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1. All the Boba Fett scenes from the original trilogy
2. “The Faithful Wookie” animated short
3. Tales of the Bounty Hunters anthology
4. The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+

Star Trek? Babylon 5? Star Wars? Firefly? People who argue about which Space Western is better haven’t watched Starchaser: The Legend of Orin.

Asteroid Mining & Orbital Settlements

BOOM! Studios, in collaboration with 20th Century Studios today announced FIREFLY: BLUE SUN RISING #0, a special issue kicking off the first ever Firefly event, as Mal and the crew take on the shadowy organization that’s haunted their steps all along — Blue Sun Corporation.

“Ashley Boone Jr., the first black president of a major Hollywood studio, helped make George Lucas’ quirky space opera a hit in the 1970’s”

He Was ‘Star Wars’ ‘ Secret Weapon, So Why Was He Forgotten?

Space Westerns Magazine is hosting an evening with Marian Call at Lucy’s Hat Shop at 7pm on October 15th, 2010 in Philadelphia as a part of her 49>50 tour—featuring humorous and moving original songs plus some creative and unexpected cover tunes.

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On the electronic frontier, my article “The Emancipation of Bat Durston” is now appearing on Strange Horizons. I began writing it shortly after SpaceWesterns.com launched in 2007, and it is just now seeing publication.

For anyone who is at all interested in writing “Hard Science Fiction Space Travel stories” I highly recommend reading the blog of Charles Stross. I’m not saying that he’s right that people will never travel among the stars, I’m just saying that he brings up valid objections to space travel that should be addressed. Specifically you should read The myth of the starship and The High Frontier, Redux (including all the comments).