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Excerpt from Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars: Thrawn novel released online

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Longtime fans of the old Star Wars Expanded Universe, now known as Legends, received a great gift when fan-favourite villain Grand Admiral Thrawn was brought into actual canon through his role in the Star Wars Rebels television series, voiced by House of Cards‘ Lars Mikkelsen. Timothy Zahn, the author who created him, has been working on Star Wars: Thrawn,a […]

The fate of Jar Jar Binks revealed in Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End

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Tuesday sees the release of  the third and final chapter of Chuck Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath book trilogy, which serves as a bridge between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, and Mashable is reporting that the novel will reveal the fate of one of the most reviled characters from the galaxy far, […]

Book Review – Navigators of Dune

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Villordsutch reviews Navigators of Dune… Navigators of Dune is the third book in the Great Schools trilogy from Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, the previous being Mentats of Dune.  Finally, in this book all the threads that have been floating in the Universe, from Venport’s monopoly of both Spice and the Navigators, the fanatical Manford […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Rebel Rising

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Rebel Rising… Since the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Felicity Jones’ Jyn Erso has quickly become one of the franchise’s most liked heroes. The troubled young rebel’s history is fully explored in Beth Revis’ Star Wars: Rebel Rising, an intriguing character study that explores exactly how she became […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn… Ever since last Celebration’s announcement that Grand Admiral Thrawn would officially be joining the canon in Star Wars Rebels, fans of the character went wild with anticipation for his ‘return’. His characterization in Rebels, played by House of Cards’ Lars Mikkelsen, was well received, but fans […]

Star Wars audiobook will feature Jon Hamm as Boba Fett

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In October, Lucasfilm is set to explore the background characters of the galaxy far, far away with the release of Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, which features 40 stories in celebration of Star Wars’ 40th anniversary. Over on the official site, the voice cast for the audiobook version of the Del Rey […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Catalyst – A Rogue One Novel

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Catalyst – A Rogue One Novel… One of the most interesting eras in the Star Wars timeline is the gap between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope in which Palpatine transitioned the Republic into the Empire, cementing his legacy as Emperor. Just as intriguing is the development of […]

Book Review – The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey (Extended Edition)

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Villordsutch reviews The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey (Extended Edition)… For anyone who enjoyed gaming during the 1980’s and 90’s then the work of Oliver Frey is quite possibly something you’ve looked at and studied for a fair amount of time, and in this latest book – from Fusion Retro Books – The Fantasy Art of Oliver […]