I've copied some of your comments below, and offered my replies....


I notice that Shadows of Mindor is now set for an October 08 release (from Feb). Will there be a replacement Feb 08 novel?

The Force Unleashed novel is sort of a replacement - it was the addition of this title that spurred the rescheduling.

Any news on e-books?

Nothing that I can really announce at this point, although we are considering one or two for this year, probably loosely tied to LofF.

Please forgive me, Sue, but I'm extremely disappointed by the Plagueis novel being cancelled. I actually really WANTED to know Palpatine's and Plagueis' back story. Could you please elaborate on what led to this decision? How was it decided that it wasn't a good time? Who said what when? Can you do that for me, please? I'd appreciate the insight.

You're forgiven. After many long and difficult group discussions, we decided that the mystery was worth keeping. We didn't want to personalize Plagueis and Palpatine to the point where they because mundane - we figured the better option at this point was to leave their back stories mysterious. We have no plans at the moment to move forward with this.

Oh, and I've been loving the detailed LOTF timelines. Could you please keep those going as well? I'd appreciate that, too. Thanks for your time.

I'd really like to, and I've intended to all along. The problem is time. It's at the bottom of my list (right below blogging!) and getting a block of time set aside to go through the manuscripts again eludes me. I haven't given up yet, though.

Is there anything you can share about the Untitled hardcover novel at this point? Such as potential era in the saga? Or is it still to early in the process to know even that?

No, nothing really. Shelly and I are reading a few authors we have in mind, and once we settle on someone and that person agrees, then we brainstorm with the author to see what he or she is passionate about.