Sam Maggs

The year 2003 felt like a banner one for Star Wars fans. We were coming off the release of 2002's Attack of the Clones, and the wait for the “final” Star Wars film was filled with all manner of books, comics, video games, plus an animated micro-series from Genndy Tartakovsky. Among this deluge, one title managed to stand above the rest.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’I’m talking about Knights of the Old Republic, which turns 20 this year. BioWare’s RPG not only shook up the gaming industry, but served as an epoch within Star…

Image: Respawn/EA/LucasfilmThis weekend is Star Wars Celebration 2023, and even Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is getting a little bit of love. Respawn’s sequel to its 2019 breakout releases at the end of the month, and while it doesn’t have a panel to itself, the game got a new trailer during the annual event.Spoilers of the Week Feb.11thJedi Survivor picks up five years after the end of Fallen Order (and not long after the recent Battle Scars novel from Sam Maggs), with an older Cal Kestis on the run and still fighting the…

Lone WomenImage: One WorldThis month, we’ve got new releases from M.R. Carey (The Girl With All the Gifts) and Victor LaValle (The Ballad of Black Tom, The Changeling), as well as a whole bunch of others, featuring rebellious royals, time-travelers, time-loop travelers, space adventurers, monsters, witches, and so much more.Image: Amazon CrossingHospital by Han Song, translated by Michael BerryThis novel by the acclaimed Chinese sci-fi writer follows a man who falls mysteriously ill, then must negotiate his way through a…

The Legend of Vox Machina has been so successful that it was no surprise when Prime Video announced a third season of Critical Role’s animated fantasy was in development—or when the streamer confirmed that the beloved TTRPG’s second campaign, The Mighty Nein, is now getting an adaptation of its own.Whereas audiences were introduced to the heroes of Vox Machina some time after their adventures had started, the Mighty Nein campaign grew in real time with Critical Role’s audience. Set 20 years after the events of the Vox…

Image: Respawn Entertainment/Lucasfilm/EA2019's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order wound up being a way bigger success than anyone would’ve expected, and years later, remains notable for being one of the few recent Star Wars games to not have any real baggage attached to it. Its sequel, Jedi Survivor, is hitting in 2023, and now that it’s a known success, Lucasfilm and EA are going to give it a bigger push. And you know what means: a tie-in novel.On Friday, the Star Wars website revealed the upcoming novel, Star Wars Jedi:…