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James Luceno

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James Luceno
Born1947 (age 76–77)
United States
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, novelization

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

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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

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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

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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

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Year(s) Title Role
1986 The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers writer, six episodes
1995-1996 Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders writer, 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Disney and Random House announce relaunch of Star Wars Adult Fiction line". StarWars.com. April 25, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Collinson, Gary (September 2, 2016). "Synopsis for Star Wars Catalyst novel offers background details on Rogue One". Flickering Myth. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  5. ^ "Brian Daley tribute by James Luceno". Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
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