- This week, we recap all the exciting news
from the Lucasfilm publishing panel at Comic Con
celebrate the release of "Out Of The Shadows" and more.
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Another week, another chance to catch up with my friends
and colleagues at the office.
Man, I can't wait to talk about "The Rising Storm."
That ending!
And all that Comic Con news.
And "The Bad Batch."
Goggles?
Bandana?
Those are some good nicknames.
No?
OK.
Still the only person in the office.
Maybe the droids have been keeping up with their reading.
I'll ask them after the news.
We're still riding that Comic Con wave of excitement
after last week's special Lucasfilm publishing panel
featuring the luminous authors of the "High Republic."
And speaking of waves, wave three
of books and comics from the New Era of Star Wars storytelling
has been announced.
Claudia Gray will pen the adult novel, "The Fallen Star"
while Charles Soule delivers the origin
story of Marchion Ro in the special Marvel
two shot, "Eye Of The Storm."
Daniel José Older is writing a new YA novel called "Midnight
Horizon" and Justina Ireland will bring us the middle grade
book, "Mission To Disaster."
For more on these titles hitting store shelves in January 2022
and insights from the authors, including Detective Cavan
Scott, watch the full panel and read up on the highlights
on StarWars.com/thisweeknow.
Yesterday we got a brand new episode of "The Star Wars:
The High Republic Show" and while I still
haven't been given the rank of Master,
I was pretty excited to see the full Jedi council assembled.
And over on StarWars.com we celebrated the debut
of "Out Of The Shadows" earlier this week
with an exclusive new interview with Justina Ireland, who
promises that this latest installment in the second wave
of books is a turning point.
That means there's no going back now.
Listen in for yourself on StarWars.com/thisweeknow.
And last week's "Star Wars The Bad Batch"
encountered a different kind of problem
in the new episode, Infested.
Look, we never really trusted Sid either,
but once she was deposed by this guy--
this guy!
We had to side with Omega.
Sid needed the Bad Batch's help to get her office back.
Unfortunately, their trek into the mining tunnels
put them in the flight path of these guys.
Big old swarm of space bugs.
[SOUND OF DISGUST]
But in happier news, Omega did get to spend
some time with Ruby again.
What fresh horrors are in store for Clone Force 99 this week?
Find out when the next episode debuts
tomorrow only on Disney+.
Rolan Durand, a fellow so bold he wanted to try and live up
to his father's name and he tried to dethrone Sid,
but instead found himself up to his horns--
or horn-- in trouble.
Like Omega, we know there must be more
than that below the surface.
So we chatted with head writer Jennifer
Corbett and supervising director Brad Rao
all about this Deberonian.
- Rolan Durand is a study in sometimes people bite
off more than they can chew.
- It's rude to barge into one's office unannounced.
- This isn't your office.
- Guess again.
- And maybe he's not all in all a bad person.
I think, you know, you talk about family pressure.
And he's in the family business trying
to make a name for himself.
But ultimately he makes a mistake,
and I think that's why in the end Omega sticks up for him
and tries to stop what's happening because like they
say he just made a mistake.
Just walk away.
- Are you OK?
- It's a small price to pay.
- I always refer to it as our political trilogy
when we're on Raxus and then the two parter on Ryloth.
And then really, the third part of the politics
in my weird fan mine is to see the politics of the underworld.
Even though you don't see exactly how the Empire
directly stabs into that, you can see
this guy up jumping himself.
Reaching for more than he should because
in this new political climate there's
an opening to do something.
So, OK, cool, but if it's the Pikes,
you made the wrong choice, sir.
That's a bad thing.
But it's been really interesting to explore
how the galaxy is changing through those four episodes.
- Thanks Brad and Jen.
That's it for this week.
But for more on these stories and other news from around the
galaxy, check out starwars.com.
And be sure to join us right here for "This Week
in Star Wars" every Thursday.
Thanks for watching and may the force be with you.