It's just been announced at Celebration IV in LA that the ninth and final novel in the Legacy of the Force series will be called Invincible.If you didn't know already, it's by Troy Denning, and it'll be released in June 2008. The news came from Jaina Solo on theNJOEwebsite. ( Newest Announcement, top.)
Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
"Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, the next installment of the best-selling Star Wars Battlefront series of video games, will hit store shelves everywhere in fall 2007, LucasArts announced today.
In development exclusively for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system by U.K.-based Rebellion, Star Wars
Battlefront: Renegade Squadron continues the immensely successful
Battlefront series, which has sold more than 10 million copies
worldwide since its introduction in 2004.
The only original Star Wars Battlefront experience of 2007, Renegade Squadron delivers a new way for players to experience their favorite Star Wars
battles any way -- and anywhere -- they want. The game presents new
battles and missions found through a never-before-told story, as well
as an unprecedented wealth of personalization and customization
options. And for the first time on the PSP system, Star Wars Battlefront players can team up or compete online wit" - Starwars.com
See below for the official press release regarding Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed on The History Channel.
"30 years later … STAR WARS: WHY IT ENDURES, WHY WE NEED IT ... AND WHY IT’S STILL SUCH FUN
Newt Gingrich, Nancy Pelosi, Dan Rather, Peter Jackson, Camille Paglia and Other Thought Leaders Discuss the Charm, Enduring Impact and Mythic Underpinnings in Two-Hour Special
STAR WARS™: THE LEGACY REVEALED On The History Channel®
World Premiere Monday, May 28, at 9pm ET/PT
Thirty years ago, an unheralded film known as Star Wars opened in
theaters and took audiences on a groundbreaking journey to a galaxy
far, far away. It instantly seized the public’s imagination, and three
decades later still claims that grasp. Now, a new special from The
History Channel seeks to understand why the emotional impact of the
Star Wars Saga remains as relevant as ever. The two-hour special, STAR
WARS: THE LEGACY REVEALED, is a World Premiere on The History Channel
on Monday, May 28 at 9pm ET/PT.
Through interviews with
politicians, academics, journalists and critics – all of whom weigh in
on the enduring appeal of George Lucas’s creations – the special
demonstrates that Star Wars isn’t just a high-action adventure in
space. It’s a remarkably complex and sophisticated story about power,
politics, sin, spirituality and redemption—almost Shakespearean in its
power, humor, presentation and influence.
The special makes the
argument that Star Wars’ intensely compelling stories—borrowed from
diverse traditions, from Greek mythology and American westerns to the
Bible and even Vaudeville—compel us to explore some of the biggest
questions of our time. STAR WARS: THE LEGACY REVEALED explores that
view through interviews with politicians, academics, journalists and
critics, who all weigh in on the creations of George Lucas. The special
shows how seldom a movie can make us laugh and think about our role in
the universe—which may be why it has stood the test of time.
“The
enduring appeal of Star Wars,” says Tom Brokaw, “is that it’s this
vastly entertaining piece of cinema that also leaves you … with the
idea that there are some real issues out there that we ought to be
thinking about—good and evil, and right and wrong, and heroism.
Generations of people a long time from now will be enthralled by it,
just as we are enthralled by the story of Robin Hood or King Arthur’s
Court or any of the Shakespearean tales.” The special unites a
diverse group of high-profile Star Wars fans, from filmmakers to
politicians to journalists. Their comments punctuate the still
jaw-dropping footage from all six episodes of the Star Wars Saga.
