Post by Kit Fisto on Apr 17, 2006 17:16:36 GMT -5
140 Years After A New Hope
While the TV series are all looking back in time for new "Star Wars" stories, Dark Horse is flashing forward in the timeline for new tales - 140 years after the Battle of Yavin to be exact. The series is titled "Legacy" and debuts in May. It features new Sith, new bounty hunters, and a new Skywalker - Cade Skywalker. But he's not the innocent farm boy his ancestor was. Cade is a tattoo wearin', gun slingin' pirate and former Jedi. And what about the bikini-clad Darth Maul fan that's the new menace for our anti-hero? Series artist Jan Duursema says, "When designing the Twi'lek I was attempting to call to mind a sci-fantasy version of a female Pict warrior--tattooed and fierce in appearance. Perhaps she is someone who uses their tribal markings as their armor--as if through some 'magic' she does not need actual armor. I think clarity about this character will come when she is seen in the series and we know more about her, but for now I just needed to clear up the issue of why she is dressed the way she is. Covering the tattoos (which I did think about, but rejected) would have removed the primitive quality I wanted to instill in her."
To read more about Legacy visit the following sites:
Dark Horse Forums
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Dark Horse Comics
Elsewhere In The Expanded Universe
Meanwhile, Del Rey continues the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han in the upcoming "Legacy of the Force" series (not to be confused with the aforementioned "Legacy" comic series). The nine book series takes place after the New Jedi Order and features the following:
Book 1: Betrayal by Aaron Allston (May 2006, Hardcover)
Book 2: Bloodlines by Karen Traviss (August 2006, Paperback)
Book 3: Tempest by Troy Denning (November 2006, Paperback)
Book 4: Exile by Aaron Allston (February 2007, Paperback)
Book 5: Sacrifice by Karen Traviss (June 2007, Hardcover)
Book 6: by Troy Denning (September 2007, Paperback)
Book 7: by Aaron Allston (November 2007, Paperback)
Book 8: by Karen Traviss (March 2008, Paperback)
Book 9: by Troy Denning (June 2008, Hardcover)
In October of 2006 also look for Del Rey to go back in time with "Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction", a hardcover novel by Drew Karpyshyn. It tells the tale of Sith Lord Darth Bane some 1000 years before "A New Hope". He's the Sith Lord that created to master and apprentice rule for the Sith. For more visit StarWars.com.
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