- "I knew straight away I wanted to be a writer when I grew up, I just didn't know how. So I started writing every day, and building a practice of spending at least an hour creating something. From there, I worked my way up 5 or 6 hours of writing every day. It's not always easy, but there's no feeling quite like finishing a piece."
- ―Rex Ogle
Trey King is a pseudonym of American author and editor Rex Ogle (born August 18, 1978 in Austin, Texas, United States). For the Star Wars franchise, he edited several books in the Star Wars: Jedi Academy series and authored several young readers titles published by Disney–Lucasfilm Press, including Death Star Battle and stories featured in 5-Minute Star Wars Stories.
Biography[]
Beginnings and Jedi Academy[]
Ogle, though uncredited, edited several books in the Star Wars: Jedi Academy series
- "[…] extra special thanks to Rex Ogle, for being an editor when he needed to be, a friend when I needed him to be, and quite often both at once."
- ―Jeffrey Brown, Jedi Academy: The Phantom Bully
Trey King, better known by his given name Rex Ogle,[6] was born on August 18, 1978[1] in Austin, Texas in the United States.[2] Beginning in November 2011, Ogle began work as an editor for publisher Scholastic.[3]
During his time at Scholastic, Ogle served as editor of the initial entries in the non-canon chapter book series Star Wars: Jedi Academy, working with author Jeffrey Brown to create the first three books, Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan, and The Phantom Bully,[3] as well as the activity book Attack of the Journal.[7] The titles were published on August 27, 2013;[8] July 29, 2014;[9] June 30, 2015;[10] and August 25, 2015 respectively.[11]
Ogle is only officially credited in The Phantom Bully,[5] although he received special thanks from Brown in the first two books of the series.[12][13] After working with Brown, Ogle continued to edit further works in the series with new author Jarrett J. Krosoczka,[7] but it remains unclear which titles he worked on before departing from his position at Scholastic in December 2014.[3] Under the Trey King pseudonym, Ogle authored his first Star Wars children's title, Star Wars: A Very Vader Valentine's Day, an activity book published by Scholastic on November 26, 2013.[14]
Disney–Lucasfilm Press[]
King's first short stories for Disney–Lucasfilm Press were published in The Original Trilogy Stories
Several years later, King began to author Star Wars young readers titles for publisher Disney–Lucasfilm Press beginning with three illustrated short stories in the anthology The Original Trilogy Stories,[15] published on September 1, 2015.[16] King's stories, "The Hero's Journey Begins,"[17] "The Revelation,"[18] and "Flight and Fight!,"[19] adapt sequences from the 1977 film[20] Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope,[18] the 1980 film[21] Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back,[18] and the 1983 film[22] Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi respectively.[19] On March 19, 2019, all of King's stories from the anthology were adapted into an unabridged audiobook.[23]
King's next short story, "Destroy the Death Star!,"[24] was published on December 18, 2015[25] in the anthology 5-Minute Star Wars Stories. The story adapts the Battle of Yavin from A New Hope.[24] "Destroy the Death Star" was adapted as part of an unabridged audiobook on January 17, 2022.[26] King went on to author Death Star Battle, a World of Reading book similar to "Destroy the Death Star!"—the title adapts the same sequences from A New Hope and features the same art, albeit with different text.[27] The book was published on February 2, 2016.[28]
Works[]
Bibliography[]
| Year | Title | Format | Contribution | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Jedi Academy | Chapter book[12] | Editor,[3] special thanks | Only credited as special thanks (as Rex Ogle)[12] |
| Star Wars: A Very Vader Valentine's Day | Activity book | Author[14] | ||
| 2014 | Jedi Academy: Return of the Padawan | Chapter book[13] | Editor,[3] special thanks | Only credited as special thanks (as Rex Ogle)[13] |
| 2015 | Jedi Academy: The Phantom Bully | Chapter book | Editor, special thanks | Credited as Rex Ogle[5] |
| Jedi Academy: Attack of the Journal | Activity book[29] | Editor[7] | Uncredited[29] | |
| "The Hero's Journey Begins" — The Original Trilogy Stories | Children's short story | Author[17] | ||
| "The Revelation" — The Original Trilogy Stories | Children's short story | Author[18] | ||
| "Flight and Fight!" — The Original Trilogy Stories | Children's short story | Author[19] | ||
| "Destroy the Death Star!" — 5-Minute Star Wars Stories | Children's short story | Author[24] | ||
| 2016 | Death Star Battle | Children's storybook | Author[27] |
Sources[]
- Jedi Academy (as Rex Ogle)
- Star Wars: A Very Vader Valentine's Day
- Jedi Academy: Return of the Padawan (as Rex Ogle)
- Jedi Academy: The Phantom Bully (as Rex Ogle)
- "The Hero's Journey Begins" — The Original Trilogy Stories
- "The Revelation" — The Original Trilogy Stories
- "Flight and Fight!" — The Original Trilogy Stories
- "Destroy the Death Star!" — 5-Minute Star Wars Stories
- Death Star Battle
- "Destroy the Death Star!" — Star Wars Galactic Adventures
- "Destroy the Death Star!" — 5-Minute Star Wars Hero Stories
- "The Hero's Journey Begins" — Star Wars Storybook Collection
- "The Revelation" — Star Wars Storybook Collection
- "Flight and Fight!" — Star Wars Storybook Collection
- "Destroy the Death Star!" — 5-Minute Star Wars Stories audiobook
Notes and references[]
External links[]
- Official website (backup link)
Rex Ogle (@rexthethird) on Facebook- Rex Ogle (@thirdrex) on Instagram
- Rex Ogle on LinkedIn
- Rex Ogle (@RexOgle) on Twitter
- Rex Ogle on Amazon.com (backup link)
- Trey King on Amazon.com (backup link)
- Rex Ogle on Goodreads' official website (backup link)
- Trey King on Goodreads' official website (backup link)
- Rex Ogle at the Internet Movie Database
- Rex Ogle on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- Trey King on Scholastic Inc.'s official website (backup link)
