He's won awards in the realms of podcasting, game designer, computer game design, screenwriting, editing, graphic novel writing and novel writing. It's worth noting that the tweet being referenced that had been misinterpreted by a number of outlets merely claimed that Stackpole 'assured me Patty Jenkins had been in contact with him early on.' While Stackpole neither confirmed nor denied that Jenkins had touched base with him at one point, even to merely express her admiration for his work, he set the record straight that he doesn't know any more about the project than what the rest of the Star Wars community knows. Stackpole is the New York Times bestselling author of over 55 novels, including I, Jedi and Rogue Squadron. I mean, I can tell people, 'By the way, I don't know if you know, but Patty Jenkins is gonna be doing Rogue Squadron,' half the people I talk to go, 'Really? There's gonna be a movie?' You're a Star Wars fan? Come on.' Stackpole is the New York Times bestselling author of many titles in the Star Wars universe, including many of the Star Wars X-Wing novels and the New Jedi Order: Dark Tides novels Onslaught and Ruin.

'What I found is, when I'm talking to people about it, there are a lot of people that still don't know. Today, with so many novels set well before the film heroes were even born, it is well known that Star Wars fans simply like good stories.

'What's really funny is I did not say to this person at Galax圜on anything that I have not been saying since the film was announced, not including anything that is not public knowledge,' Stackpole confirmed to the Around the Galaxy podcast. Stackpole’s X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (1996) was the first adult Star Wars novel to not feature any of the main characters from the films.

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