On the Publishing Horizon

I've been looking back through the archives of my blog, and I've noticed something that deserves an update: the publishing horizon.

First there's the rest of the Clone Wars books and Labyrinth of Evil. Then there'll be another book taking place directly after Episode III. There'll be a couple books set in the Old Republic -- just a little series of two or three -- and then a lot post-NJO (but still in the NJO "era"). There's the Dark Nest trilogy, which takes place about five years post-NJO, and then a 9-book series that was originally going to be an Old Republic series. (Note that in a previous post, I mistakenly referred to this series as a six-book series. Oops!) The nine book series will be written by three different authors -- one for the first three books, another for the next three, and a third for the final three.

Then, of course, there are a couple more New Essential Guides, a few DK books to go with Episode III, and some other books here and there.

By the way -- as I said months ago, I still think there should be an "Ultimate Guide" series after all these books come out (perhaps as the first books in a new publishing contract). My dream series would consist of:

• The Ultimate Guide to Characters
• The Ultimate Guide to Vehicles & Vessels
• The Ultimate Guide to Weapons & Technology
• The Ultimate Guide to Planets & Moons
• The Ultimate Guide to Droids
• The Ultimate Guide to Alien Species
• The Ultimate Chronology

The Planets & Moons one would also feature a large cartography section, complete with various maps from various eras showing territory and sector boundries shifting over time. So there could be a couple from the Sith era, a couple showing the ongoing Clone Wars, a couple Rise of the Empire maps showing the bad guys taking over, a few showing the New Republic taking all that back, and then several showing the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. That's a lot of maps!

What do you think? Post a comment! :-)

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Episode III Update:

Last night StarWars.com updated with some amazing Episode III stuff. A great new set diary, an amazing new Before the Helmet depicting an interesting bit of the space battle, and one of the best web documentaries to date focusing on Anthony Daniels as C-3PO. (Unfortunately, only members of Hyperspace can see it all, although the documentary will be released for all members later.)

Today is the last day of pick-ups, which means that pretty much everyone has done their last Star Wars filming ever. That's kind of sad. Oh well. There'll still be books, and comics, and games, and maybe even a live-action TV series or two... and in the mean time, we still have Episode III to look forward to! :-D

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Well, I'm off to a wedding for the weekend. Aloha!