Planet Comicon in Kansas City celebrated its 20th year. I’ve been to quite a few over the years, including their previous location in Overland Park, Kansas before they moved into the more central and much larger Bartle Hall in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The new location coincided with a great increase in scale and attendance, and this year continued that trend. There was the typical collection of artists, writers, media guests, and cosplayers. They also brought in several Star Wars related guests, as they often do.
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Star Wars Wednesday - Farewell Rebels
This week featured the much anticipated end to Star Wars Rebels. It would finally answer some of the most pressing questions since the series began...to a point. Spoilers ahead.
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Star Wars Wednesday - Rebels and a Rogue
New book release soon! Planet Comicon one day only! OMG Rebels! (no spoilers).
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Things to Watch During the Last Wait...
There's only one thing to talk about this week, and it's The Last Jedi....which of course won't release until Thursday evening. I'm still avoiding spoilers reasonably successfully, so here are a couple of other recent Star Wars things to watch while you're waiting...one with the cast of Rebels.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - More and More Star Wars
So, Star Wars is in no danger of ending anytime soon....
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Midwest GameFest and GNCon 5
Local cons are always fun.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Ghosts of Dathomir Resources
Ghosts of Dathomir is out, so some GMs and players are (hopefully) planning their new campaigns, or integrating the adventure into their current stories. This post has a few resources that both may find useful to their new campaign. It has some very minor spoilers - not more than what you might learn reading the back cover of the book.
Read MoreStar Wars RPG Dawn of Rebellion Announced
Today, Fantasy Flight Games announced a new type of product for the Star Wars RPGs line. Star Wars Dawn of Rebellion is an Era sourcebook, the first RPG book for use with any of the three Star Wars RPG game lines - Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, and/or Force and Destiny. It features the Rebels TV show and Rouge One. I'm one of the writers. It's a fourth quarter 2017 release.
Star Wars Wednesday - Rebels and Rogues
Rebels and Rogues...I feel like that would make a good title for something beyond a blog post. In any case, this week includes a few thoughts about how Rogue One and Rebels reveals details about the state of the Rebel Alliance, and how that might impact RPG sessions. Then I'll switch gears and note a few things about the rapidly approaching 2017 convention season.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Fully Nominated
in awards, Star Wars Wed.
A new book and award nomination announcements this week, plus a great Rebels episode.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - A New Title and More
Star Wars Episode VIII officially has the title of The Last Jedi, and an ominous red logo. The last red logo was for Revenge of the Sith. Interestingly, the new movie's title was buried in the opening crawl of the previous episode, so I imagine the episode 8 crawl will be scrutinized closely. Quite a bit going on this week...
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - More Rogue One
Rogue One continues to draw, and I'm hearing quite a few positive comments from some I wasn't sure would be into the movie. Because of my association with Star Wars, a lot of people want to get my opinion, share their opinion, or both. At first, most didn't want to hear too much, but wanted to know basically if it was good. After they saw it, then the comments and questions really started rolling. No one has said they dislike it, and a few have called it their favorite (for now).
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Rogue Ghosts
Rogue One was amazing. Not saying more about the actual movie until maybe after the holidays. No spoilers here. There's also been a lot of Star Wars news, articles, etc. beyond the new movie...including a new Ghosts of Dathomir preview.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Reading and Listening
One thing about missing weeks on the blog, there's now so much new Star Wars being released, it's easy to get behind. Not that I try and talk about everything that is released, obviously, but often like to hit the highlights. With the new season of Rebels up and running, new books and new comics recently announced, I look at the growing stack of books on the shelf and think I've got to find some time somewhere to fit some more reading in.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Nexus GamerNation Con
There is a lot going on this week. I just finished watching the season finale of Rebels, so I will not be talking about that today. I mean, Rebels Recon has an even been posted yet. Suffice to say that you probably don't want to put off watching this one. Nexus of Power arrived so I will be talking a bit about that. I'll be putting it to good use this weekend at GamerNation Con, run by d20 Radio and the Order 66 podcast. And, just because I don't have enough to do between work and the convention and getting ready for the convention, I'll be making an appearance on a new (for me) podcast. I don't think they record it with a live audience, so I will post the link when it's available.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Almost Here
Keeping things short this week. I've been so busy of late with work that my wrist issues are acting up, and I'm too tired to spend much time dictating. I also have a bracket to fill out tonight. So, Special Modifications has nearly arrived, and Nexus of Power seemingly is available some places. There are a few others that are almost here as well...
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Future Power
"Always in motion is the future." - Yoda
It is always interesting to see how a product I've worked on fits into the ever developing Star Wars universe. Nexus of Power for Force and Destiny is now listed as shipping on the FFG website, meaning it will be arriving relatively soon. Actually, Special Modifications for Edge of the Empire is also about to arrive, but that's another story. I'm going to touch on recent Rebels episodes, so spoiler alert.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - VIII Filming Announced
This week brings the official announcement that Episode VIII filming is underway. The announcement is brief and amusing. Tonight's Star Wars Rebels featured one of the smaller capital ships that could be useful to characters in an Age of Rebellion game.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - The Force by Other Names
Welcome to the upgraded sterlinghershey.com. Take a look around and click here for details on the site update. Last week's Star Wars Rebels episode Legends of the Lesat featured a story heavy in background and Lesat culture. Spoiler alert for those who haven't seen it yet.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Voices and Games
Last week turned into one of those unexpected travel weeks. This week, no travel, but also a bit quiet for Star Wars of late...
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