Lucasfilm Reveals Several Covers for New Upcoming Star Wars Books

The official Star Wars site published a recap of yesterday’s Lucasfilm Publishing panel which we covered for you with live tweets, and they revealed several new covers for the books announced yesterday, including the cover for Jason Fry’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi novelization (see title image).

 

 

Executive editor of Lucasfilm Michael Siglain moderated the panel which included an impressive number of authors, including Timothy Zahn (Heir to the Empire, Thrawn), Delilah S. Dawson (Phasma), John Jackson Miller (A New Dawn), Claudia Gray (Lost StarsLeia, Princess of Alderaan), Benjamin Acker (Join the Resistance), Jason Fry (Star Wars: The Last Jedi).

 

A small clarification first. During the panel, author Daniel José Older‏ said that he was writing something “set a LOOONG time ago…”, leading many fans, including us, to believe that he is writing something set in the Old Republic or another ancient era. Today, he clarified that this wasn’t the case.

 

 

 

This is a disappointment, but perhaps fan enthusiasm will ensure that we will get such content sooner rather than later. In the meantime, you can read Older’s hilarious story Born in the Storm originating from his obsession with dewbacks in the anthology From A Certain Point of View.

 

John Jackson Miller had this to say about his Canto Bight novella which is part of the Journey to The Last Jedi.

 

“This is the location in The Last Jedi, and it is Monte Carlo spelled sideways…In my story, I have a card counter who has his life completely upended by one night with these three strange frog-looking guys, and it’s kind of a wild ride to say the least.”

 

Jason Fry who is writing The Last Jedi novelization said that he was grateful for the opportunity to write different kinds of Star Wars books, because it feels like recharging the batteries. “I think what they have in common is it’s all still storytelling, it’s just a different kind.”

 

 

The new cover for the novelization was revealed and, according to Fry, the first draft is already done.

 

https://twitter.com/jasoncfry/status/915635927762063360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2Ftwitter.min.html%23915635927762063360

 

 

Some of the other revealed books and comics during the panel include a five-issue Forces of Destiny miniseries from IDW Publishing, Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex, and Star Wars Maker Lab.

 

 

 

Yesterday we reported about the new Thrawn novel by Timothy Zahn also revealed during the panel here.

 

 

For the entire panel recap and more interesting quotes and tidbits, head over to Star Wars official site.

 

 

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Jelena Bidin (LadyMusashi)

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3 thoughts on “Lucasfilm Reveals Several Covers for New Upcoming Star Wars Books

  • October 7, 2017 at 7:18 pm
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    BRING ON THE THRAWN, BABY!!!

    • October 9, 2017 at 4:40 am
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      YESSSSSSSSS

    • October 9, 2017 at 6:17 pm
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      Thrawn is a great character, and as critical as I have been with the EU, Zahn’s “Thrawn Trilogy” still holds up incredibly. That being said, the Thrawn novel was a bit of a snoozefest. I’m just not a big origin-story kinda guy.

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