Alien Exodus

Alien Exodus was the proposed title for the first book in a trilogy of Expanded Universe novels by Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer. Unlike the Bantam Spectra novels that were being published at the time, these novels would have been published by Ace Books. When the focus of the project shifted from a story set in the Star Wars galaxy to an original storyline using new alien designs, Sawyer dropped out of the project. In 2003, he released the material he had completed—the first two chapters and an outline for the first novel—to his website as fan fiction.

Sawyer's proposed storyline is divided into two parts, both of which focus on the history of Humans in the Star Wars galaxy. In the main storyline, the ancient history of the Star Wars galaxy is explored. The protagonist is Cosmo Hender, the leader of the Human slaves on the planet Forhilnor, part of the Varlian Empire. The story of his struggle to free his people, as well as the non-Human slaves on Forhilnor, also touches on the origins of the Force, the Hutt civilization, and the name "Skywalker." The secondary storyline, told through excerpts from a document called The Human Exodus, traces the origins of the Human species to a lost expedition from 25th-century Earth. It also makes references to George Lucas's previous films, American Graffiti and THX 1138.

Though Sawyer's novel was never completed or published, it has been noticed by the online Star Wars fandom. The Ace Books project that used the all-new designs, Deborah Chester's Alien Chronicles trilogy, has also been referenced in some published Star Wars works.

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