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* [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] authors Karen Traviss and Troy Denning have been hit by this. Traviss' works started out with the hit "Hard Contact", which is considered one of the best Clone Wars novels written, and then delivered the well received "Triple Zero". But following these books, her bias towards Mandalorians and her demonizing of the Jedi left EU readers [[Broken Base|divided]]. Things only got worse with her contributions to [[Legacy of the Force]], where she managed to kill off two beloved fan favorites in disappointing fashion, and delegating the main plot to the sideline to make way for the [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|Mandalorians]]. Her abrasive attitude towards people who disagreed with her on [[Star Wars]] message boards gained her a sizable Hatedom. She has since left writing in the EU due to contractual reasons, but mentioning her is surefire Flamebait for some. Since then, she has moved on to the ''[[Gears of War]]'' universe and is slated to start writing the next set of ''[[Halo]]'' novels. Only time will tell if she will alienate those fanbases as well.

** Troy Denning made a big hit with the novel "Star By Star," a book which defined the [[New Jedi Order]] series. He followed up on this with the [[Dark Nest Trilogy]], on which opinions are all over the place. He has been accused of major [[Character Derailment]] in [[Legacy of the Force]] and more recently [[Fate of the Jedi]]. Fans are divided on whether his [[Darker and Edgier]] approach to [[Star Wars]] is the best for the [[Expanded Universe]].

** Karen Traviss wrote the second-last book of [[Legacy of the Force]] and Troy Denning wrote the last book of [[Legacy of the Force]]. Karen had Jaina learning new fighting techniques and other things from the Mandalorians in the second-last book. Troy, according to reviewers, did not show Jaina really applying what she had learned from the Mandalorians to her fights with her brother Jacen in the last book. It can be inferred from this that Troy did not like Karen treating the Mandalorians as important over everything else, that he was willing to mess up the story just to give her the finger, and that he considered her a [[Fallen Creator]] like everyone else.

*** In addition to Troy Denning, the writings in both Christie Golden's and Aaron Allston's works in the [[Fate of the Jedi]] series indicate that no love was lost between them and Karen after her departure.

* An earlier example for ''Star Wars'' is Kevin J. Anderson. At the time of publication, his Jedi Academy Trilogy was well received, (not to mention creating a huge part of the EU), he was riding high on his ''Tales of the Jedi'' comics for Dark Horse, he was heavily involved in reference books such as ''The Illustrated Star Wars Universe'' and the original ''Essential Guide'' series and he edited the still-popular ''Tales From'' anthology collections. Cracks began to show when he wrote the divisive ''[[Dark Empire]]'' comics, which are allegedly George Lucas' favourite EU stories (for what it's worth) but included the notorious resurrection of Emperor Palpatine and [[Face Heel Turn|Dark Side Luke]]. Then Michael A. Stackpole wrote ''I, Jedi'', pointing out the MASSIVE number of problems with the JAT, and now Kevin J. doesn't write Star Wars books anymore. ''Dune'' fans can also be sent into frothing seizures at the mention of Anderson as well.

 

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