Lit Classic Era Luke Skywalker Novel - Author Revealed

http://star-wars.suvudu.com/2012/08/kevin-hearne-writing-luke-skywalker.html

I personally have no clue who this guy is nor have I read any of his books. Is anyone familiar with him and if so what do you think of the choice?

 

At least the guy is an avid fan. I give him credit for his enthusiasm. Until I hear the plot, I will withhold judgement, but I am cautiously excited about this novel.

--Adm. Nick

 

I have never heard of this author, but I too am cautiously excited about a new Luke Skywalker novel.

 

Never heard of him, but then, that doesn't say a lot And judging from the three questions, he seems absolutely great! With that enthusiam, I hope for his own sake that he writes a story most people like - we're a terrible bunch after all! Looking forward to see what he comes up with!

 

I just took a gander at his website. The fella in his banner looks an awful lot like Cade Skywalker.

 

I've read the first two books of his Iron Druid series and they are pretty good. I've got books 3 & 4 in the reading pile. I'll be looking forward to this.

He had me hooked when he described the smell of demons. (Won't spoil it, plus it has some words not allowed here.)

 

It's not Denning, so that's already a point in the win column.

 

Finally, at long last, we'll have a source documenting some of Luke's adventures in that most barren of EU story periods.....the period between ANH and ESB!




Seriously, though, I'm always game for more classic Luke stories.

 

New author, good.
Luke? Not so much.

 

You got a beef with the L to the S to the W? I'll fight you out by the flag pole, son.

 

New authors! Yay!

 

Hmm, seems his Iron Druid Chronicles have pretty good reviews. Might check them out.

And honestly, this era might be best for a newcomer. You can write between ANH and ESB without knowing much continuity (though of course it helps)

And as I've said before, this era is overloaded with content, but low on substance. I actually think we could use a good "Luke novel" for this era, capturing his struggle with the Force. Lord knows Zahn's novels of this era aren't exactly Luke focused (though he gets Han perfectly).

 

hmmm I'm opitimisitc about another Luke book but kind of disappointed that it's in the Classic era rather than the NR era.

 

Yeah. Sometimes I wonder if that's been the problem with new authors jumping in at the Post-NJO end, as they are starting in an era completely removed from the films, making it much harder for them to get "used" to writing EU material.

My first thought was admittedly slightly hesitant at a new author, but then I thought: Zahn was the new guy once. Plus, with how overloaded this time period is with stories, a new author might be just what's needed for a fresh take with a genuinely new idea for an adventure, rather than simply more of the same old stuff we've seen a thousand times already.

 

I have yet to read any of the newer/young Luke books, but I look forward to this one. He seems like a genuine fan, and I think he'll do Luke's character justice.

 

Are the regulars in the SOS Thread ever happy with the treatment of Luke?

 

there wouldn't be a SOS thread if we were In seriousness it's great to read about a new adventure with Luke but some of us want to move pass the classic era which has some limitations(we know how certain events play out) and considering it has been a while since I bought a good EU book with Skywalker in it.

 

I've never heard of him, but I think he'll do a good job, doing back to a young Luke never hurts either, the current version is a bit meh.

 

I imagine so, yeah. They (we? don't know if I'd count as a regular) loved his depiction in Invasion, Shadows of Mindor, and other recent stuff (don't know how Choices of One was received, though I liked Luke in it). It's really just the newest Denningverse stuff that gets the most flak, and everyone has problems with those books.

 

As much as I used to find the ongoing stories the more interesting, things like Invasion and Mindor have shown me how stories where the ending is "predetermined" are sometimes the better stories because of it, since the author has been more focused on creating a good adventure, rather than getting hung up on coming up with clever ideas of "what to do next", so to speak.

 

Why can't I like this more than once?

 

From a brief Amazon search for books this guy's written:
The first novel in the original, six-book Iron Druid Chronicles—introducing a cool, new, funny urban fantasy hero

Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old—when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer.

Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a sexy bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish—to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil."

Color me leery. Very, very leery.

 

Also, it allows for much more character development.

 

It's actually not a bad series. Normally I don't go for fantasy but I've enjoyed what I've read so far. It's done with quite a bit of humor which helps a lot.

 

jackg1 :

Sure! Most of us love Luke's characterization in the Thrawn Trilogy, MOST of the Thrawn duology (except for Mara's lecture), CoPL, TaB, and others. For me, it's mostly Luke's characterizations in the DN, LotF, and FotJ series that I don't like. As ID said, I mostly hate Denning's take on Luke (and on the SW universe as a whole). I also didn't like Luke's passive character throughout much of the NJO, but loved his characterization in TUF.

While I'm happy that there will be a Luke book to look forward to in the future, I'm just disappointed that it will take place in that Rebellion era which is already overloaded. We are also getting Zahn books in that era and a new DH series in that era. Luke knows almost nothing about the Force at that time, so we really won't be getting any Jedi Luke or Luke using the Force. What I like best about Luke is the combination of Jedi Master and Farmboy, and when half of that is missing, Luke doesn't seem "whole".

Please feel free to join us in the SOS thread and tell us what Luke characterizations you like and don't like. We always appreciate a fresh perspective.