Lit Star Wars Episode VII novelization

As much as I love Luceno and Stover, I think it's time to let Tim Zahn do the honors. It was him who revived the franchise back in the early 90ies and thus it would only be fair to let him start the sequel trilogy.

furthermore I'm pretty sure he would/could sneak in Mara Jade and GA Thrawn somewhere *lol*

 

Writing a novel and writing a novelization can be very different beasts. Depending on when the author gets the script it might be a tight deadline (so probably not Stover). And how do we know someone like Zahn wants to novelize something?

 

we don't know, it was just my opinion

 

Yes. x1000

 

It's never gonna happen, but I'd want Sean Stewart, based purely on his work with Dark Rendezvous. That man knows how to write an interesting Sith, and keep things hilarious at the same time.

I'd like Zahn, but I'd rather he work on bringing as much of his original content as possible over to the new continuity via his own novels.

Greg Keyes did some good stuff with the New Jedi Order.

While Stover and/or Luceno would be fantastic, I want them to cover the finale.

 

"This is what it feel like to be Poe, forever."

 

Dem feels. I love that book.

 

im was more critical of Kenobi then most, but i still see it as a near top teir Star Wars novel. It was well written for the most part

 

To each their own, man. I won't read this novelization if JJM or TL write it though.

 

i would but not sure i would read CG or TD

 

They should have the book like released after the movie. I hope the sequels to Independence Day have novelizations and maybe even comic book adaptions. The Marvel movies having novelizations are junior novels. Maybe with George Lucas selling his company to the Disney Company and the Disney Company owning Marvel Comics Lucas Books should make regular novels to Marvel based movies but not release the regular novels until after the movies.

 

I hope too they'll have a comic book adaption to the upcoming movie. Also there is expected a junior novel. Maybe even a movie storybook. The novelization could come out after the movie is released. The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel had novelizations released after the movies.

 

did they announce Troy Denning yet

 

I want a good novelization of Episode 7, many of us got got spoiled with Stover's excellent Episode 3 novelization.

 

Does anyone know when we can expect to hear an announcement on this?

 

I'm really surprised we haven't heard anything yet. They're probably being tight-lipped for a reason... hmmm....

This might also sound crazy, but I wonder if part of the reason they're remaining silent is for the author's welfare. Most of the film novelization authors aren't millionaires like producers and actors who can afford their own security guard for those nutso fans that might break into their home and steal the story plans. Heck, the author probably has more knowledge of the overall story than most of the actors who are only told their specific role to play. Disney might be willing to pay for the author's protection around the time the film's released, but possibly not a year prior.

Of course, this is just my dumb speculation... I'm not sure how much the Disney higher-ups consider these things. The author's gonna get harassed eventually.

 

they know the Troy Denning announcement will be controversial and are waiting for the right time to spring it on us

 

That's not crazy at all, it's entirely logical! Disney won't gain anything by announcing the author early (since the TFA frenzy is happening anyway), so they might as well keep their identity under wraps until the novel is imminent.

I'm hopeful that it's Stover or that whoever it is finds inspiration in his ROTS novel. I didn't read that until way after I'd seen the movie and it was still a serious page turner. So, so good.

 

Of interest:

http://makingstarwars.net/2015/02/star-wars-book-update-road-force-awakens/

 

You don't need to hope, it's a given that there will be one.

I'd love to say you're both wrong, that no one will act in such a way, but my cynical side says you'll likely be right.

In that respect, where the lunatic fringe is concerned, maybe we should just get our retaliation in first:

They can get lost. Seriously. I don't care how excited a person may be for TFA, if they cannot act responsibly and not bugger it up for everyone else - sod off. SW fandom's better off without them. If that involves any foolish posters here, then the Mods should do unto them as the Death Star did Alderaan.

 

Sean Stewart... Matthew Stover... James Luceno. The first for the depth of his characterisations and wit, Stover for his awesome prose and Force philosophising, and Luceno for his dialogue and interconnectedness with the EU.

I want James Matthew Stewarter to write the novelisation.

 

Um...

Florian B @DarthSpiriah 3h3 hours ago
The Episode VII novelization author's initials are KJA.

Wat.

 

Ha confirmed it was a joke. Hardy har har har.

 

Maybe they're doing two novelizations, like with all the other movies - and assigning him the junior one?

Ryder Windham did the OT junior novels, Patricia C. Wrede did the PT ones.

He should have saved it for April 1st.