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Had a slight weapons malfunction. But everything's perfectly all right now.

date posted: Sep 29, 2008 4:56 PM | updated: Dec 16, 2008 10:27 AM

A bit about the new novels.....

Here's the line up as of this moment, at least as it stands through June 2011. The dates are penciled in - as always, things can and do change, as you'll see below. I hope there's at least one surprise......

November 25, 2008* - trade paperback: CLONE WARS: WILD SPACE by Karen Miller. This novel stars Obi-Wan Kenobi and Bail Organa and takes place primarily in............ wild space! The cover has been posted on sw.com.
*10/9 -- looks like it's really December 9th.

December 30, 2008 - Hardcover: LUKE SKYWALKER AND THE SHADOWS OF MINDOR by Matthew Stover. This one's been on the official site - you've seen the cover and copy.

January 27, 2009 - Paperback: CORUSCANT NIGHTS 3: PATTERNS OF FORCE by Michael Reaves. This has been on the official site as well - cover and copy. In the back of the book is a one-page introduction to the FATE OF THE JEDI series. Not an excerpt, just an intro.

April 7, 2009* - Hardcover: FATE OF THE JEDI 1: OUTCAST by Aaron Allston. Luke and Ben attempt to follow Jacen's previous journey in the hopes of discovering what and how various Force-using groups influenced him to accept and use dark side powers. No cover yet - we have a cover direction and style, but no final.
*10/8 -- Now I'm seeing that this may come out March 24th.

April 28, 2009 - Paperback: BLOOD OATH, by Elaine Cunningham. This is Zekk's story and takes place after his mishap in the battle in INVINCIBLE. Yes, he still lives. We have just received cover concepts on this one - the artist is Dave Seeley.

April 28, 2009 - Paperback: INDIANA JONES AND THE ARMY OF THE DEAD by Steve Perry. Right, this one's not a Star Wars novel. It stars Indiana Jones and is set during WWII when Indy takes a side trip to visit "Mac" McHale in Haiti. Cover concepts by Craig Howell have just been received.

May 19, 2009 - Trade Paperback: CLONE WARS: NO PRISONERS by Karen Traviss. This Clone Wars novel stars Anakin and Ahsoka, Captain Rex, Count Dooku and a few others, but no prisoners.

June 23, 2009* - Hardcover: FATE OF THE JEDI 2: ENIGMA ** by Christie Golden. Continues the FATE OF THE JEDI story..... major developments, new characters, lotsa stuff happens.
* Was July 7th, but was moved up.
**as of 10/1 we've changed the title to OMEN.

August 4, 2009 - Paperback: Imperial Commando: 501st by Karen Traviss. Great title, huh?

October 6, 2009* - Hardcover: FATE OF THE JEDI 3: ABYSS by Troy Denning. More hapans... er, happens. Sorry for the typo, it means nothing.
*10/9/08 -- this one has been moved to August 28, 2009.
10/27/08 -- the title ABYSS was just settled on.

November 1, 2009 - Paperback: Untitled horror novel *by Joe Schreiber takes place between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back and should be read under the covers by flashlight.
* We have a title! DEATHTROOPERS and it's now placed just before A New Hope.

December 30, 2009* - Hardcover: Untitled Darth Bane novel by Drew Karpyshyn. I don't have the outline for this one yet, but I'm hoping it continues the story of Darth Bane and his apprentice Zannah. I'm dying to see how the two of them get along.
* 10/9/08 - this one has been moved to December 16th, 2009.

January 2010 -- Paperback: Untitled* by Paul Kemp. This one sort of takes place during the Great Hyperspace War, and then.... well, you'll see. This is the one that involves Jaden Korr. Figure that out!
* 10/27/08 -- the title is CROSSCURRENT

February 2010* - Hardcover: FATE OF THE JEDI 4 by Aaron Allston.
*10/9/08 - this one has been moved to December 30, 2009.

March 2010 -- Trade Paperback, CLONE WARS #34by Karen Miller.

May 2010 - Hardcover: FATE OF THE JEDI 5 by Christie Golden.

July 2010 - Paperback: IMPERIAL COMMANDO 2 by Karen Traviss.

August 2010 - Hardcover: FATE OF THE JEDI 6 by Troy Denning.

October 2010 - Hardcover: Untitled by Alex Irvine. This is a stand-alone novel starring... are you ready? Nomi Sunrider!!

November 2010 - Hardcover: FATE OF THE JEDI 7 by Aaron Allston.

January 2011 - Hardcover: FATE OF THE JEDI 8 by Christie Golden.

March 2011 - Paperback: Untitled Boba Fett novel by Karen Traviss. Stars Boba Fett.

April 2011 - Hardcover: FATE OF THE JEDI 9 by Troy Denning. Wraps up the series....

