Follow up series to Star Wars: Legacy of the Force announced

[FreezeC77]

BTW are we ever going to get a story on Lord Hoth and those Jedi?

What kind of story? How they ended up there? Try Jedi vs. Sith and Path of Destruction.

Interesting. Didn't know they had come out with all that stuff on Lord Hoth and that era.

BTW you think any of the Rogue Squadron biggies will bit it soon? You know, Tycho Celchu, Gavin Darklighter, Wedge Antillies, Wes Jansen?

Honestly I don't know. I'm surprised they've lived as long as they have. I thought Tycho had died until I realized I misread his injuries and it looked like he survived. I thought this might have been the last 'hurrah' for some of those characters and was expecting to see Wedge possibly die with his daughter left to take over the Antilles pilot role.

Kyle Katarn (well not rogue squadron) SHOULD have died from the injuries he had and the circumstances of where he was and what they had to do to try to get away from Jacen, but he survived.

Corran Horn (who I still think of as a rogue from the XW series) likewise maybe more-so in NJO, but I expected a death for him which has yet to come.

Gavin could have died at times as well considering the number of times we saw ship commanders die during the series.

 

[Turtletrekker]

...Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor...

First I've heard of this, and after looking it up on Wookiepedia, I believe that it will be the first Star Wars book that I'll read since the god-awful Dark Nest series.

Actually, I take that back. I tried reading the first LOTF book, as the character of Lumiya from the old Marvel series is a personal favorite, but I couldn't even finish it.

 

[Stevil2001]

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor is going to be awesome.

Well, it has to be.

Please God, make it be good.

 

[Skywalker]

Matt Stover's writing it.

It will be awesome.

 

[Jono]

Matt Stover's writing it.

It will be awesome.

Becareful, you don't want to jinx it!

Back to the new series. I actually would have preferred a shorter series by one single author. Someone before noted their dislike of Dark Nest, I personally didn't think it was too bad but the fact it had a single author helped keep it on track and more focused towards the conclusion.

That or use the NJO model with authors doing blocks of the story and then handing it over to the next. I did feel the jumping of author for each novel did mess with the focus and flow of the series.

 

[Capt_Piett]

Can't they write a fun Star Wars novel again? For the seriousness it had, Tattooine Ghost (I think that was the name) was a fun book set in the old days. I miss that kind of Star Wars feel. The "death death death kill kill war desruction more death" that the last three series have had is starting to get old and depressing.

 

[Skywalker]

What really grates on my nerves is, LOTF received a very poor reception by the fans (and rightfully so), but Sue Rostoni, one of the lead editors, actually said that they weren't quite ready to give the fans what they want (which would be more fun standalone adventures and duologies/trilogies, and less doom-and-gloom epic series). WTF? Giving the fans what they want is their frakking job!

Oh well, at least Karen Traviss isn't writing any books in this new series. She's a good writer, but the lack of attention to continuity and all the Mando wankery was really getting on my nerves.

 

[Trent Roman]

After Legacy, I'm not quite sure I'd trust Rostoni's notions of what the fans want.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Skywalker]

Let's not refer to LOTF as Legacy. Legacy is the very excellent comic book series focusing on the adventures of Cade Skywalker 140 years after the movies. It doesn't deserve to be tied together with LOTF.

 

[Stevil2001]

Let's not refer to LOTF as Legacy. Legacy is the very excellent comic book series focusing on the adventures of Cade Skywalker 140 years after the movies. It doesn't deserve to be tied together with LOTF.

Heck yes.

 

[RandyS]

Can't they write a fun Star Wars novel again? For the seriousness it had, Tattooine Ghost (I think that was the name) was a fun book set in the old days. I miss that kind of Star Wars feel. The "death death death kill kill war desruction more death" that the last three series have had is starting to get old and depressing.

They're just trying to mimic life. But I agree, Ghost was a great book.

 

[DarKush]

Let's not refer to LOTF as Legacy. Legacy is the very excellent comic book series focusing on the adventures of Cade Skywalker 140 years after the movies. It doesn't deserve to be tied together with LOTF.

