This time we’re taking a deep dive into the first novel on the journey to the Force Awakens, Aftermath by Chuck Wendig. Before we get to the book, we have a bit of a chat about some additional figure acquisitions and Chris’ recent re-watch of episode 3 with his son. Then we get to the Read More
Book review
Episode 25 – Dark Disciple
In episode 25, we discuss the newly released Assaj Ventress-focused novel Dark Disciple by Christie Golden. But first we talk about some recent news: The new Instagram TFA trailer: https://instagram.com/p/65PhxOs_RH/ ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Set to Take Over Imax for a Month: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-force-awakens-set-817709 Force Friday – Sept 4th: http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-products-to-arrive-on-force-friday-september-4 The Star Wars Facebook Page Responded Perfectly to a Read More
Episode 23 – The Paradise Snare
Time for episode 23, where we get back to basics and cover the first book in the Han Solo trilogy, The Paradise Snare by A.C. Crispin which was published back in 1997. In the news: Sneak peak of the journey to the force awakens books: http://www.starwars.com/news/coming-soon-to-your-personal-jedi-archives-journey-to-star-wars-the-force-awakens-sneak-peek Excerpt from Aftermath released: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/7846/aftermath-star-wars-by-chuck-wendig/ Aftermath will be a trilogy: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/10/chuck-wendigs-star-wars-book-aftermath-gets-trilogy-treatment Then, we Read More
Episode 21 – Lords of the Sith
Welcome to Star Wars Stacks episode 21, where we discuss Paul S. Kemp’s new novel Lords of the Sith. As with all our book review shows, we first cover some news: Annie Leibovitz interview: http://www.starwars.com/news/capturing-a-galaxy-an-interview-with-annie-leibovitz-exclusive John Williams to begin scoring sessions soon: http://makingstarwars.net/2015/05/john-williams-to-record-some-of-the-star-wars-the-force-awakens-score-next-month/ Then, we get to the book. As always, we begin with a spoiler-free reading of Read More
Episode 16 – Heir to the Jedi
In episode 16, we review the third novel in the new official canon, Heir to the Jedi, written by Kevin Hearne (Publication Date: March 3, 2015). Some news before we get into the book: Harrison Ford got into a plane crash. Star Wars to release 20 books in journey to The Force Awakens. Star Wars: Episode VIII Gets Release Date; Read More
Episode 14 – The Old Republic: Deceived
In episode 13, we review the second novel based on Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO, Deceived, written by Paul S. Kemp (Publication Date: March 22, 2011). Not much in the news aside from a big spoiler dump (which we won’t post, find it if you’d like to read it) and rumours that J.J. Abrams Read More
Episode 12 – Tarkin
In episode 12, we discuss the second novel released into the new Star Wars canon, Tarkin, written by James Luceno (Publication Date: November 4, 2014). News-wise: Billy-Dee Williams will be repising his role as Lando in Rebels. The full Force Awakens trailer is rumoured to be coming in front of Avengers 2. Next, we get into the Read More