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Cancelled Books and Comics
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Star Wars (untitled Boba Fett novel)
US book (non-fiction): written
by Karen Traviss
paperback,
Del Rey
cancelled: Karen Traviss (December 2, 2009): The Boba Fett novel was cancelled by
the publisher because of potential canon clashes with the upcoming TV
series, as you have already heard from other sources. No, I really don't have a
clue what those clashes might be. Sorry.
from karentraviss.com (August 5, 2008): “I'll be continuing the Republic Commando series after ORDER 66 as
IMPERIAL COMMANDO (well, obvious really, what with the Republic falling at the
end of the book, and all that...) and I'll also be writing a Boba Fett novel
and an essential guide to the Star Wars military.”
Star Wars: Blood Oath
US book (fiction): written by Elaine
Cunningham, cover by Dave Seely
paperback
(352 pages), Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-51067-9, SRP: $ 7.99
from Sue Rostoni at the sw.com
forums (June 22, 2009): Blood Oath -- we're all doing our best to keep it in
the line-up and, if the manuscript comes in soon, the book will be moved again,
maybe to April 2010. If there's no manuscript, then it'll have to be dropped.
Events beyond the author's control, or wishes, have caused the delays. I know,
that really doesn't tell you much, but it's not my story to tell, ya know?
from Elaine Cunningham’s LiveJournal (September 15, 2008): Blood Oath is a self-contained story, rather than an episode
within a larger tale. While both have
their place, I’m very pleased to have the opportunity to tell a largely
self-contained story.
Blood Oath is an adventure shadowed by political intrigue, with
a bit of humor and maybe a hint of romance. I can’t hope to recreate the
sense of wonder I found in my first trip to a theater back in
1978, but I’m keeping that memory firmly in mind as I write.
from starwars.com (September 18, 2008): Blood Oath, a
standalone paperback featuring Zekk that is set soon after the events of the
Legacy of the Force series.
from Sue Rostoni’s
blog (September 29, 2008): This is Zekk's story and takes place after his mishap
in the battle in INVINCIBLE. Yes, he still lives. We have just received cover
concepts on this one - the artist is Dave Seeley.
timeline notations by Sue Rostoni at the starwars.com
forums (October 2, 2008): They way we have it right now is that Legacy of the
Force ends in the middle of year 41 ABY. Blood Oath follows a few months later, and Millennium Falcon takes place at
43.44 ABY (these are tenths of a twelve-month year) with Fate of the Jedi
starting at 43.5.
from Sue Rostoni’s
blog (December 18, 2008): Blood Oath has been moved to December 2009. The manuscript
hasn't been delivered yet -- it just got to be too late to make the deadline,
so we moved it. I feel badly because the story, as you know, takes place before
Outcast so we wanted it to come out as close to Outcast as possible... but it
didn't happen.
from Sue Rostoni’s
blog (December 18, 2008): Remember where we left Zekk at the end of the final
battle in Invincible? This book begins with Zekk left spinning in his StealthX
and follows his journey to rejoin the Jedi Order. But first..... well, it's all
in the novel.
from starwars.com (January 6, 2009):
Once an orphan scavenging on the streets of Coruscant's undercity, he rose to
become a Jedi Knight and serve with honor as a fighter pilot for the New
Republic. Alongside Jaina Solo, he confronted the forces of Darth Caedus -- the
most powerful of the Sith Lords -- in a battle that nearly destroyed him. But
his story isn't over. For Zekk, the future holds much more...
Darth Caedus is dead, and the war is ended. Still, the Imperial Remnant
remains a very real threat for the Galactic Alliance. And though the Moffs'
attempted assassination of Tenel Ka, Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium, has
failed, their machinations have uncovered an ancient secret capable of
destroying the queen and her people as surely as the deadliest attack.
