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Shadows of the Empire<\/em> was the first novel to take place between two films. How did that happen?<\/strong> Did you meet George Lucas? <\/strong>Did you get any feedback from him?<\/strong> When you submitted your outline, was there anything specific that Lucasfilm rejected?<\/strong> How early on did you know about the scope of the marketing and what kind of pressure did that put on you?<\/strong> How did you like the action figures and toys?\u00a0<\/strong> Have you heard the audio book?<\/strong> SOTE<\/em> was one of the few books to have its own musical soundtrack. What did you think of the the music?<\/strong> Were you always a big Star Wars<\/em> fan?<\/strong> Who is your favorite SW character?<\/strong> How do you come up with character names?<\/strong>
\nLucasfilm wanted to work in this area, so that was the deal from the start.<\/p>\n
\nNope, he was gone the day I went to Skywalker Ranch. I got a note from him in the book he autographed for me, thanking me for the great work.<\/p>\n
\nThey didn’t want the droids flying the Millennium Falcon <\/em>scene, but I asked them to let me try it. They grudgingly agreed, then liked it enough to ask me to make it longer. I had one other scene involving a gag where Luke and Lando pull the Falcon<\/em> into what is essentially a gas station to use the phone, and they didn’t think it was funny, so that went away.<\/p>\n
\nI knew from the word ”Go.” It did make me want to to a good job, knowing how much was riding on it. My editor convinced me I could do it, and not to worry. I knew about the inclusion of things in the Special Edition of A New Hope<\/em> from the beginning, and it was quite a rush. I had very little control over the look of the merchandising materials. They used my character descriptions and that was about it. I saw the Nintendo 64 game and played it a little, but don’t have one. Looks terrific to me.<\/p>\n
\nWhat I saw looked okay, though Luke had more muscle than he should. I didn’t talk to any of the companies who make ’em.<\/p>\n
\nYes, and it was quite well done. A lot was left out, and I’d rather have had it unabridged, but when you do a condensed version, that’s how it goes.<\/p>\n
\nI liked the music a lot, and I also liked the artwork.<\/p>\n
\nYep. Saw the first movie first week it was out. Loved it. I think\u00a0The Empire Strikes Back<\/em>\u00a0is the best of the three, but I like them all. Got to have them all or the series doesn’t work.\u00a0A New Hope<\/em>\u00a0is the most complete.<\/p>\n
\nI can’t pin that one down. I like all the major characters in the movies, and in SOTE<\/em>, and all of them are necessary.<\/p>\n
\nFertile imagination. I tried in the Star Wars<\/em> stuff to use names that would sound right in the universe. Lucy Wilson at Lucasfilm actually came up with the name Xizor. It’s pronounced “Shee-zor.” There are all kinds of familiar references and inside jokes in my character names, but I don’t want to give too many of them away. The jewel thief Luke thinks about at one point is one, and the traitor in the sewer is another.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Is Dash Rendar dead and gone after the explosion at the end of the book?<\/strong>