Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   You could have different types of such characters. 
> 
> I read a fascinating book full of short stories called something like 
> "tales from the catina."  It took all the zero-dimensional characters 
> from Star Wars and wrote short stories/novelettes about each one. It 
> also seemed like they were interconnected, as if each author was given 
> the end of the previous story to start from.
> 
> So there's a story about the guy playing keyboard in the Catina band, 
> and how he's down on his luck, so he sells a blaster to the jawa who was 
> cleaning up the dead bodies at the attacked jawa transport, who takes it 
> and tries to get revenge on the empire by shooting the guards who 
> believed these aren't the droids they were looking for, who go rough up 
> the pig-faced guard to get an audience with Jaba the Hutt, who is in the 
> process of talking to the monster trainer to get a new monster of the 
> type Luke dropped the door on, etc etc etc.
> 
> A very fun concept. I think they actually made two books full of such 
> stories.
> 

lol that's great.  Yes I am also reminded of the bass player in the 
movie "Nashville" who keeps backing up different stage shows throughout 
the movie.

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