As Jag Fel, Imperial Remnant leader and Zekk's longtime rival for Jaina
Solo's affections, assumes control of the Moff Council -- stepping right into a
nest of explosive intrigue -- Zekk, desperate to contact his Jedi comrades,
finds himself at the mercy of a pirate captain with an unknown agenda and
allegiance to none but herself. But with or without her, the Knight vows to do
whatever it takes to stop the volatile conflict unfolding around him from
reaching its fatal endgame.
from
Previews # 245, February 2009 (January 2009):
Set between the conclusion of Legacy of the Force and the beginning of the Fate
of the Jedi series, this new, original, stand-alone Star Wars adventure focuses
on the popular Jedi character Zekk caught up in Imperial intrigue.
elaine
cunningham's LiveJournal / starwars.com
link / starwars.com cover link
/ randomhouse link
Star Wars Comic Packs: Star Wars: Heir to the Empire # ? (Convention Exclusive 2011)
US comic with action figures
blister-packaging,
includes a reprint of a Star Wars: Heir to the Empire comic, and the Hasbro
action figures Noghri Warrior & Ralrra
Hasbro/Dark Horse
from rebelscum.com
(November 16, 2009): The
Heir to the Empire pack with Noghri and Ralrra does not currently have a home;
right now it might become a Convention exclusive in 2011. As such, we won't be
releasing any pics until it gets closer to reality.
from rebelscum.rebelscum.com
(April 10, 2009): One of
the most popular sub-lines Hasbro has done in years, the Comic Packs continue
to roll out some of the coolest unsung heroes from the Expanded Universe!
According to our reports, the following sets continue that tradition, with some
troop builder-type sets, and some rather infamous obscure characters!
Star Wars Comic Packs
US comic with action figures
blister-packaging,
includes a reprint of a comic, and 2 Hasbro action figures, including Nom Anor
Hasbro/Dark
Horse
Star Wars Comic Packs: ALTA Star Wars # ?
blister-packaging,
includes a reprint of a Marvel’s Star Wars comic
includes
two Hasbro action figures
Hasbro/Dark
Horse
from rebelscum’s
Hasbro’s 75th Q&A: The Answers (August 20, 2009): There *are* two Marvel packs slated for next year, the
next one appearing in late spring as a Wal-Mart exclusive, which will be
revealed at Toy Fair.
Star Wars Comic Packs: ALTA Star Wars # ?
blister-packaging,
includes a reprint of a Marvel’s Star Wars comic
includes
two Hasbro action figures
Hasbro/Dark
Horse
from rebelscum’s
Hasbro’s 75th Q&A: The Answers (August 20, 2009): There *are* two Marvel packs slated for next year, the
next one appearing in late spring as a Wal-Mart exclusive, which will be
revealed at Toy Fair.
Star Wars Comic Packs: ALTA Star Wars # ?
US comic with action figures
blister-packaging,
includes a reprint of an ALTA Star Wars comic, and the Hasbro action figures Luke
Skywalker & R2-D2
Hasbro/Dark
Horse
from
rebelscum.rebelscum.com
(April 10, 2009): One of
the most popular sub-lines Hasbro has done in years, the Comic Packs continue
to roll out some of the coolest unsung heroes from the Expanded Universe!
According to our reports, the following sets continue that tradition, with some
troop builder-type sets, and some rather infamous obscure characters!
Star Wars Comic Packs: Star Wars:
Dark Times # 6 (Parallels:
Part 1 of 5)
US comic with action figures: written by Mick Harrison
blister-packaging,
includes a reprint of Star Wars: Dark Times # 6 (October 2007), and two Hasbro
action figures
Hasbro/Dark
Horse
from rebelscum.rebelscum.com
(July 6, 2009): Hasbro:
We have our eyes on one Dark Times #6 pack for 2010 (pending final tooling
allotment)
Star Wars Comic Packs: Knights of the Old Republic # 6
US comic with action figures
blister-packaging,
includes a reprint of Star Wars:
Knights of the Old Republic # 6 (June 28, 2006), and action figures Jarael and
Rohlan Dyre
Hasbro/Dark
Horse
image 70 of the San Diego
Comic Con 2009 Hasbro presentation
Star Wars Comic
Packs: Star Wars: Legacy # ?
US comic with action figures
blister-packaging,
includes a reprint of a Star Wars: Legacy comic, and 2 Hasbro action figures
Hasbro/Dark
Horse
from
Toy Mania’s Q&A session with Hasbro (December 2008): There are two additional Legacy packs planned for 2010 as well.