“The
idea of the underdog who’s on the right side defeating the overdog
who’s on the wrong side is a deeply American mythology,” says former
Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who climbed a high political
fence to agree with current Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the
movies’ impact. Says Pelosi: “The legacy of George Lucas fits very
comfortably among the classics of all time, whether ancient or modern. “ Adds
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson: “You don’t even have to ask,
‘Will it stand the test of time?’ It has and it will.” This
action-adventure film with lighthearted moments and touching purity,
demands that we focus on current fundamental themes, including
environmentalism, racism and the temptations of power and greed. As
author Carl Silvio notes, at times the movies seem prophetic: “In
Revenge of the Sith, when we hear Anakin say, ‘You’re either with me or
against me,’ it’s almost impossible not to hear that quote and think of
another very famous quote,” a point the special underscores with a clip
of President George W. Bush’s November 2001 news-conference quote: “You
are either with us or you are against us in the fight against terror.”
The
dichotomies of good vs. evil and mechanism vs. humanity is apparent
throughout the movies, which carry themes of politics and power. In the
Star Wars universe, dictators are ruthless yet charismatic, and while
some politicians are well-meaning, as Princess Leia Organa
demonstrates, leaders are born from courage and conviction, not from
gender.
With regard to other kinds of power, C-3PO and R2-D2
demonstrate that machines can be beneficial, while the feared Death
Star shows us their danger. The Ewoks, instrumental in the eventual
defeat of the Empire, remind us that natural, environmental solutions
have as much as (or more) power than man-made ones. That the movies are
fun only gives their central questions and observations more credence How
long will that endure? “A hundred years from now,” says Joan Breton
Connelly, an associate professor of fine arts at New York University,
“someone will be sitting here discussing the impact of Star Wars and
they will be seeing different things in it than we are seeing today,
just as today we have classes in the university on Homer.”
Filmmaker
Kevin Smith: “It is bad guys versus good guys and everyone wants to see
that story. That story will never grow tired, never grow old.”
STAR
WARS: THE LEGACY REVEALED is produced by Prometheus Entertainment in
association with Lucasfilm Ltd. Executive Producer is Emmy
Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Burns (Empire of Dreams, Look, Up in the
Sky!). Executive Producer for The History Channel is Beth Dietrich
Segarra.
The History Channel® is one of the leading cable
television networks featuring compelling original, non-fiction specials
and series that bring history to life in a powerful and entertaining
manner across multiple platforms. The network provides an inviting
place where people experience history in new and exciting ways enabling
them to connect their lives today to the great lives and events of the
past that provide a blueprint for the future. The History Channel has
earned four Peabody Awards, three Primetime Emmy® Awards, 10 News &
Documentary Emmy® Awards and received the prestigious Governor's Award
from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the network's
Save Our History® campaign dedicated to historic preservation and
history education. The History Channel reaches more than 91 million
Nielsen subscribers. The website is located at www.History.com."
We
could not be more excited. For those of you not attending CIV, you have
something great to look forward to.
Lucasarts to Announce to games at CIV
In the April 27 TheForce.Net/RebelScum.com Force-Cast
podcast, Lucasfilm's Director of Content Management and head of fan
relations revealed that LucasArts will announce two games at
Celebration IV.
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"Reports suggest BioWare is working on Knights of the Old Republic multiplayer online title. Widely
celebrated as the best Star Wars game of recent years, rumours have
emerged that RPG specialist BioWare is hard at work on an MMO version
of its hugely popular Knights of the Old Republic franchise.
CVG
reports that the latest edition of US games print mag EGM includes the
snippet in its Rumour section. No confirmation has been forthcoming
from the developer as of yet, but were the game to emerge it would
almost certainly be a sure-fire contender to better LucasArts’ previous
MMO outing, the troubled Star Wars Galaxies."
Again, let us
not forget that this is simply a rumor at this time. We will keep you
posted as soon as we hear anything official.
Star Wars: Death Star is written by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry, writers of the MedStar series. Its cover art is by John Harris. It will be available in hardcover from Del Rey Books this Fall! For more information on Star Wars: Death Star click the book's cover above.
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On August 28, 2007, all hell breaks loose in the Legacy of the Force series with the release of Inferno by Troy Denning. The galaxy has exploded into an all-out civil war, and casualties are mounting on both sides of the conflict.
A first look at Legacy Of The Force 6: Inferno. Click the image to learn more
