Club Jade

To write a character, you need to get inside their head. So, I’m drinking my coffee out of Darth Maul’s brain #starwars twitter.com/TomTaylorMade/…

— Tom Taylor (@TomTaylorMade) March 19, 2012

Welcome to a new feature! As fannish pros and fans alike are so active on Twitter, I thought we’d expose our readers to a little bit of what goes on there. This week: Some tidbits on The Essential Guide to Warfare, a few Fate of the Jedi snarks, and, of course, #ZahnSolo!

Dear lazy journalists and movie reviewers: every new sci-fi/fantasy film that comes out is NOT the “new #StarWars“.

— Matt Martin (@missingwords) March 21, 2012

Essential reader exclusive: Original title for Bounty Hunter Wars: Things to Do With Dengar When You’re Dead #nottrue #totallykidding

— infinata (@infinata) March 20, 2012

On that note, some advance copies of The Essential Guide to Warfare are out….

Looking forward to digging into this book for the next couple hours on this flight. #SWEU @DelReySpectra twitter.com/avgoins/status…

— Aaron Goins (@avgoins) March 20, 2012

The art of The Essential Guide to Warfare is simply amazing. Love seeing Ackbar, Garm Bel Iblis, Mothma, and Bail meet in secret. #SWEU

— EUCantina.net (@EUCantina) March 21, 2012

Chris Scalf nailed an awesome D’harhan art in #sweu EG to Warfare.Love me some D’harhan

— Lightsaber Rattling (@PeteMorrisonLR) March 24, 2012

Some were still reading/mocking Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse.

I just can’t help it. Every time they describe Abeloth’s abnormally wide mouth, I see her as the Heath Ledger version of The Joker.

— rosiewook (@rosiewook) March 20, 2012

I’m probably on my own here, but I would love a post-FOTJ Hutt novel like hinted at in the Essential Guide to Warfare. -Sk

— Roqoo Depot (@RoqooDepot) March 22, 2012

From a TFN commenter: [Troy Denning is] like the Michael Bay of Star Wars lit.

— Brian (@LaneWinree) March 19, 2012

Here’s your deadline to finish the thing:

Just edited a short story that will appear in Star Wars Insider #134. You’ll wanna be sure to finish reading APOCALYPSE before then. (FP)

— StarWarsBooks (@DelReyStarWars) March 22, 2012

And, of course, Scoundrels.

No title yet for Tim Zahn’s upcoming Han Solo heist novel, but we do have a hashtag! Use #ZahnSolo if you’re tweeting about the book! #SWEU

— EUCantina.net (@EUCantina) March 20, 2012

We’re still using the hashtag, even after the announcement. Even the official folks!

(We’ve already covered the pre-announced announcement snark.)

The Han Solo Caper is one occasion where I really don’t care one bit about continuity. Just gimme a good story with good characters. #SWEU

— Nanci(@nancipants) March 20, 2012

11 scoundrels. No Sith. Fun adventure story. Sounds a lot like the “Smuggler novel” to me. #SoloCaper

— Austin(@Blankitout) March 20, 2012

You know what I would love to see in #ZahnSolo ? A retired Cad Bane dusty off his hat and taking part in the caper.

— Lightsaber Rattling (@PeteMorrisonLR) March 24, 2012

And, our final word, for the LULZ.

We had to cancel our version of The Hunger Games after Jabba the Hutt kept eating all of the contestants. :(

— Death Star PR (@DeathStarPR) March 23, 2012

My phone not having a signal can only mean one thing. Invasion. #PhantomMenaceLogic

— Not Palpatine (@OffDutyEmperor) March 17, 2012

I hope to make this a regular thing. If you tweet about the Expanded Universe, please include the hashtag #SWEU to improve your chances of being included!