Book Buzz: The Legacy of Star Wars Fiction

Lucas would have been better off if he had scrapped everything he had in mind for the prequal and called up Timothy Zahn to write it for him. Lord knows if he ever decides to write a "canon" third trilogy that contradicts the "Empire Trilogy" or "Jedi Academy" he should probably sell Skywalker Ranch and go hide somewhere in the Australian Outback where nobody can find him.

Hah, I just can't wait to see what happens with the Star Wars TV show. McCallum and Lucas have both stated that they plan on making a show that will eventually split into four concurrent series. That means four live-action Star Wars series running all at the same time in the near future.

McCallum thinks even one Star Wars TV series has the ability to run for 400 episodes or longer, and this is where I'm worried about the direction of the show. Lucas plans on helping write and produce for the TV series... and that's good that he's not the only one in charge creatively. But taking some of the SW novels as episode source material is a great idea, but I can see Lucas being opposed to doing so because that would force him to recognize and honor that fiction. And hell, maybe even read some of it.

Jedi Academy was terrible. How about the Hand of Thrawn saga instead?

I think its crap. First he isnt gonna have any major characters, even if played by different actors. If anything only Cameo appearances. From what I've read The Jedi will have a limited presence and the story lines will focus more on the people of the series (Troopers, politicians, smugglers, Bounty Hunters). While this is all great I would have loved to see more of the remaining Jedi and Vader as an active role in the series as appose to limited and cameo appearances.

As for the Book I love them despite not being Canon. Skywalker should be way more powerful than he’s portrayed at times. Timothy Zahn is an awesome writer; I'd definitely give a thumbs up if he had any hand in the series script or a few episodes. Also For all this time and energy Lucas is wasting on making the T.V. Show and Clone Wars movie (What a waste to know filler from an already known outcome) he could have been writing and preparing the way for Episodes 7-9. Instead we are forced to feed on a cow that’s already gone dry (Don’t ask me why I used this weird sounding metaphor, it seemed the right thing to say at this time). Actors grow older and these movies already long over due seem to linger so far off that when Lucas feels ready to write, produce and direct if he’s still wants to. Mark Hamill will have done a Fan film in spite of Lucas' reserve and it will be a millions times better with advancement of technology. In the End I hope this all works out whatever direction this goes. Don't Dissapoint Lucas!!!