The relaunch of the Star Wars adult fiction publishing line is rapidly approaching. The first book of the relaunch, Star Wars: A New Dawn will be published on September 2, 2014.
Today we received a look at the finalized version of the dust jacket from the novel and received news about a Lucasfilm/Del Rey panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2014.
The dust jacket was shown on Del Rey’s Star Wars Books Facebook page:
The final jacket proof for John Jackson Miller’s STAR WARS: A NEW DAWN featuring gorgeous original art by Doug Wheatley is routing in our Del Rey office this week and will be on press and printing next week. The novel, a prequel to the exciting upcoming Star Wars Rebels series is on sale September 2.
Meanwhile on StarWars.com it was announced that there would be a panel on Friday July 25th at San Diego Comic-Con.
Star Wars: A New Dawn: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00p.m., Room 7AB
The new era of Star Wars storytelling begins in September with Star Wars: A New Dawn. Join New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller, Shelly Shapiro (editor, Del Rey), Frank Parisi (editor, Del Rey), Jennifer Heddle (senior editor, Lucasfilm), Pablo Hidalgo (Lucasfilm Story Group), Vanessa Marshall (Hera in Star Wars Rebels), along with Dave Filoni (executive producer, Star Wars Rebels), as they discuss the planning and process of Star Wars: A New Dawn, and present the list of upcoming Star Wars novels from Del Rey.
Now that is a panel packed full of awesome guests. I don’t know how they are going to limit to only an hour.