Eddie from StarWarsTimeline.com and Zee Zee from swbooks have found the following Clone Wars children book covers on Amazon Canada. These are the books that are set to be released in October.

The Way of the Jedi

Operation Huttlet

Untitled model making kit

Meet Ahsoka Tano

Sticker Storyteller

Special thanks goes to Zee Zee for making us aware of these covers.

KarenTraviss.com was updated today with the following:

“Site updated July 9 2008
NEWS - new series, new books, new covers

Yes, there is a NEW SERIES out this month, and judging by the mail I’m getting,
folks don’t seem to realise what it is. There’s a NEW FIVE-BOOK STAR WARS SERIES for
adult readers based on the Clone Wars movie and TV cartoon show, and I’m writing
three of them. But because the movie and the TV show are for the youngsters, and I
write adult fiction, then you can deduce that the novels will show you stuff you
won’t see on screen. (This is separate from the young adult books that are also
being published. )

CLONE WARS, the hardcover based on the movie - loosely based, so no griping that
it’s different, because that’s the whole point - is out on July 26. Full of the
gritty, off-message, character-testing, question-raising, grey-area,
military-oriented stuff you’ve come to expect from me. And clones. Plenty of clones.
And familiar characters from the movies that you won’t see quite the same way ever
again.

My good buddy Karen Miller is writing the other two novels. She doesn’t write
predictable books either, so stand by for a challenging series that will make you
take another fresh look at the Clone Wars. “

Sounds like we can expect for the novels to go away from the children aspect of the TV series. Should be interesting!

Thanks to Zee Zee for the tip.

As we told you earlier, the Force Unleashed launch trailer was set for release today, and is online now! You can check out the awesome trailer, with plenty of new footage, here.

Source: EW.com

Kotaku reports that Amazon has Battlefront listed for 2009.

Retailer Amazon has listed tentative dates and platforms for Star Wars Battlefront III, long rumored to be in development at Free Radical, developers of Haze and Timesplitters. While we’ve been under the impression that the UK based dev was hard at work we didn’t know how hard at work they are. According to Amazon, Battlefront III is coming to everything — Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DS, PSP, PlayStation 2. OK, not everything, since it doesn’t list a PC version, but if these listings are accurate, anyone and everyone will have access to a version of the game come March 2009. We await more news at E3 next week.

I believe that LucasArts announced that no new games would be announced at E3 but this may change things.

Kotaku

Read the press release from Star Wars.com.

“LucasArts today announced that they will debut the launch trailer for the upcoming game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on ew.com at 6am Pacific Time on Wednesday, July 9th.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a new chapter in the Star Wars Saga. The launch trailer will delve more deeply into its storyline, and contains never-before-seen scenes from the game.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will ship in the United States on September 16, 2008, in the Asia/Pacific region on September 17, and in Europe on September 19. More information about the game can be found at http://www.theforceunleashed.com/

The Force Unleashed is the first next-generation game developed internally at LucasArts, and will be available on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

LucasArts and developer Krome Studios are also creating versions of The Force Unleashed on the Wii, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and n-Space, Inc., is developing a version for the Nintendo DS™. All will feature the same storyline, with opportunities to unleash the Force in devastating new ways.”

We told you recently about a listing on Amazon for a novel by Star Wars fan favorite Aaron Allston. Sue Rostoni told us that she couldn’t comment on the story; yet. She has commented on it now, on the Star Wars.com message boards. She says:

“They can’t count the pages of a book that hasn’t been written yet.” 

She makes no comment on whether there will be an Aaron Allston novel to come in the future. 

Shownotes for EUCast Episode 28 - Pink like Yoda

-New Segment; Around the U.

-What we think about all of the character deaths in the EU.

-The Republic Commando books are great starting points for the Clone Wars series.

-We discuss the new Aaron Allston book. What could it be?

-Clone Wars novelazation cover discussion.

-IGN says The Force Unleashed is great. Will it live up to the hype?

-Main Discussion: The five new Clone Wars books.

-Too many books?

-Were Karen and Karen good choices to write this series?

-New Segment: Yoda Facts.

-A great Make the Connection.

-Dueling Round: It’s a surprise!

-And much more!

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If you have read chapters 1-6 of Republic Commando: Triple Zero you may now discuss them in the appropriate book topic on the forum. Post any thoughts, questions, etc. that you have, and have fun!

You may also start reading chapters 7-12. Discussions for those chapters will begin next Sunday.

With the release of Chapter 10: Game Update 5, fully integrated voice chat can now be found in Star Wars Galaxies. Coming to Star Wars Galaxies players at no additional cost, voice chat can now be used to chat with your guild and groups!

The integration of the in-game voice chat brings several brand new UI elements: the Voice Bar, the Voice Users Window, and a new voice tab in the Options window. In addition to these improvements, there will be a speaking indicator in the group window, a target window, and you will see a name plate of those using voice chat above their characters.

For more information on all of the improvements and how to use the new chat feature, check out the announcement article for the voice chat here. It seems pretty simple to me and a lot of fun. Looks like an awesome time to join SWG to me as well.

Source: SWG Official Site

Randomhouse released the cover, as seen above, for the upcoming “Star Wars: Clone Wars” movie novelization by Karen Traviss. The book itself is due out as hardcover with 272 pages on July 26 for $20.00. What do you think about the cover? Hit? Miss? Click the image to see a larger version.

Source: Randomhouse Online (via)