News from starwars.com: September 19, 2003

A quick look at the starwars.com RSS feed for the past few days:

Lucasfilm Magazine #43 (the rag of the French official Star Wars fan
club) has started shipping to subscribers and will be available on
French newsstands starting September 15.  It contains news and photos
from the set of Episode III, a look at the Clone Wars animated series,
and more.
 http://www.starwars.com/community/news/2003/09/news20030912.html 

A first look at the cover art for the upcoming Clone Wars novel by
Steven Barnes has been released.  The Cestus Deception is expected to be
released in hardcover in June 2004.
 http://www.starwars.com/eu/news/2003/09/news20030915.html 

Two more cast members have been added for Episode III.  Graeme Blundell
returns (well, sort of, his scenes were cut from Episode II) as Padme's
father.  Keisha Castle-Hughes will be playing a "regal leader".
 http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/bts/production/news20030916.html 

Principal photography for Episode III finished in Australia at 6:42pm on
Wednesday, September 17th.  Just in case you've been in a cave without
an Internet feed, and haven't heard. :)
 http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/bts/production/news20030917.html 
 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/159253 

New from Master Replicas, makers of the Force FX Anakin Skywalker
lightsaber, now available are Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader models.
 http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/2003/09/news20030917.html 

Brian.