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INTERVIEW

there’s also a seventh story
as the deckhands have an
KEN LIU ship. They have to deal with a
adventure of their own on this
crisis and in that process Luke
is again seen from different
The Legends of Luke Skywalker is perspectives. He inspires some
of the deckhands to do
a unique collection of short stories something they wouldn’t have
exploring different facets of the Jedi. done before. The novel is a junior
novel so most of the deckhands
are young people. I think it’s
Ths is rather different to the their perspective of Luke as a
novels in the book line. How so? great hero of the Rebellion, of
It’s kind of a unique book. It’s not the Republic, that comes across
a single novel—rather there’s a most powerfully.
framing story about a bunch of
deckhands on a long haul Which of the stories in the
transport barge going towards book is your favourite?
the planet Cantonica, to the city There’s a story called “The
of Canto Bight. The deckhands Tale of Lugubrious Mote.”
and the officers tell each other Lugubrious is a little mole-fl ea

stories that they have heard about who lives on Jabba’s court jester,
STAR WARS: Luke Skywalker. We know him as Salacious B. Crumb, who is a
THE LEGENDS the hero of the saga, but to most favorite character of mine from
OF LUKE people in the galaxy he’s a fi gure Return of the Jedi. Lugubrious is
SKYWALKER
PUB / DISNEY LUCASFILM of legend. He’s become this a very interesting character—she
PRESS almost mythological fi gure whose really views herself as the brains
RELEASE / OCT, 2017 exploits are passed down from behind all of Salacious’s antics.
person-to-person, and through all The story takes some of the
kinds of propaganda and it’s hard scenes from the original fi lm
to tell after a while which stories and gives it an entirely different
are true and which aren’t. new spin. To her, a little mole-
There are six stories being told flea, Luke is this giant mountain

through different people and it’s of a creature. I had so much fun
up to the reader to decide which trying to imagine Luke from
of these stories are true. Some her perspective.
of the stories are told from the
perspective of admirers and some Who is Luke to you?
of the stories are told from the Luke Skywalker is probably the
perspective of detractors and most powerful example of a hero
some of the stories are done from in that Joseph Campbell sense
those who have an axe to grind of the hero’s journey. He is the
against the Republic. One of the perpetual apprentice, the one
stories is told by a droid! who’s always searching and
learning and discovering for
Can you talk a little more about himself what the Force means
the linking narrative? and what being a Jedi means.
As well as the six different stories, For all of us, what is life but this
endless journey of discovery
trying to learn from those who
“THERE ARE SIX STORIES BEING TOLD are wiser than we are and trying
to integrate these lessons into
THROUGH DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND ourselves and then trying to pass
these lessons onto the next
IT’S UP TO THE READER TO DECIDE generation. I think as you age,
WHICH OF THESE STORIES ARE TRUE.” Luke starts to take on different
meaning because different

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