James Luceno

James Luceno (born 1947) is a ''New York Times'' bestselling author, best 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) novelisations of the ''Robotech'' animated television series. Luceno is also the author of several original novels along with film novelisations 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''. He has also written ''The Visual Dictionary of Star Wars, Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' and the ebook '' Darth Maul: Saboteur'' (this ebook was effectively a prologue to his '' prequel trilogy'' novel, set directly before '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', called ''Cloak of Deception''). Two of his latest novels within the ''Star Wars'' universe include '' Labyrinth of Evil'' and '' Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader''. He also wrote a novel detailing the history of the ''Millennium Falcon''.

In an interview with ''Star Wars Insider'' magazine, 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. The novel was canceled and replaced by a Darth Bane novel. The 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. His novel '' Catalyst: A Rogue One Story'' was published in November 2016.

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.Brian Daley tribute by James Luceno
/ref> 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.

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