Timothy Zahn, the creator of Thrawn and the Chiss species in Star Wars gave an interview to Bioware Austin creative director Charles Boyd on Facebook. In it Zahn talked about his own involvement with the creation of the new planet Copero, where the newest Flashpoint in SWTOR takes the player. He also touched on some of the ideas and discussions he has been and still is involved regarding future projects he might be a part of for Star Wars The Old Republic.
The interview happened on Facebook on 7th December 2017, it is about 27 minutes long and doesn’t reveal any major spoilers about A Traitor Among the Chiss, nor does it share any concrete future plans.
During the interview a little known fact came up – the Copero and Chiss story was in the making since 2013. Bioware Austin is usually taking their time before a new story is even announced and things are usually planned very much ahead of time. In this case Zahn explains how he was first approached way back in 2013, but things had to be delayed as SWTOR had other priorities in terms of content and story development. The Chiss involvement had to be pushed back and tweaked to fit into the current time line of events.
Zahn shared his memories of the times way back when his first Star Wars book Heir to the Empire was about to be released. He was uncertain how it would be accepted and if there are at all any Star Wars literature fans willing to even pick it up. There was not much in terms of books about Star Wars back then and it was something new and risky, he says.
STAR WARS interview with Thrawn Creator Timothy Zahn
There was that one little awkward moment when Mr Zahn admitted he hasn’t yet seen Copero InGame and hasn’t had a chance to check out how much of his suggestions and ideas were actually implemented into the new story on Copero by the developers from Bioware Austin.
You can watch the entire interview in the video below.
https://www.facebook.com/starwarstheoldrepublic/videos/10155446954313860/
Timothy Zahn (born September 1, 1951) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. He is known for the Thrawn series of Star Wars novels, and has published several other series of science fiction and fantasy novels, in addition to much short fiction.
