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Jeff_Ferguson  1674 posts
Registered: May '06
42357_Antares Draco
Date Posted: 2/20/07 7:22pm Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
Disappointing? Poppycock! We got news on an upcoming book, like we wanted, while still leaving another one shrouded in mystery. Speculation can still run rampant on multiple fronts!

 

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BobaKareu  554 posts
Registered: Feb '05
40334_Boba Fett
Date Posted: 2/21/07 7:53am Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
Well, it's great news that we get another book. But aside from learning that this will be a video game tie-in (hopefully more in the vein of Shadows of the Empire, rather than Ruins of Dantooine), we found out nothing about the book. They basically said, "By the way, there's another book coming out. But we won't give info about that, and move back info concerning another book."

That said, this Feb. 2008 hardcover better have a real good excuse for why we haven't learned much about it yet. If it's just another stand-alone novel during the OT, I will be pretty bitter.

 

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Rouge77  7464 posts
Registered: May '05
6464_Anakin Solo
Date Posted: 2/21/07 8:02am Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
As a wild guess I would say that one possibility why we have not learned anything about it yet is that the author will not be one of the established SW authors. It seems that they have had hard time of finishing the contract, so perhaps the book could be written by a relatively big name from SF/F field?

 

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The_Pumaman  106 posts
Registered: Jan '07
6821_Manny Calavera
Date Posted: 2/21/07 8:04am Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
The author is...

R.A. Salvatore! shock

 
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Rouge77  7464 posts
Registered: May '05
6464_Anakin Solo
Date Posted: 2/21/07 8:07am Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
Only if he wants to live dangerously... Or perhaps he likes hate mail? plain

I hope that this is not the case. His two SW books have been below average on quality.

 

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Vongoid  455 posts
Registered: May '02
6511_Nen Yim
Date Posted: 2/21/07 11:50am Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
^ No.

Of these two I have only read VP, but it was one of the best in the NJO.

 

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Rouge77  7464 posts
Registered: May '05
6464_Anakin Solo
Date Posted: 2/21/07 12:03pm Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover - Date Edited: 2/21/07 12:04pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Rouge77
I consider it to be the worst of NJO when I evalute it based just on the writing and how the plot was handled and leave the death of Chewie aside from the consideration - which was not the fault of Salvatore.

 

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Jeff_Ferguson  1674 posts
Registered: May '06
42357_Antares Draco
Date Posted: 2/21/07 1:38pm Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
The_Pumaman posted:
The author is...

R.A. Salvatore! shock


The author is...

Darth Krayt!

 

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000  4729 posts
Registered: Oct '05
41423_Stormtrooper
Date Posted: 2/21/07 2:28pm Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
BobaKareu posted:
(hopefully more in the vein of Shadows of the Empire, rather than Ruins of Dantooine)

Hopefully it's more like Revenge of the Sith. SotE = teh suck.

 
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BobaKareu  554 posts
Registered: Feb '05
40334_Boba Fett
Date Posted: 2/21/07 2:39pm Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover

000 posted:
Hopefully it's more like Revenge of the Sith. SotE = teh suck.


Well I was talking in terms of multimedia projects, of which Shadows of the Empire was the only one so far (at least, that incredibly focused). I've heard some less-than-savory opinions of SotE, but it served as my first introduction to the EU so it holds a nice spot in my heart. But the idea of telling the same story from different points of view was really innovative.

 

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Kaje  1800 posts
Registered: May '05
42004_Darth Krayt
Date Posted: 2/21/07 3:41pm Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
BobaKareu posted:
But the idea of telling the same story from different points of view was really innovative.
Indeed. Right now, I suspect that while the game will focus on the Secret Apprentice, the book will likely focus on that samurai Jedi, and the comic... perhaps Vader and Palpy?

 

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Corusca_One  641 posts
Registered: Oct '05
48803_11 - Rebel Dawn
Date Posted: 2/21/07 3:47pm Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
Kaje posted:
BobaKareu posted:
But the idea of telling the same story from different points of view was really innovative.
Indeed. Right now, I suspect that while the game will focus on the Secret Apprentice, the book will likely focus on that samurai Jedi, and the comic... perhaps Vader and Palpy?


Seems likely, but at the same time i'm sure i read somewhere that Haden Blackman had said the book would basically cover the canon version of the story? Also if this 'apprentice' has a secret identity then it could well be that he is still going to be a main focus in any of the other versions of TFU.

 

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Kaje  1800 posts
Registered: May '05
42004_Darth Krayt
Date Posted: 2/21/07 3:56pm Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover REVEALED - Date Edited: 2/21/07 4:02pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Kaje
HOLY CRAP

http://starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/news20070221.html

EDIT: Also, I win at being the first to post it on this forum. Hurrah for Kaje.

 

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Ulicus  7359 posts
Registered: Jul '05
41990_Duron Qel-Droma
Date Posted: 2/21/07 3:58pm Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
Kaje posted:
HOLY CRAP

http://starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/news20070221.html

It's Luke, Jim - but not as we know him grin

 

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Barriss_Coffee  5787 posts
Registered: Jun '03
13744_Barriss Offee
Date Posted: 2/21/07 4:00pm Subject: RE: February 2008 Hardcover
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST AWESOME BOOK EVER.

 

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