Retail sources have told fan site Obi-Wan’s Lost Brother’s Jeff Frost that Warner Brothers will be releasing “The Clone Wars” series on DVD (and likely Blu-Ray) in March. It apparently contain Season One, Volume One, or the first 10 or so episodes of the first season. Currently, reports have it at a release date of March 25, 2009. This is just a rumor at the moment; we are working on getting a confirmation on the dates. We do know, however, plans were for TCW to go to DVD/Blu-Ray, as Steve Sansweet has said in some recent interviews. We will keep you updated!
Book Spot Central’s Jay Tomio recently sat down with author Joe Schreiber’s upcoming Star Wars novel Deathtroopers, which is also his first venture into the galaxy far, far away. Here’s an excerpt:
Jay Tomio - Your forthcoming contribution to the Star Wars EU, Deathtroopers, has the tag of being a bit of a Star Wars ‘horror’ novel. Looking at the films from the perspective of not only an observer, but as an observer with a horror perspective what is the most horrifying moment in Star Wars?
Joe Schreiber - Certainly to a child’s eye, the first appearance of Darth Vader is a terrifying moment — his towering, unrelenting blackness, the soulless skull-like design of his face, and perhaps worst of all the constant respiratory gasp of machinery compensating for the maimed thing that lurks inside his armor. I’ve heard Vader’s uniform described as a kind of walking coffin, and it’s a perfect description. I think it summarizes why his presence — so familiar now after thirty-plus years — was so immediately chilling back then.
The full interview can be found here. Deathtroopers is slated for release on October 27, 2009.
Xbox LIVE Director of Programming, Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, has released the Top 20 Games of 2008. Coming in at #9 was the demo for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed! This list is based on the number of unique users who played the game this year.
9th place is pretty impressive for a demo! To come in just under huge franchises like Halo, Call of Duty, GTA, Gears of War, and Guitar Hero is an amazing accomplishment. Sadly, the retail game did not make the Top 20.
For the full list, as well as the Top 20 for Xbox LIVE Arcade and Xbox Originals, click here. Four Star Wars games made the Original Xbox Top 20!
NOTE: The Top 20 is based on Xbox LIVE connectivity. If you played the game on a local hard drive account, you will not be counted.
The EUCast crew gives its choices of the good, bad, and ugly of the Star Wars Expanded Universe in 2008. Nathan Butler, one of the most recognizable SW audio talents online, joins in the discussion.
With it being Friday, it’s time to pass on some updates made to the site over the week. We have a new book review up by Tom P. for the only first person narrative EU story, I, Jedi; you can find the review on our review’s page here. Also, with the start of a new month, Andrew L. wrote December’s Jundland Wastes Wizard’s Corner editorial which looks at all the things fans can expect from the EU in 2009; the article can be found on our JWWC Editorial page here. That’s all for this week, but look for more new reviews over the next couple of weeks.
After a short winter hiatus, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” returns tonight with episode 11 of season one entitled “Dooku Captured.” Below is a quick clip from the episode tonight, airing at 9 PM.
SW.com has an interview with the director of tonight’s episode, Jesse Yeh, discussing the episode here. For all the CW links, be sure to check out the CW part of the slideshow above the news every week!
Today marks the release of two eagerly awaited novels: One is the highly anticipated Matthew Stover novel Luke Skywalker and the Shadows Of Mindor, which covers Skywalker’s last battle as a New Republic General. You can discuss the novel here on the EUC forums. Also, we’re currently taking questions for Matthew Stover in an interview, so be sure to get those in.
The other is the Invincible paperback re-print, which, while it includes no bonus material as some paperbacks do, is much cheaper than it’s hardcover predecessor. Pick up Luke Skywalker and the Shadows Of Mindor for $27.00 and Invincible for $7.99 in any bookstore near you now.
EU Cantina.net was recently made aware that actress Adrienne Wilkinson, who portrayed Maris Brood in the recent “The Force Unleashed” smash hit, is holding her annual holiday charity. This year, the Official Adrienne Wilkinson Fan Club Charity will be auctioning off a bunch of SW and TFU related items. These include: Signed TFU games, Maris photo’s, signed interviews, and much more. All items can be quickly bought instead of bidding on it as well.
More information on the charity can be found here. Hurry, as there are only three days left!
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