John Jackson Miller

Tales from the Memory Bank: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement, Part 2

In honor of the rerelease by Marvel of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comics, I’m revising and updating my production notes here on what I hope will be a weekly basis. You can get Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic Vol. 1 from your local comic shop, from Things from Another World or from Amazon. You can also purchase signed copies directly from my shop …

Read more

Tales from the Memory Bank: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement, Part 1

In honor of the July 1 rerelease by Marvel of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comics, I’m revising and updating my production notes here on what I hope will be a weekly basis. You can get Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic Vol. 1 from your local comic shop, from Things from Another World or from Amazon. You can also purchase signed copies directly from …

Read more

June signings in Illinois

I interrupt this spring of writing to alert you to the following events… First, I’ll be at the Joliet Public Library’s Star Wars Day on Saturday, June 6 in Joliet, Ill. It’s a huge event, with a costume parade out front. My first time there; I’m looking forward to being a part of it. And then on Saturday June 13 I’ll be at the complete other end of the state, …

Read more

Some moments from my Celebration Anaheim trip

Signing for a princess. Photo by Del Rey. Back from Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, my fourth one of these events and the best yet, in my estimation. I’m thankful to the team at Random House/Del Rey, Lucasfilm, and the event organizers for making it a great experience for me. While the release of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer was naturally and quite deservedly the big news of the …

Read more

My Star Wars Celebration Anaheim schedule

Ahoy there! Here be my tentative schedule for Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, April 19-22: Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon Signing at the Mysterious Galaxy booth Thursday, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Rule the Galaxy Together: Writing in a Shared Universe, Star Wars University room, 206AB • This is my first how-to seminar at any Celebration, and I’m pretty excited about it: I’ve gathered up a number of pointers …

Read more

Star Wars: A New Dawn paperback now available — plus production notes!

And another book for your shelf! Star Wars: A New Dawn is now available in paperback at your local bookseller — and you can also, at long last, find my production notes, trivia, and answers to frequently asked questions here on the site. It’s a wide-ranging document, covering the creation of the book and including trivia that hits stops everywhere from the Civil War to the Russian Revolution, while taking …

Read more

Red Alert! Star Trek: The Next Generation – Takedown is now on sale!

Hailing frequencies… well, you know the rest. My debut Star Trek novel is now on the stands: Star Trek: The Next Generation – Takedown!  Takedown, as I’ve mentioned before, is a fun romp of a novel, a true interstellar naval yarn in the Star Trek tradition. From the description: When renegade starships begin wreaking destruction across the quadrant, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are shocked …

Read more

Star Trek: Takedown, beaming soon to a shelf near you!

We’re just a short few days as I write this from the release of my first full-length Star Trek novel: Star Trek: The Next Generation – Takedown!  Takedown is a fun romp of a novel, a true interstellar naval yarn in the Star Trek tradition. From the description: When renegade starships begin wreaking destruction across the quadrant, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are shocked to …

Read more

Marvel slates first Old Republic rerelease for July

I have been quite derelict as a blogger lately: this is nothing new for readers of the site, as when I get busy writing, or traveling, or holiday-ing, the website tends to get less attention. The good news is that I have been writing — including working on some additional behind-the-scenes posts for this website which I intend to start posting here soon. (A couple are already up: the long-missing …

Read more

My New York Comic Con schedule — plus my fall tour events

It’s been an incredibly busy month following the release of Star Wars: A New Dawn and leading up to the debut of the Rebels TV series this past weekend. I think I’ve been on half the podcasts out there — and there’s been a whirlwind of interviews. And the response has been gratifying — there were a passel of very nice reviews out there. There isn’t time to list them …

Read more