The New Essential Chronology: Talkback thread The New Essential Chronology has hit the stores, in both hardcover and paperback editions! This is the place to ask questions or record your observations.

The New Essential Guide to Droids It's been officially announced! The New Essential Guide to Droids will hit stores in June of 2006.

HoloNet News: The Annotated Edition Issue #84 of Star Wars Insider features a new HoloNet News article, appearing in the Insider after a long absence.

Five Cool Things about the New Essential Chronology Lately I haven't been able to update the blog as much as I'd like to to a confluence of deadlines. The upside is that I have been able to work on some very cool projects, which I hope to post more about soon.

Actual AT-PT for sale: Paging the 501st Okay, that headline is a little misleading, since I don't think it's for sale yet. But Toyota in Japan has built a walking armature that is extremely Star Warsy:

What I'd Say to the Martians This is a hysterical piece by by Jack Handey in the current issue of The New Yorker. One of the funniest things I've read in ages.

Actual wheelbike for sale: Paging General Grievous No, I'm not kidding. Check this out:

More Robots Well, not really, but this does seem like the kind of dance that would be performed at a robot wedding.

Robots: in Disguise and Otherwise This commercial for Citroen by The Embassy Visual Effects is one of the better examples of a "real-world Transformer" I've ever seen.

Update on the New Essential Chronology Lately, upcoming books and magazine articles have conspired to turn July and August into a perfect storm of deadlines. But on a cooler note, a full-color set of the