Jude Watson is an author specializing in the prequel era of Star Wars. Watson became involved with LucasBooks when an editor she had worked with in the past selected her to write Star Wars Journal: Captive to Evil from the point of view of Princess Leia Organa. Since then Watson has penned the Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice series as well as journals for Queen Amidala and Darth Maul.
She also wrote the Jedi Quest series, about Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice Anakin Skywalker, as well as Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi series, about Ferus Olin after the Great Jedi Purge.