Star Wars Comic Packs: Star Wars: Legacy # 7
US comic with action figures
blister-packaging,
includes a reprint of Star Wars: Legacy
# 7 (January 10, 2007), and action figures Delia Blue and Darth Nihl
Hasbro/Dark
Horse
from Toy Mania’s Q&A session with Hasbro (December 2008): There are two more Legacy issues planned for the Comic Pack lineup,
including issue #22 (on shelves around July) and issue #7 (around November).
There are two additional Legacy packs planned for 2010 as well.
toymania.com Hasbro Q&A
link / image 70 of the San Diego
Comic Con 2009 Hasbro presentation
Star Wars Comic Packs: Visionaries story
US comic with action figures
Star
Wars: Visionaries (with Tol Skorr and Asajj Ventress)
information taken from Hasbro.com (May 29, 2008):
Question: You confirmed that a Visionaries figure is
coming. Can you reveal how its coming, i.e. a Battle Pack or Basic
Wave?
Answer by Hasbro: Neither. It will be in a comic
2-pack, out late 2009.
Information taken from jeditemplearchives.com
(December 6, 2008):
Question: Back in a May 2008
Q&A session with The Jawa it was mentioned that a VISIONARIES comic 2-pack
would be on the way in 2009. Can you confirm the figure lineup for this
pack? Will it feature the iconic final confrontation between Obi-Wan and
cyborg Darth Maul?
Answer by Hasbro: We now have more information
on the timing of this set. Due to a crowded Fall 2009 comic pack schedule, this
pack has now been slotted in with the first wave of 2010 which should be on
shelf approximately January/February. Since it is still so far off, we
don't want to confirm the figures in the pack except to say that your guess on
one of the characters is incorrect.
Star Wars: Crimson Empire III
US comic mini-series: written
by Mike Richardson and Randy Stradley
Dark
Horse Comics
comments bv Dark Horse’s Mike Richardson on the Comic Book Resources
video interview (August 28, 2008):
“Randy and I have started talking about revisiting the last chapter of our
Crimson Empire Star Wars... ”
comments from Dark Horse’s Randy Stradley at the DH boards (September 6,
2008): “Well,
thanks a lot, Mike Richardson. The guy can't have a thought without telling the
world.
It's true, a couple of
months ago I talked to Mike about finally starting Crimson Empire III. My plan
was to hire a writer and turn them loose. Mike was good with that idea for
about two weeks, then he decided that he and I should write it. He's the boss,
so if that's what he wants, that's what we'll do. But I don't have the time to
write it in the foreseeable future. And, frankly, after all these years, I have
virtually no interest in continuing/finishing the story. On top of everything
else, the approach I had wanted another writer to take has turned out to be
impossible within established continuity.
So, despite Mike's untimely
mention of the project, it doesn't actually exist, no work is being done on it,
and it is not on Dark Horse's Star Wars publishing schedule.
I'm sorry if expectations
were falsely raised. I will certainly be speaking to Mike about playing his
cards closer to his vest. Especially when said cards are not even in play.
from the Baltimore Comic Con 2008’s Dark Horse panel: A fan asked about Crimson Empire III in response to comments made
by Mike Richardson. “There are no solid plans to do so,” [Director of Publicity
Jeremy]Atkins revealed.
CBR video interview
/ Dark Horse discussion thread
Star Wars: Force Unleashed tie-in (worktitle, non-Hyperspace)
US webstrip:,
illustrated by Tom Hodges
webstrip, Lucas Online
Information taken from Pablo Hidalgo’s blog-entry at Celebration IV, May
27, 2007:
Earlier today at Celebration IV, Joe Corroney, Tom Hodges
and myself sat and chatted with Hyperspace members in the Fan Club Lounge. Much
of the chatter was about The
Clone Wars trailer, which had just
debuted that day, but we did turn specifically to the subject of webstrips
eventually, and here’s what we had to say.
We’ve got a plan to do two more original webstrips this
year. They will be available to everyone — not subscriber exclusive — because
the hope is that they’ll reach a wide enough success to warrant doing future
installments. I have indeed talked casually to other authors who have expressed
interest in doing strips, but right now budget allows for only two more at the
moment.
They’ll both start later this summer. One is a Force
Unleashed tie-in strip that will include Shaak Ti, illustrated by Tom Hodges.
The second is Rookies: Day
Long Remembered,
illustrated by Joe Corroney.
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