Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss is the author of multiple Star Wars novels, including Republic Commando: Hard Contact and its sequels, Republic Commando: Triple Zero, Republic Commando: True Colors and Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel, and Imperial Commando: 501st, as well as the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force novels Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines, Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice and Legacy of the Force: Revelation. She is also one of the two authors of the five tie-in novels for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series(the second author being Karen Miller). She wrote the first book in the series entitled Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the third book entitled The Clone Wars: No Prisoners. Traviss was also planning on writing a sequel to Imperial Commando: 501st, but the novel was reassigned to another author due to Traviss having issues with the publisher and Star Wars canon. Traviss also canceled a planned untitled Boba Fett novel that had been planned to be released after Imperial Commando 2. Traviss was originally planning on writing The Essential Guide to Warfare, known at the time as The Essential Guide to the Star Wars Military, but passed it on to another author. She also wrote for the defense in the book Star Wars on Trial, arguing that her work on Star Wars novels improved her non-Star Wars writing.
==Biography==
Traviss published her first Star Wars novel, Republic Commando: Hard Contact, in 2004. Her work for Star Wars usually involves clone troopers, Mandalorians, or related characters such as Boba Fett. She is amongst other things known for developing the Mandalorian language, Mando'a, into a working language.
On August 8, 2009, she announced that the second Imperial Commando novel would be her last Star Wars novel. However, Traviss later withdrew from the project over various issues, including continuity changes introduced by The Clone Wars TV series.
==Bibliography==
Year 	Title 	Format 	Contribution(s) 	Notes
2004 	Republic Commando: Hard Contact 	Novel 	Author 	
2005 	"Omega Squad: Targets" 	Short story 	Author 	Printed in Star Wars Insider 81
2005 	"In His Image" 	Short story 	Author 	Printed in Vader: The Ultimate Guide
2005 	"Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic" 	Article 	Author; co-written with Ryan Kaufman	Printed in Star Wars Insider 84
2005 	"A Two-Edged Sword" 	Short story 	Author 	Printed in Star Wars Insider 85
2006 	"The Mandalorians: People and Culture" 	Article 	Author 	Printed in Star Wars Insider 86
2006 	Republic Commando: Triple Zero 	Novel 	Author 	
2006 	"Odds" 	Short story 	Author 	Printed in Star Wars Insider 87
2006 	Boba Fett: A Practical Man 	e-Novella 	Author 	
2006 	Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines 	Novel 	Author 	
2007 	"Part of the Language" 	Article 	Author 	Printed in Star Wars Insider 93
2007 	Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice 	Novel 	Author 	
2007 	Republic Commando: True Colors 	Novel 	Author 	
2008 	Legacy of the Force: Revelation 	Novel 	Author 	
2008 	Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Novel 	Author 	
2008 	Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel 	Novel 	Author 	
2009 	The Clone Wars: No Prisoners 	Novel 	Author 	
2009 	Imperial Commando: 501st 	Novel 	Author 	
cancelled	Imperial Commando 2 	Novel 	Author 	
cancelled	Untitled Boba Fett novel 	Novel 	Author 	
cancelled	The Essential Guide to the Star Wars Military	Reference book	Author 	Reassigned to another author and later became The Essential Guide to Warfare
cancelled	Untitled Hodges-Traviss webstrip 	Webstrip 	Author 	
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