Karen Traviss bid au revoir to the Star Wars galaxy in 2009. One of the most popular and polarizing authors in the history of Star Wars literature, Traviss remains a sticky subject for fandom. Here’s a refresher on the Star Wars novels that have been published since Karen left.

Look over this list real quick. How many of these novels would you rather have over any Star Wars material from Karen Traviss? All of them? Just a few? Only a handful of these titles stick out to me, and honestly, I had completely forgotten about the existence of Scourge. I saw the title and I was a tad bit confused before I realized that they had actually published an adult novel about Hutts. HUTTS.

Karen Traviss holds a degree in writing military fiction (totally a real thing). I think a novel from her might have done somewhat better on the market than the tale of an unfair battle between immobile slugs and superhuman Jedi. What do you think?

George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy were interested in an established screenwriter who also held a preexisting interest in the Star Wars franchise, and they seem to have found their man.

Michael Arndt has been pegged to write the screenplay for Star Wars: Episode VII. Arndt won an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay for writing Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing Toy Story 3 (2010).