## Chapter 6

1 One of the subtle tricks George used in the Star Wars movies was to show us only a few different planets, but to then use throwaway mentions of others along the way, thus giving us a feel for a much larger galaxy than we were actually seeing.

I wanted to continue that technique by throwing in short visits to lots of different worlds such as Bimmisaari.

—TZ

2 Han’s line here is pitch-perfect. One of Tim’s greatest challenges in this book was to re-create the voices of the film characters. It’s so easy to imagine Harrison Ford grinding out, “I like marketplaces. I like ’em a lot.”

—BM

3 As with extra planets, I can easily throw lots of different aliens into the background scenes.

One of the advantages books have over movies—my costume and makeup departments don’t take up much space.

—TZ