AUTHOR DANIEL WALLACE TAKES FANS ‘ON THE FRONT LINES’ OF EPIC STAR WARS BATTLES

tThe wars can not make one great, but can make him storytelling— the Star Wars saga is filled with small skirmishes and major battles between the powers vying for control of the galaxy. A new book, Star Wars: On the Front Lines, released this month, takes a look at some of the most spectacular battles of the galaxy far, far away, and presents them in words and pictures to fill out a larger history of the key engagements of the Clone Wars, the Galactic Civil War and beyond. Written by Daniel Wallace, produced by becker&mayer! and published by Titan Books, this beautifully illustrated book deserves to be enjoyed for its artwork and different perspectives as much as utilized as a reference guide. Daniel Wallace, author of Star Wars: The New Essential Chronology and co-author of Ultimate Star Wars, Star Wars: The Essential Atlas, and Star Wars: Year by Year, spoke to StarWars.com via e-mail to take us to the front of the class for On the Front Lines.

 No question, these were absolutely my favorite parts of working on this book, especially the “I Was There” feature. That one is a first-person tale as related by a survivor of the battle, using their own words.

You’re right that the book doesn’t lean on the big movie characters. Often, the movie characters aren’t the people on the front lines — and when they are, they’re soldiers in the service of a larger goal. For example, Lando gets a mention here, but only as Gold Leader. Luke shows up but only as Red Five.

The “I Was There” stories feature all-new characters, or at least the kind of people who don’t normally get a turn in the spotlight. My favorite stories are the Gungan foot soldier offering her candid recollections of serving under General Binks, and the tale of the rat-like rebel salvager who seized Imperial warships above Jakku.

Daniel Wallace: Honestly, I’d do everything in my power to avoid dangerous situations. Hopefully I could at least program a droid, maybe R2-D2, to go down and make some holo-recordings for me while I remained with C-3PO or somebody less brave and more self-preservational.

That being said, there are some battles with unique visual flair that would be interesting to document from more angles. Christophsis with its elevated city-canyons, or maybe Geonosis with its sense of all-out mayhem on a massive scale.
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