Lit Inside Short stories - published as a novel?

Now, I know I've missed a WHOLE bunch of good stories that have appeared in the Insider magazine. And there are even more I've read but would love to reread again.

Is there any chance of appealing to them to republish them as an anthology. You could publish them by Era. Old Republic, Fall of the Republic, Rise of the Empire, Empire/Rebellion, New Republic, NJO, etc.

I would bet there is enough out there to get at LEAST one book per era. And definitely include anything from the Gamer Magazine.

Any support for this? and who should we petition to get it done?

 

I'd definitely be for that!

 

Me too!

 

Me three!

 

Me IV.

So many Insider short stories out there, it would be great to put them in one book.

 

Not gonna happen.

 

We know.

 

Idg why they don't just release them for free online or in a cheap ebook bundle. I guess it would cut into the huge profit they're making off not having them available at all.

 

I agree--the argument has always been that collections don't sell well enough to justify print publishing, but the dawn of eBooks seems to offer a fair enough alternative.

 

Is that really the case, though? I always thought the three big Tales From books (Cantina, Jabba's Palace, Bounty Hunters) sold fairly well. Then again I know nothing of sales figures, so that's just me assuming.

 

The fact that we haven't had an anthology book in a while should be an indication that they have no faith in the idea.

Then again considering Star Wars EU has always had an insular audience, I dunno why they at least try to do it again. Or does Del Rey operate under the same delusion that movie studios do in that only stuff that has the Big Three sell?

 

Well we did just recently get the LTotS anthology. Dunno how well it sold though.

 

Maybe it has something to do with compensating the authors.

 

I don't know how well it sold, either, but I know I wasn't expecting it to be a completely different size book than the other paperbacks...

 

I'd love to see it since we didn't get the Insider fiction here in the UK til well after it started.

 

*cough* internet *cough*

 

*cough* where? *cough*

 

I just overhauled the list of short stories on Wookieepedia yesterday - http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_short_stories. I went through every Sourcebook and Galaxy Guide and man...every few pages there was a short story, and the majority don't even have articles on Wookieepedia, let alone any indication of when they took place. One can only assume.

Just getting all of the short stories listed is a daunting task. I can't imagine organizing and publishing them.

 

I'd be fine if they just stuck to the fully independent stories and didn't bother with the sourcebook vignettes and prose/RPG hybrids. There's only around 150 or so of the former. AFAIK this is all of them:

Star Wars Adventure Journal
Breaking Free (Adventure Journal #1)
Escape from Balis-Baurgh (Adventure Journal #1)
A Glimmer of Hope (Adventure Journal #1)
Chessa's Doom (Adventure Journal #1)
Out of the Cradle (Adventure Journal #2)
Whispers in the Dark (Adventure Journal #2)
Big Quince (Adventure Journal #2)
When the Domino Falls (Adventure Journal #3)
Changing the Odds (Adventure Journal #3)
Droid Trouble (Adventure Journal #3)
Explosive Developments (Adventure Journal #3)
Mission to Zila (Adventure Journal #3)
Starter's Tale (Adventure Journal #4)
Shadows of Darkness (Adventure Journal #4)
Turning Point (Adventure Journal #5)
A Bitter Winter (Adventure Journal #5)
One of a Kind (Adventure Journal #5)
Vengeance Strike (Adventure Journal #5)
Ringers (Adventure Journal #6)
To Fight Another Day (Adventure Journal #6)
Finder's Fee (Adventure Journal #6)
Kella Rand, Reporting... (Adventure Journal #6)
Rendezvous with Destiny (Adventure Journal #6)
Mist Encounter (Adventure Journal #7)
Passages (Adventure Journal #7)
Firepower (Adventure Journal #8)
Combat Moon (Adventure Journal #9)
Easy Credits (Adventure Journal #9)
Lumrunners (Adventure Journal #9)
Only Droids Serve the Maker (Adventure Journal #10)
The Capture of Imperial Hazard (Adventure Journal #10)
Desperate Measures (Adventure Journal #10)
Spare Parts (Adventure Journal #11)
The Most Dangerous Foe (Adventure Journal #11)
Command Decision (Adventure Journal #11)
Small Favors (Adventure Journal #12)
Idol Intentions (Adventure Journal #12)
Betrayal by Knight (Adventure Journal #12)
The Occupation of Rhamalai (Adventure Journal #13)
Conflict of Interest (Adventure Journal #13)
The Breath of Gelgelar (Adventure Journal #14)
Crimson Bounty (Adventure Journal #14)
Murder in Slushtime (Adventure Journal #14)
The Great Herdship Heist (Adventure Journal #15)
Laughter After Dark (Adventure Journal #15)
The Draw (Adventure Journal #15)
Firestorm (Adventure Journal #15)
Two for One (Adventure Journal #15)

Star Wars Galaxy
The Battle of Cadinth (Galaxy #2)
Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire (Galaxy #3)
Double Cross on Ord Mantell (Galaxy #5)
Hunting the Hunters (Galaxy #6)
Dark Vendetta (Galaxy #8)
Wanderer of Worlds (Galaxy #9)
Sandbound on Tatooine (Galaxy #10)
The Emperor's Trophy (Galaxy #11)
Priority: X (Galaxy #12)

