blog posts Meet the novelist and alumnus who fans say saved "Star Wars" May 23, 2017 10:15 am by Chicago TribuneIllinois in the News Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images Chicago Tribune (May 22) — Zahn grew up in Lombard and studied physics at Illinois, but almost no one mentioned it at C2E2, a massive Chicago comic book convention, or seemed aware this was a homecoming. Share on Facebook Tweet Email