tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post8751788144313912454..comments2023-04-15T01:15:16.228-07:00Comments on From Coruscant to Nauarin: "Come on, Scwartz...come on, Schwartz...come on, Schwartz!": Winter the friend... Winter the spy... Winter the scoundrel... Winter the babysitter?Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617328542841721590noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post-85883769476271534622013-08-28T09:35:51.208-07:002013-08-28T09:35:51.208-07:00I'm really excited to get to Roger McBride All...I'm really excited to get to Roger McBride Allen because I remember just loving him when I was younger. I think he had a lot of the qualities we love about TZahn. <br /><br />You're so right about Winter's abilities. What a waste, using her as a babysitter. Do we know, by the way, when exactly she becomes Winter Celchu? We'll have to keep an eye out for that ...Tess Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617328542841721590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post-69905815282628054602013-08-27T21:30:20.335-07:002013-08-27T21:30:20.335-07:00Hmmmmm, you are right about Winter being Force sen...Hmmmmm, you are right about Winter being Force sensitive. And her memory is that much cooler because it is an actually ability that people in real life have! If only other authors treated their characters as TZahn does... One can only hope...Annie Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935420044737468543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post-86982022475532481702013-08-24T16:32:10.759-07:002013-08-24T16:32:10.759-07:00The only problem with Winter being Force-sensitive...The only problem with Winter being Force-sensitive is that then you end with one Skywalker twin doing a trade-in so the other one can have her a trophy at his Jedi academy.<br /><br />The problem, I think, with Winter is that she's getting cast aside by authors in the same way the twins and Anakin are: they're decorative. They're used deliberately to people a universe with Han, Luke, and Leia at its center. Part of the reason TZahn stands out is not just because he gives Winter screen time (and a totally bad-ass background!) but because he doesn't use characters to people the world of other characters. There are no "extras" in his novels - anyone featured by name has a story and personality that become apparent in about two sentences. Winter gets way more than that, obviously, which is AMAZING!!<br /><br />Is it any wonder Mara avoids this family?? Maybe she saw what happened to Winter and went, "Oh, hell to the no, I'm never making friends with these people!"Tess Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617328542841721590noreply@blogger.com