Episode III Bridge Book

I hear there is a episode III book to bridge Epi II & III coming out, is this true? If so who is writing it and when is it out? Thank you

 

My young Padawan. There are more than one bridge book, in fact there are about five.

June ('04) - The Clone Wars: The Cestus Deception - Steven Barnes
July ('04) - The Clone Wars: Medstar I: Battle Surgeons - Steve Perry & Michael Reaves
October ('04) - The Clone Wars: Medstar II: Healer - Steve Perry & Michael Reaves
November ('05) - The Clone Wars: Jedi Trial - David Sherman & Dan Cragg
November ('05) - Untitled Outbound Flight Project Novel - Timothy Zahn

 

or perhaps the query is about a specific 'bridge' book and not a clone wars series novel... such as Rogue Planet was between Ep1 and Ep2... although having a bridge book that is not a clone wars book would be odd, considering there is already a lot going on in the clone wars that the heroes would need some other adventure...

i forget... will there be a ep3 lead-in book (such as TAS was for ep2, and CoD was for Ep1)

 

Thank you,so the Zahn book is Clone Wars? Interesting.

 

"November ('05) - Untitled Outbound Flight Project Novel - Timothy Zahn"

That's actually a pre-AOTC novel...

 

A "bridge novel" is not quite the right term, but I don't know what other term to use. The Approaching Storm was a "bridge novel" because it immediately preceded AotC; the Episode III "bridge novel" will immediately precede Episode III. Rogue Planet was not a "bridge novel," I believe.

 

I belive that RP was written with the sole purpose of backing up the Yuuzahn Vong. Since it was said that the Yuuzhan Vong were looking at the galaxy for a long time, it was necessary that there be a book to show that that was true.

 

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[b]or perhaps the query is about a specific 'bridge' book and not a clone wars series novel... such as Rogue Planet was between Ep1 and Ep2... although having a bridge book that is not a clone wars book would be odd, considering there is already a lot going on in the clone wars that the heroes would need some other adventure...[/b][hr][/blockquote]Perhaps; then again, perhaps not.

Given that so much effort and resources have been poured into the Clone Wars series already, it seems unlikely that LFL and the publishers would want to do something completely different with the same characters in the exact same timeframe; [i][b]particularly[/b][/i] when the immediate pre-[i]Episode III[/i] period is being reputed as one of the most "intense" on the entire timeline.

 

According to the TFN release schedule, there is a bridge novel coming out in Feb '05 by Jim Luceno.

 

True, he WAS hinting rather madly around the time of the Stover-novelization pronunciamento that he was/is working on *something* Episode III-related (having read the script, saith he), so this could very well be it.

 

"I belive that RP was written with the sole purpose of backing up the Yuuzahn Vong. Since it was said that the Yuuzhan Vong were looking at the galaxy for a long time, it was necessary that there be a book to show that that was true."

Actually IIRC, Bear said in an interview that he just brought in the NJO link into the story because he was asked to do it by LFL. However it wasn't the main reason for the story...

At the time of the book's release, the book stand in some stores actually advertised it as "Star Wars episode 1.5", I.E. a bridge novel of what happened after the movie...

 

"November ('05) - Untitled Outbound Flight Project Novel - Timothy Zahn"

That's actually a pre-AOTC novel

Actually, isn't it post-ROTJ? Because Luke and Mara are the main characters. I thought it was supposed to be just prior to the NJO.

 

Don't forget the Boba Fett books as "bridges" between Episode II and III

 

Actually, isn't it post-ROTJ? Because Luke and Mara are the main characters. I thought it was supposed to be just prior to the NJO.

Zahn is doing a duology with the two books being set years apart. The first one to come out is supposed to be a post RoTJ book, the second one is the Outbound Flight Project book. At least that was the order the last I'd heard.

Also, Outbound Flight Project is supposed to be sometime either just slightly before TPM-post CoD or just after TPM but before AotC.

 

Ah, okay. I hadn't heard about the other book, just the Luke/Mara one. Thanks for the info.

 

Yes, to all who said that the Zahn book is not a tie-in to EP3, that is correct. However, I see no reason why all of the upcoming PT books to date can't be EP3 tie-ins. There may very well be so pertinant information relative to EP3 in that book, which would make it a valid tie-in book.

Meh, so shoot me.

kthxbye.

 

The Bridge novel is Jedi Trial, with Anakin Skywalker as the main character.

 

. . . or can be looked at as the bookends to the other 5 Zahn novels.

Wait a minute, I just noticed that says "5" Zahn novels. I know TTT (and I know this may be a stupid question), so what are the other two?

 

Hand of Thrawn Duology.

 

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Also, Outbound Flight Project is supposed to be sometime either just slightly before TPM-post CoD or just after TPM but before AotC.[/b][hr][/blockquote]According to LFL, though, the flight left the galaxy (or rather, [i]attempted[/i] to) during the year following the Battle of Naboo. [face_happy]

[b][blockquote][hr]The Bridge novel is Jedi Trial, with Anakin Skywalker as the main character.[/b][hr][/blockquote]Technically, you're probably spot-on right with that -- [i]Jedi Trial[/i] does take place quite close to the timeframe of [i]Episode III[/i], circa Month 30 after Geonosis.

But it also seems right now that James Luceno's untitled book is poised to fall immediately before the movie itself (closer to Month 36 or thereabouts), much as [i]The Approaching Storm[/i] did. So, in that sense, *both* could be considered to be "bridging" works (and presumably also whichever new story Dark Horse comes up with to replace their now-scuttled lead-in series; which, for Ghu's sake, they'd bluidie welle better).

 

Hand of Thrawn Duology.

Yikes! I don't think I had even heard of these. How embarrasing. What are the titles and when did they come out? (I actually haven't read much new EU in the last few years.) [face_shocked]

 

I hate the term "bridge novel," because "bridge novels" are more like preludes.(Cloak of Deception for TPM, though I don't think it's classified as a "bridge novel"; The Approaching Storm for AotC)