A&A The Official Troy Denning Discussion Thread

Mr. Denning I would like to ask one question about Jag's military rank in DN trilogy.

In NJO Jag was a Colonel in Army rank, which meant that in Navy he would be the rank of Captain. In TJK Jag is called by the title of Commander, which is a lower rank then Captain. In Army that would mean he was Lt. Colonel. Then in TSW we learn that Jag is Captain, which would mean he returned to his former rank. What caused all those changes in his military rank? ( promotion in TSW was due to his actions in TJK but why was he lower in his rank before TJK? )

 

I think I can answer that one. Jag was a Colonel in the Starfighter ranks, while a Commander in the fleet, which I think could outrank a Starfighter Colonel, given that Navy Captains in the Imperial Fleet can promote officers to General rank in Starfighter and Army ranks (Pellaeon did this to Covell as I recall).

 

Hello--answers below:

But what about Leia? She's certainly got potential, and we've seen from as far back as Dark Empire that she's capable of some pretty nice Force feats. With her formal training in DN, and in light of Saba's comments to Jacen in TSW, where does the Princess stand amongst the echelons of her brother and her fellow Jedi?

I think Leia has a lot of potential, but she does lag behind Luke--if for no other reason than she just hasn't been training for as long as he has. That side, I think she'll be able to use the Force just as effectively, but in different ways--and without the same amount of raw power.

Of course, I'm not the ONLY author who writes Leia. Others may have a different--though just as valid--interpretation.

Allya <--- ancestor of Tenel Ka and Anakin <--- ancestor/brother of Jacen = Allana

And the prize goes to Ruinevil! (But what the heck does that handle mean?)

Second, I was wondering if you could explain the meaning of the "Third Vagaari War" that Formbi made reference to in Dark Nest, especially now in Outbound Flight, Zahn has made it clear that the Vagaari had been ignored by the Chiss until Thrawn lured them into his trap, and then were never seen again until the events of Survivor's Quest?

Probably not . . . you must remember, that Formbi isn't exactly an honest fellow. He always has ulterior motives.

Thirdly, I wondered if you could tell us about Mitt'swe'kleoni, specifically, the familial relationship he has, if any, with Thrawn and Drask (Prard'ras'kleoni), two other Chiss with rather similar full names?

What was Thrawn's full name again? Mitt'hraw'nuodo? (I know I'm butchering it--please forgive.) I have a hard time remembering, but I think I meant to imply that Tswek was related to Drask--or at least from the same house. I don't think I meant to imply that he was related to Thrawn, however.


Mr. Denning I would like to ask one question about Jag's military rank in DN trilogy.

In NJO Jag was a Colonel in Army rank, which meant that in Navy he would be the rank of Captain. In TJK Jag is called by the title of Commander, which is a lower rank then Captain. In Army that would mean he was Lt. Colonel. Then in TSW we learn that Jag is Captain, which would mean he returned to his former rank. What caused all those changes in his military rank? ( promotion in TSW was due to his actions in TJK but why was he lower in his rank before TJK? )
1. AI think I can answer that one. Jag was a Colonel in the Starfighter ranks, while a Commander in the fleet, which I think could outrank a Starfighter Colonel, given that Navy Captains in the Imperial Fleet can promote officers to General rank in Starfighter and Army ranks (Pellaeon did this to Covell as I recall).

To tell the truth, I became frustrated with switching back and forth between army ranks and naval ranks and decided to just go with naval ranks. So, basically, I assumed that Jag's rank in NJO was Lt. Colonel in Army terms (reasoning that you can address a Lt. Colonel as "Colonel", which = Commander in naval. He was promoted to naval Captain between TJK and TSW. (All you Jag shippers: please take this as proof that I don't hate the guy!)

Take care,

Troy

 

Hey Mr. Denning
I was wondering if you knew about this "no more Wookie jedi rule" that popped up on the forum. What are your thoughts on that. As a fan of the walking carpets i was a bit disapointed. Something to do with Lowie being exiled to dagobah in The Swarm War?

Thanks!

 

Talione: I have a hard time remembering, but I think I meant to imply that Tswek was related to Drask--or at least from the same house. I don't think I meant to imply that he was related to Thrawn, however.

Hmm? There are so many ways a fanboy could deconstruct that.

Another thing that just struck me. The new Jedi Temple... it's kinda Star Destroyer shaped...

Was that deliberate?

- The Imperial Ewok

 

Thank you for answering my question Mr.Denning

But if he was Lt.Colonel then why wasn't he adressed with his true rank at the formal meetings. He was not even mentioned once as Lt. Colonel. This is confusing

 

Sorry that it's in two posts but edit button doesn't work

I actually thought that maybe Jag made something during the break between TUF and TJK that cost him his rank and that's why he was demoted. ( He might be raised by Chiss but he is still a full-blood Corellian ). At least this way we wouldn't have problems with chronology

 

With Zahn having the Aing-Tii monks teleporting the Wild Karrde through the galaxy, and you (Denning) having Jacen manipulate time with flow walking, are you two trying to say the Aing-Tii use the Force to manipulate time and space itself?

If so, can we expect Jacen to instanteously teleport in future books?

 

I had no idea that authors actually came to these forums. [/newbie]


Mr. Denning,

Though I am still grieving over what happened with Jaina/Jag, I really enjoy your writing. It is very descriptive, has realistic battle scenes, and can get me pretty emotional.

