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It’s a <insert religious holiday of your choice here> miracle!  Random House has posted the entire first chapter of the hugely anticipated novel, Darth Plagueis by James Luceno.  You can find the excerpt, featuring the titular character and his Sith Master, Darth Tenebrous, here.  Spoilers below.

MERCY KILL!

December 7th, 2011

Today was a very joyful day for fans of the X-Wing series.  The official Star Wars blog released the cover art and blurb for next summer’s long-awaited tenth installment to the X-Wing series.  X-Wing: Mercy Kill, by Aaron Allston, will be released on August 7, 2012.  Click below to see the cover and read the [...]

Items from the Random House summer catalog, including the Essential Reader’s Companion, have been posted on Edelweiss.  The new Essential Guide, written by Pablo Hidalgo, is set for release on August 21, 2012. A new, never-before-published entry in our extremely popular series of fully illustrated Star Wars Essential Guides. Star Wars: The Essential Reader’s Companion [...]

The Shadow Games Come Tomorrow!

November 28th, 2011

Tomorrow sees the last major book release of 2011 with Shadow Games by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bonhoff.  The novel features the return of Shadows of the Empire‘s redheaded and green-eyed smuggler, Dash Rendar.  (What is it with red hair and green eyes in the Star Wars universe, anyway?)