![]() ![]() In fact, Bracken, 31, got her start writing fan fiction, including a story about what happened to the droids left behind when Uncle Owen bought R2-D2 and C-3PO, and was tapped to reimagine the original Star Wars story in her 2014 novelization “Star Wars: A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy.” From fan fiction to franchise authorīorn and raised in Scottsdale, Bracken is a bit of an overachiever. “Between the ages of 8 and 12, all I wanted to read were Star Wars books.” “My dad was also a Star Wars collector, and that was my introduction to science fiction and fantasy,” she says. ![]() Superheroes in dystopia: It fits right in with other YA franchises such as “Divergent.” But in an interview promoting the film, Bracken says her most important inspiration is more old school: “Star Wars.” And she has her late father to thank for it. and left the remaining 2 percent with superpowers. ![]() With Amandla Stenberg - Rue from the “Hunger Games” films - starring as teenage heroine Ruby Daly, it’s about a near future where a virus has killed 98 percent of humans under age 20. Watch Video: 'The Darkest Minds' features superpowered teen resistanceĪrizona author Alexandra Bracken is excited, of course, that “The Darkest Minds,” her dystopian thriller from 2012, is hitting the big screen on Friday, Aug. ![]()
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