For this week’s column, I’ll be featuring a review of the book The New Space Opera 2 edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan. Of particular interest to the regulars of this site, this new short story compilation features the work of authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Sean Williams. There are nineteen contributors in all, and after the break I’ll give you the lowdown on what you can expect as well as a special surprise.

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The Invasion has begun!  The Yuuzhan Vong are descending on the peaceful planet of Artorias and they have no idea about what’s coming.  Read the full review after the break, but be warned there are spoilers ahead.

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For the next in our continuing series of featuring various regular forum users’ posts as editorials, we’re featuring a fantastic post made by MrNomAnor in the Legacy Era Books forum, called ‘Charting the remainder of Luke and Ben’s journey’. In this editorial, he suggests what Force groups we may still get the chance to visit over the course of the Fate of the Jedi books. Click past the break for the full editorial, and click on the link to discuss on our message boards.

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I started reading these books…

The Star Wars Expanded Universe is a big place, and one that’s easy to get lost in. To the extent that my bookshelf allows, every Tuesday I will be guiding you through the EU with (generally) chronologically placed reviews of Star Wars novels. This week, I kick the series off with Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (An Old Republic Novel) by Drew Karpyshyn.

A young man named Dessel, recently freed from his father’s abuse and the heir to his accumulated debt and life of working in the mines on Apatros, finds himself on the path to becoming one of the most celebrated Dark Lords of the Sith of all time.

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Some minor updates to the Schedule:

- “The Making of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back”, by J.W. Rinzler, which was originally projected for May, has been moved up to March 23rd. (And should be available for preorder soon.) 
- The “Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods” trade paperback from Dark Horse has been moved up to this Wednesday.

Galactic Binder posted their interview with Randy Stradley today and he hinted at a Lone. Female. Jedi.  Could this rather vague hint have anything to do with the scecret Star Wars project that Tom Taylor hinted to on April 16th, May 7th, June 1st, and  June 4th?  The jury is still out on that, but we will continue to watch this story as it develops and bring you the latest news!!

The Invasion begins this week and Threat of Peace sees the start of Act II!!

Wednesday July 1st

Dark Horse unleashes the the Yuuzhan Vong on our local comic shops with Star Wars Invasion #1!!  You can see the preview here and don’t forget about the Official Site’s two part lead in!

Friday July 3rd

Act II of the Threat of Peace begins at the official Old Republic wesite!!

I got my Official Site (StarWars.com) newsletter today, and it came with an interesting tidbit.

The full email is after the break, but the part that stuck out to me is the opportunity to send in questions about The Clone Wars multimedia project.  You can also send in your personal nostalgic fan story.  Other news includes the fact that, for the first time ever, G4 will be televising Star Wars at Comic-Con on Saturday, July 25th.

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The new Transformers movie, Revenge of the Fallen was released in theaters this week, and for today’s column I’ll give you a look at the novelization by Alan Dean Foster and what I thought of it. Having not yet seen the movie yet, I can’t tell you how faithful it is, but I can whet your appetite for the film and give you some insight into what you might expect. So click on the link and prepare for Their War on Our World.

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Yesterday saw the release of the newest issue of Legacy.  Join X-wingurly and me as we travel to Tatooine to catch up with Cade and the crew of the Mynock.  Be warned there are spoilers for those that haven’t had a chance to read this issue yet..

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