Star Wars: New Jedi Order comic series

[Heeroyuy]

Originally the concept for The New Jedi Order would've been a comic series called Invasion! You can see the seeds of this in the comic Crimson Empire II, in which NJO's "Vader", Nom Anor, makes his first appearence.

However the concept went to the novels instead.

Now it's coming full circle, as an NJO comic series is on the way:

Here's a preview site from Starwars.com...

http://www.starwars.com/invasion/index.html

 

[Jono]

I have high hopes for this given the quality of the KOTOR and Legacy comics. However, I was sad to see their Rebellion series was cancelled for this...personally I would have preferred it they cancelled Dark Times instead.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I don't know about the origins of the NJO as a comic book series (could be, I dunno), but Invasion was conceived by Dark Horse as a parallel series to the NJO that focuses on the struggles of one family from Artorias as the Yuuzhan Vong begin their reign of terror across the galaxy. The primary focus will be on new characters and their battles against the Vong, but we'll see guest appearances by various NJO characters as well as established movie characters like Luke, Leia, and Han. While most stories will weave around major events in the NJO, there will be tie-ins...

 

[Mike Farley]

The NJO seemed to me to have its seeds in the last post-ROTJ from the Marvel comics series. Pretty much the exact same plot: alien invaders from beyond the galaxy wage war against the new Republic.

Main difference was that the Marvel series was less than a year's worth of comics and the NJO was like 4 million novels.

 

[Mr Light]

Ugh. While I enjoyed NJO for the most part I am so sick of the goddamn Vong. They weren't the brightest idea for a 19 book villain.

 

[Stevil2001]

I don't know about the origins of the NJO as a comic book series (could be, I dunno)...

It's sort of accurate-- the idea of an extragalactic invasion was invented and planned by the Dark Horse folks (hence Nom Anor's appearance in Crimson Empire II), but the concept was taken up by the novels instead.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Horse_invasion_storyline

Ugh. While I enjoyed NJO for the most part I am so sick of the goddamn Vong. They weren't the brightest idea for a 19 book villain.

I liked the Vong, especially in the hands of Greg Keyes. One of Star Wars's better-developed alien cultures, which is to say that they were developed at all.

 

[DarKush]

I'm looking forward to this. I enjoyed the Yuuzhan Vong, and I can't wait to see more of their technology depicted. Also it will be cool perhaps to see the NJO characters that didn't make it past the war again.

 

[Thespeckledkiwi]

I have high hopes for this given the quality of the KOTOR and Legacy comics.

KoToR was very schizophrenic IMO. It was good, then really bad, then really good. Then really bad.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

personally I would have preferred it they cancelled Dark Times instead.

Oh yes. What a weird comic Dark Times is. It features dozens of weird-looking alien characters who don't seem to have much personality, and who don't actually do much. It's like a very boring night in the cantina.

 

[3superearthtrek]

anyone know when old republic game comes out?

 

[Jono]

KoToR was very schizophrenic IMO. It was good, then really bad, then really good. Then really bad.

I've only really found the post Jayne's a fugitive storyline stuff to be disappointing.

personally I would have preferred it they cancelled Dark Times instead.

Oh yes. What a weird comic Dark Times is. It features dozens of weird-looking alien characters who don't seem to have much personality, and who don't actually do much. It's like a very boring night in the cantina.

I have to admit I've very pro-The Big Three and the only parts of Dark Times I have read were its Vector segments.

 

[DarKush]

I really liked the first volume of Dark Times, focusing on Dass Jennir and the Greenbark family. I thought it was well written and had pretty interesting characters. That second volume lost me and I haven't gotten into the new Blue Harvest arc yet, but I'm hopeful because its back to focusing on Dass Jennir.

KOTOR is schizo. Sometimes the artwork is great, sometimes its way too cartoony and terrible. I enjoyed the Hazen arc, but for the most part I haven't really warmed up to KOTOR though the premise seems pretty interesting.

Legacy has been pretty good for the most part and I'm a faithful reader. Which is odd since I don't care much for Cade Skywalker, the book's main character. I love many of the other characters, the artwork, and the world/galaxy building instead. If the NJO comic follows Legacy's example it should be a pretty gripping read.

 

[Stevil2001]

KotOR is my favorite of the ongoings. John Jackson Miller knows how Star Wars ought to work. (I'm only up to Vector, though, since I'm reading in trade.)

Legacy is very good, but I don't like Cade a whole lot. Not that I dislike him, but he's often uninteresting. I read The Hidden Temple the other day, though, and I was fine with him there, so maybe I'm warming up.

I find Dark Times bleakly beautiful. The sense of despair, the feeling that something went wrong that we could have stopped if we'd done something, is masterfully carried off. There's too many indistinguishable characters, though, which seems to be something the writer realized because half of them have died since The Path to Nowhere. Bomo Greenbark rocks.

I never read Rebellion at all, though I'll be picking up its Vector installments.