American novelist
James Luceno (born 1947) is an American author, known for his novels and reference books connected with the Star Wars franchise and the Star Wars Expanded Universe , and (with Brian Daley under the shared pseudonym Jack McKinney ) novelizations of the Robotech animated television series . Luceno is also the author of several original novels along with film novelizations and other franchise tie-ins. He has also written for television cartoon series.
Star Wars
In the Star Wars universe he has written The New Jedi Order novels, Agents of Chaos: Hero's Trial , Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse and The Unifying Force as well as the prequel trilogy novels Darth Maul: Saboteur, Cloak of Deception , Labyrinth of Evil and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader . He also wrote a novel detailing the history of the Millennium Falcon and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary.
In an interview with Star Wars Insider , Luceno said that he would like to write a future novel dealing with the search for immortality that both Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Plagueis embarked upon in their own separate ways. However, in a talk show interview in February 2007, he indicated that the novel was currently on hold due to Star Wars expanded universe continuity concerns.[ 1] The Darth Plagueis novel again became viable in 2009, and Star Wars: Darth Plagueis was released in January 2012.
Luceno's 2014 novel Star Wars: Tarkin was one of the first four novels published in the franchise after Lucasfilm redefined Star Wars continuity in April 2014.[ 2] [ 3] His novel Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel was published in November 2016.[ 4]
Other work
Luceno wrote 1980's Headhunters, the tale of three Americans' adventure in South America, a place Luceno himself has traveled extensively. He also authored A Fearful Symmetry , Rainchaser , Rock Bottom , and The Big Empty in 1993. Luceno wrote the novelizations of the films The Shadow and The Mask of Zorro . For The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles , Luceno penned 1992's The Mata Hari Affair . He is intermittently working on an autobiography .
He is also the author of the new Web Warrior series and co-author of the popular Robotech novelization series with his close friend Brian Daley . The pair wrote under the pseudonym Jack McKinney . Luceno wrote a tribute to Daley which is posted on Daley's website along with photos of the two of them.[ 5] Daley and Luceno were also amongst a team of writers for the 1986 television cartoon series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers , created by Robert Mandell . Luceno alone also wrote two episodes for the 1995 cartoon series Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders , also by Mandell.
Bibliography
Year
Title
Format
Notes
1987
Robotech : Genesis
Novelization
as Jack McKinney with Brian Daley
Robotech: Battle Cry
Robotech: Homecoming
Robotech: Battlehymn
Robotech: Force of Arms
Robotech: Doomsday
Robotech: Southern Cross
Robotech: Metal Fire
Robotech: The Final Nightmare
Robotech: Invid Invasion
Robotech: Metamorphosis
Robotech: Symphony of Light
1988
Robotech: The Sentinels: The Devil's Hand
Novel
Robotech: The Sentinels: Dark Powers
Robotech: The Sentinels: Death Dance
Robotech: The Sentinels: World Killers
Robotech: The Sentinels: Rubicon
1989
A Fearful Symmetry
1990
Illegal Alien
Kaduna Memories
as Jack McKinney, with Brian Daley
Robotech: The End of the Circle
1991
The Black Hole Travel Agency: Event Horizon
Novel
The Black Hole Travel Agency: Artifact of the System
1992
The Black Hole Travel Agency: Free Radicals
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles : Book One, The Mata Hari Affair
Novelization
1993
The Big Empty
Novel
1994
The Black Hole Travel Agency: Hostile Takeover
as Jack McKinney, with Brian Daley
The Shadow
Novel
Robotech: The Zentraedi Rebellion
as Jack McKinney
1995
Robotech: The Masters' Gambit
Web Warriors: Memories End
Novel
1996
Robotech: Before the Invid Storm
Novel
as Jack McKinney
1998
Robotech: Point of Departure
Novelization Collection
as Jack McKinney, with Brian Daley
2000
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
Novel
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
2001
Star Wars: Darth Maul: Saboteur
E-novella
Also included in Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter paperback
Star Wars: Cloak of Deception
Novel
2002
Web Warriors: Dimensions
2003
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force
2004
Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
Reference book
2005
Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil
Novel
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
Reference book
Star Wars: Complete Locations
Reference book
Compendium of several reference books, including Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
Novel
2006
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
Reference book
Compendium of several reference books, including Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith The Visual Dictionary
2007
Robotech: The New Generation: The Invid Invasion
Novelization Collection
as Jack McKinney, with Brian Daley
2008
Star Wars: The Dark Lord Trilogy
Novel collection
Includes reprints of Labyrinth of Evil and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
Star Wars: Millennium Falcon
Novel
2011
Restraint
Short story
Included in re-release of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
Hunt for the Mayan Looking-Glass
Novel
2012
Star Wars: Darth Plagueis
End Game
Short story
Included in re-release of the Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace novelization
2014
Star Wars: Tarkin
Novel
2015
Star Wars: The Rise of the Empire
Novel/Short story collection
Includes a reprint of Tarkin
2016
Star Wars: Complete Locations
Reference book
Expanded version of the 2005 edition
Star Wars: Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
Novel
2018
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
Reference book
Expanded version of the 2006 edition
Filmography
References
^ Meadows, Chris (2007-02-05). "James Luceno Interview, Part Two" . Space Station Liberty . Archived from the original (mp3) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-07 .
^ "Disney and Random House announce relaunch of Star Wars Adult Fiction line" . StarWars.com. April 25, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2016 .
^ Keane, Sean (November 3, 2014). "REVIEW: Star Wars: Tarkin brings us into the Empire's dark heart" . New York Daily News . Retrieved May 27, 2016 .
^ Collinson, Gary (September 2, 2016). "Synopsis for Star Wars Catalyst novel offers background details on Rogue One" . Flickering Myth . Retrieved September 12, 2016 .
^ "Brian Daley tribute by James Luceno" . Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2009-09-03 .
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