- "I only write science fiction, and even when I write Star 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
Karen Traviss is the author of multiple Star Wars novels, including Republic Commando: Hard Contact and its sequels, Republic Commando: Triple Zero, Republic Commando: True Colors and Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel, and Imperial Commando: 501st, as well as the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force novels Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines, Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice and Legacy of the Force: Revelation. She is also one of the two authors of the five tie-in novels for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series (the second author being Karen Miller). She wrote the first book in the series entitled Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the third book entitled The Clone Wars: No Prisoners. Traviss was also planning on writing a sequel to Imperial Commando: 501st, but the novel was reassigned to another author due to Traviss having issues with the publisher and Star Wars canon. Traviss also canceled a planned untitled Boba Fett novel that had been planned to be released after Imperial Commando 2. Traviss was originally planning on writing The Essential Guide to Warfare, known at the time as The Essential Guide to the Star Wars Military, but passed it on to another author. She also wrote for the defense in the book Star Wars on Trial, arguing that her work on Star 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
Traviss published her first Star Wars novel, Republic Commando: Hard Contact, in 2004. Her work for Star Wars usually involves clone troopers, Mandalorians, or related characters such as Boba Fett. She is amongst other things known for developing the Mandalorian language, Mando'a, into a working language.
On August 8, 2009, she announced that the second Imperial Commando novel would be her last Star Wars novel.[3] However, Traviss later withdrew from the project over various issues, including continuity changes introduced by The Clone Wars TV series.[4]
Bibliography
Sources
Giving Commandos a Human Side: Author Karen Traviss on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)- Karen Traviss: Tracing Bloodlines on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 110
- "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 223
- Heavy Metals: Exploring Cortosis and Beskar on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑
SC exclusif: Entretien avec Karen Traviss by RavenIV on www.sithclan.net (September 15, 2005) (backup link archived on November 13, 2009)
- ↑ Sprinting the Marathon by Karen Traviss on www.emcit.com (March, 2006) (backup link archived on May 20, 2022)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Karen Traviss, New York Times best-selling author: End of one era, start of another... by Karen Traviss on karentraviss.typepad.com (August 8, 2009) (original page now obsolete)
- ↑ Sooty and a clean sweep by Karen Traviss on karentraviss.typepad.com (December 2, 2009) (original page now obsolete)
- ↑ Books, Comics, & Television VIPs 3.0 on the StarWars.com Message Boards (July 19, 2010): "Yes, ImpCom2 is canceled." (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Sue Rostoni on StarWars.com message boards on the StarWars.com Message Boards (content obsolete and backup link not available)
External links
- Official website (backup link)
- Official blog (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Karen Traviss on Wikipedia
