User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/THE CHOSEN ONE: Part 1, definitive version announced/@comment-20644-20100816062454

Unfortunately, this will be delayed a bit. Not on account of lazy writing or anything, since I'm nearly done, but because I've come up with even MORE additions and minor tweaks to work with. This book just keeps evolving! Among some of these new changes are:


 * An earlier (Chapter 1) introduction for Palpatine.
 * A clearer reasoning for why the Jedi lead the queen to Utapau.
 * The beginning of the current Chapter 6 will be the beginning of the new Chapter 5.
 * A pre-Padmé girlfriend for Annikin will be introduced. Don't worry, there's an important reason for this.
 * Annikin is a bit more abrupt and forceful with Greedo.
 * There MIGHT be a scene with Annikin and Obi-Wan in Mos Eisley. Something about a wretched hive of scum and villainy and what not.
 * Connections between the Trade Federation and the Hutt Cartel will be made clear, though perhaps not as clear as I lead you to believe.
 * A completely sensible reason for why Queen Arcadia chooses to go with Annikin, Sarus, and the Jedi into the Dune Sea (you're welcome, Ataru).
 * In Chapter 10, Kamino will be unchanged, but it will be broken up with a scene in the Dune Sea on the walk towards the Ophuchi sanctuary. This is an important Jedi philosophy scene.
 * Chapter 15 sees the pieces of the galaxy-spanning puzzle starting to come together in a coherent picture when Sarus realizes that Darth Maul is also the leader of the Utapau blockade.

A new release date hasn't been set, but hopefully early to mid September. I hope you're looking forward to it!