Star Wars: Loyalties was a planned series of fan fiction novels by Mark Lourd under his original pen name; Joe King. Lourd's plan was to take what George Lucas had created, up to 19 BBY, and then twist it in his own image. The first novel, Star Wars: Diplomacy was planned to take place from 19 BBY to around 1 ABY and follows the story of a plethora of characters from a variety of backgrounds, a model Lourd hoped to continue to use in the other books in the series. A second book was also in the planning stages before the project was canceled.