Impact Events

"I'm glad you're still here, you know.” “Where else could I be but with you?"

- Laera Reyolé and Silas Dan'kre

Impact Events is the third full fan fiction novel penned by Star Wars Fanon Wiki author and administrator Sean "Goodwood" Nash. A direct sequel to The Great Leap Forward, the first of Nash's works to take place in the, it was first published to the wiki on , , a little more than a year after its predecessor.

The story itself continues the tale of Laera Reyolé and Silas Dan'kre as they attempt to assert themselves within the "modern" galaxy after having realized that everything they once knew, including the Republic Marines, has faded into near obscurity. The narrative itself reverts to the standard third-person model, however it does follow several distinct points of view.

Behind the scenes
Impact Events was first envisioned as simply a sequel to The Great Leap Forward by fan fiction author Sean "Goodwood" Nash, but has since evolved into the middle entry in a possible trilogy that will continue the tale of two of his original characters, Laera Reyolé and Silas Dan'kre. The novel, the longest fan work that Nash has yet written for the Star Wars franchise and second only to his World War II-era original fiction, takes up many plot threads from its predecessor and applies them to his characters' desire to carve a niche for themselves in the Legacy era. The narrative also includes a number of canon characters, which Nash has stated felt "underutilized" in recent years and who, in his opinion, were left neglected for far too long by the fan fiction community.

The narrative of the story drops the experimental methodology of Nash's previous work, instead focusing on a consistent third-person perspective told through different points of view. These shift between characters, both for the purposes of expressing the narrative and filling in the backstory of certain characters between the time of their last canonical appearance and their reintroduction in Impact Events. Nash has also increased his efforts at improving his prose and technique, hoping to emulate some of the atmospheric elements utilized by such authors as and.

The process of writing the novel, however, hit a number of snags. At first Nash had a few loose ideas to go on, working them into the story as best he could with assistance from fellow Faoneer and administrator Trak Nar. The story was shelved at least twice before its completion, so that Nash could focus on other projects including the Tales from the Corps, Vol. 1 anthology co-authored and -edited by Trak Nar, as well as the short stories Jaq In His Box and The Cantina Revelation. However, as 2011 ended, Nash once again took up the story, finishing it by mid-January of 2012. He plans to eventually write a third installment of the trilogy, though he does not know whether or not it will be the last Reyolé-Dan'kre tale.