My brother and I collected all the Star Wars action figures, and I can remember saving up the proof of purchases to send off for Boba Fett, because you couldn't buy him at the store. What are your deepest and earliest connections to the Star Wars franchise, and how did you honor those in Resistance Reborn? There are people who do that for a living, and you can rely on them. They told me to not get caught in the minutiae of how a ship works or specific technical details work. And then, of course, Lucasfilm has story group people who are absolutely awesome. I read the Poe Dameron comics, the Aftermath Trilogy, Bloodline, Twilight Company, and just really tried to immerse myself in the expanded universe and everything that it had to offer. I watched all the movies - well, maybe not the prequels.

When you approached your research process, what were your go-to reference guides in the Star Wars Universe?Д®verything! I just became a sponge. And I think generally themes of resistance resonate in indigenous communities, so I definitely felt comfortable writing a story about the little guy against the big odds. 'Agoya' means 'star' in the Tewa language, and that is the language of my mother's Pueblo, so that was a little shout-out to my Pueblo heritage.

Well, I added certain characters like the Agoyo siblings. Do what you do best and bring that to Star Wars.'Д«eing of Native American descent, what personal knowledge of indigenous people were you able to work into the novel? They don't want you to write everyone else's Star Wars, they want you to write your Star Wars. He said, 'Look, they read your stuff, they know who you are, they know what you write, and they hired you for a reason. I talked to Daniel Older, he's a friend of mine, and he wrote Last Shot. You want to write something that a large swath of fans and people enjoy you can't please everyone, clearly. Fans are so invested in it, and you don't want to let them down. Getting the gig is one thing, but getting the confidence to actually write a Star Wars novel is on a whole other level. What was the most beneficial advice you were given to gain courage and confidence to tackle a Star Wars novel? SYFY WIRE spoke with Roanhorse on what it takes to tackle a Star Wars novel, how she put her personal stamp on this story, playing with Star Wars action figures growing up, keeping Star Wars weird, and the satisfaction of delivering fans something new to love in the galaxy far, far away. (For a detailed breakdown of the new novel, check out our deep dive here.) With Resistance Reborn, Roanhorse pulls in shards from the entire Star Wars universe, including characters that had previously only been seen in the Star Wars Battlefront II video game and the original Star Wars trilogy, smoothly wrapping up several plotlines from other ancillary novels, and creates the perfect primer for Episode IX.

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