ForceCast #257: Clone Tones

Spencer Brinkerhoff joins Eric to interview The Clone Wars music composer Kevin Kiner about his approach to scoring the animated series, his conversations with Dave Filoni, his ongoing work on the bonus content, and more. Plus, Erik and Eric cover big news on the gaming front as EA revives the Star Wars Battlefront name, big news on the book front as a bounty hunter tome is announced, and the rest of the week's news and notes from the world of Star Wars.

Show Notes:

The HoloNet

• EA Confirms Upcoming Star Wars Battlefront Game
  
  • Related: Battlefield 4 "Angry Sea" trailer (this game uses the engine that will power the new Battlefront game)
    
• Coming This Fall: The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett
  
• Fantasy Flight Games Announces Beyond the Rim For The Upcoming Star Wars RPG
  
• Star Wars Episode VII Production To Start In Early 2014

Discussion Segment

• Eric and ForceCast Clone Wars Roundtable co-host Spencer Brinkerhoff III talk to The Clone Wars composer Kevin Kiner, who was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the series. They discuss Kiner's storied composing career, his Star Wars conversations with Dave Filoni, his impressions of the new age of cinematic composition, and much more.

Fan Focus

• New Empire and Rebellion Han Solo Novel Gets Title
  
• Follow -- And Assist -- George Lucas' San Anselmo Park Project
  
• From fan input to a published journal article, read William Proctor's discussion of the state of Star Wars fandom

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