How does it feel to be part of the Star Wars® universe and working on it?
Short answer: Pretty damned cool. Long answer: Star Wars is a cool universe to work in because of the wide variety of characters and stories in it. Being allowed to flesh out some of the characters from the movies, as well as to explore and develop alien races and customs, has been a lot of fun. The fact is that almost everyone (save my mother) has seen the films, so work set in that universe is instantly understandable for almost anyone who chooses to read the books. The response to the books themselves has been wonderful. There are times when working on the books is, well, work. Then I’ll sit down and watch television and catch an ad for the new tapes or some toy and it will strike me that what I’m doing is part of the whole Star Wars machine. That’s overwhelming, but very neat, too. I’m well aware that Star Wars is bigger than I’ll ever be. This fact was brought home to me just after I’d finished the first book. I was having dinner with a friend in a restaurant in New Orleans (Miss
