Quote:Timothy Zahn
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Quotes by or related to author Timothy Zahn.
- "It was just after four o'clock on November 6, 1989, and I was three days into writing my first novel for my new publisher, Bantam Books, when the phone rang. It was my agent. 'Tim,' he said after the usual pleasantries, 'we have an interesting offer here.' So began my involvement with Star Wars … I wandered around the house for the next couple of hours, lost in a fog of excitement, anticipation, and panic, wondering if I could possibly come up with a story that would do justice to George Lucas's vision."
- ―Timothy Zahn, in the foreword to The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook.[src]
- "And then, in early July, I got a box from West End Games. It seemed that Lucasfilm had decided that I ought to coordinate with their Star Wars role-playing game background stuff. Stuff which, not being a gamer, I'd never heard of. Once again, I set off wandering around the house, this time growling and grumping. Here I was, eleven chapters into the book and suddenly there was more research to be done. Finally, I cooled down and started actually reading through the material. And you know what? The stuff was pretty darn good."
- ―Timothy Zahn, in the foreword to The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook.[src]
- "Just to make it clear, I did not invent the planet...George Lucas had invented the planet-wide city a long time ago. When I was starting the Thrawn Trilogy, they told me to coordinate with the West End Games source material, and they had it listed as the Imperial Planet. Well nobody names a planet 'Imperial Planet,' so I thought it needed a name, so I picked the word that means glittering: 'Coruscant.' Apparently, when it came time to choose a name [for the films], people persuaded George to go with Coruscant and be done with it. So I felt very vindicated -- the tail wagging the dog. It was an honor to be slipped into the movies this way."
- ―Timothy Zahn at Celebration III about Coruscant being put into the prequels.[src]
