Ruins of Dantooine

Ruins of Dantooine, the SW Galaxies tie-in novel, is being released December 30.

I don't really know anything about galaxies, so what should I expect from this? Of course I'll buy it and eventually read it, but what will it mainly consist of? What time period is it? (etc.)

And I also notice no one has really been talking about it: is this something that no one is expecting much out of?

 

December 30??

So I'll have to wait a little longer then...

IIRC, it will take place between ANH and ESB - but I don't know too much about it, either. Only that there will be a completely new character, but some well-known characters will make an appearance, too.

 

Will it basically be a novel accounting what is happening on the game?

 

From TOS:

Already thousands of fans are exploring and interacting within the massively multiplayer online worlds of Star Wars Galaxies?, and Del Rey Books is bringing some of the adventure to readers in a format that requires no computer. Author Voronica Whitney-Robinson, working with Producer Haden Blackman from LucasArts, has penned an original full-length novel inspired by the settings and events of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided.
It is a time of war, when the fledgling Rebel Alliance dared to fight back against the evil oppressive Empire. A holocron secreted within the ruins of a Jedi Temple of Dantooine contains a list of crucial high-level Alliance sympathizers. This list is missing, and should it fall into the wrong hands, it could spell doom for the Rebellion.

Dusque Mistflier may say she's an Imperial bio-engineer, but in truth, she's an undercover Rebel operative. She has teamed with Alliance spy Finn Darktrin to recover the missing holocron. In their perilous quest, they receive help from the heroes of the Rebellion -- Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa. These two operatives will be tested to their limits in the Galactic Civil War, where they'll learn that the hardest part is figuring out whose side you're on... and how far you're willing to go to win.

Hope that helps.

 

Ok, so it's not actually what happened on the game, but stuff that could happen. I get it. I'll pick up the book, though it won't be high on my priority list.

 

Ok, so it's not actually what happened on the game, but stuff that could happen.

That's what it sounds like. Hmmm.... interesting...

 

I'd be more interested if it was a retelling of stuff that already happened. That would make it a great crossover between the online game and the EU novels.

 

Do you mean a retelling of stuff that's already happened within the game? Because I'm not sure whether many of the players would want to read something they already know and have played... although you never know...

 

Yeah, a retelling of what has already happened. Sorta like writing the history books of SW Galaxies as its happening. I don't play the game, but I do think it would be interesting to know what is happening in it. And not all the people who play it will read the book, and not all who read the book will play it. I think it'd be worth it to give something like that a try.

 

You mean like a novel of the game from a character's perspective? Because IIRC, there are plenty of different plot paths, being a MMORPG ... one character couldn't cover them all.

That would be cool, though.

 

I picked this up at my bookstore today. They had it on the shelves early so I decided to go ahead and get it. It looks pretty short, plus the print is pretty big.