I've got a list of 'People I hope to someday meet', and you're pretty high on it.

Anyway, I've been reading the last couple of pages, and the only question I have that hasn't been answered is this: What happened to Jag's hair color? I was pretty sure it was black, but you changed it to brown...

~Killik Killer

PS: I know you don't answer LOTF questions, but this is so basic I'm hoping : Will Kyp get a part in LOTF?

 

Mr. Denning, could you please elaborate on this matter:

What is the class of Star Destroyer that Admiral Ackbar is of? Is it just called an Alliance-class Star Destroyer? Or is it perhaps Victory-III?

Secondly, what exactly is the Chiss Star Destroyer mentioned in Dark Nest? Is it actually a modified Imperator-class?

Thanks.

 

I had no idea that authors actually came to these forums.

Only the cool, and brave ones.

 

But I sense that you're making fun of the ones who don't...

 

A good chunk of EU authors have aliases here... but only Troy has posted anything in the past 3 years.

 

Errrrrrr... so not true.

Just within the last 3 years has given us interaction with Matt Stover, Del Rey and Lucasbooks both, Karen Traviss, most of the Dark Horse folk, much of the Wizards of the Coast folk, Williams and Dix, Walter Jon Williams, Steven Barnes... and so forth.

However, given Troy's natural state of spoiler-despisement and the fact that he likes living dangerously with his LFL-Implant, he likes to taunt us more than most...

 

Hey Mr. Denning, is Allana a combination of Allya and Anakin?

 

There are . . . others. Not Others, from George Martin's books. Others, in the shade.

 

Mr. Denning:

You know I love your books. They rank amongst my top favorite EU novels of all time.

But, you have a problem...

You have a serious addiction to Star Destroyers.

I was hoping you would recover on your own, but I fear that it may be spreading. I have decided to take matters into my own hands and stage an intervention.

When you describe NR/GFFA fleets, you never mention by name any other warships than Star Destroyers. While I love those white triangles, we need a bit more diversity. You need to mention the other various warships used by the GFFA fleet, like Mon Calamari Cruisers, Star Defenders, Republic-class cruisers, Bothan Assault cruisers, Ranger-class gunships, Endurance-class fleet carriers, etc.

You still have a chance to recover. All you need to do is include more diversity when refering to the types of warhips fielded by the Alliance government.

--Adm. Nick

P.S.

This was all said in good humor. While I do hope for more warship classes to get a mention, I decided to post this request in joke for to mix things up a bit.

 

Troy (come back, we miss you!),

*You mentioned a few pages back that at the end of Dark Nest, the Ithorians actually got their pick of the worlds in the Utegetu Nebula. Since this detail, for whatever reason, was omitted from Swarm War, is there any chance it snuck into Tempest or if not, that you can work it into one of your other Legacy entires?

Just so that everyone knows this.

*The New Essential Chronology, in its Dark Nest section, calls the Utegetu Nebula the "Paradise" Nebula. Since this name was never even mentioned in the trilogy, what can we make of this? A simple error, or does "Utegetu" mean "paradise" in Basic?

*Can you put us out of our misery in Legacy, and give Saba's lightsaber blade a colour? And while we're at it, how about doing the same for Tesar?

Thanks, Troy.

 

Mr. Denning,

A question came up in another thread regarding Allana. What is the correct pronunciation of her name?

 

But they're Star Destroyers...

 

Sorry for taking so long to reply, but the Board login was giving me trouble. And then, I... forgot. For two months. But now I've remembered, so here's a late thank you for answering my questions.
I expected to have to come up with a follow-up question concerning the name of Jacen's daughter, but I see that has already been clarified.

Another one then, maybe: Your TEMPEST... any relation to Shakespeare's play? Daughter, grandson, distant cousin? It has been suggested to me that there may be intentional parallels between your novel and/or LOTF as a whole and the play, and that the title TEMPEST might be a silent acknowledgement of that. Personally, I could come up with a few possible similarities (not knowing, obviously, what direction the story is going to take), but I still think this particular fan theory is somewhat far-fetched (and I didn't even see a possible connection between novel and play title until it was mentioned).
Assuming the title was your decision: Did you think of Shakespeare at all when you conceived it? Or did you simply choose it because "Emotional & Physical Turmoil" would have been too long and awkward a title, and "Storm" both too prosaic and too reminiscent of a Petersen movie?

 

Hello Mr. Denning. I am so glad that you have a Username for theforce.net. I heard you posted here and I had to come. I am new here. I wanted to ask you a question. Will you be writing any more Star Wars novels after LOTF?

 

mr. Denning ,
i suggest that there should a Sourcebook for the Dark Nest books.

 

why is Luke Skywalker the "Grand Master" of the Jedi? because it reminds me of Palpatine calling himself Galactic Emperor

 

Why he becomes Grand Master is pretty well answered in The Swarm War when he actually becomes Grand Master. Basically in my opinion he has to become the Grand Master because he doesn't have the advantage of time to wait for the other Masters to get back to working well together as a council so he takes sole leadership for the duration of the Swarm War, then decides at the end to set up an all Jedi council now that he has the breathing space to get the Masters working togther to run the order. That's my take on it.