Lit Upcoming Kathy Tyers Truce At Bakura 20th Anniversary Interview. Any questions?

My Bantam-era retrospective interviews continue with Kathy Tyers, author of 1994's Truce at Bakura, New Jedi Order: Balance Point, and The Tale of Bossk from Tales of the Bounty Hunters. I know Dave Wolverton and Tyers aren't real big names like Kevin J Anderson or James Luceno, but any questions you'd like me to incorporate?

EDIT: Now I'm kind of confused whether it's a 1993 or 1994 novel, considering Wookieepedia and Wiki say two separate things. Whatever. "Truce At Bakura Is Old Enough To Drink" interview

 

Did she get the word Jagganath (for "Jagganath points")

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jagganath_point

from the name of the Hindu deity?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagannath

 

I was always curious as to what happened to Chenlambec after Tinian I'att and Daye got back together. Does he still work with her or did they go their separate ways?

 

I'm curious as to what inspired the Ssi-ruuk culture, and how she feels about the way they were handled at the end of The New Jedi Order.

Evil.

 

I love the hell out of Truce at Bakura.

Wait, that's not a question.

 

I'd love to know if there was any real-life inspiration for Eppie Belden. I heart that lady with a thousand fuzzy, sharp-toothed bunnies.

 

I'm curious about how she feels about the New Jedi Order in general - specifically, the way in which the Yuuzhan Vong draw from a whole lot of the same broad antagonist archetype as the Ssi-ruuk do.

 

Ok, I've got to ask. How the heck do you manage to interview all these authors? First Anderson, then Wolverton and now Tyers? This is extremely impressive. IG_2000

 

I'd like to know the story behind Mara getting a child - how was it decided?

 

have or have had?

 

I'm loving these interviews IG-2000, thanks for arranging this.

Would you return to Star Wars if asked? If so, what would you like to write about the most?

Are we allowed more than one question? If so, I'd like to know how she feels about Gaeriel's appearance in the Corellian Trilogy. Was she glad to see her character used again, and what are her feelings about Gaeriel's death?

 

I don't have any questions this time around, but add me to the bunch who'd love to see her come back! Even if just for a short story. She always had so many zany ideas.

 

"do you want to do an interview?

"yes"

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The real challenge is gonna be tracking down Vonda McInyre for the epic Crystal Star retrospective

On another note, depending on how many authors I get to interview, I thought of doing my first ever eBook which would be a 40-60 page "oral history of bantam era star wars", like the reader's companion but focused on quotes directly from the authors. I

 

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She declined to be interviewed for Voyages of Imagination, the brick of a book about Star Trek fiction, so good luck. Unless you were joking. It's hard to tell when talking about The Crystal Star...

 

If you're taking requests, I'd love to see an interview with K-Mac. I always felt like we know way less about the behind the scenes elements of the BFC than we do other series.

Oh, and another Tinian/Daye/Chenlambec story would be amazing. With possible Flirt/X-10D cameo just to round things out.

 

I would love to see this if you ever get around to doing it.

I also echo the call to interview Michael Kube McDowell. Lots of things I'd like to ask him.

 

See, I plan on finishing up majority of Bantam Era by Christmas. Currently on I, Jedi (just finished JAT) and I'm gonna try to work my way towards the Hand of Thrawn novels around New Years so I can just blow through the New Jedi Order next year before The Force Awakens comes out. Therefor I can conceivably try to interview every Bantam author I can between now and New Year's.

Hope I get Zahn. I'd do that around the time I read the Hand of Thrawn books.

 

Pity you can't interview AC Crispin or Aaron Allston.

 

Yub yub, commander



EDIT: Just sent out first batch of interview questions for Kathy. She requested two separate emails. I phone interviewed the other guys.

 

I honestly want to know what possessed him to come up with that and how he came up with that whole sub-plot running gag. Best running gag in SW imo.

 

Could you ask her if she had plans for the Ssi-Ruuk to become a major race in the Star Wars universe somewhere down the line. They were an interesting race that captured some of the strangeness that you noticed the first time we went into Mos Eisley in Episode IV.

 

I just want to second the "anything that inspired you in creating the Ssi-ruuk?" question. Especially, were there any inspirations from real life (the way the Yuuzhan Vong are supposed to have been partly modeled on Aztecs) or other science fiction franchises (especially, where did "entechment" come from? When I first read it I thought it had some vibes of the Borg - the alien invaders who didn't want your technology or your worlds, they wanted you, at the most basic level possible)?

Also, when they wrote the Ssi-ruuk again into the New Jedi Order, did the authors ask for her input? Did she have any influence over what the NJO ultimately did with them?

And lastly - why velociraptors? Not that I mind, at all. Just - where'd that come from?

 

I can always bust out a Ouija board to interview Aaron.

I can see it now... after a few minutes of agonizing mystery as to what the board spells out...

Y-U-B-Y-U-B-I-G-2-0-0-0