If you haven’t checked out my featured articles in Star Wars Insider, hopefully Issue #167 will tempt you enough to pick it up from the newsstand. Over at starwars.com, editor Jonathan Wilkins shared ten highlights from the current issue, including: 2. REY OF LIGHT Tricia Barr’s guide to the heroic journey of various characters continues […]
There are a lot of great articles in Star Wars Insider #165, as highlighted by Jonathan Wilkins at starwars.com. My feature expands on the Flying Ace archetype, which is relatively new in storytelling. From the article: Film too was in its infancy when the Wright Brothers first harnessed wind and took flight in 1903. While […]
StarWars.com shares highlights from Star Wars Insider #160 out now on newsstands. Included is a piece I pitched on the Insider Panel at Celebration for my ongoing series on heroes’ journeys, and sometimes falls, in Star Wars. After pitching Ahsoka Tano, I admitted on the latest Hyperspace Theories that I struggled with the piece. My […]
Kay, BJ and I recorded our latest Hyperspace Theories shortly after the season finale Star Wars Rebels. We ended up with so much to say that we’ve split our discussion into two episodes. In the previous show, we talked about Dave Filoni’s influence as a foundational creator of Star Wars stories, and speculated on the […]
Today’s edition of Wynde Around the Web is inspired by the connection between my novel and the real-world championship taking place this weekend. In late January, Duke University’s Mike Krzyzewski became the first Division I men’s basketball head coach to reach the astounding milestone of 1,000 career wins. With last Sunday’s Duke victory over Gonzaga, […]
Despite the number of this month’s episode of Hyperspace Theories, we’re not talking about The Force Awakens, but rather Star Wars Rebels. Recorded shortly after the season finale aired, we consider not just the concluding episode but the entire first season as a touchstone for discussing speculation and storytelling. With Rebels as our topic, naturally […]
This month’s episode of Hyperspace Theories centers around two masters likely to make a major impact on the future of Star Wars. Continuing the pattern of recent episodes, the storytelling segment considers another person whose participation forms one of the foundations of the next generation of Star Wars tales: screenwriter Simon Kinberg. Although the official […]
For Valentine’s Day, I joined Eric Geller and Justin Bolger on the ForceCast to discuss love in Star Wars. The topic specifically evolved out of past piece I did for Suvudu, Random House’s Science Fiction Fantasy blog, for the holiday. At the time I originally wrote the piece I was excited about the prospect of […]
If there’s an unintended theme cutting across all of our discussion topics in this month’s episode of Hyperspace Theories, it might be the aphorism that “past is prologue” and its implications for The Force Awakens and the Sequel Trilogy. Our storytelling segment continues our consideration of the foundations of Star Wars with a focus on […]
As the Athena’s Daughters 2 Kickstarter went live last month, I was excited to support the next selection of female writers after the pleasure of being part of the first Athena’s Daughters. I lined up several interviews, one with editor Maggie Allen and another with writer Jordan Frederick. When I realized the Star Wars credentials […]
