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We are seeing happy to see The Wall Street Journal handle the topic as well.
In the Arena section of Friday’s Wall Street Journal, writer Alexandra Alter reported on the literary universe surrounding the Star Wars films and also addressed the fans who enjoy it and the culture that often critiques it.
Alter interviewed author Troy Denning as Hardcore fans will not be surprised by most of the piece but it was very well researched. TheForce.net tells us a bit more about the article:
Gran (three) and the number of arms on a Codru-ji (four).” It offers statistics on the scale of the EU — “There are more than 125 million copies of “Star Wars” books in print, and 115 titles have been best-sellers.”
In addition to a mistaken reference to Marvel Comics as one of Lucasfilm’s publishing partners, the article also seemed to misrepresent the nature of the relationship between the authors, the Del Rey editors, and the Lucasfilm team. In particular, there is this sentence regarding how much freedom authors have in their books:
Sometimes Mr. Denning doesn’t like the script he is given, but he follows the prescribed story arc anyway.
Leland Chee took to Twitter to clarify the dynamic:
One point I do want to clarify, coming up with EU story ideas is a collaborative effort between Lucasfilm, the publishers, and the authors.
— Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) July 12, 2013
And author Paul S. Kemp, who has written three EU novels, added:
In my (limited) experience, Del Rey and Lucasfilm really do collaborate with the author. It’s actually a fun process.
— Paul S. Kemp (@Paulskemp) July 12, 2013
I always felt that Del Rey and Lucasfilm worked hard to give me as much creative freedom as possible. Very nice thing.
— Paul S. Kemp (@Paulskemp) July 12, 2013
So there it is… Where do you stand when it comes to the Star Wars is a true fan but I’m open to hearing your thoughts/debates on the topic.
