July 26th, 20165118Jay's Galactic Espressions On my 46th birthday (July 16), I was reduced to my 10-year-old self. I laughed, jumped for joy, squeed more than a few times, and quite literally performed at least one happy dance. My eyes were a little brighter, and my steps a little lighter. All because of Star Wars. And that’s a good thing…a VERY...
January 8th, 2016058 The Case for New Canon: Why It's Just Better This Way -- A Guest Blog by Mike Harris While we were all speeding along on our "Journey to The Force Awakens," I found myself thinking back to the day everything changed -- October 30th, 2012. A day that will be long remembered. After the dust settled, I (and I'm sure many like me) was...
August 10th, 2015069 This October will see the publication of Star Wars: Rise of the Empire, an anthology that collects the previously released novels Tarkin (by James Luceno) and A New Dawn (by John Jackson Miller). In addition to those titles, the trade paperback will include three new short stories written specifically for this volume. Today Del...
November 3rd, 20141129 Note: This Book Chat features Spoilers! We are happy to welcome Best-Selling author Jim Luceno to Coffee With Kenobi. Jim is the author of Tarkin, the incredible new novel that will answer a lot of questions Star Wars fans have been wondering for years. The book also gives tremendous insight into the psyche of Grand Moff...
November 1st, 2014289 StarWars.com has released an excerpt from the soon-to-be-released Tarkin by James Luceno. The fully canonical novel, due out next week, focuses on Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, overseer of the original Death Star. In this excerpt, Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine discuss the titular character.... Vader took a moment to...
October 24th, 20143190 Note: this review contains heavy spoilers! When Star Wars.com announced early this year that four new books would debut in the newly crafted Lucasfilm Story Group, there were certainly mixed reactions. However, it is hard to surmise that anyone was disappointed in the news that James Luceno was writing another Star Wars book, and...