AdmiralNick22 wrote: Have you began working on the New Essential Chronology? If so, about how long will it take you to write it? Do you expect it to have full color pictures in it?
Lastly, is there any chance you might mention some of the newer NJO warships in the NEC, like you did for some of the New Class warships in the Essential Chronology? Perhaps even a pic or two.
President_Sharkey wrote: Dan, I have a couple of questions about Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds. Of course, I know you didn’t write a lot of the entries, but I was wondering about the Thule entry. The whole concept of the planet being led by a General seems to my mind a very good backstory for General Grievous. Also, the entry seems to allude to the idea that a lot of the darksiders that appeared in clone wars computer games came from Thule as well. Was this the intention? Also, Ko Sai’s entry has her skills as read/write Spaart, which suggests an alternate history to the Spaarti cylinders was being developed, as opposed to the Hero of Cartao.
xoliver wrote: Dan, how that New Essential Chronology coming along? Is incorporating these six years of material fun or a drag? How about the Episode III stuff? Our new knowledge that 'for a long time [the Sith] ruled the universe until the Jedi came along and got rid of them' -- is that in the Episode III script? I imagine that just tells us that some time 2000-1000 BBY (of which the EU says little) the Sith took control. Is the combined history in your book cohesive and believable? Let us know some time.
The Gatherer wrote: Hello Dan, I have ordered 'The DC Comics Encyclopedia' from amazon.com - I REALLY hope that you can work on a similar project about the MARVEL Comics characters!!! (Spiderman, X-Men, Daredevil, The Punisher, etc...)
Zinergy wrote: Hi Dan, I have been a big fan of yours for a long time, love your Star Wars resource guides. What are you currently working on, Star Wars and Non-Star Wars?!
Dan, I am really looking forward to the newly announced Star Wars Comic Companion!
AdmiralNick22 wrote: Out of curiosity, about how large will the new one be in comparison to the last EC? I know you have to cut some stuff out (Heck, a whole section about Lando in some pit of goo...) but will you be keeping in some of the back history you invented for the first EC, like Ackbar and Pellaeon's battles of Champala and Anx Minor? Or Daala's last stike and disappearance?
elegos7 wrote: 1. I think the number of pages devoted to the movies was too few. Of course, we are all familiar with the plot of the movies, nevertheless, the plot of the movies should be much more detailed than that of the novels or the comics because the movies represent the highest level of the canon. For example the rescue of Han from Jabba was described in one sentence. No mention was made of Jabba's court, the rancor, the sarlacc (and Boba Fett falling into it), the death of Jabba. I hope in the new edition the plot of all six episodes will be much more detailed.
2. I am a great fan of topographic maps and found the inclusion of a map of the galaxy showing the territory occupied by the Yuuzhan Vong and their movement very good in the NJO books. It would be very nice if you could add similar maps highlighting important events and showing the parts of the galaxy that was occupied by the various groups during a historic period (or even movement of the armies). E.g. during the Clone Wars, the Galactic Civil War (including Thrawn's campaign) and the NJO. I know that it is not an easy task but it would add another layer of depth to the New Essential Chronology.
Darth_Kevin wrote: First off, I think I would be willing to add a couple of dollars to the cost of the book to get those maps. Secondly, at most wouldn't these simply add a few pages?
AdmiralNick22 wrote: Full color illustrations should be awesome! I am still hoping that there will be some pics of the new warships that appeared in the NJO, but any color pics should be amazing, regardless of the topic.