Karen Traviss
Karen Traviss
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- "I only write science fiction, and even when I writeStar Wars I still treat it as SF and not fantasy. I think you can write Star Wars either way, and that's the good thing about it: it's a big enough universe to allow a very wide range of interpretations."
- ―Karen Traviss, from an interview on SithClan.net[1]
Karen Traviss is the author of multipleStar Wars novels, includingRepublic Commando: Hard Contact and its sequels,Republic Commando: Triple Zero,Republic Commando: True Colors andOrder 66: A Republic Commando Novel, andImperial Commando: 501st, as well as theStar Wars: Legacy of the Force novelsLegacy of the Force: Bloodlines,Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice andLegacy of the Force: Revelation. She is also one of the two authors of the five tie-in novels for theStar Wars: The Clone Wars television series (the second author beingKaren Miller). She wrote the first book in the series entitledStar Wars: The Clone Wars and the third book entitledThe Clone Wars: No Prisoners. Traviss was also planning on writinga sequel toImperial Commando: 501st, but the novel was reassigned to another author due to Traviss having issues with the publisher andStar Wars canon. Traviss also canceled a planneduntitled Boba Fett novel that had been planned to be released afterImperial Commando 2. Traviss was originally planning on writingThe Essential Guide to Warfare, known at the time asThe Essential Guide to the Star Wars Military, but passed it on to another author. She also wrote for the defense in the bookStar Wars on Trial, arguing that her work onStar Wars novels improved her non-Star Wars writing.
Biography[]
- "My tie-ins are aimed at an adult audience, but they still have to be suitable for young adult readers, so I couldn't fall back on my usual soldierly dialogue of profanity. But I maintained a lot of solid science, and dealt with issues like rape, atrocities, shooting prisoners, and all the other ugly areas of war."
- ―Karen Traviss[2]
Traviss published her first Star Wars novel,Republic Commando: Hard Contact, in 2004. Her work for Star Wars usually involvesclone troopers,Mandalorians, or related characters such asBoba Fett. She is amongst other things known for developing the Mandalorian language,Mando'a, into a working language.
On August 8, 2009, she announced thatthe secondImperial Commando novel would be her last Star Wars novel.[3] However, Traviss later withdrew from the project over various issues, including continuity changes introduced byThe Clone Wars TV series.[4]
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Sources[]
Giving Commandos a Human Side: Author Karen Traviss onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)- Karen Traviss: TracingBloodlines onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)
- "Blaster" —Star Wars Insider 110
- "Launchpad" —Star Wars Insider 223
- Heavy Metals: Exploring Cortosis and Beskar onStarWars.com(backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑SC exclusif: Entretien avec Karen Traviss by RavenIV onwww.sithclan.net (September 15,2005) (backup link archived onNovember 13,2009)
- ↑Sprinting the Marathon by Karen Traviss onwww.emcit.com (March,2006) (backup link archived onMay 20,2022)
- ↑3.03.13.2Karen Traviss, New York Times best-selling author: End of one era, start of another... by Karen Traviss onkarentraviss.typepad.com (August 8,2009)(original article now obsolete)
- ↑Sooty and a clean sweep by Karen Traviss onkarentraviss.typepad.com (December 2,2009)(original article now obsolete)
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Books, Comics, & Television VIPs 3.0 on theStarWars.comMessage Boards (July 19,2010):"Yes, ImpCom2 is canceled."(original site is defunct) - ↑ Sue Rostoni on StarWars.com message boards on theStarWars.comMessage Boards(content obsolete and backup link not available)
External links[]
- Official website (backup link)
- Official blog (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Karen Traviss onWikipedia