Star Wars Gamer
The Starfighter Trap (Gamer #1)
Fair Prey (Gamer #1)
The Monster (Gamer #2)
A Credit for Your Thoughts (Gamer #2)
Bane of the Sith (Gamer #3)
Deep Spoilers (Gamer #4)
Darkness Shared (Gamer #5)
The Crystal (Gamer #5)
Rebel Bass (Gamer #6)
Red Sky, Blue Flame (Gamer #7)
Emissary of the Void, Part 1: Battle on Bonadan (Gamer #8)
The Apprentice (Gamer #8)
Emissary of the Void, Part 2: Dark Tidings (Gamer #9)
Handoff (Gamer #10)
Emissary of the Void, Part 3: The Way on Wayland (Gamer #10)

Star Wars Insider
Emissary of the Void, Part 4: Relic of Ruin (Insider #62)
Emissary of the Void, Part 5: A Perilous Plan (Insider #63)
Emissary of the Void, Part 6 (Insider #64)
The Pengalan Tradeoff (Insider #65)
Elusion Illusion (Insider #66)
The Trouble with Squibs (Insider #67)
Hero of Cartao, Part 1: Hero's Call (Insider #68)
Hero of Cartao, Part 2: Hero's Rise (Insider #69)
Hero of Cartao, Part 3: Hero's End (Insider #70)
League of Spies (Insider #73)
Pearls in the Sand (Insider #74)
Or Die Trying (Insider #75)
Changing Seasons, Part 1: Guardian of the People (Insider #76)
Changing Seasons, Part 2: People of the Guardian (Insider #77)
Death in the Catacombs (Insider #79)
Omega Squad: Targets (Insider #81)
MedStar: Intermezzo (Insider #83)
Two-Edged Sword (Insider #85)
Odds (Insider #87)
Ghosts of the Sith (Insider #88)
The Old Republic: The Third Lesson (Insider #124)
First Blood (Insider #125)
Buyer's Market (Insider #126)
And Leebo Makes Three (Insider #128)
A Fair Trade (Insider #129)
Vader Adrift (Insider Special Edition 2012)
The Tenebrous Way (Insider #130)
Maze Run (Insider #131)
The Guns of Kelrodo-Ai (Insider #132)
Hunting the Gorach (Insider #133)
Getaway (Insider #134)
Roll of the Dice (#135)
Reputation (Insider #136)
The Last Battle of Colonel Jace Malcom (Insider #137)
Heist (Insider #138)
Dawn of the Jedi: Eruption (Insider #141)
Good Hunting (Insider #142)
Incognito (Insider #143)

Star Wars Hyperspace
Labor Pains
Precipice
Lando Calrissian: Idiot's Array
Crossroads
Deader Than a Triton Moon
Interference
Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd
Shades of Gray
The Secret Journal of Doctor Demagol
Fists of Ion

Other Online Releases
Corphelion Interlude (RandomHouse.com)
Judge's Call (RandomHouse.com)
The Clone Wars: Out Foxed (Target.com)
The Old Republic: Smuggler's Vanguard (StarWars.com)
Knight Errant: Influx (StarWars.com)

eBook Novellas
Darth Maul: Saboteur
Recovery
Ylesia
A Forest Apart
Fool's Bargain
The Hive
Boba Fett: A Practical Man
Winner Lose All

Novel Exclusives
The Last One Standing (Legacy of the Jedi/Secrets of the Jedi omnibus)
Crisis of Faith (Heir to the Empire: The 20th Anniversary Edition)
Restraint (Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, 2011 reprint)
End Game (The Phantom Menace novelization, 2012 reprint)

Ewoks Annual 1988
Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!
Return of the Great One!
The Ice Princess!

Hasbro Short Story Collection
Storm Fleet Warnings
Equipment
Duel

Miscellaneous
Cantina Communications (Star Wars Official Poster Monthly #16)
Imperial Troop Transporter (Kenner's Imperial Troop Transporter toy)
The Farlander Papers (Star Wars: X-Wing Limited Edition)
The Farlander Papers (X-Wing Strategy Guide version)
The Stele Chronicles (Star Wars: TIE Fighter)
The Stele Chronicles (TIE Fighter Strategy Guide version)
The Saga Begins (The DarkStryder Campaign)
The Saga Nears Its End (Endgame)
The Lost City of Tatooine (Dig Archaeology July 1999)
Pax Empirica—The Wookiee Annihilation (Galactic Battlegrounds Strategy Guide)
In His Image (Vader: The Ultimate Guide)
Imprint (2009 Star Wars Fan Club membership kit)

 

Why something like the Stele Chronicles isn't available as an eBook right now I cannot imagine.

 

Some of the old short stories from the sourcebooks are actually legit reading material, whereas some of the actual short stories, like the Hasbro collection for example, are barely worth reading. Or God forbid the Stele Chronicles or Farlander Papers. The only thing I took away from those stories is the knowledge that 20 years ago there were people even geekier than us.

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Just republish the entire sourcebook, I'm sure they're all full of worthwhile non-prose bits as well.

And what the hell is "The Tale of the Aiwha Pod" about?

 

It's a story about the Kaminoan gods.

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Or something. Might have been a whale, I can't remember.

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This whale?