You have to play within the rules, and you have to deal with theĬharacters the way they’re presented in the films and write a story thatįeels like Star Wars.
How do you deal with this and do you feel For instance, youĬan’t have Han Solo die. Restrictions when it comes to the main characters. Ride, because I didn’t have a driver’s license yet.Īs a writer of Star Wars books you have certain I went to see it several times, but always had to bum a Genre-shattering as Star Wars without having any expectations We were all completely blownĪway, it’s hard for new fans to imagine now, seeing something as I hadn’t heard any hype at allĪbout it yet, nothing but a rather cryptic radio commercial, and I went Oh yes, I was just a freshman in high school at the time and I went to see Star Wars -it wasn’t called A New Hope Were you a Star Wars fan when the movies came out? At that point, I think Tim Zahn’s first novel had just been released, but there wasn’t an actual Star Wars publishing program yet. Them some samples of my novels, and next thing I know I got a phone callįrom out of the blue offering me a project to write three sequels to Star Wars the Jedi Academy trilogy. My editor at Bantam suggested my name to Lucasfilm and sent Turned in my books on time, vital characteristics for a Star Wars I worked well with the editors, did what I said I was going to do, and I Of my own novels published they were well received and, most important, I had already established myself as an original novelist with six or so How did you get the job to do official Star Wars related books? You did your first official Star Wars work in the mid nineties. Submitting stories to magazines when I was 12. Typewriter when I was 8, bought my own typewriter when I was 10, started I was just a kid, then I pecked out my first novel on my dad’s I started drawing pictures and telling stories aloud when I was watching movies and fascinated by the genre since before I could I have always wanted to be a writer, particularly in science fiction.
Anderson, how did you start your career as a writer? Was writing something you always wanted to do?
Universe, Darksaber, Jedi Academy trilogy, Young Jedi Knights series andĮditor of the Anthologies: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, Talesįrom Jabba’s Palace, Tales of the Bounty Hunters
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