What do you think of as the crucial elements of telling stories within the Star Wars universe–in terms of narrative, more than in terms of working with those particular characters and settings?
There are a number of tropes that we see time and time again in Star Wars, and they’re all very important. The coming of age story. The quest. Interactions with family (which is what I was thinking of when I began writing Blood Ties). These are all quintessential elements of Star Wars. Also, Star Wars is full of twists and revelations. When Darth Vader dropped that ‘Daddy-bomb’ to Luke, it was probably the most shocking revelation I’d ever seen in a film at that age. I’ve really carried this love of twists into Star Wars: Invasion. We’ve set up a lot already in this series and, for the most part, readers aren’t even suspicious yet… which is exactly how we like it. (More on Techland: What Star Wars Means to Me: How I Learned to Read Subtitles) You’ve worked with Colin Wilson on a bunch of projects, Star Wars and otherwise; how did that collaboration start, and how does it tend to operate? I blundered into an Internet forum looking for some good local illustrators to help me adapt some
