Timothy Zahn

master_yoda · Post by **master_yoda** » 2002-07-24 04:26am

Is he going to write anymore Star Wars books?

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2002-07-24 04:49am

He bloody better if he knows what is good for him!

MagicHateBall · Post by **MagicHateBall** » 2002-07-24 05:08am

I think I speak for most of us here when I say:
I hope so!

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2002-07-24 07:18am

He is writing a prequel novel with Thrawn in I think.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-07-24 04:52pm

Sweet! Thrawn!

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-07-25 11:12pm

Is he going to write anymore Star Wars books?

He's scheduled to. I have my doubts, Vision of the Future was to be his last Star Wars novel. He simply had gotten sick of crappy stories, mangeling of his characters by others, and the general suckiness of the EU. Plus he wanted nothing to do with the New Jedi Order.

He is writing a prequel novel with Thrawn in I think.

He is scheduled to write another duology to bridge the events from TPM and AOTC. Thrawn in all likelyhood, will not be in it. On the upside, it's likely to have Garm Bel Iblis.

Whether or not the deal will hold or not is a open question. It's not supposed to come out until 2004, probably Christmas season.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2002-07-25 11:25pm

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

Where is this info from?

Lord Ghykon · Post by **Lord Ghykon** » 2002-07-25 11:30pm

Cool. Zahn is and always has been the best SW writer IMO.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-07-25 11:45pm

The info's from http://theforce.net/books/bookschedule.shtml. The bit about his new SW book is at the very bottom of the page.

The VotF info was also from Force.net but since the situation has changed, they've apparently taken down the page. I only remember that bit of information from around the time VotF was published.

Corran Horn · Post by **Corran Horn** » 2002-07-30 02:28am

master_yoda wrote:Is he going to write anymore Star Wars books?

Have you read the Thrawn Duology

And Hopfully he will writ A lot more Books. His books are the best SW novels Ever.

Did he make up Thrawn or was he given the character by GL

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-30 12:46pm

He made up everything in the books except for one or two small things.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-07-30 04:23pm

While I love the fact that Zahn is returning, I mourn that I do not see any novels by Aaron Allston in the future...

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-07-30 04:31pm

It's hard to make a living writing SW books. They are almost guaranteed to sell several hundred thousand copies, but they have great difficulty selling a million. Generally for publishers, one million copies is a milestone. If you can sell a million books, then they will reward the author. If they cannot, they give the author pittance.

I would imagine that it would suck to be Timothy Zahn, because so many other people come in and screw around with your characters with no regard for what made them important or special.

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2002-07-30 05:44pm

Uhh they get paid royalties per book sold, they make a fair whack out of SW.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-07-31 10:58pm

I would imagine that it would suck to be Timothy Zahn, because so many other people come in and screw around with your characters with no regard for what made them important or special.

I it did. After his last series, he had orginally intended to leave the Star Wars EU. Frankly, I wouldn't have blamed him one bit. Some of his best characters were given a royal screw job by certain authors (KJA leading the pack) and he didn't want that happening.

Uhh they get paid royalties per book sold, they make a fair whack out of SW.

It's usually a stepped scale in publishing. The lower levels make less per book than best sellers. It's a simple fact of life.

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