Star Wars: The Force Awakens has made a deal to appear at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 10. Pray they don’t alter the deal any further …
In the convention’s massive Hall H, Lucasfilm president and producer Kathleen Kennedy, director J.J. Abrams, writer Lawrence Kasdan, and assorted “special guests” will give fans a new glimpse of the Dec. 18 film, although the time hasn’t been specified.
Star Wars Publishing 2015: 10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.A bestselling panel of authors will discuss their efforts to retell classic Star Wars stories for a younger generation of fans. Among the scribes will be Alexandra Bracken (the Darkest Minds series), Adam Gidwitz (A Tale Dark and Grim series), Tom Angleberger (The Star Wars Origami books), and Tony Diterlizzi (The Spiderwick Chronicles) in a Q&A led by Lucasfilm’s Mike Siglain. Their work spans from novels to storybooks and craft guides, exploring the characters and tales from the original trilogy.Star Wars Publishing 2015: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Another panel on books, although the participants haven’t been announced yet. You can guess they’ll be from this line-up of titles, with more than 20 books about the new expanded universe of Star Wars slated for this fall. The conversation will also be moderated by Siglain, with writers from Del Rey and other licensee publishers discussing their work writing new stories about the galaxy far, far way.