October 30th, 2015078 For issue nine -- not 10, we swear it -- things get deep as we discuss the conclusion of Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Shattered Empire, noting not just its role in leading up to The Force Awakens, but how it exemplifies a shift in attitude toward major female characters not named Princess Leia or Mon Mothma, that being...
April 3rd, 20152529 Note: This review contains minor spoilers for Kanan: The Last Padawan #1 and Star Wars Rebels: “Fire Across The Galaxy.” Darth Vader. Princess Leia. These are the A-list characters you’d expect to get their own series in Marvel’s new line of Star Wars comics. But Kanan? The pony-tailed, goateed Jedi outcast from Star Wars...
March 31st, 20152107 You may know Greg Weisman as the executive producer of Star Wars Rebels and writer of the upcoming Marvel comic book series Star Wars: Kanan - The Last Padawan, but he is also an author with a series of young adult novels -- Rain of the Ghosts and its sequel Spirits of Ash and Foam -- to his credit. The first, Rain of the Ghosts,...
Writer Greg Weisman will discuss Marvel's fourth Star Wars comic, Kanan -- The Last Padawan, in a 90-minute panel Sunday at the Long Beach Comic Expo. Hosted by The Hollywood Reporter's Aaron Couch, the two will talk about the upcoming first issue of the series -- due out in April -- and how the comic book developed out of...