Star Wars Celebration

I return to Tatooine in October in FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW — and to Star Wars Celebration next week!

Quite a lot of news to tell! First of all — teased yesterday as #OperationBlueMilk, Del Rey and StarWars.com have announced my next Star Wars story in the Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View anthology. You can find the official announcement here, and also below: When Star Wars: A New Hope was first released in 1977, part of its appeal was that the world it presented felt alive. …

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Some moments from my Celebration Anaheim trip

Signing for a princess. Photo by Del Rey. Back from Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, my fourth one of these events and the best yet, in my estimation. I’m thankful to the team at Random House/Del Rey, Lucasfilm, and the event organizers for making it a great experience for me. While the release of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer was naturally and quite deservedly the big news of the …

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Knight Errant video interview on Newsarama

Newsarama has posted a video interview about the upcoming comics series and novel Star Wars: Knight Errant, conducted with me at Star Wars Celebration V. I’m not that short — that banner behind me is just really tall!

Star Wars Celebration V wrap-up

I don’t know if I intended to do day-by-day posts from Star Wars: Celebration V, but they certainly didn’t happen; it was a pretty busy but enjoyable time. So now, safely back in the Wampa ice-cave, I’m running through some photos with accompanying thoughts… The big news for me at the show was the promotion for Star Wars: Knight Errant, both the comics series and novel. Dark Horse and Del …

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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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