Star Wars: The Old Republic is holding a Thursday livestream with author Timothy Zahn

Timothy Zahn is kind of a big deal for Star Wars fiction. Yes, he helped develop the most recent bit of Star Wars: The Old Republic story content, A Traitor Among the Chiss. But he has the pedigree for that, seeing as how he’s the person behind the creation of the Chiss, the species-defining Admiral Thrawn, and the groundwork that would lead to the extensive once-canonical fiction following the end of the Star Wars films. He is, in short, the dude behind all of it.

He’s also responsible for Mara Jade, but you can’t really hold that against him.

So it’s a safe bet that he’s going to have some pretty neat things to say when he joins the development team for SWTOR on a livestream in which Zahn discusses the motivations of the Chiss and answers viewer questions. If there’s one person who understands the Chiss mindset better than anyone, it’s definitely him. Interested? Jump along to the stream at 5:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 7th.