Status of Lightsider
George 'Jake' Tringali
In the Star Wars FAQ, Part 3, I still have this:
TITLE: Star Wars: Lightsider
ORIGINAL MEDIA AND AUTHORS: Graphic novel, written by Tom Veitch and
illustrated by Dave Dorman
RELEASED: due out fall 1995 (?)
OTHER MEDIA AND AUTHORS:
SEQUEL TO: Star Wars: Dark Empire
SYNOPSIS: Luke Skywalker brings Kam Solusar, a Dark Jedi, back into
the Light
TIME: Takes place 6 years ASW6
What has happenned to this story? Has it been released? Will
it ever be released?
Thanks,
--George 'Jake' Tringali
tri...@rpi.edu
Robert Jason Todd Engel
In an interview a few months ago Veitch said that the project was
done and waiting for finishing touches. He said it would be out
soon. Beyond that? Who knows!
--
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Who doth know, what in the bitter end shall come to thee
What genius might grasp the irony of thy struggle
What love might this man have that it shall not be broken
And with the ending of all, whom will ask the question,
That haunts us,
That guides us,
That purchases our souls,
Till we too are one.
Jason Engel
AKA The Scud Stud, Superman, Grover, McManagement Graduate,
Luke, Sam, Jerry, Bart, Fleet Admiral Engel.
Or my personal favourite: The Poet
The force will be with you... always
"Dang it Jim, I'm a doctor not a typist!"
"Who me arogant? As you can see I can't even spell the word."
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BrentLynch
(Robert Jason Todd Engel) writes:
>
>In an interview a few months ago Veitch said that the project was
>done and waiting for finishing touches. He said it would be out
>soon. Beyond that? Who knows!
>
LIGHTSIDER has been cancelled. This has been confirmed with
both Dark Horse Comics and Tom Veitch.
In other words, its unlikely if not impossible that LIGHTSIDER
will ever see the light of day.
The following is Bob Cooper's explanation of the situation:
Tom Veitch did indeed write a preliminary Lightsider script (about two
years ago), with the intention of publishing it at Dark Horse as a graphic
story album (i.e., similar in format to the Aliens: Tribes GSA of a few
years back). Dave Dorman was considered as the artist on the project, but,
to the best of my knowledge, never completed any paintings for it. The
reason the project never happened can be classified as "contractual
differences." For a short period of time, there were plans afoot to
release Lightsider as a comics series, with Tom revising his GSA script
into a comics script, but again "contractual differences" reared its ugly
head. At this time, it looks like Lightsider won't be seeing the light of
day, at least at Dark Horse.
While there were, at one point, tentative plans for a sequel to The Sith
War by Veitch, those same contractual differences have spelled the end of
that particular project as well, it looks like.]
Bob Cooper
Editor, Dark Horse Comics
BrentLynch
Collin Yeoh
>
>LIGHTSIDER has been cancelled. This has been confirmed with
>both Dark Horse Comics and Tom Veitch.
So when they say in the editorials that there will be more Dark Empire
stories, does that mean there will be....
{shudder}
DARK EMPIRE 4??!!!
>While there were, at one point, tentative plans for a sequel to The Sith
>War by Veitch, those same contractual differences have spelled the end of
>that particular project as well, it looks like.]
Do these "contractual differences" mean Veitch will never again work on SW?
Bravo.
(no, that was *not* sarcasm)
Rich Handley
>In an interview a few months ago Veitch said that the project was
>done and waiting for finishing touches. He said it would be out
>soon. Beyond that? Who knows!
Unfortunately, Dark Horse now says that the project is dead. Apparently, it won't be coming out
now, which is unfortunate, since maybe it would breathe some life into DE II.
--Rich
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An eye for a Jedi..... a tooth
for a Jedtooth....
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Rich Handley
>LIGHTSIDER has been cancelled. This has been confirmed with
>both Dark Horse Comics and Tom Veitch.
>will ever see the light of day.
[SNIP]
>While there were, at one point, tentative plans for a sequel to The Sith
>War by Veitch, those same contractual differences have spelled the end of
>that particular project as well, it looks like.]
Thanks, Brett,
And I have to say that I consider this bad news. Veitch is emminently more talented than KJA
(despite the folly that was Empire's End), and I hated to see TOTJ taken from Tom and given to
Kevin. It's Tom's story, and I feel that it should have stayed that way. Sith War, in my opinion,
proved that KJA just doesn't match Veitch's style, talent, or imagination. (However, it should be
noted that I don't fall into the "Kill KJA" faction of this newsgroup -- I just am not partial to
his juvenile style of writing.)
Rich Handley
>So when they say in the editorials that there will be more Dark Empire
>stories, does that mean there will be....
>{shudder}
>DARK EMPIRE 4??!!!
Now THERE's a VERY scary thought.
Joe Schulte
: cy...@homecom.pl.my (Collin Yeoh) wrote:
: >So when they say in the editorials that there will be more Dark Empire
: >stories, does that mean there will be....
: >{shudder}
: >DARK EMPIRE 4??!!!
: Now THERE's a VERY scary thought.
: --Rich
Dark Empire 4? Does that mean there was a Dark Empire III?