Books Star Wars: Deluxe Smuggler’s Guide by Dan Wallace

oh ok thanks for answering

 

@Dan Wallace You had Sorzus Syn mention that the Sith species already had Terentateks, were yet the Dawn of the Jedi comics reveal how the Terentateks began with the Je'daii. Do you have any explanation for this inconsistency in mind?

 

I mean it's not really an inconsistency, Dawn of the Jedi isn't canon. It would just be a change.

 

As an old Star Wars nerd who doesn't come much to Lit anymore, I just wanted to say what a fantastic job you did, Dan. I still collect the "guidebooks" in their full editions. Looking forward to more in the future!

 

i love the final message from leia, shows that she always loved han even when they were separated.

 

No, I don't have an explanation in mind. Not that I couldn't develop some theories if needed, but it seems like one of those open-ended continuity avenues with potential to be explored in future works. Admittedly I'm not sure about Dawn of the Jedi source material under the new canon, however some of the "props" from the setting could still get referenced.

Thanks, that means a lot! Even now, I feel like I'm walking in the footsteps of West End Games loremasters like Michael Allen Horne and Paul Sudlow with these things. Animators at Pixar used to talk about how they "sanded the underside of the drawer," meaning that, even if nobody ever looks at the bottom of a drawer after pulling it out, they'd sand that side anyway because that's how they rolled at Pixar. I feel like the thoroughness of Star Wars lore was set at a ridiculously high bar during that WEG era and I've been straining to reach those heights ever since.

Thanks! I knew from the start that was the angle I wanted to convey with for that passage, and that specific section ended up going through multiple hands at Lucasfilm before arriving at the final version. Lots of concern on every side to do right by Han/Leia!

 

One last question on Essential Characters if you don't mind, Dan. Would the Old Republic protagonists have been covered? They're obviously important characters, but I can see why one might not want to set down too many concrete details about them.

Sorry I keep mucking up this thread with these questions, but there's no general Dan Wallace thread.

 

We didn't have entries for them in the outline. I think the timing was tricky--the game was released at the same time we were nailing down the outline--and as you said, it would be hard to include definitive bios with the game's storyline constantly being updated. I'm sure we would have included details from the game elsewhere, and probably we might have covered some of the characters in the appendix.

 

Actually there is. It's here but the last post was in 2011 and the thread autolocked. If Dan wants it reopened one of the forum mods could do that and 'up' it for you.

As far as the guidebooks go, I have the Bounty Hunter one in the full edition. I just have the books themselves for the others - not enough room!

 

Oh, Dan, I'm reading the Bounty Hunter Code now and I believe I've spotted an error. There are a couple references to Rozatta the Toydarian still being alive in the Imperial era, when Montross actually murdered her prior to the Clone Wars.

 

Alright, sorry.

 

Got this for Christmas and read through it last night, and man, did Dan hit another one out of the park! I especially loved how everyone had their own unique voice. The Master Codebreaker was a particular favorite, he's so full of himself...

 

I got it for Christmas too, and found it hilarious that Lando had it for all of a page before losing it to a thug he tried to deck.
Han is less than pleased that Lando owned it before him.
Latts Razzi has her own syndicate now. Interesting, I hope that's developed further. She comes off as rather bratty here, and Han comments that he hopes she came to a bad end.
Just some of the things I recall off the top of my head.

 

I've got the book on my Amazon UK list.

 

Good question. I can't find the guide on Amazon UK at all and the only listing on the US site is for the deluxe version.

 

Not available on Amazon UK


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On a reread of Supernatural Encounters I came across a reference to a young Splendid Ap, not yet in control of his powers over time and space, accidentally creating a mirror universe. Certainly makes this book's rumblings of Typhojem activity (Ap's nephew) in the new continuity pretty interesting, not that they weren't before...

 

Waterstones now has it, at least. When I look it up on Amazon UK, apparently the release date was 1 July.

 

Yeah, I found it at the local Waterstones last week. It's pretty good.

 

Yep, got hold of a non-deluxe copy here in the UK last week. It's fantastic; pretty much a Legends reference on every page, and some really surprising stuff recanonized too. It definitely feels like a narrative is being told, even though it's not really a story in the typical sense. I think that's one of the strengths of this kind of book, that it gives the sense of a story while still being, really, a reference book. Master Codebreaker's characterization was great, and I hope that gets carried over into any future material he shows up in.

Great stuff. I hope Dan has more of these in the pipeline.

 

I'm not sure what else they could do. We've had Imperial, Rebel, Bounty Hunters, and Smugglers. Senate/Politicians might be an idea.

 

We need a Senate Handbook.

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