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  • SDCC 2024: Lucasfilm Reveals Star Wars Acolyte Books, Comics

    SDCC 2024: Lucasfilm Reveals Star Wars Acolyte Books, Comics

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    When the movies stop and TV shows end, what’s a Star Wars fans to do? The written word, you should turn to. Star Wars books have always, and continue to, to thrive, with stories in all different time periods, through various mediums, written by tons of exciting voices. This was on full effect at San Diego Comic-Con this week at the “Star Wars: Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away” panel, which included a ton of new book announcements, and even an action figure for good measure.

    Most of the books are, understandably, centered on The Acolyte, it being the most recent Star Wars story we saw.

    First up, there’s Star Wars: The Acolyte Visual Guide by Pablo Hidalgo. Out March 4, 2025, this will detail all the awesome new characters, creatures, and technology introduced in the series. A nice companion to that is The Art of Star Wars: The Acolyte (Season One) by Kristin Baver. Besides that exciting “Season One,” this book will dive into all the designs that went into the series and more. It’ll be out next summer.

    For all you Jecki and Yord fans (RIP), Tessa Gratton is writing an untiled YA novel about their exploits which will be out July 29, 2025. Moving up the Jedi ranks, Justina Ireland has a new novel on the way called Star Wars: The Acolyte: Wayseeker, diving deeper into the past of Vernestra Rwoh and Carrie-Anne Moss’ Master Indara, and, as revealed here on io9, Cavan Scott is doing a new comic about another Jedi Master, Star Wars: The Acolyte – Kelnacca #1. That’s out September 4.

    And, just for the fun of it, the panel also revealed that Hasbro’s next Acolyte Black Series toy will be none other than Vernestra Rwoh. Pre-orders start July 27 at 5 p.m. EST on Hasbro Pulse.

    The Vernestra Black Series – Hasbro

    That’s everything specifically Acolyte that was announced but, just adjacent to all that, is a few new releases set in the same time period: the High Republic. Cavan Scott has a new comic called Star Wars: The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi, which will continue the story of the Jedi’s battle against the Nihil. It has art by Marika Cresta and is out in February. A second volume of The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic is also on the way, which will cover phases two and three of the saga. It’s out in February.

    Finally, the next major Star Wars story coming to your home is Star Wars Outlaws, the video game out in August. Well, it wouldn’t be a Star Wars release without an art book commemorating it and so, The Art of Star Wars Outlaws is on the way on June 3.

    It may be months or years until we see a new Star Wars show or movie but the galaxy is thriving in print. Which are you most excited about?

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    Germain Lussier

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  • John Williams Wrote a Special Version of the Star Wars Theme for an Acolyte Star

    John Williams Wrote a Special Version of the Star Wars Theme for an Acolyte Star

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    Amandla Stenberg as Mae in The Acolyte
    Image: Lucasfilm

    Not only is Amandla Stenberg about to become one of the newest Force wielders in the Star Wars galaxy, they’re also about to blow your mind as a musician too.

    The official Star Wars site just posted a beautiful new video of Stenberg, who stars in the upcoming The Acolyte, playing the violin, something they’ve been doing since childhood. But what’s special about this video though is that John Williams himself not only approved Stenberg to play the piece, he also wrote them a specific new version optimized for solo violin. Which basically means you’ve heard the Star Wars theme a billion times, but never quite like this. Check it out.

    The Acolyte | Amandla & Her Violin | Streaming June 4 on Disney+

    Well, that was amazing. And we’re hoping Stenberg is equally as amazing as Mae, their character on The Acolyte which is coming sooner than you think on June 4. Mae is described by the official Star Wars site as someone who “gets swept up into a sinister mystery—one that puts her into the center of a conflict in unexpected ways.” We imagine that will be expanded out mightily in the coming months.

    As for Williams, as far as we know, his music isn’t in The Acolyte (the composer for the show is Get Out’s Michael Abels), but hopefully, we get a theme here and there. The show, which co-stars Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, and Carrie-Anne Moss, premieres with two episodes on June 4. Are you as excited as we are?


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    Germain Lussier

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