New Star Wars: Clone Wars Book, Chapters Revealed
Oh, man. This should be good. A while back Lucasfilm announced “Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Stories of Light and Dark”; a new book commemorating the seminal animated series is coming.
And, on July 2, the authors of the tome’s many chapters gave up the goods on their pieces of the project.
Coming Soon: Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Stories of Light and Dark
- Lou Anders (“Dooku Captured” and “The Gungan General,” based on the episodes of the same name)
- Tom Angleberger (“Bane’s Story,” based on the episodes “Deception,” “Friends and Enemies,” “The Box,” and “Crisis on Naboo”)
- Preeti Chhibber (“Hostage Crisis,” based on the episode of the same name)
- E. Anne Convery (“Bug,” based on the episode “Massacre”)
- Zoraida Córdova (“The Lost Nightsister,” based on the episode “Bounty”)
- Sarah Beth Durst (“Almost a Jedi,” based on the episode “A Necessary Bond”)
- Greg van Eekhout (“Kenobi’s Shadow,” based on the episode “The Lawless”)
- Jason Fry (“Sharing the Same Face,” based on the episode “Ambush”)
- Yoon Ha Lee (“The Shadow of Umbara,” based on the episodes “Darkness on Umbara,” “The General,” “Plan of Dissent,” and “Carnage of Krell”)
- Rebecca Roanhorse (“Dark Vengeance,” based on the episode “Brothers”)
- Anne Ursu (“Pursuit of Peace,” based on the episode “Heroes on Both Sides”)
Hey, all of them sound pretty interesting, but I have my eye on a couple stories of note.
Two Top Picks: The Clone Wars – Stories of Light and Dark
Zoraida Cordova, whose book Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – A Crash of Fate is excellent, has “The Lost Nightsister.”
My chapter follows Ventress after she’s experienced a brutal defeat. Spoiler alert: she’s witnessed the death of her sisters. Now she’s on Tatooine and in a rut. She gets mixed up with a bounty hunter crew led by Boba Fett… I watched several episodes with her in it, but I watched “Bounty” about 50 times.
And Greg van Eekhout wrote “Kenobi’s Shadow” – this is based on the moment in the show where Obi-Wan witnesses the death of his one true love.
I enjoyed writing a couple of short scenes between Obi-Wan and Anakin that weren’t in the episode. I wanted to highlight their closeness as friends and show that Anakin’s not the only Jedi who struggles with the dark side. There’s a crucial moment in my story when Obi-Wan is close to giving into his anger and has to make a choice: Strike out in violence or rise above it. It’s always fun to push characters to extremes and see how they react.
For the full breakdown of the book, check out Dan Brooks’ full article on StarWars.com.