Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Star Wars!!  After the break you can see what’s hitting store shelves and what we have planned for the site!!

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Let me start off with the really bad news.

Take your pick: I am horribly irresponsible with my material wealth. I have bad luck. Actually I think it’s a mix between the two of these.

In other words, any photos I shot or videos from Friday (basically me telling you guys that I missed certain things or other things that were also on Twitter) are probably gone forever. My camcorder is probably gone forever. My wallet may be gone forever.

Thankfully, a lot of the footage you’re waiting on and the vast majority of the photos are on Mizz’s camera. That’s why you’re waiting- she hasn’t had a chance to start working on it yet.

If you don’t want to wait for the footage from the panel, though, here’s some photos and audio that I did manage to grab before losing my camcorder of the The Clone Wars panel “Inside the Force”. Read on after the break! (Read More…)

From John Jackson Miller’s blog and the official Star Wars site, we now have a better look at the Knight Errant cover, and the official blurb:

A thousand years before Luke Skywalker, a generation before Darth Bane, in a galaxy far, far away…

The Republic is in crisis, torn by plague and conflict. The Sith roam unchecked, vying with one another to dominate the galaxy. But one lone Jedi, Kerra Holt, is determined to take down the Dark Lords — one act of sabotage at a time. Her enemies are strange and many: Lord Daiman, who imagines himself the creator of the universe; Lord Odion, who intends to be its destroyer; the curious siblings Quillan and Dromika; the enigmatic Arkadia. So many warring Sith weaving a patchwork of brutality — with only Kerra Holt to defend the innocents caught underfoot. Sensing a sinister pattern in the chaos, Kerra embarks on a journey that will take her to many worlds and into fierce battles against even fiercer enemies. With one against so many, her only chance of success lies with forging alliances among those who serve her enemies — including a mysterious Sith spy and a clever mercenary general. But will they be her adversaries or her salvation?

They’ve also provided the name of the cover artist: John Van Fleet, whose other covers include The New Essential Chronology, Darth Bane: Rule of Two, Star Wars: Allegiance, and Star Wars: Millennium Falcon.

Sorry guys, I had zero internet access at the hotel and Comic-Con; both were overloaded and I just could not post anything.

Second bad news: A good 75% or so of our images and videos were recorded on a camera that I can not access without the software that comes with it. This is everything that was recorded on Mizz’s equipment, which happens to be nicer and more expensive than mine, and therefore saves in elaborate file types that actually require the computer to work to get to them.

Good news: Most of what I saw is on Twitter. We have the Clone Wars panel from Friday coming on Youtube, as well as Thursday horror, Star Wars and Gamera posts coming, plus some small video updates for those too lazy to check Twitter

Second Good news: Read after the break to find out more!

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Role-play in the Star Wars Universe can take on many forms, not just traditional role-playing games, there’s also immersive character role-play on dedicated websites, to playing with action figures, and even dressing up in themed costumes. This column will be devoted to all things role-play, from highlighting upcoming products, reviewing role-playing books, or introducing readers to websites that might be of interest to others within the community.

The Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition Core Rulebook

Since Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) picked up the Star Wars license back in 2000, they have made multiple rulebooks for Gamemasters and players to use. Sadly, the Star Wars license was not renewed for WOTC this year, and the company had to finally say good-bye to the Star Wars galaxy.
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Today at San Diego Comic Con CBR revealed Haden Blackman will be writing a Darth Vader comic for 2011!!  “It chronicles one of Vader’s greatest failures ever,” the editor said.

I was highly entertained by my last foray into a Black Library Audio Drama, and this follow up did nothing to dissuade me of the notion that this is how Audio books were meant to be done. This time there are two short stories, written by two of the biggest names in the Warhammer fiction line, The Dark King by Graham McNeill and The Lightning Tower by Dan Abnett. They are interrelated stories, both taking place during the Horus Heresy era (about a millennia before Warhammer 40,000), detailing how the Imperium came to be wracked by civil war – led by the favored son of the Emperor, Horus. But this audio drama is about two of the Emperor’s other sons, Konrad Curze and Rogal Dorn – brothers who will become bitter enemies.

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Over the next few days there will be a number of news stories coming out of San Diego Comic Con, from our reporters on the ground (Iurus, MizzeOH and X-Wingurly) as well as other sources. From here, you’ll be able to see a summary of the news via headlines (posted by corax and Kirr) - with links to the stories themselves (for further details). It’s meant to act as a one stop spot to catch up on any Star Wars news from SDCC.

So without further ado:

Sunday, July 25th:

SirSteve’sGuide get’s a tour of the Hasbro booth (and interview).

Bonnie Burton blogs about the How to Draw Star Wars panel from SDCC.

The rest of the Her Universe panel from ClubJade. And another from them on the floor of SDCC.

A look inside and interview with the authors of Star Wars Blueprints: Rebel Edition at SDCC.

The Official Site talks with the authors of Star Wars Year by Year at SDCC.

Saturday, July 24th:

Iurus, MizzeOH and X-Wingurly’s Inside The Force: The Clone Wars panel from SDCC.

The Old Republic panel as reported on by TheForce.net, the Official Star Wars site, or you can see the panel for yourself at Gamespot.

See the Her Universe panel at ClubJade.

Iurus, MizzeOH and X-Wingurly’s first comic-con summary.

ClubJade interviews Sean Williams at SDCC here.

Friday, July 23nd:

From the Dark Horse Panel (as reported by CBR):

2011 marks the 20th anniversary of “Star Wars” at Dark Horse, and there will be eight new series in the year.

Most will be revealed at Star Wars Celebration, but Stradley said Blackman will be writing a Darth Vader series. “It chronicles one of Vader’s greatest failures ever,” the editor said.

Randy Stradley and Darth Vader came on stage to discuss “Star Wars: Blood Ties,” which stars Jango and Boba Fett and written by Tom Taylor. It will now be a series of miniseries, each focusing on characters with blood ties. 

Hayden Blackmen will be writing an original graphic novel “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II“, which will focus on Boba Fett’s role in the game. It launches in October.

Thursday, July 22nd:

The Force Unleashed III? rumored here.

NJOE Comic-con coverage video here.

Knight Errant novel cover revealed here. max jaybo attempts to straighten the photo here.

New Star Wars toy images revealed at Rebelscum, Toy News International (for Galactic Heroes), Jedi Temple Archives (for Hoth Battle Packs and Vintage Packs) and Jedi Insider (for Star Wars Lego).

Well it seems the good folks at The Official Site and San Diego Comic-Con have revealed the cover to John Jackson Miller’s Knight Errant novel and it’s pretty sweet looking!!

Word from MizzeeOH, X-Wingurly and myself about this year’s convention!

Sorry, NJOE does not take kindly to videos on the front page.  Read on after the break or check the forum link!