June 2011 - Paperback: Untitled by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, featuring a promising holostar - a rags to riches story set against the backdrop of the early days of the Rebellion.
* 10/8 -- the book has just been set at 2 years BBY.

That's it for now - more as it happens.

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	MizzeeOH MagiKotor
date Posted: Sep 29, 2008 5:26 PM Sue... thanks so much for posting this. Now you've got me dying even more to read these.

	comanderbly That's Impossible. Even for a Computer.
date Posted: Sep 29, 2008 5:26 PM Awesome, thanks for all the updates. Any reason why there is almost a year between Imperial Commando 1 & 2? Thanks again, this is great!

	darthlex74
date Posted: Sep 29, 2008 6:43 PM Wow, thanks Sue!

	Jedi Master Erier Rawas The Daily Eric - A HoloNet News Special Report
date Posted: Sep 29, 2008 7:14 PM I'm a big EU fan, and from the looks of things, we've got a great future ahead of us in terms of Star Wars books.

	bonniegrrl Droids Just Wanna Have Fun
date Posted: Sep 29, 2008 7:42 PM Great post! Thanks Sue!

	Darth_Hiram A Journey into The Force
date Posted: Sep 29, 2008 8:07 PM Excellent! Looking forward to many of these novels. Thanks for filling us in.

	Sue Rostoni Had a slight weapons malfunction. But everything's perfectly all right now.
date Posted: Sep 29, 2008 9:08 PM Awesome, thanks for all the updates. Any reason why there is almost a year between Imperial Commando 1 & 2? Karen Traviss is also writing the Boba Fett and Clone Wars novels, so that's four novels in a few years, of only her SW books. So a year between ImpCom books is understandable.

Qui-Gon Reborn
The Fifth Dimension

date Posted: Sep 29, 2008 11:20 PM

CLONE WARS: WILD SPACE

Is this classified as a young adult novel?

but we should have a cover direction by the end of next week.

Yay!!! Can't wait!! Must hold on...must hold on...must hold...

Untitled horror novel

Can you tell us anything further about what qualifies this as "horror" rather than just sci-fi?

I'm dying to see how the two of them get along.

Somebody's gonna be dying...

Nomi Sunrider!!

YES!!!

Thanks for the extraordinary update! MTFBWY!!!

LoboStele

date Posted: Sep 30, 2008 5:26 AM

This is awesome news, Sue. Thanks for posting it. Definitely a couple surprises in there, like the Zekk novel, and that the FOTJ series will be another 9 book collaboration between 3 authors like LOTF was. Can't wait for that one. It will look great on the shelf in 9 hardcovers too!

And I can't say how happy I am to see that Karen will be continuing her Commando series. I'm about 60% through Order 66 right now, and it rocks!!

	snooty30
date Posted: Sep 30, 2008 5:33 AM I'm prob 5% through Order 66 and it rocks! Thanks for the updates. Plenty to wet the appetite.

	StarkRhavyn
date Posted: Sep 30, 2008 9:12 AM What happened to Millennium Falcon? Did I miss a cancellation announcement?

	Sue Rostoni Had a slight weapons malfunction. But everything's perfectly all right now.
date Posted: Sep 30, 2008 9:15 AM CLONE WARS: WILD SPACE Is this classified as a young adult novel? Nope, it's a novel for adults.

	Sue Rostoni Had a slight weapons malfunction. But everything's perfectly all right now.
date Posted: Sep 30, 2008 9:16 AM Can you tell us anything further about what qualifies this as "horror" rather than just sci-fi? Probably the "wetting the pants" part.

	Sue Rostoni Had a slight weapons malfunction. But everything's perfectly all right now.
date Posted: Sep 30, 2008 9:20 AM What happened to Millennium Falcon? Did I miss a cancellation announcement? No, it's there -- it's coming out so soon and is pretty well-known, so I didn't include it. It's pub date is October 21st and it's a Hardcover by Jim Luceno. A must read, in my opinion....

jedicop1193

date Posted: Sep 30, 2008 11:16 AM

Sue, this is awesome. I can't wait for all the new EU stuff. I have all of the novels, most of the graphic novels, comics etc and try to keep them organized in my library in order. Other than the list on Theforce.net that isn't updated with the newest stuff, is there a list somewhere that shows all of the stuff, including the new stuff like Order 66 and Minds of Mindor in their order within the timeline?

	Sue Rostoni Had a slight weapons malfunction. But everything's perfectly all right now.
date Posted: Sep 30, 2008 1:08 PM A LIST -- I don't have one -- i have the books on a calendar and Leland can run reports of a timeline -- we're going to revamp the timeline that's been appearing in the books. It's possible that someone out there has one though...

	admkev26
date Posted: Sep 30, 2008 2:49 PM thanks for the update. big star wars novels fan but is timothy zahn coming out with a new novel soon i am a big fan of his work

	Qui-Gon Reborn The Fifth Dimension
date Posted: Sep 30, 2008 9:51 PM Probably the "wetting the pants" part. Hahaha!! Alright, alright. I won't ask. Thanks for your help. MTFBWY!

	snooty30
date Posted: Oct 01, 2008 6:04 AM November 1, 2009 - Paperback: Untitled horror novel by Joe Schreiber takes place between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back and should be read under the covers by flashlight. Hmmm... I'm guessing something to do with the Azanti?

kordo_vos
Chronologically Speaking...

date Posted: Oct 01, 2008 7:59 AM

I'm so excited about this!

