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Star Wars Episodes VIII and IX Get Release Dates
Jan 30th
Disney has confirmed that Star Wars Episodes VIII and IX have a release dates. In the annual shareholders letter, CEO Bob Iger had this to say on the subject:
“As one of the few people allowed to visit the set during filming… and one of the fewer who’s seen most of the footage… I can assure the millions of ‘Star Wars’ fans who have spent the last decade hoping for a new movie this one will be worth the wait. And it’s only the beginning of a new era of exceptional ‘Star Wars’ storytelling; next year we’ll release our first standalone More >
Star Wars #1 Review
Jan 5th
The Info Bit
Title: Star Wars
Genre/s: Science Fiction / Fantasy
Writer: Jason Aaron (Wolverine, Avengers Vs X-Men)
Penciler: John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men, Daredevil)
Colorist: Laura Martin (Astonishing Thor, 52)
Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos (Action Comics, Amazing Spider-Man)
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Number of Issues: #1 of ongoing
Page Count: 48 (10 pages are previews of other SW titles)
Price: $4.99
The Review Bit
The Dark Horse era of Star Wars comics is now over. It was an amazing run with some incredible stories as well as the creation of a multitude of fan favorite characters, but now the property returns home to Marvel Comics. It is once again time for the “House of More >
Marvel’s Welcome Home Variants
Dec 5th
This January some of Marvel’s top heroes will line up to welcome home someone or something. What it is that they’re in line for we’re unsure of, but we do know what it looks like and how you can find out. Throughout January, twenty Marvel comics will feature variants, generally at a 1:20 ratio, titled Welcome Home variants. The variants all show various Marvel heroes, related to the comics the variants are featured on, standing in line for something. Some of these heroes look excited, others seem like they could care less, but they’re all in it for the long More >
Today The Force Awakens With The First Teaser Trailer For Star Wars Episode 7
Nov 28th
In select theaters and on everyone’s internet streaming devices today is the newest look at Star Wars Episode VII, The Force Awakens. This will undoubtedly be the water cooler conversation topic of the next week, despite the very keen Jurassic World trailer we got just a few days ago. But then again, with a near 40 year history and roughly 10 years since the last live action film, Star Wars fans are expected to go a little crazy and ultimately we’re all Star Wars fans. So check out the incredible first teaser below that places my faith in J. J. More >
Star Wars Gets A Guardians of the Galaxy Style Trailer
Jun 22nd
I love Star Wars. It is undoubtedly a classic Sci-Fi epic for the ages…but with the exception of a few Tag and Bink moments, Star Wars is serious business. That all said, I have never found Star Wars more humorous than I have recently found it in the new Guardians of the Galaxy style trailer from The Unusual Suspect. Taking a nod from the upcoming Marvel film, Guardians of the Galaxy, and its hilarious trailer done up with late 60′s pop music, The Unusual Suspect has sampled clips and sounds from the original Star Wars trilogy into a hilarious new More >
Wondercon ’14: Dark Horse Comics
Apr 11th
Dark Horse has recently release quite a few great new comic series, continuing many of their stunning licensed titles from video games and the Whedonverse, as well as producing amazing original and new content from top comic creators. The return of the Buffy, Angel, Serenity, and Tomb Raider series into comics are all quite amazing, and to celebrate Dark Horse is bringing many of the creators behind those comics out to this year’s Wondercon! On top of that, this is Dark Horse’s last year with the Star Wars license they have so beautifully handled over the past twenty years, so More >
The Fate of the Force in Comics - What Will Happen To Star Wars in 2015?
Jan 3rd
Today’s big comic book news undoubtedly gravitates around the Force, Jedi, and Marvel Comics. Yes, Dark Horse has finally lost the license to Star Wars like many predicted and some even feared, ending their 22 year run later this year. But Marvel is picking up the reigns come 2015 with some undoubtedly interesting plans that they’ve yet to announce. Will Marvel pick up where they left off with their 1980′s Star Wars on-going? Will they continue the stories Dark Horse has been brilliantly presenting in the original trilogy era, the Legacy era, etc? Or will they go an entirely new route? More >
Star Wars Returns To Marvel In 2015
Jan 3rd
“Dark Horse Comics published exceptional Star Wars comics for over 20 years, and we will always be grateful for their enormous contributions to the mythos, and the terrific partnership that we had,” said Carol Roeder, director of Lucasfilm franchise publishing, a part of Disney Publishing Worldwide. But despite this glorification of Dark Horse’s wonderful Star Wars comics, she went on to inform fans that “In 2015, the cosmic adventures of Luke, Han, Leia, and Chewbacca will make the lightspeed jump back to Marvel, to begin a new age of adventures within the Star Wars universe.”
This statement and others released by More >
Star Wars Rebels Gets Its First Teaser Trailer
Oct 7th
In the Fall of 2014, what may seem like a season far far away, Star Wars is getting a brand new cartoon series on Disney XD. Titled Star Wars Rebels, the series will be set between the events of Episode III and IV…the dark times, the purge era, the nearly two decade period where the Empire rose to power. This is a time in the Star Wars universe where the Jedi are being hunted down and Darth Vader is coming to the height of his power. We can only imagine the show will show the early years of the Rebel More >
The Star Wars - Comic Review
Sep 8th
The major comic companies put out enough comics that sometimes it can leave your head spinning and eyes bleeding as you search the new titles each week for something worth reading. To aid in your Geeky endeavors, Speak Geeky To Me on occasion reviews new titles from the major companies to spotlight the best and worst of what’s available at your local comic shop. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a new Comic Review.
Title: The Star Wars #1
Genre/s: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Writer: J.W. Rinzler
Artist: Mike Mayhew (Bionic Man, Fear Itself: Homefront)
Colorist: Rain Beredo (Avengers Assemble, All New X-men)
Letterer: Michael Heisler (Halo More >
