Hello Sue,

I was curious about the short story that (I believe) was printed on Del Rey's catalogue regarding a short story that takes place shortly before Outcast. Any hints as to where the prequel short story will take place, what characters it'll include and what the synopsis will be?

Thanks for taking the time. I hope you enjoy your weekend.

EDIT: I also wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Michael Reaves' Patterns of the Force. Although the outcome was nothing like I expected, it did not disappoint and gave me some closure to a really great series overall. More from Reaves (solo) would be greatly appreciated!

*Sketches for Bane 3 already? Wow, you guys are on a cover binge this month Sue. *

I think they just have a lot of new books coming out this year besides one series like last year, kind of. Cool to see though, no? Anyway, Drew says that later today (27) or tomorrow his site will update with "a small Bane update." Looking forward to that.

Cool! Have you guys decided on a title yet?

No, not yet.

Sue, the cover of Deathtroopers is AWESOME! What other covers are you guys working on?

I've received the concept sketches for the next Darth Bane novel --

Do the mainstream Star Wars novels even have a younger demographic? Completely ignoring the fairly graphic violence in NJO, these novels are quite complex. I can't picture anyone younger than fifteen or so actually reading them and understanding them.

I just want to say the cover for Deathtroopers is awesome!

Oh yeah, scary cover . . . I want my mommy!

Also, I have a question/suggestion for you. Have you ever considered getting the authors putting a one page reference at the back. To explain, often authors will reference other events in their work that occured in books or comics by others.

At the back they could include a quick reference along the lines of:

For more on Luke Skywalker's fall to the dark side, check out the Dark Empire Comics by Dark Horse

just a sentence for each major event they reference. I've heard fans were often confused by that one in particular and had a hard time finding where it happened. It would be a helpful way for fans to find further reading they're interested in, and a good method of cross-promotion among star wars novels/comics to increase sales of older products (for the sales department).

Don't know if you've thought about that, but it would only increase page count by one, and would be great free advertising for multiple products.

Sue, have you recieved the transcript for Blood Oath? I know it wasn't sent on time but I was wondering if it's been sent and what do you think?

I'm going to second the suggestion that we eventually get comics set during NJO/LOTF (and even late in the New Republic era).

I know that this isn't technically your area, but perhaps you can speak to someone at Dark Horse (when you have time) and suggest the idea for them to explore after one of their current series is finally completed.

15 ABY to 45 ABY is pretty much devoid of comics, and they're a great way to give visuals of the main characters when not every one of them can make their own detailed cover. (not to speak of locations, ships, etc.)