I have a son who will in a few short months be my age when I saw Empire, so to be involved with the Star Wars universe just as the new film is coming out - it feels like not only something akin to kismet, but a great and powerful privilege.'Īftermath will be part of Lucasfilm's 'The Journey to The Force Awakens' initiative, which will include about 20 books this fall that span from children's books to comics and novels. In fact, one of the first novels I ever read was the novelization of A New Hope. Those movies opened up a world for me, and my love of storytelling comes from them and from the galaxy of smaller, connected stories, too - from the toys to the games to the books. 'My jaw dropped and I don’t think I’ve found it, yet. 'My earliest - and still one of my best - movie-going experiences as a kid was being a four-year-old watching The Empire Strikes Back at a drive-in theater with my sister,' he wrote in the post. Novelist Wendig is, to put it mildly, excited for the opportunity to contribute to a franchise he's long been a fan of.

Let's uncover the mysteries in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer Does everyone accept the fall of Imperial rule? Has everyone even heard the life-altering news? What rushes in to fill the vacuum the Empire has left? And who will try to stop them?' But the galaxy is a big place, and the fallout of this cataclysm will affect different worlds in different ways. A new government is forming to replace the Empire. 'Rumors are flying that the Emperor and his enforcer, Darth Vader, are dead. 'The second Death Star has been destroyed,' Jennifer Heddle wrote.

Beginning this September, the Star Wars Aftermath trilogy of novels will chronicle the events after Return of the Jedi and fill in the blanks between that film and the upcoming movie The Force Awakens, according to a post on the franchise's official site today.Ĭhuck Wendig ( Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Under the Empyrean Sky) will write the Aftermath trilogy, which will include a 'sweeping new cast of characters, along with a fan favorite from the films.' Today's post includes the Del Ray-published book's setup and poses a series of unanswered questions about the galaxy far, far away.

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