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Kol_Skywalker
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6/19/06 7:15pm
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Pollux? Made by the same company who created Bollux? (what that the droids name from the old Brian Daley Han Solo novels?) 
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Dan Wallace
Title: SW Author: Comics, WotC RPG, Essential Guides
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6/19/06 8:48pm
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Rogue_Follower posted:
The Mistress is a BRT? Nice retcon. 
One of the many things in this book that I owe to Abel Pena. I dread what he's going to demand from me as compensation.
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Dan Wallace
Title: SW Author: Comics, WotC RPG, Essential Guides
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Kol_Skywalker posted:
Pollux? Made by the same company who created Bollux?
Nope, although Bollux also appears in this book. I just liked the sound of the name Pollux. (It's an Anx name, btw, so I was going for something along the lines of Horox Ryyder.)
Dan
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Dan Wallace
Title: SW Author: Comics, WotC RPG, Essential Guides
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6/20/06 12:03pm
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I wanted to use this space to plug a book of mine that just came out: The Art of Superman Returns. I wrote the bulk of the book last summer, and spent time in Sydney Australia, talking with the movie's production designer and costume designers. Needless to say, I'm excited about the movie's release next week.
Click here for more info about The Art of Superman Returns and my on-set visit!
Dan
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Dan Wallace
Title: SW Author: Comics, WotC RPG, Essential Guides
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6/29/06 12:11pm
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To add to the air of general pluginess in my latest posts, and with Superman Returns opening worldwide this week, I want to mention my involvement with Superman Returns: The Visual Guide.
This photo book from DK features movie stills, publicity shots, and production diagrams providing a closer look at the movie, from settings (Metropolis, Smallville, the Fortress of Solitude, New Krypton), to characters (Lex Luthor, Lois, Jimmy, Clark, Lex's henchmen) to miscellaneous fan tidbits (Superman's powers, historical headlines of the Daily Planet, a cutaway look at Lex's luxury yacht).
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Dan Wallace
Title: SW Author: Comics, WotC RPG, Essential Guides
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7/1/06 9:44pm
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The New Essential Guide to Droids is out now!
I've posted a detailed list of endnotes on my blog, which will explain all the book's in-jokes, references, and retcons. Click here to go to Part 1 of what will be a three-part series!
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Senator_Cilghal
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Dan, could you please, please, please on Hyperspace add one more droid entry--the cute little Rolo Droids in Mos Espa in TPM?
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Rogue_Follower
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7/2/06 7:16am
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Which also appeared on Nar Shaddaa in one of the HoloNet News stories, and are the basis of the Naboo worker droids in Galactic Battlegrounds. And one is mentioned in the TPM-era childrens book "I Am a Droid (by C-3PO)":
Here are two examples of worker droids: Otoga 222 and Rolo. They perform heavy lifting and other jobs in spaceports and in Podrace hangars.
So, I'd guess its a Fifth Degree droid.
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Dan Wallace
Title: SW Author: Comics, WotC RPG, Essential Guides
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7/3/06 3:09pm
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Senator_Cilghal posted:
Dan, could you please, please, please on Hyperspace add one more droid entry--the cute little Rolo Droids in Mos Espa in TPM?
Hmmm... it's a good idea, but I'd have to sell it through the Hyperspace folks first. The tricky thing would be illustrating it (which would require Ian Fulwood's involvement too), and making sure we were able to sync it up with sw.com's Database feature.
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More future works on the horizon, Daniel?
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JediWampa
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I have a question that you (Mr. Wallace) may or may not be able to answer....
I know you've done a few end-note posts for the NEGD (and I'm looking forward to more), but I'm curious; do you know of any plans to make online supplements or addendums to any of these? Sorta like the Insider Supplement, is what I'm thinking.
I ask because the NEGtC and NEGtV&V (which I know you did write) came out before EpIII. While there weren't a lot of new characters, there were a LOT of cool new ships.
Ok, enough of my rant, back to my question: do you know of anything like this being considered, either online or even as a hard-copy "add-on" to the regular books?
Thanks for your time....
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Senator_Cilghal
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the worker droids in Galactic Battlegrounds wre actually a Royal Naboo variant of PK units with unipods
i was tempted to identify the Rolo Droid with the Rollarc Droid , mentioned as one of the Jawa monster uglies, due to similar name, size, and both on Tatooine, but Rollarcs have 4 wheels and Rolos ONLY one
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Senator_Cilghal
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your book states Luke established contact with Iron Knighst 9 ABY, but Abel in earlier sources stated this only happened c. 13 ABY after Luke got clues from Callista in 11 ABY
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also, you state there are nine FX models, FX-1 to FX-9; however, CCG had the FX-7 for Rebels and for Empire the more advanced FX-10 (Effex-ten) unit.
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Dan Wallace
Title: SW Author: Comics, WotC RPG, Essential Guides
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7/10/06 9:18am
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Excellence posted:
More future works on the horizon, Daniel?
The Marvel Encyclopedia this fall. Future Star Wars books are TBD, though I'm definitely trying to line up more projects.
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Dan Wallace
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JediWampa posted:
I'm curious; do you know of any plans to make online supplements or addendums to any of these? Sorta like the Insider Supplement, is what I'm thinking.
Ok, enough of my rant, back to my question: do you know of anything like this being considered, either online or even as a hard-copy "add-on" to the regular books?
I'm not aware of anything like that being planned. The closest thing I can provide as an "extra" to readers of The New Essential Guide to Droids is my Endnotes feature, which should be wrapped up by the end of the week.
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