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It& #39;s been a year since the updated edition of my @dkpublishing Ultimate Star Wars debuted... perhaps it& #39;s time to reveal the fun @StarWars Easter Eggs in the book? Maybe one per day? I don& #39;t think I& #39;ve done that on Twitter yet? (Order your copy here--> https://amzn.to/3iPW69e )">https://amzn.to/3iPW69e&q...
Here we go! One of the fun things about writing @dkpublishing encyclopedias for @StarWars & @MarvelStudios is that I get to make a lot of stuff up. Most of it just slips right into canon with little notice from most fans, except maybe the fine folks at @WookOfficial. ;-)
My opportunities to invent new Star Wars details come at random. It all depends upon how much attention the subjects I write about have already received from other creators--and where holes in information remain. I must invent new material on the fly--it& #39;s kind of improvisation.
Starting with First Order Chief Petty Officer Nastia Unamo, played by the magnificent @katefleetwood. I had the honor of retconning her with a first name, Nastia. Unamo reminds me of the many strong Russian expatriates I knew in Vietnam. Nastia is my favorite Russian lady& #39;s name.
Nastia is a beautiful Russian name, like the actress, but the name always gave me a little chuckle too because it sounds like "nasty." I thought it a fitting name for an officer of the villainous First Order who was hunting Rey and BB-8 in The Force Awakens.
Next is First Order Colonel Erich S. Datoo (played by Rocky Marshall). I had the honor of bestowing him a first name in DK& #39;s Ultimate Star Wars, christening him after my good buddy @Darth_Duff. Erich just seemed like the perfect name for such a distinguished military officer.
I designated Sabine Wren& #39;s ( @tiyasircar) airbrush model: "Baobab EZ3" after Ben Burtt& #39;s artist character, Ebenn Q3 Baobab (EQ3), suggesting he& #39;d have a descendant by now (EZ3). Manufactured by Neco Jeyrroo& #39;s (anagram of my friend Star Wars artist @Joe_Corroney) Artisan Supplies.
Continuing on the subject of Sabine... I had the opportunity to shed subtle light on the flora & fauna of Krownest, the home of Clan Wren. The coolest part was placing Krownest in the New Kleyman System, which I named after "Fanboys" director @kyle_newman. cc: @RFRRebelForce
Turning to Resistance, I detailed a lot of speeder parts for the show vehicles. My best contribution was designating the manufacturer of Blue Ace as Joben & Sons, a nod to speeder designer Thall Joben from the Droids cartoon (I also referenced him via Kanan& #39;s speeder in Rebels).
I designated the manufacturer of Yellow Ace as "Ravager Mechanics." I had just worked in a Star Wars Easter Egg for Ravager Yondu Udonta in another book, so I thought I& #39;d return the favor here... The model, "Changeling" Mark 71NB, is named after Star Wars writer @Prefect_Timing.
Continuing with @dkpublishing @dkbooks Ultimate Star Wars... assigning birthplaces is a fun task I often get to do. In the first edition I wanted to foster a Rebel connection to @dave_filoni& #39;s Clone Wars, so I retconned ANH& #39;s Jon Vander & Dex Tiree as both being born on Onderon.
In the new edition, I placed mercenary Caysin Bog on Teres Lutha Minor, named in honor of @SWBookworms & @FGGoingRogue& #39;s @icecoldpenguin. I placed Imperial scientist Feyn Vann on Tri-Barr Station, named for my engineer co-author @fangirlcantina.
In @dkpublishing& #39;s Ultimate Star Wars I detailed a lot of new droids from "Resistance", without supplemental background information to draw on. I could see the design similarities to Old Republic droids so designate Freya& #39;s droid a T3 model made by the ancient Duwani corporation.
R2-KT is a special droid honoring the memory of Katie Johnson. She appears in The Clone Wars & The Force Awakens. It& #39;s an oversight that she doesn& #39;t appear in The Last Jedi, so in @dkpublishing Ultimate Star Wars I made it clear she escaped D& #39;Qar before the First Order arrives.
In Solo, Luleo Primoc sings the song "Chicken in the pot." Expanding on the idea he looks like a cooked bird, I added to his playlist in Ultimate Star Wars with the songs "Carve Your Name in My Heart" and "Your Love is Gravy." But "Stuffed With Your Love" didn& #39;t make the cut.
Sometimes the fun for me is embellishing character motivations and backstories just a little. In Ultimate Star Wars I shed light on the corruption of Quay Tolsite ( @deetails), Therm Scissorpunch& #39;s temperament, and Senna& #39;s history with Zygerrian slavers from Clone Wars.
I love creating connections in Star Wars canon to meaningful Expanded Universe history. Thus in Ultimate Star Wars I designated the homeworld of Veris Hydan as Ossus. The Imperial archaeologist & advisor was born on a planet once housing an ancient Library of all Jedi knowledge.
