Ty Franck – one half of James S.A. Corey, who’s working on a Han Solo book for the Rebels series, gave fans the first progress update yesterday:
Ground has been broken on the Star Wars novel. An outline has been approved, and chapters are being typed. Things I’ve learned so far: It is important to know ahead of time how you will handle Chewie talking, the Star Wars universe has instantaneous communication and nearly instantaneous travel but space is STILL big enough to hide things, hyperspace is how you get away from badguys but jumping through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops kid, and Leia is the brains of the operation. If someone has a good idea, it’s Leia. Han is always always always wrong when he makes a plan or predicts the future, but man does he improvise gracefully. More robots. Always more robots.
The post got passed around quite a bit today, and well:
Thing I learned today: If you blog about writing a Star Wars novel, PEOPLE CARE.
— James.S.A.Corey (@JamesSACorey) January 15, 2013
Ha. Welcome to the, ah, family. Keep your seatbacks and tray table in the locked and upright position…
You can learn a little more about Franck and writing partner Daniel Abraham in an excerpt from a recent interview in Locus. I also recommend checking out their first two novels – Leviathan Wakes and Caliban’s War. I have horrible luck with Star Wars writers outside of Star Wars (sorry, it’s true, no recs please) but these books are pretty fantastic. Hopefully that means good things for this Han book.
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Doyle // Jan 16, 2013 at 12:34 am
Oh, god. I’m looking forward to this one SO much. These guys have somehow produced my favorite book of the year for two running, now.
2 EU Updates – Rebels and Kenobi | Tosche Station // Jan 16, 2013 at 9:51 am
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4 Nancy K // Jan 16, 2013 at 2:26 pm
I find it amusing that Corey said Han is “always wrong” when he makes a plan, and Zahn said that “Han is a planner” (in the interview posted Jan. 14). I think both are true, from a certain point of view, heh.
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