Since Day One of Disney’s acquisition of Star Wars and Lucasfilm, fans were concerned about what would happen to the Expanded Universe of Star Wars. Lucas has always said that his projects (the two movie trilogies and The Clone Wars show) were officially canon and… Read More »Star Wars and Disney Discard Expanded Universe For Alternate Universe
Things are still pretty tight lipped when it comes to the new movies but there have been a couple of news bits. First off, Disney Studios chairman, Alan Horn revealed that shooting has already begun on Episode VII. The production is reportedly in Morocco, where… Read More »Around The Galaxy: Star Wars News Update
Big news on the intergalactic newswire today. Luke Skywalker, aka actor Mark Hamill, will be making his first ever appearance at a Disney Star Wars Weekends event. He’ll be one of the celebrity guests on June 6-8. Celebrity guests appear daily in the “Legends of… Read More »Luke Skywalker, AKA Mark Hamill, confirmed for Star Wars Weekends June 6-8
Disney has released two teaser clips from its upcoming new animated series, Star Wars: Rebels, that give us a first look at some of the characters and settings from the show.
Star Wars: Rebels takes place in the time between Star Wars: Episode III and IV as the Empire tightens its grip on the galaxy and a rebellion begins to form. Viewers will see all this happen through the eyes of teenage Ezra, Jedi survivor Kanan, and their friends, the crew of the starship Ghost.
The first two clips are titled “Spark” and “Ignite”:
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In a move that isn’t quite unexpected, LucasFilm will be moving its Star Wars comic and graphic novel publishing from Dark Horse to Marvel, starting in 2015. Marvel originally published Star Wars comics for nine years, starting in March 1977 with Star Wars #1, which went on to sell more than 1 million copies.
Dark Horse took over the license in 1991, publishing fan favorite titles like Dark Empire and Star Wars: Legacy. They also released The Star Wars #1 last year, which was an adaptation of George Lucas’ original rough-draft screenplay for the film.
LucasFilm, Marvel and Dark Horse announced the transfer in their own press releases.
From LucasFilm:
“Dark Horse Comics published exceptional Star Wars comics for over 20 years, and we will always be grateful for their enormous contributions to the mythos, and the terrific partnership that we had,” said Carol Roeder, director of Lucasfilm franchise publishing, Disney Publishing Worldwide. “In 2015, the cosmic adventures of Luke, Han, Leia, and Chewbacca will make the lightspeed jump back to Marvel, to begin a new age of adventures within the Star Wars universe.”
From Marvel:
“We here at Marvel could not be more excited to continue the publication of Star Wars comic books and graphic novels,” said Marvel Worldwide Publisher and President, Dan Buckley. “The perennial brand of Star Wars is one of the most iconic in entertainment history and we are honored to have the opportunity to bring our creative talent pool to continue, and expand Star Wars into galaxies far, far away.”
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This just in from Disney and Lucasfilm. Star Wars Episode VII has a release date. No official title yet, but we now know that it will open December 18, 2015. Pre-production is in full-swing and shooting is scheduled to begin spring 2014 at Pinewood Studios.… Read More »Star Wars: Episode VII Release Date set for December 18, 2015