Whereas Star Wars Celebration’s primary focus is likely to be the movie and TV arms of the franchise, Lucasfilm Publishing has constructed up its personal devoted fan base with its tie-in novels, together with the High Republic initiative. After kicking off in January 2021, the period is wrapping up quickly with the June launch of the ultimate ebook in its third part, Charles Soule’s Trials of the Jedi.
However what lies forward for Star Wars readers? Lucasfilm Publishing’s Star Wars Celebration panel, “Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away” was place to start out for some solutions. The Tokyo panel teased “the most recent publishing information from the prequel trilogy to the sequel trilogy and past, together with information on the grand finale of The Excessive Republic,” with Adam Christopher, Tessa Gratton, Marc Guggenheim, Lydia Kang, Ethan Sacks, Phil Szostak, Alyssa Wong, and Marvel’s C.B. Cebulski available to make the bulletins.
The most important reveal was one thing on the extra visible aspect: an Andor artwork ebook is coming!
Right here’s the outline from the official press launch: “The Artwork of Star Wars: Andor (The Full Sequence) takes followers behind the scenes of the critically acclaimed Disney+ Star Wars sequence set within the early days of the Insurrection and following Rogue One‘s Cassian Andor as he grows from thief to insurgent spy.”
“Interviews carried out by The Artwork of Star Wars: The Mandalorian writer and Lucasfilm artistic artwork supervisor Phil Szostak with Academy Award-nominated showrunner/head author Tony Gilroy, Lucasfilm artwork division ‘visualists,’ and key crew and creatives will give an in depth take a look at each aspect of the artistic course of that introduced this distinctive Star Wars story to the display. With a whole lot of beautiful ship and car designs, character research, weapons, devices, storyboards, and a lot extra, this ebook is the final word visible companion to Andor.”
The unhealthy information is that The Artwork of Star Wars: Andor will set you again $50, and gained’t be out till March 2026.
The panel immediately additionally included more discussion of the final High Republic book, Trials of the Jedi, talked about above. Different new titles introduced: comics Star Wars: The Excessive Republic – The Battle of Eriadu and Star Wars: The Excessive Republic – The Beacon; the Jecki and Yord-focused Padawan journey The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown; one other artwork ebook, Industrial Gentle & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation; and comics Star Wars: Hyperspace Tales – Codebreaker, for Poe Dameron followers; and new problems with Star Wars: Legacy of Vader; and Star Wars: Jedi Knights.
Final week, forward of the panel itself, Lucasfilm Publishing dropped some early news about upcoming releases—together with Adam Christopher’s Star Wars: Master of Evil Darth Vader novel; lavish two-volume artwork ebook Doug Chiang: The Cinematic Legacy and the Star Wars Legacy; Halloween-themed Star Wars: I Discover Your Lack of Sweet Disturbing, that includes artwork by Jeffrey Brown; and Disney+ behind-the-scenes deep dives The Artwork of Star Wars: The Acolyte and The Acolyte Visible Information. Different beforehand introduced releases embrace an up to date new version of Star Wars: The Blueprints, in addition to an up to date new version of Star Wars: Ladies of the Galaxy.
However that’s not all! At one other Lucasfilm Publishing panel earlier within the day, “Manga Mania!”, the corporate additionally shared what’s coming from that arm of the corporate. That features a Kickstarter initiative for a two-volume The Artwork of Star Wars: A New Hope—The Manga; manga diversifications of Star Wars: Thrawn and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order; and aspiring Jedi story Star Wars: Path of the Lightsaber.
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