But Jaden Korr, during the Great Hyperspace War? Doesn't that take place 5,000 years before he is even born? It's about time there were more Old Republic novels. Can you tell us which era the Boba Fett novel will take place in?

For a great timeline go to:

http://www.starwarstimeline.net/

Joe has even put all of the Clone Wars EU in their new places already!

knick-ksd

date Posted: Oct 01, 2008 11:56 AM

Sue,

Thank you for sharing! I'm just about to finish up the Legacy series after reading all the post Return of the Jedi books the last three years. (Yes I know some of you read them faster them! I just read like a bantha.) Until this time I have not had to wait to read a book. So waiting for the first and ongoing Fate books will be torture. Thank goodness I have a lot of pre-ROTJ to choose from until then.

Speaking of waiting, I did not notice a date for Invincible in paperback. I know you would rather me buy the hardback. Please accept my apologize when I say I have to save money.

Peace,

Hitek Lonoshcin

	vong1116 Master Vong
date Posted: Oct 01, 2008 5:33 PM You know, the juvenile books for the clone wars are also not to be missed. I'm also interested in the new series by scholastic, it has promise, plus the star wars adventures from dark horse. I think those digests are going to cover all the old trilogy characters.

	ewanandhaydenfan5 I Have You Now!
date Posted: Oct 02, 2008 7:38 AM Thanks for keeping us posted. I'm looking forward to the FOTJ series and the new Darth Bane novel.

	Theopyros
date Posted: Oct 06, 2008 5:36 AM Is this Nomi Sunrider novel going to retell the story from the KotOR comic? Kinda like the Darth Bane novels? Can we expect any more retellings? (maybe even Dark Empire)

	Corterville Yoda's House of Pancakes
date Posted: Oct 07, 2008 11:20 AM Is there any chance the Darth Plagueis novel will be put back into production? I've been dying to hear his tale!

	Sue Rostoni Had a slight weapons malfunction. But everything's perfectly all right now.
date Posted: Oct 07, 2008 3:24 PM Is this Nomi Sunrider novel going to retell the story from the KotOR comic? No.

	Sue Rostoni Had a slight weapons malfunction. But everything's perfectly all right now.
date Posted: Oct 07, 2008 3:26 PM Is there any chance the Darth Plagueis novel will be put back into production? No.

	Qui-Gon Reborn The Fifth Dimension
date Posted: Oct 22, 2008 9:20 PM Sue, when do you think we'll be able to see the cover for Outcast? And have you read a manuscript for it yet? Thanks!

	mandalorian192 What an Incredible Smell You've Discovered!!
date Posted: Nov 17, 2008 2:51 PM Ahhh, not more books! I'm running out of room on my book shelf, which is already crammed! Anyway, thanks for keeping us updated.

Jedi Master Mina
Another Galaxy, another time

date Posted: Feb 01, 2009 11:19 AM

Probably the "wetting the pants" part.

I was told that phrase a lot yesterday as I toured Rancho Obi-Wan with the Rebel Legion. But I really "wet my pants" after reading LUKE SKYWALKER AND THE SHADOWS OF MINDOR, FREAKING AWESOME and I want more.

Ahhh, not more books! I'm running out of room on my book shelf, which is already crammed! Anyway, thanks for keeping us updated.

Heh, you should see Steve Sansweet's SW book collection. Not only does he have every SW book in English, but in every language too. Lots of cramming going on there...Unbelievable.

Jedi Master Mina
Another Galaxy, another time

date Posted: Feb 01, 2009 11:22 AM

November 1, 2009 - Paperback: Untitled horror novel *by Joe Schreiber takes place between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back and should be read under the covers by flashlight.
* We have a title! DEATHTROOPERS and it's now placed just before A New Hope.

Oh goodie, a Star Wars thriller and for adult readers too. Let me guess, does it involve Darth Vader?

Can't wait for more OT books, especially my boy LUKE.

	Rainbow Droideka Aren't you a little short for an egg?
date Posted: Sep 14, 2009 11:20 AM CLONE WARS: NO PRISONERS by Karen Traviss. This Clone Wars novel stars Anakin and Ahsoka, Captain Rex, Count Dooku and a few others, but no prisoners. For the record, I cracked up. I forgot you were so funny (I've been away for awhile......that's why I'm just now reading your blog entry from a year ago).

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