote from Hasbro’s Steve Evans:
“Padmé is one of many figures that we will look to represent in 6-inch scale from the prequel trilogy, which over the years has seen a renewed swell of support and fandom”
Hmm…
Coffee With Kenobi’s Top 5 Things About AOTC
October 30, 2018Coffee With Kenobi’s podcast moves on to the second film in the prequel trilogy, “Top Five Things We Love About AOTC.” Dan Z is joined by guests Joe Tavano and Mark Von Ohlen.
More Padmé-Inspired Wear From Elhoffer Design
October 30, 2018Here’s a new version of the Galactic Senator Hooded Dress on pre-order ($230) and the brand-new ($225) Galactic Battle Queen Tunic
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