This is an early frontrunner for coolest project of 2017. From A Certain Point Of View is an anthology of Star Wars short fiction with an astounding list of authors involved. Here are the names, of the 40 total, released so far:
• Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
• Renee Ahdieh
• Tom Angleberger
• Meg Cabot
• Rae Carson
• Adam Christopher
• Zoraida Cordova
• Delilah S. Dawson
• Paul Dini
• Alexander Freed
• Jason Fry
• Christie Golden
• EK Johnston & Ashley Eckstein
• Paul Kemp
• Mur Lafferty
• Ken Liu
• Griffin McElroy
• John Jackson Miller
• Nnedi Okorafor
• Daniel José Older
• Mallory Ortberg
• Madeleine Roux
• Gary D. Schmidt
• Cavan Scott
• Sabaa Tahir
• Glen Weldon
• Chuck Wendig
• Gary Whitta

Pick a name entirely at random from that list and look their work up. You won’t be disappointed. It’s an incredible list of talent and the idea they’ve come together is just as good. Here are the details from Starwars.com:
‘Each will be told from the perspective of background characters of A New Hope — from X-wing pilots who helped Luke destroy the Death Star to the stormtroopers who never quite could find the droids they were looking for. ‘

Yep we are definitely there for this one, Especially as every author has also foregone payment in return for all proceeds going to First Book, an organization dedicated to providing reading and educational materials for children in need.

Full details are at the link and the book is available to pre order now