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September 2011 |
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The following news items were posted
on Star Wars Books during September 2011:
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Darth Plagueis delayed
Posted:
30th September
Publisher Del Rey has announced via
its Facebook
page that the US release date for the eagerly awaited Darth
Plagueis novel by James Luceno has been pushed back two
weeks from December 27th to January 10th 2012. No reason was given
for the date change.
Darth Plagueis
by James Luceno will be published in hardback, e-Book format and
unabridged audio book format. |
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Scourge cover
Posted:
30th September
Earlier this month Random
House published the first blurb for Jeff Grubb's first ever Star
Wars novel, Scourge, now publisher Del Rey has
revealed the cover for this novel on their Suvudu
blog site:
![[Scourge]](../../../legends/newrepublic/images/scourge-lg.jpg)
In the heart of crime-ridden Hutt Space, a
Jedi Scholar searches for justice.
While trying to obtain the coordinates of a secretive,
peril-packed, but potentially beneficial trade route, a novice
Jedi is killed—and the motive for his murder remains shrouded in
mystery. Now his former Master, Jedi archivist Mander Zuma, wants
answers, even as he fights to erase doubts about his own abilities
as a Jedi. What Mander gets is immersion into the perilous
underworld of the Hutts as he struggles to stay one step ahead in
a game of smugglers, killers, and crime lords bent on total
control.
Scourge by Jeff Grubb is due for
release in paperback in the US on 24th April 2012. |
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New Release
Posted:
29th September
Star Wars Galaxy #13
Premier Comic Book
Titan Comics (
)
Featuring reprints from Jedi:
The Dark Side, Invasion:
Rescues and The
Old Republic: The Lost Suns. |
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Digital e-comic releases this week
Posted:
28th September
Dark Horse Comics has added the
following digital comics to their Dark
Horse Digital
e-comic store this week:
Dark Horse
Digital purchases can currently be
viewed on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or any modern web browser - an
Android app is currently in progress. |
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New Releases
Posted:
23rd September
Chewbacca
and the Slavers of the Shadowlands
Graphic Novella by Chris Cerasi, Jennifer
Meyer et al.
Titan Books (
)
Journey back nearly two hundred years before the events in A New
Hope as Chewbacca relates a story from his youth on Kashyyyk.
Determined to prove themselves eligible for the rites of adulthood,
Chewie and his young friends venture into the perilous Shadowlands
in search of adventure...more
Omnibus:
A Long Time Ago... Volume 4
Omnibus Graphic Novel by various
Titan Books (
)
Approximately 3 years after the Battle of
Yavin:
This latest Omnibus contains issues #68 thru #85 of the Marvel
Comics collection that was originally published between February
1983 and July 1984 plus the four-issue adaptation of Return
of the Jedi...more |
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New Release
Posted:
22nd September
Star
Wars: The Clone Wars Comic #6.25
Children's Comic Book
Titan Comics (
)
Between 22 and 19 years before the Battle
of Yavin:
Featuring original short comic story, Younglings,
plus puzzles, games and free cover gifts.
Also available in digital format from Zinio.com
(UK only). |
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New Releases
Posted:
21st September
Knight
Errant: Deluge #2 (part 2 of 5)
Comic Book by John Jackson Miller, Ivan Rodriguez, Michael
Atiyeh et al.
Dark Horse Comics (
&
[import])
Approximately 1,032 years before the Battle
of Yavin:
Kerra Holt has returned to her Sith-held home planet to liberate
as many slaves as possible but she didn't expect to meet a squadron
of starfighters from the Republic! With the help of the Devil
Squadron, Kerra can go on the offensive...more
Jedi:
The Dark Side #5 (part 5 of 5)
Comic Book by Scott Allie, Mahmud Asrar, Stéphane Roux et al.
