i dont see why there would be a controversy. sunrider was around before in the sws universe before that jeep was. anyway what do they care if star wars has a book on a sunrider. thats just stupid. i mean nomi has been around since the 80's .

I was wondering what you were taljing about with jeep.

Here's what Sue had to say about the issue:
+No, it wasn't a myth, and the issue is still there with using the name "Sunrider." However, we can use it in the body of text where it can be argued that there would be no confusion -- we can't use her name in the title, and if we ever do an action figure, we'd have to drop "Sunrider."
So we just have to be careful. +

I hope that this novel tells a new story rather than retelling TOTJ, but either way its nice to have a novel from that era.

It was due to the surname "Sunrider", Jeep had already trademarked the phrase,

Wow, certainly wasn't expecting this being a Nomi Sunrider novel. Excellent news for me, as I absolutely love Tales of the Jedi.

That's what I hope for, but given the Bane precedent, I would expect that only if this first novel is a success after telling Nomi's back story.

EDIT: Though I do have to congratulate LFL for listening to the fans. For some time we've been complaining that major characters have been getting the spotlight, while non-Big 3 characters have been ignored. And now we have several novels focusing on minor or less famous characters - Zekk, Jaden Korr, Nomi Sunrider, Boba Fett in a standalone, the Horror novel. Just goes to show that LFL does listen to the fans.

Score one for diversification.

Yes it will be nice to have a novel with them all. I love all of those characters, but TBH they are pretty low on my list of people I want to see in a novel from the old Jedi Order(pre 1000 BBY).

I agree. While I like Nomi and Thon, I would have loved to see a new Jedi or Sith be the focus. But as this is what we're getting, I'm still pretty happy about it.

That news is a bit disappointing. I like Nomi, but her story has gotten a lot of play already. There are SO MANY characters in that era, and the eras right around then that have not been explored enough, or at all.

Heh, funny you should say that. I picked up the Bane books and they're on my (too long) list of novels to catch up on. I'm glad that they don't rely on a previous comic knowledge (in fact I didn't even know there were comic stories about him).

Not exactly great news for me. Makes me wonder if I'll even buy it. I had no idea who she was when I read Sue's blog, so I looked her up... seems as if she's only ever been in the comics, and I have no motivation to read or care about those.

Though if the novel is standalone and doesn't require me to have any knowledge of the comics, then I'll still give it a try.