- "I narrowed it down to Motti pretty quickly, because I love fussy bureaucrats. Vader, especially in the first film, feels so huge and terrifying and mysterious, and I loved the idea of someone who had to work with the guy on a regular basis and is really sick of dealing with him in meetings."
- ―Daniel M. Lavery
Daniel M. Lavery is the author of the short story "An Incident Report" from the 2017 anthology From a Certain Point of View. Written from Admiral Conan Antonio Motti's point of view, the story is similar in style to Lavery's articles on The Toast, a website which he co-founded.
Biography[]
- "I first got into the Expanded Universe [now Legends] novels when I was in fourth or fifth grade, and so I'd been waiting for an e-mail like the one Elizabeth sent me for roughly 19 years. My body was ready. I will write for Star Wars anytime, anywhere. I am all in."
- ―Daniel M. Lavery
Daniel M. Lavery,[2] who was born on November 28, 1986,[1] is an American author who wrote the short story "An Incident Report" in From a Certain Point of View, a 2017 anthology of stories set during[2] the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.[4]
The editor of the anthology, Elizabeth Schaefer, created a list of her favorite authors with whom she wished to work[5] and invited Lavery to contribute. In an interview with StarWars.com's Kristin Baver, Lavery speculated that Schaefer was aware of his many tweets and articles on The Toast, a website which he co-founded, about the Star Wars Legends character Kyp Durron from Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy. From a list of side characters in A New Hope, Lavery selected Admiral Conan Antonio Motti and wrote about Motti filing a workplace incident report after he was Force choked by Darth Vader. Lavery said he loves "fussy bureaucrats" and sought to capture his own impulses towards self-pitying and petty grievances taken to Imperial proportions by Motti. Baver and Lavery compared the story's style to his work on The Toast.[3]
Works[]
Bibliography[]
| Year | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | "An Incident Report"—From a Certain Point of View | Short story in anthology[2] and audiobook[6] |
Sources[]
Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View Anthology Book Celebrates 40 Years of a Galaxy Far, Far Away on StarWars.com (backup link)- From a Certain Point of View
- From a Certain Point of View audiobook
- The Making of From a Certain Point of View on StarWars.com (backup link)
- NYCC 2017: Highlights From The From a Certain Point of View Author Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Daniel M. Lavery on Admiral Motti's Force Problems in From a Certain Point of View on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Finally Taking My Own Advice About Thanksgiving by Lavery, Daniel M. on The Shatner Chatner (November 28, 2019): "Today, as you likely know, is Thanksgiving in the States. It's also my 33rd birthday." (archived from the original on April 22, 2020) — Thirty-three years subtracted from November 28, 2019, the date of Lavery's article, is November 28, 1986.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 From a Certain Point of View
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Daniel M. Lavery on Admiral Motti's Force Problems in From a Certain Point of View on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ The Making of From a Certain Point of View on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ From a Certain Point of View audiobook
External links[]
- Official website (backup link)
Daniel Lavery (@daniel_m_lavery) on Instagram
Daniel M. Lavery (@daniel_m_lavery) on Twitter
Daniel M. Lavery on Wikipedia
Daniel M. Lavery on Simon & Schuster's official website (backup link)
