Star Wars

Let’s do it again! From A Certain Point of View Strikes Back!

I’m thrilled to report that the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – From a Certain Point of View anthology is a go from Del Rey —and I’m on board with a story that’s as cool as it is secret! Check out this post on StarWars.com for more information — and there’ll be a lot more out shortly. I can say for sure that my entry will be both surprising and a …

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Deal the cards — STAR WARS: CANTO BIGHT hits the shelves!

Star Wars: Canto Bight is now on sale, in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook! Four interconnected novellas describe the casino world from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, where the wealthy and powerful go to escape (and ignore) the galaxy’s troubles. All stories set the same night! I’m joined by Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, and Seanan McGuire (writing as Mira Grant). The audiobook’s great, with my story, “The Ride,” read by Jonathan …

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Fall update: Two new Star Wars books, new Star Wars comics, Halo, and more!

There’s been a whole bunch of news, and things have only slowed down long enough now for me to be able to post about them: This week sees the release of Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View, in which I have a story about the Tusken Raiders we see in Star Wars: A New Hope. This charity edition supports First Book, a literacy organization, and includes stories from …

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I return to Tatooine in October in FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW — and to Star Wars Celebration next week!

Quite a lot of news to tell! First of all — teased yesterday as #OperationBlueMilk, Del Rey and StarWars.com have announced my next Star Wars story in the Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View anthology. You can find the official announcement here, and also below: When Star Wars: A New Hope was first released in 1977, part of its appeal was that the world it presented felt alive. …

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Now available: My new Star Wars story in RISE OF THE EMPIRE!

New Star Wars fiction alert! I’ve been working hard this year on my Star Trek: Prey trilogy for 2016, but I did some commuting between galaxies to provide a new short story for Star Wars: Rise of the Empire, available Oct. 6 in print and e-book release. Rise of the Empire is a massive 700-page compendium that collects the two canon novels from 2014, my own Star Wars: A New …

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The long-awaited update! My San Diego schedule and more…

And… I’m back! No, it really wasn‘t my intention to go three months without a post here. But I was in lockdown writing Star Wars: A New Dawn and Star Trek: The Next Generation – Takedown — both of which are completed and with their respective publishers. There followed a week of unconsciousness — and now, I wake just in time for… San Diego Comic-Con? It’s been a busy year, to …

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Star Wars comics return to Marvel

I’m sure you have seen the news today that Lucasfilm will be moving the Star Wars comics license from Dark Horse, where it has been for 22 years, back to Marvel, where it began back in 1977. The shift happens in 2015: Dark Horse’s statement is here. Star Wars #1 at Marvel was the first “grown-up” comic book I ever read and aggressively collected, and Marvel gave me my start …

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Ready Player One! Star Wars: Pinball – The Novel!

Welcome to April! And you are welcome to read the news of my latest foray into cross-media inter-license branded fiction, with the kindly folks at Del Rey. Click here to read about Star Wars: Pinball – Boba Fett! “In late 2013, Del Rey takes that synergistic approach to a new level with its trilogy novelizing Star Wars: Pinball: Boba Fett, a new downloadable game developed by Zen Studios in partnership …

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