Latest Updates: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
5 Book Series Coming!
Over the past couple of months, news has slowly leaked that authors Karen Traviss and Karen Miller were both working on upcoming Clone Wars novels. Now, Karen has officially announced what the project is, clarifying things and revealing that this will be a five book series based off of the animated movie, and that Karen T will be taking three of the books. Here's the announcement from her webpage:
Yes, there is a NEW SERIES out this month, and judging by the mail I'm getting, folks don't seem to realise what it is. There's a NEW FIVE-BOOK STAR WARS SERIES for adult readers based on the Clone Wars movie and TV cartoon show, and I'm writing three of them. But because the movie and the TV show are for the youngsters, and I write adult fiction, then you can deduce that the novels will show you stuff you won't see on screen. (This is separate from the young adult books that are also being published. ) With me so far? Good.
CLONE WARS, the hardcover based on the movie - loosely based, so no griping that it's different, please, because that's the whole point - is out on July 26. Full of the gritty, off-message, character-testing, question-raising, grey-area, military-oriented stuff you've come to expect from me. And clones. Plenty of clones. And familiar characters from the movies that you won't see quite the same way ever again.
My good buddy Karen Miller is writing the other two novels. She doesn't write predictable, lightweight stuff either, so stand by for a challenging series that will make you take another fresh look at the Clone Wars.
I'll be pimping the books at Comic Con in San Diego, July 24 - 27, with a short book tour immediately afterwards. I'll post cities and dates when they're all confirmed.
Karen Miller also chimed in on her webpage:
And now it's official!
[Posted 27-Jun-2008]
Yes! I am writing two Star Wars novels. They're part of a new 5 book series set during the Clone Wars, and connected with the new animated series that's coming out this year. The truly awe-inspiring Karen Traviss (NYT #1 bestselling author) is writing the other 3. She is da bomb, with big fat bells on. More info will be shared as it comes to hand ...
This is fantastic news, especially for Clone Wars fans. This is also in addition to the final Republic Commando novel, Order 66, which is also being penned by Karen Traviss.
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