Dark Horse Comics (
&
[import])
Approximately 53
years before the Battle of Yavin:
Civil war has broken out on Telos IV and
Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn struggles desperately to uncover the reason for
the planet's unrest. But Qui-Gon's troubled Padawan, Xanatos, isn't
helping and now Qui-Gon has become the target for the insurgents!...more |
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Digital e-comic releases this week
Posted:
21st September
Dark Horse Comics has added the
following digital comics to their Dark
Horse Digital
e-comic store this week:
Dark Horse
Digital purchases can currently be viewed on iPhone, iPad,
iPod Touch or any modern web browser - an Android app is currently
in progress. |
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New Release
Posted:
20th September
Star
Wars: The Clone Wars Magazine #7
Children's Magazine
Titan Magazines (
)
Between 22 and 19 years before the Battle
of Yavin:
Featuring two-part comic story Leisure
and Fashion,
plus puzzles, games and competitions. |
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Scourge blurb
Posted:
14th September
Last month Del
Rey revealed via their Facebook
page that Jeff Grubb's planned Star Wars novel for next year would
be titled Scourge and be set prior to the Yuuzhan Vong
invasion of the New Jedi Order
and features Mander Zuma, a human male Jedi Knight, who investigates
the murder of a fellow Jedi in Hutt-controlled space. Now Random
House
has updated their online catalogue with Scourge's
first official blurb.
In the heart of crime-ridden Hutt Space, a
Jedi Scholar searches for justice.
While trying to obtain the coordinates of a secretive,
peril-packed, but potentially beneficial trade route, a novice
Jedi is killed—and the motive for his murder remains shrouded in
mystery. Now his former Master, Jedi archivist Mander Zuma, wants
answers, even as he fights to erase doubts about his own abilities
as a Jedi. What Mander gets is immersion into the perilous
underworld of the Hutts as he struggles to stay one step ahead in
a game of smugglers, killers, and crime lords bent on total
control.
Scourge by Jeff Grubb is due for
release in paperback in the US on 24th April 2012. |
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New Releases
Posted:
14th September
Invasion:
Revelations #3 (part 3 of 5)
Comic Book by Tom Taylor, Colin Wilson et al.
Dark Horse Comics (
&
[import])
Approximately 25 years after the Battle of
Yavin:
Queen Nina of Artorias and her stepdaughter Kaye discover that
the haven meant for the refugees in their care is actually a work
camp run by the Empire--for the benefit of the invaders! But worse
than that, Kaye learns a horrifying secret about her adoptive
mother--and herself!...more
The
Old Republic: The Lost Suns #4 (part 4 of 5)
Comic Book by Alexander Freed, David Ross, Mark McKenna, Michael
Atiyeh et al.
Dark Horse Comics (
&
[import])
Approximately 3,660 years before the Battle
of Yavin:
Captured by the evil Sith Empire, Republic spy Theron
Shan is about to find out what secret sacrifice brought about the
end of the great war. But once the Imperial's covert activities are
revealed, will he be able to act on his devastating discoveries?...more |
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Digital e-comic releases this week
Posted:
14th September
Dark Horse Comics has added the
following digital comics to their Dark
Horse Digital
e-comic store this week:
Dark Horse
Digital purchases can currently be viewed on iPhone, iPad,
iPod Touch or any modern web browser - an Android app is currently
in progress.
Plus there's a chance to win a copy of the Star
Wars Saga on Blu-Ray in Dark Horse Digital's Star Wars
Saga Contest! Buy any Star Wars movie adaptation digital comic
and you will be entered into the draw. For full terms and conditions
click
here![[External site - opens in a new window/tab]](../../../images/external_link.png) |
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Apocalypse blurb
Posted:
13th September
Back in July Random House published
a teaser blurb in their Spring 2012
catalogue for Apocalypse,
the final title in the nine-book Fate
of the Jedi series. Now Random
House
has updated their online catalogue with an extended blurb.
Contains POTENTIAL SPOILERS, highlight
between arrow-heads to read:
>>>There
can be no surrender.
There will be no mercy.
It’s not just the future of the galaxy at stake—
It’s the destiny of the Force.
In the stunning finale of the epic Fate of the Jedi series, Jedi
and Sith face off—with Coruscant as their battlefield. For the
Sith, it’s the chance to restore their dominance over the galaxy
that forgot them for so long. For Abeloth, it’s a giant step in
her quest to conquer all life everywhere. For Luke Skywalker, it’s
a call to arms to eradicate the Sith and their monstrous new
master once and for all.
