Arrow: Lost Souls

ArrowThe 75th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Caity Lotz (Mad Men, Legends Of Tomorrow), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), and Neal McDonough (Boomtown) guest star.

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Star Wars: The Original Topps Trading Card Series, Volume One

Star Wars: The Original Topps Trading Card Series, Volume OneAbrams Books publishes Star Wars: The Original Topps Trading Card Series, Volume One by Gary Gerani, which both reproduces and reviews every card in the Topps trading card set chronicling the first Star Wars film. Read more

Star Wars: Rebels: Blood Sisters

Star Wars: RebelsCable channel Disney XD premieres the 21st episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga. Gina Torres (Firefly, Cleopatra 2525) guest stars. Read more

The Flash: Legends Of Today

The FlashThe 31st episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Neal McDonough (Boomtown), Stephen Amell (Arrow), and John Barrowman (Torchwood, Doctor Who) guest star in part of a crossover event designed to launch another DC Comics TV adaptation, Legends Of Tomorrow.

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Doctor Who: The Innocent

Doctor WhoBig Finish Productions releases the Doctor Who audio story The Innocent as part of The War Doctor: Only The Monstrous box set, starring John Hurt, Jacqueline Pearce (Blake’s 7, Dark Season), and Carolyn Seymour (Survivors). This release marks the first audio story for an incarnation of the Doctor from the 21st century series rather than the 20th century series. Read more

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star WarsThe first Star Wars movie to be produced since Lucasfilm’s 2012 sale to Disney, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, premieres. Co-written and directed by J.J. Abrams, The Force Awakens stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac, alongside original trilogy stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, all reprising their roles. Seemingly universal anticipation for the continuation of the saga propels the movie’s box office take past a half-billion dollars within half a month of release. Read more

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (soundtrack)

Star WarsDisney Music releases John Williams’ soundtrack from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, breaking with tradition by not making the soundtrack available until after the film’s premiere. For the first time in the history of the Star Wars film series, the soundtrack has been recorded with Los Angeles studio musicians rather than the London Symphony Orchestra (partly to accommodate composer Williams, now in his ’80s). Read more

George Clayton Johnson, writer, dies

Logan's RunWriter George Clayton Johnson, who co-wrote the 1967 novel Logan’s Run with William F. Nolan and wrote episodes of both The Twilight Zone and Star Trek, dies at the age of 86. As part of the legendary “Green Hand” collective of golden-age SF writers, Johnson penned his stories in the company of such fellow southern California writers as Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Jerry Sohl, Robert Bloch, and Rod Serling (who paid Johnson for his first produced television work). For The Twilight Zone, Johnson wrote such memorable stories as The Four Of Us Are Dying, A Penny For Your Thoughts and Kick The Can, and for Star Trek he wrote a monster story called The Man Trap, which became that series’ first aired episode. Logan’s Run was adapted into a glitzy big-screen romp – arguably the last major theatrical SF event before the age of Star Wars – in 1976.

Star Wars Rebels: A Princess On Lothal

Star Wars: RebelsCable channel Disney XD premieres the 25th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga. This episode introduces a teenage Princess Leia Organa to the Rebels storyline. Clancy Brown (Highlander, Earth 2) guest stars. Read more

Legends Of Tomorrow: Pilot, Part 1

ArrowThe first episode of Legends Of Tomorrow premieres on the CW, starring Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Caity Lotz (Mad Men), and Victor Garber (Alias). Stephen Amell guest stars; Legends will share continuity, and frequently cross over, with CW stablemates Arrow and The Flash (and other DC series yet to come).

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