RIP: Aaron Allston
Sean Patrick Fannon announced that Star Wars author Aaron Allston passed away Thursday (27 February, 2014) due to a heart attack while at VisionCon in Springfield, Missouri. He was 53.
I had the great pleasure of knowing Aaron Allston personally. We first met as I reviewed his books through TheForce.Net. But it also turned out that he lived nearby in Austin, TX, so I got to see him on a regular basis at shows throughout the years.
Aaron brought much needed humor to the Star Wars Expanded Universe. While many of the Star Wars books were quite serious in tone, he brought the humor back that made the films so much fun. That humor and wit came directly from his real world life. As Aaron faced health problems with his eyes as well as other heart issues through the years, but he did so with a repertoire of jokes and puns. It was always a joy to chat with him and he will be greatly missed.
