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Star Wars Celebration sights

My full post on Star Wars Celebration is coming along shortly, but in the meantime, since everyone is interested in photos, here are some of the folks seen along the way in the hall, starting with some people from a certain video game! And definitely my favorite costume of the convention… No idea how this guy got through doors! More to come…

Star Wars Celebration Day 1: The hunt for Kerra Holt begins!

Just in from the first afternoon at Star Wars Celebration. It’ll be a while before I can get photos posted, but I will pass along this pic that was just retweeted to me of me and Madison, the actress playing Kerra Holt, as part of the Find Kerra Holt contest at the convention. (And no, you can’t use this picture from the event for the contest — you’ll have to …

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Join the hunt for the Knight Errant at Star Wars Celebration!

Dark Horse and Random House’s Suvudu have announced a special Twitter contest for Star Wars: Celebration! Kerra Holt, the Knight Errant, will be making a special apperance at the Dark Horse panel at noon on Thursday, and again at my panel on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. She’ll also be roaming the convention floor. If you find Kerra Holt, take a picture of her and upload it to Twitter. (Use whatever …

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My Star Wars Celebration signing schedule

Subject to change should I be trampled by AT-ATs, here’s a bit of where I can be found during Star Wars Celebration V: Signings at the Dark Horse booth: Thursday, 2-3 p.m. Friday, 3-4 p.m. Saturday, 6-7 p.m. Panels (at the Behind the Scenes Stage, W414 ABCD): Dark Horse Comics panel: 12-1 p.m Thursday Star Wars: Knight Errant panel: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Friday I’ll also be dropping by the TFN Fanforce …

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Knight Errant #0 and event announced for Star Wars Celebration

A number of things have been announced for Star Wars: Celebration to talk about. First, there’s a Star Wars: Knight Errant #0 issue, exclusive to attendees. According to the website: Del Rey and Dark Horse Comics have partnered on an exclusive Issue #0 of the new Knight Errant comic book. The comic will feature the Dark Horse cover on one side and the Del Rey novel cover on the other. …

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StarWars.com releases Knight Errant promo copy

And now StarWars.com has released the promotional copy for the Knight Errant novel: “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 …

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Star Wars: Knight Errant novel cover released

The cover of the Star Wars: Knight Errant novel made its debut at Del Rey’s display at Comic-Con International this week — and with the image now circulating online, I’ve been allowed to post a clean copy of it here. Behold! I’ve created a page for the novel here on the site, to go along with the section for the comics series. To fiction readers that may not be familiar …

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Lair of the Shadow Broker announced for Mass Effect

Readers of our Mass Effect: Redemption series know all about Liara T’Soni’s conflict with the Shadow Broker. And now, Bioware has announced DLC, or downloadable game content, building off of the events of that story. Lair of the Shadow Broker was announced this week as coming soon from Bioware. “Two years ago, Commander Shepard died and Liara T’Soni fought in a desperate struggle against the Shadow Broker to recover her …

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Knight Errant makes cover of Diamond Previews in August

OK, it’s hard to communicate how cool this feels to anyone who doesn’t have a near-complete 30-year collection of comics distributor catalogs like me, but our title Star Wars: Knight Errant made the cover of PREVIEWS for August. (Thanks, Dark Horse and Diamond!) You’ll be able to place your orders at the comics shop next month from this very same catalog. In addition, the catalog cover gives you a first …

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JJM scripts Illusive Man origin in Mass Effect: Evolution

News is pouring out in advance of San Diego — and via IGN, Dark Horse has just announced my next project: Mass Effect: Evolution. The follow-up to the successful Mass Effect: Redemption, Evolution is actually a prequel, providing an origin story for the mysterious and powerful Illusive Man. Click to read the interview! Our first issue releases in January 2011, plotted once again by Bioware head writer Mac Walters with …

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