The Official Site has added a look at the back cover to Allies featuring everyone’s favorite gambler, Lando Calrissian!!

I’ve reviewed three previous volumes of these digests of stories from The Clone Wars, two of which were excellent, and one of which I found lacking. After the last two did such a great job of convincing me this series could be something really fun – I was hopeful Colossus of Destiny would continue that trend. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite live up to my expectations – it’s not bad, but it’s not as strong as the previous two entries (though still better than Shipyards of Doom, in my opinion). For more on why this book featuring Mace Windu didn’t really win me over, click on the link.

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Having recently finished a violent battle on the Separatist-controlled planet Kothlis, Obi-Wan Kenobi receives word from a trusted source that a remote planet, Lanteeb, is under Separatist control for an unknown reason.  However, he and the few other people who know of the news soon come to realize there is only one logical explanation for the Separatists’ interest in the planet; they’re making a bioweapon to use against the Republic.  Now, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are tasked with traveling to the planet under the guise of simple settlers to destroy the bioweapon once and for all.

Did Karen Miller, still relatively new to the EU, deliver with her recent novel?  Read on to find out!

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The fourth of what will be nine spoiler-free reviews of Fate of the Jedi is ready. For those of you like me who hear “spoiler” and run as far in the other direction as possible, you can finally find out if Aaron Allston’s Backlash- beset as it was with struggles from which we’re glad our author has emerged- is any good or not.

In pursuit of Sith Apprentice Vestara Khai, sole survivor of the Sith strike team aboard Sinkhole Station, Luke and Ben Skywalker have found themselves on Dathomir, home of the Witches- and the Sith-like Nightsisters- in a struggle to determine the life or death of themselves and their newfound allies. When Han and Leia Organa Solo become caught up in the situation, grand daughter Allana and droids See-Threepio and Artoo Detoo are left to fend for themselves in a situation that seems even more grave. What is Vestara doing on Dathomir? What is Daala doing in their absence?

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So today was a rather eventful day for Star Wars novel news.  After the break get the full rundown on what’s happening for the EU.

To start off a new blurb was found for Star Wars Fate of the Jedi Allies: A secret revealed with a blast from the past…in the fifth novel of the fate of the Jedi series, a thrilling new story arc for fans of the Legacy of the Force series, the Dark Lords of the Sith, and the most popular characters in Star Wars, Luke, Han, and Leia!  You can join the discussion about it here.

Then Sue was nice enough to give the fans a bunch of updates.  The fourth Coruscant Knights novel, Jedi Dawn was announced tenatively for November 2012.  You can follow all the updates on the novel right here.

Sue gave us an update on the second Imperial Commando novel saying it is tenatively scheduled for February 2012.  No author has been announced at this point but you can follow all the updates here.

Sue also gave us an updated look at the 2011 schedule.  You can follow all of the updates to the schedule right here.

This week we take a look at what we have planned for the site, including the first review of Star Wars Fate of the Jedi Backlash!!

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Are you wanting to own a piece of original and authorized Star Wars art with an NJOE connection? Long-time forumer and site Council Member Jaina SoIo has been working with Topps as one of their sketch card artists in the Star Wars Galaxy 5 series. She created 100 original hand-drawn sketch cards that are randomly inserted into packs of the Galaxy 5 series.

If you’re wanting to own a piece of Star Wars art made by one of our own, start looking for the Galaxy 5 series in stores near you. Additionally, in the past couple of days, some of these cards have started to show up on eBay and in many cases, these may be the only way to see some of the cards. The eBay auction links are:

Mara Jade
Jaina & Gotab

Also, checking out the forum thread will allow you to keep up to date on which cards have been found so far and also see a small handful of images that she’s been authorized to post of the cards.

As far as I know this is the first person from NJOE that has made it legit in the world of Star Wars.  Our highest congrats go out to her on this one!

UPDATE: And we’ve just heard in the forums from the artist herself that she’s also doing sketch cards for the Topps Empire Strikes Back 3D set that’s coming out this May. Below is the image she included in her post.

UPDATE 2: A Kyp Durron sketch card has also appeared on eBay.

Think of it as Annihilation Conquest book 2.5. If you’ve already read my reviews of book 1 and book 2 of this cosmic Marvel event, then you already know I’m a big fan. You’ll also know that the Nova story introduced in book 2 really concludes in this volume – and leads into the finale of Annihilation Conquest. So, how does this story fare in getting us from one point in the story to the next – are there any surprises along the way, and is it worth the read? Well, click on the link to see what I thought.

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Things aren’t looking too hot for the crew of the Mynock.  After the break you can read X-Wingurly’s and my thoughts on the newest issue of Star Wars Legacy.

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A familiar feeling came over me as my older son started to discover Star Wars - just like when I was a kid, my son was immediately drawn to the character of Boba Fett. As often happens when we walk through the library, we came across the this book in the Boba Fett series – and with the added draw of General Grevious (one of my son’s favorite characters in The Clone Wars) I knew we were going to be giving it a try. This was really my first exposure to any of these YA Star Wars books, so I had no idea what to expect really. To continue our Clone Wars theme this week for the release of Stealth, I’ll give my thoughts on this tie-in to that era after the break.

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