Will the Hyperspace exclusive comics and short stories become available to everyone? Or will they disappear?
Obviously, I'm not in the know, but based on marketing, I'm fairly certain they'll become available to everyone. The article says, "And exclusive online content will continue to remain exclusive to subscribers through to the end of 2011." That sounds to me like they're saying articles will lose their exclusivity with the end of 2011, not that they'll go away. Otherwise, they'd market this as, "This is your last chance to view Hyperspace Exclusive content before it disappears at the end of 2011! Act now!"

But again, that's just speculation on my part.

No, ace. It does not mean that they have pictures of him already.

It means that they can easily hire a model to create new pictures of him, just as they did for Vestara on Omen and her dad on Allies.

Thanks for the update. Sucks to hear that Saba won't be on the back cover but I don't mind seeing Kenth Hamner.

I definitely can't wait to see Tahiri on the front cover.

Just here for a moment for an update --

Remember I had said that Saba would be on the back cover of Fate of the Jedi: VORTEX? Well, it didn't work out. The cover images are posterized from photos, and there aren't any photos of Saba. The artist and designers at Random House tried for over a month to create a Barabel that would work with the style of the covers, with no success.

So... the back cover character on VORTEX is now the stately Kenth Hamner.

We should have a finished cover for CONVICTION to post in about a month. Tahiri will be on the front cover -- don't know yet who's on the back.

They may not all be as silly and wannabe comedic relief as Jar Jar, but they do all talk the same, right? I can't stand that "mesa go ovah here" nonsense. The most retarded and annoying fictional slang ever invented. It may even be more annoying for me to read than actually hear, because then it's inside my head....

God save us from the Gungans...

Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing the Gungans. Especially how the Naboo interract with them (remember there's was a fair amount of prejudice and mistrust between them). Besides, I'm guessing your fear is that there'd be another Jar Jar. They can't all be like him, can they?

Thanks for answering, Sue. Do you know when we can expect Frames?

*Did it get to keep that as it's title, or was the decision to change it so late that word hasn't gotten down to the people who keep the catalog up to date? *

It must be that the decision to change it wasn't picked up by their catalog people. These catalog/amazon.com postings are done pretty automatically once a title is entered into the Random House system.

*Is there any chance in the future for a book which
would include Luke and Ben adventures on Naboo ? In
which they could meet some people of Naberrie
familly ( some of theme could be in Ben`s age) and
in which Luke could visit his mother grave ? It
t would be a fantstic book. Is there o chance for
such book ??*

These events would have to happen as part of a larger story, and there's nothing planned at this time.

I have a question combining ideas about fan submissions and short story anthologies.

A few years back, Star Trek used to have a series called Strange New Worlds, which were anthologies of short stories by various authors. There were 10 such books, written annually between 1998 and 2007. They included submissions from ST and non-ST authors. But one of the key elements was a fan submission contest, in which the top three stories were included in the story.

Would something like that be feasible for SW? If there were a new short story collection, have a contest, whereas the favorite story got published in the anthology?

You could get around certain IP rules that prevent fan submission by taking a few precautions. The judges would not work for LFL. The judged-favorite selection would then be vetted by both Ms. Rostoni and Mr. Chee, who have discretionary power in case there are glaring errors or in case it goes against future LFL plans.

Just a theory.