An Endless Universe

[Durza the Shade]

YJK was written before the Hand of Thrawn duology, I think, or there would have been some mention of Aunt Mara. Fortunately for the newly-peaceful Empire, I think the Second Imperium was a splinter group from the Deep Core.  

[FrozenPhoenix32]

Durza the Shade

YJK was written before the Hand of Thrawn duology, I think, or there would have been some mention of Aunt Mara. Fortunately for the newly-peaceful Empire, I think the Second Imperium was a splinter group from the Deep Core.

There was ONE reference to an Aunt Mara. It bugged me to hell because I had never read any SW books beside the one.  

[Durza the Shade]

FrozenPhoenix32

Durza the Shade

YJK was written before the Hand of Thrawn duology, I think, or there would have been some mention of Aunt Mara. Fortunately for the newly-peaceful Empire, I think the Second Imperium was a splinter group from the Deep Core.

There was ONE reference to an Aunt Mara. It bugged me to hell because I had never read any SW books beside the one.

Really? You'd think I'd have noticed that. Well, there were a couple books from the Diversity Alliance arc I never got to.  

[FrozenPhoenix32]

it was in the Anja Gallandro trilogy.  

[Durza the Shade]

Oh, now I think I remember. By that time, Zahn's intentions regarding Vision of the Future would have come to light, I think.  

[FrozenPhoenix32]

yeah i guess so.

Was Anja's father ever elaborated on? in the Solo trilogy or the Solo Adventures?  

[Durza the Shade]

Whichever one was written by the late, great Brian Daley. That trilogy was actually written before ESB ever came out, but it's suprisingly accurate with the rest of the timeline, even today. Except for its annoying tendancy to spell 'droid with an apostrophe at the beginning . . .

Anyway, Gallandro's part in that trilogy is pretty much how Han relates it in Return to Ord Mantell.  

[FrozenPhoenix32]

Durza the Shade

Whichever one was written by the late, great Brian Daley. That trilogy was actually written before ESB ever came out, but it's suprisingly accurate with the rest of the timeline, even today. Except for its annoying tendancy to spell 'droid with an apostrophe at the beginning . . .

Anyway, Gallandro's part in that trilogy is pretty much how Han relates it in Return to Ord Mantell.

It was?

I thought that besides Alan Dean Foster's ghost-writing of ANH(who also used " 'droid".) Zahn was the first to write EU...  

[Durza the Shade]

No, the Han Solo adventures, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, and I think the Lando Calrissian Adventures were all written before the "Dark Times" of SW publishing.

edit: Not to mention Marvel's comic series, currently being reprinted under the subtitle "A long time ago . . ."  

[FrozenPhoenix32]

hmm, then why is Zahn credited as "the first" ?  

[Durza the Shade]

Where is he given that title? Zahn brought the EU out of the "dark times" and revived SW publishing. Technically, my sig is incorrect; it should say "father of the modern EU." So, he's "the first" in a long time. *shrug*  

[FrozenPhoenix32]

Durza the Shade

Where is he given that title? Zahn brought the EU out of the "dark times" and revived SW publishing. Technically, my sig is incorrect; it should say "father of the modern EU." So, he's "the first" in a long time. *shrug*

Hmm.

Zahn shoulda written for NJO..

about Outbound Flight encountering the Vong..  

[Durza the Shade]

Well, he talked about that at CIII. He didn't want to write for the NJO because the major elements were layed out beforehand, and he hates writing someone else's story. He'll never do a novelization for the same reason.

And I don't think Outbound Flight ever encountered the Vong, but we'll find out conclusively when the novel of the same name comes out later this year.  

[FrozenPhoenix32]

blaugh I know I can't wait!

As for the NJO, didn't they plan the whole story out for lkike a year,a nd then just get some authors to write it? The author's didnt have much choice in storyline did they?  

[Durza the Shade]

Exactly. That's why Zahn didn't write anything for it. He likes making stories with Lucas's characters, and he can work under Lucas's limits, but he doesn't like to merely flesh out a storyline someone else came up with.