In a planetwide strike, teams of Jedi Knights take the Sith
infiltrators by swift and lethal surprise. But victory against the
cunning and savage Abeloth, and the terrifying endgame she has
planned, is anything but certain. And as Luke, Ben, Han, Leia,
Jaina, Jag, and their allies close in, the devastating truth about
the dark side incarnate will be exposed—and send shock waves
through the Jedi Order, the galaxy, and the Force itself.<<<
Fate
of the Jedi: Apocalypse by Troy Denning is due for release
in hardback in the US on 3rd April 2012 and one month later in the
UK. |
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New Release
Posted:
13th September
Star Wars Insider #128
Magazine
Titan Magazines (
)
Blu-Ray Special - what to expect and meet the stars of the hotly
anticipated deleted scenes; behind the scenes of the public radio
dramatisations of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of
the Jedi; preview season 4 of The Clone Wars; plus
original short story featuring Dash Rendar, And Leebo Makes
Three, from the pens of Michael Reeves and Maya Kaathryn
Bohnhoff.
Available in a choice of 3 newsstand covers plus 1 comic store
exclusive cover & 1 subscriber cover. |
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Comics for December 2011 and beyond
Posted:
10th September
In their latest solicitations, Dark
Horse Comics has announced the following Star Wars comics for
December and upcoming graphic novel collections.

Comic book issues:
Agent
of the Empire: Iron Eclipse #1 (of 5)
Comic book by John Ostrander, Stéphane Roux, Julien Hugonnard-Bert,
Dave Wilkins et al.
Approximately 2 years
before the Battle of Yavin
Move over James Bond!
The name's Cross. Jahan Cross. Move over, James Bond; there's a new
secret agent in the galaxy, and he has the weight of the Empire
behind him!
Cross's mission takes him and his assistant IN-GA 44 to the affluent
Corporate Sector. There, on the trail of stolen droid technology,
they will rub elbows with diplomats and desperadoes, captains of
industry and sergeants of the local police—and rub most of them
the wrong way!
A view of the Star Wars galaxy from inside the Empire!
Available: December 14th 2011
Knight
Errant: Deluge #5 (of 5)
Comic Book by John Jackson Miller, Iban Coello, Sergio Abad et al.
Approximately 1,032 years
before the Battle of Yavin
Caught between a Sith and a Hutt, Jedi
Knight Kerra Holt must battle both to save the billions on the
planet Darkknell from being drowned by a fleet of ships with the
power to flood the planet! Her plan is full-steam-ahead brute force
- but her enemies are more cunning than she expected. Is this the
end of Kerra Holt, the lone Jedi?
The final issue!
Available: December 21st 2011
Crimson
Empire III: Empire Lost #3 (of 6)
Comic Book by Mike Richardson, Paul Gulacy, Michael Bartolo et al.
Approximately 14 years
after the Battle of Yavin
Kir Kanos strikes back at the Empire!
Kidnapped and dragooned into a hard-liner Imperial plot, Kir Kanos,
the last surviving member of Emperor Palpatine's royal guard, has
had enough! He goes to war with one Imperial faction, even as Leia
Organa Solo receives an invitation to meet with emissaries from
another.
Treachery layered on treachery is revealed and Kanos answers it the
only way he knows how - with violence!
Available: December 28th 2011
Graphic Novel collections:
Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 5
Graphic Novel by John Ostrander, Jan Duursema, et al.
Approximately 4 years after
the Battle of Yavin
The classic-era Star Wars adventures
conclude in this fifth and final volume of Star Wars Omnibus: A Long
Time Ago....
All your favorite characters are here - Luke Skywalker, Princess
Leia, Han Solo, Chewie, the droids, and more! - bringing peace to a
recently liberated galaxy, and finding new troubles confronting
them! With nearly six hundred pages of material, this massive omnibus
collects Marvel
Comics' Star Wars #86–#107, their final US-published
issues! Stories from the classic era of the original Star Wars
films! Giant 568-page omnibus!
Available: February 29th 2012 |
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