A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Cover art by Doug Wheatley. © 2014 Del Rey Books, an imprint of Random House, and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) A NEW DAWN For a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights brought peace and order to the Galactic Republic, aided by their connection to the mystical energy field known as the Force. But they were betrayed--and the whole galaxy has paid the price. It is the Age of the Empire. Now Emperor Palpatine, once chancellor of the Republic and secretly a Sith follower of the dark side of the Force, has brought his own peace and order to the galaxy. Peace, through brutal repression--and order, through increasing control of his subjects' lives. But even as the Emperor tightens his iron grip, others have begun to question his means and motives. And still others, whose lives were destroyed by Palpatine's machinations, lay scattered about the galaxy like unexploded bombs, waiting to go off.... - "Title Crawl" from John Jackson Miller's Star Wars; A ...

(C) 2017 Del Rey Books and Lucasfilm Ltd. On February 21, 2017, Random House's Del Rey Books imprint published Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire's End, the final volume in author Chuck Wendig's Aftermath trilogy. Set in the turbulent days after the Battle of Endor, the destruction of the second Death Star, and the deaths of Emperor Sheev Palpatine and Darth Vader, Wendig's trio of canonical Star Wars novels reveals some of the events that occur in that "galaxy far, far away" between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.  Wendig begins Empire's End with a short prologue set before the Battle of Endor. Emperor Palpatine, perhaps sensing his approaching demise, orders Imperial Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax aboard the still incomplete Death Star II to receive his final instructions: "I need you to be ready." " I am always ready."   "It may soon be time for the Contingency."  At that, Rax's throat tightens. My destiny....

(C) 2016 Del Rey Books and Lucasfilm, Ltd. Although Chuck Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath - the first volume in the Aftermath series - received mixed reviews from Star Wars fans, it was the first “new canon” novel to answer the question What happened in that galaxy far, far away after the Battle of Endor and the deaths of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader? Despite a few idiosyncrasies in style and use (or lack thereof) of Star Wars- like slang in some bits, Wendig’s 2015 Star Wars: Aftermath was a New York Times- bestseller because it still tells an exciting story about how Rebel pilot Norra Wexley and her team disrupt the plans of the Imperial Future Council and run into the gunsights of Imperial Grand Admiral Rae Sloane. On July 12, 2016, Del Rey Books, an imprint of Random House, published Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt, which unites Norra, her teenage son Temmin and his refurbished battle droid Mr. Bones, former Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus, New Republic comma...

(C) 2015 Del Rey Books/Random House and Lucasfilm, Ltd. On September 4, 2015, three months before the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Del Rey Books (a division of Random House) published Chuck Wendig's Star Wars: Aftermath, the first book of the "new canon" Aftermath trilogy. Released as part of the Lucasfilm Story Group's Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Wendig's novel was one of many projects (comic book series, young adult novels, and reference works) that are intended to tell the story of what happened between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.  Like all Star Wars novels published since Disney-owned Lucasfilm scrapped the old Expanded Universe in the spring of 2014, Wendig's  Aftermath   trilogy is part of the "new canon" that includes the six original Saga films, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi.   A...

(C) 2016 Marvel Comics & Lucasfilm Ltd. Cover art by Phil Noto On December 6, 2016, Marvel Comics published Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a 136-page hardcover compilation of the six-issue comics adaptation of director J.J. Abrams' eponymous blockbuster space-fantasy film. Written by novelist, screenwriter, and game designer Chuck Wendig ( Star Wars: Aftermath ) and illustrated by Luke Ross and Frank Martin, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is based on the screenplay by J.J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan, and Michael Arndt, as well as the characters and situations created by George Lucas. IT'S TRUE - ALL OF IT!  THE BIGGEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR JUMPS FROM THE BIG SCREEN TO THE COMIC-BOOK PAGE! It's been three decades since the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star and toppled the Galactic Empire...but now, on the remote planet of Jakku...there is a stirring in The Force. A young scavenger named Rey...a deserting Stormtrooper named Finn...an ace pilot named Poe...and a d...