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Ever since Game of Thrones ended in 2019, studios have been scrambling to find the next fantasy series with global appeal. Amazon Prime is working on their Lord of the Rings series, HBO is developing multiple GOT spinoffs and prequels, and now Netflix is placing their bets on Shadow and Bone, a new fantasy drama based on Leigh Bardugo’s worldwide bestselling Grishaverse novels.

Shadow and Bone is “set in a war-torn world where lowly soldier and orphan Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) has just unleashed an extraordinary power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the monstrous threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. But as she struggles to hone her power, she finds that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive.”

There’s plenty to like in this trailer: a richly drawn fictional world, gorgeous special effects, and Prince Caspian himself, Ben Barnes as General Kirigan. The cast also includes Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman (Inej), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey).

But for my money, the most exciting aspect of the series is that it’s written, executive produced, and showrun by Eric Heisserer, who wrote 2016’s stunning science fiction film Arrival. He also wrote Bird Box and Bloodshot. Netflix previously struck fandom gold with The Witcher, so we’ll have to wait and see if Shadow and Bone can similarly capture our collective imagination.

Shadow and Bone premieres on Netflix on April 23, 2021.

(via /Film, image: Netflix)

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Afrofuturism is having a moment. First posited by journalist Mark Dery in the early 1990s, Afrofuturism is now a full-blown social, cultural, psychological, technological, and aesthetic movement. And never has this movement, this moment, been more fully realized than in Tim Fielder’s magnum opus, Infinitum. To call it a graphic novel would be to undercut it’s value. It is an enterprise of speculative cultural cartography.

Episode five of The Mandalorian season two brought Star Wars fans a moment we’d been waiting years for. The first appearance of a live-action Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson). Additionally, this chapter in Star Wars history also revealed Baby Yoda’s real name: Grogu. A truly special moment in Jedi history, Ahsoka explains to Mando about the fall of the fabled order. Using a somber tone, she says “There aren’t many Jedi left.”

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And “There Aren’t Many Jedi Left”  just so happens to be the name of a new piece from artist Mark Englert and the folks at Bottleneck Gallery. Englert’s piece juxtaposes the calm, bonding moments between the trio of protagonists with an expertly crafted glow-in-the-dark layer portraying Ahsoka’s intense battle with Elsbeth. It highlights one of the most memorable scenes from one of the most key chapters in the Star Wars saga. We see Ahsoka testing Grogu’s Force abilities in front of his surrogate dad on the planet of Corvus.

Englert’s print will be available as a timed-edition release from Wednesday (February 24)  at 12p.m. ET through Sunday (February 28) at 11:59p.m. ET at Bottleneck Gallery’s website. A black and white glow layer variant, edition of 75, will be included in random orders, free of charge. Maybe you’ll be one of the lucky Ahsoka Tano fans who receives one. The number of prints sold through Sunday, February 28 at 11:59p.m. ET will determine the edition size.

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You can check out details of this amazing print right here, including the limited edition black and white version. Click to enlarge each image.

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