You're right, but of course it is. Some of the best parts of LOTF was the foreshadowing for the Legacy series when Alema Rar found the New Sith Order on Korriban. Why the Jedi just didn't nuke Korriban years ago doesn't make sense to me.

Anyway, I won't be buying a multi-book hardcover series. I'll check them out from the library if mine gets them or just wait until they come out in paperback. More than likely I might not waste my time reading them at all.

LOTF was a big letdown and it didn't have to be. The ingredients were there to push the EU forward and create a great lasting, post ROTJ Sith Lord. In addition to setting the stage for the no longer young Jedi Knights to finally take center stage and LOTF failed on both accounts.

 

[Jono]

I guess this is when I go and hide because of admitting that I enjoyed LOTF for the most part (though I've yet to read Invincible)

 

[Broccoli]

^^ Don't feel bad. I did too.

 

[Skywalker]

Let's not refer to LOTF as Legacy. Legacy is the very excellent comic book series focusing on the adventures of Cade Skywalker 140 years after the movies. It doesn't deserve to be tied together with LOTF.

You're right, but of course it is. Some of the best parts of LOTF was the foreshadowing for the Legacy series when Alema Rar found the New Sith Order on Korriban.

Honestly, if it weren't for Troy Denning (bless him, even if he did fumble on Invincible), I'm not even sure if the One Sith would have ever gotten a mention in LOTF. Both series were pitched separately by separate creative teams.

Why the Jedi just didn't nuke Korriban years ago doesn't make sense to me.

Because destroying whole planets is something the Sith do, not the Jedi.

Anyway, I won't be buying a multi-book hardcover series. I'll check them out from the library if mine gets them or just wait until they come out in paperback. More than likely I might not waste my time reading them at all.

I'll read them, but I'll probably just wait for them to hit paperback this time. If they were doing what LOTF did, with just three hardcovers, I'd probably buy them, but I'm not interested in buying nine hardcovers (I prefer paperbacks).

LOTF was a big letdown and it didn't have to be. The ingredients were there to push the EU forward and create a great lasting, post ROTJ Sith Lord. In addition to setting the stage for the no longer young Jedi Knights to finally take center stage and LOTF failed on both accounts.

Agreed. The New Jedi Order was supposed to set the stage for the next generation, but even then they relied on the Big Three a bit too heavily.

 

[Thrall]

Because destroying whole planets is something the Sith do, not the Jedi.

Yeah but Korriban is nothing but rock and ruins and no one lives there.

 

[DarKush]

I guess this is when I go and hide because of admitting that I enjoyed LOTF for the most part (though I've yet to read Invincible)

No need to go into hiding. I enjoyed the first five books of LOTF, and thought Inferno was all right. It had been shaping up to be a pretty good series, but then I think it took a severe left turn that began in Inferno and ultimately ruined the series for me.

But I still like Legacy comics, am slowly warming up to KOTR comics, and will continue to purchase SW novels. But I won't make a committment to another series like I did with LOTF unless I know it's really going to be special. I might wait until it's completely out, read some of the reviews and if they aren't too awful, give FOTJ a chance.

Regarding Korriban, I thought nuking it would be the best thing because it seems to be this magnet for evil. People go there and become Sith Lords way too much. If anything, the Jedi should've cleaned the planet of Sith stuff.

 

[Jono]

Just saw that one of the post LotF novels they have in line is a Jaden Korr novel...got to say I've extremely surprised that they are doing a novel on this character.

 

[firehawk12]

Just saw that one of the post LotF novels they have in line is a Jaden Korr novel...got to say I've extremely surprised that they are doing a novel on this character.

Wait wait wait... this is the same Jaden from the games? They actually used this character somewhere?
I guess in the canon Jaden is male?

 

[Stevil2001]

Actually, a lot of these post-LotF novels that aren't part of FotJ sound quite appealing:
-- Paul Kemp's Jaden Korr novel, featuring entirely original characters
-- Joe Schrieber's standalone horror novel
-- Blood Oath, Elaine Cunningham's Zekk novel
-- a Boba Fett novel from (surprise!) Karen Traviss

We've also got another Bane novel from Karpyshyn (though admittedly I haven't read the second yet), and Alex Irvine is doing a KotOR-era novel.