The book covers a time period ranging from around 67 BBY all the way to during and just after the time frame of TPM.
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The book covers a time period ranging from around 67 BBY all the way to during and just after the time frame of TPM.
Honestly, the X-Wing books are some of my favorites. But, I also think there is a lot of great SW that has nothing to do with Jedi, or at most has them at a supporting role, so it just comes down to personal preference.
I cast Jeff Bridges as Bel Iblis. And Emma Watson has been my pick for Jaina Solo for years.
Tarkin was kind of a snoozer for me. Tough to get through. New Dawn was a bit better. Hoping the Luke book is decent.
Indeed. Bantam/DR simply never bothered due to the Marvel Comics and Alan Dean Foster beating them to it.
There was three whole years' worth of time to cover, though. 
Personally I was never a big fan of Splinter of the Mind's Eye and I didn't read much of Marvel's first crack at Star Wars. It started before I was born and I was only three years old when their run ended, and I was never much interested in going back to it.
Personally I was never a big fan of Splinter of the Mind's Eye and I didn't read much of Marvel's first crack at Star Wars. It started before I was born and I was only three years old when their run ended, and I was never much interested in going back to it.
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Regarding material taking place between the films, I kind of liked the Archie Goodwin/Al Williamson newspaper strips that Dark Horse reprinted later as the first volume of Classic Star Wars. Although it's no longer canon it served as a bridge of sorts between ANH and ESB, dealing with the Rebels scouting for a new base (With Luke eventually discovering Hoth), their evacuation from Yavin, the development of Vader's Super Star Destroyer, and the Mon Calamari joining the rebels. The strip was published after ESB came out, and ended around the time ROTJ came out (Hence the ROTJ material) so it had a much tighter continuity than the Marvel series (Although Goodwin worked on both). It's a fun read although some of the storylines-such as when Vader hires an actor who is surgically altered to look like Obi-Wan in order to fool and lure Luke-are a bit silly.
It should be noted that the Dark Horse reprints add color and some revisions to the strip, so it's kind of a "Special Edition" of sorts.
Shadows Of The Empire-a much later project-was the bridge between ESB and ROTJ but that's probably not holding up anymore, although Black Sun and the Faleen did appear in Clone Wars.
It should be noted that the Dark Horse reprints add color and some revisions to the strip, so it's kind of a "Special Edition" of sorts.
Shadows Of The Empire-a much later project-was the bridge between ESB and ROTJ but that's probably not holding up anymore, although Black Sun and the Faleen did appear in Clone Wars.
Oh I just remembered, in a throwaway scene the TARKIN novel introduced a new character motivation for Sidious that I wasn't happy with. For the Emperor, subjugating the galaxy and wiping out the Jedi was just the first step in his big plan. Step two? Work with Vader to unlock the true powers of the Sith to ultimately become a dark god that twists all other life into a reflection of himself. Leaving him the only sentient free being in the universe.
That's just so... video game. While Sidious is certainly evil and all, I much preferred the EU which gave him a self-deluded nobility of saving the galaxy from corruption and weakness in the form of a strong and perfect leader. Not to mention Tim Zahn's OUTBOUND FLIGHT novel which established that Sidious foresaw the Vong Invasion and was creating a militarized galaxy to repel the extragalactic invaders.
Incidentally, does anyone here listen to The Force Cast podcasts? I absolutely love them. There's one guy on there, Justin, who hilariously defends the Empire and Palpatine as the heroes of the piece.
That's just so... video game. While Sidious is certainly evil and all, I much preferred the EU which gave him a self-deluded nobility of saving the galaxy from corruption and weakness in the form of a strong and perfect leader. Not to mention Tim Zahn's OUTBOUND FLIGHT novel which established that Sidious foresaw the Vong Invasion and was creating a militarized galaxy to repel the extragalactic invaders.
Incidentally, does anyone here listen to The Force Cast podcasts? I absolutely love them. There's one guy on there, Justin, who hilariously defends the Empire and Palpatine as the heroes of the piece.
The idea of Palpatine trying to because something like a dark god of the Force would seem like his ideals from he Dark Horse comics Dark Empire series. Were you have the Emperor's force spirit jumping from clone to clone, but because his Dark Force powers are so strong and corrupting the clones just don't last very long (also explaining why he looked so decrepit in Return of the Jedi). His plan was to live forever with the Skywalker family being its line of main underling. If that failed, he's take over a Skywalker's body and figure the rest out later.
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I definitely prefer the "evil for evil's sake" motivation over either of those other two, particularly the one about him wanting to prepare the galaxy for the Yuuzhan Vong. It's vastly more in keeping with Sith ideals. His goal was to dominate all life while living forever. Star Wars is a black-and-white, good vs. evil world, and Palpatine is the truest embodiment of evil in it, so the motivation posited in Tarkin works a lot better for him, IMO.
The Emperor in Dark Empire didn't want to wipe out all life in the galaxy. He wanted immortality and to rule the galaxy. Big difference. 
Of course any Sith is seeking immortality, that's a given. But did you read the Bane Trilogy? Bane was another "noble" Sith who dedicated himself to improving the galaxy. He set up a thousand year plan, knowing he would probably not live to actually earn the fruits of his labors, for the good of the galaxy.
Bane, Zannah, Plageuis, Old EU Sidious, Cadeus... all noble Sith who dedicated themselves to improving the galaxy.
Of course any Sith is seeking immortality, that's a given. But did you read the Bane Trilogy? Bane was another "noble" Sith who dedicated himself to improving the galaxy. He set up a thousand year plan, knowing he would probably not live to actually earn the fruits of his labors, for the good of the galaxy.
Bane, Zannah, Plageuis, Old EU Sidious, Cadeus... all noble Sith who dedicated themselves to improving the galaxy.
Not just the galaxy:
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Not really. For the good of the Sith, more like.
Yeah, they were all really about improving the status and power of the Sith. A mentality of "If I am in charge, of course the galaxy will be better", rather than a genuine attempt to help.
Well, sure, it could be made about anyone seeking a position of authority. But for Bane and Palpatine, it was always about bringing the Sith to dominance.
After she corrupted the son of Han and Leia Solo and convinced him to kill his fellow Jedi, murder his aunt, corrupt his cousin and dead brother's girlfriend, decide the galaxy would be better off if Han and Leia were dead, and take over the galaxy in a coup d'etat. Not to mention the numerous times she personally tried to kill Luke. Not really all that noble, is she?
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Oh yes, Lumiya-it was an interesting move I thought, to use a fairly obscure Marvel character, especially given those comic's goofiness and before then, questionable continuity/canon. (Such as the whole Wedge being stuck on Hoth issue which not only killed off Janson but got Wedge pretty much confused with Biggs)
It's kind of funny that Marvel's new SW comics (Which IMO are pretty good so far) are offically 'canon' at least according to Disney.
It's kind of funny that Marvel's new SW comics (Which IMO are pretty good so far) are offically 'canon' at least according to Disney.
They are only officially canon until the next filmmakers decides to invalidate them like what Disney/Abrams did to the old EU.
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