Star Wars Bits: Ewan McGregor, Knights Of The Old Republic, Shattered Empire, Force Friday And More
In today’s edition of Star Wars Bits:
All that and more.
One of the 20 bookswhich will hit store shelves in December 2015 to help fill in the thirty year gap betweenReturn of the JediandThe Force Awakensis a prequel comic book calledStar Wars: Shattered Empire. We now have shown youthe official synopsisforStar Wars: Shattered Empirecomic book series, and even have shown you some of thecoverimages. And now we have even more cover images thanks toBleedingCool.
To the left above is theJourney To Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empirevariant cover byFrancesco Francavilla, for Third Eye Comics. To the right above isJourney To Star Wars:The Force Awakens: Shattered Empirevariant cover from Mike Deodato for Comic*Pop Collectibles. Unfortunately we don’t know if these variant cover images tell us anything about the actual storyline of the comic books. The Marvel Star Wars comic books so far have had some many variant covers which had absolutely nothing to do with the contents of the issues.
We don’t know much about the new Star Wars merchandise we’ll see on “Force Friday”. As you know, on September 4th 2015 at midnight, a ton of new Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys and collectibles will be unleashed upon this world. But Lucasfilm and Disney has been keeping the mystery box closed until that date, with only a few LEGO set details and images leaking out previously.
Could one of the most popular and critically acclaimedStar Warsgames ever released be coming back to game consoles?Cinelinxis reporting a rumor thatStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicwill be getting an update for the current generation consoles, and not just “a resolution remaster” but an “actual upgrade to the game to make it enjoyable for both new and returning gamers.“The report claims we’ll hear an announcement in the fourth quarter of 2015 for a possible quarter three or quarter four 2016 release.
Who knows how much weight this video game rumor holds, but if Disney were to allow a new version that would essentially make the Knights of the Old Republic era canon again. I somehow doubt that Disney and the Lucasfilm story group wants to box themselves in on an entire era of this galaxy’s story at this point, unless the release the game under the Star Wars Legends imprint (which is possible, they are re-releasing old books not considered canon under that imprint, so why not an old video game?).
Last year it was reported that ways to preserve theStar Wars: The Force Awakenssets built in Abu Dhabi are being explored. As many of you know, sets from George Lucas' original Star Wars: A New Hopestill stand in the deserts of Tunisia, where they have been visited by many fans over the years.
So are theForce Awakenssets still standing in certain parts of the Abu Dhabi desert? They are not,according to media company Twofour54:
A recent report on the The Huffington Post mistakenly said that the sets used during filming last year were still in place, and could be used for future films in the series or as a tourist attraction. Twofour54 yesterday said that the HuffPost report was incorrect, and that it would be seeking a correction. A spokesman added: “The last thing we want is hordes of tourists driving around getting lost in the desert.”
Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels, was asked by a fan on twitter if he would be playing the character again on the big screen in a Star Wars Anthology movie standalone film. The Scottish actor insisted that he was not signed for a new Star Wars movie, but that he’s “up for it though.” He added:
Disney, are you listening? Ewan is willing to return if you need him. I mean, we must see a Obi-Wan Kenobi force ghost at some point in the new films, right?
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The latest edition of X-Box’s official magazine in the UK features Boba Fett on the cover to promoteStar Wars Battlefront. See the photo above thanks toJediNewsUk.
