Does anyone like the one called Tatooine Ghost? It takes place shortly after Han and Leia are married?
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That's actually the only Troy Denning book I can't stand. It's just a very small story and not interesting at all. It's cute that Leia learns some stuff about Padme, but the actual plot is completely uninvolving.
Same goes for James Luceno's Millennium Falcon. Love the author. Completely uninteresting story. I really didn't care about this series of short stories of random people who used to own the Falcon.
Same goes for James Luceno's Millennium Falcon. Love the author. Completely uninteresting story. I really didn't care about this series of short stories of random people who used to own the Falcon.
Finished off "Aftermath" yesterday. Not a good book, not a terrible book, just a "meh" book. The main story was barely worth a novella and felt like something that belong in a RPG supplement and the rest of the "B" stories felt like adventure hooks for a game. A very light read, with the characters barely having substance to them at the best of times.
I thought it was her grandmother Schmi she was learning about through Schmi's video diary. And learning about Anakin through his mother's observations. I don't remember Padme being mentioned much except maybe just as the girl who came there with Qui-Gon. It's been a while since I read it though, I may be wrong.
I thought Tatooine Ghost was pretty good. Nothing amazing, but still an enjoyable read.
IGN has a story about some new Journey To The Force Awakens stuff they announced at NYCC.
Stuff of note:
A couple of the aliens from Maz Kanata's palace will be getting their own short stories, one will be is written by Deliah Dawson and will be Bazine, the woman in black in the picture, the other will be written by Alan Dean Foster and will be about the alien she's sitting on. I wonder if this means they are somehow significant or is this is simply a continuation of the tradition of giving every character on screen a complicated backstory?
Claudia Grey, the author of Lost Stars, will be writing another novel, New Republic: Bloodlines, which is set 6 years before TFA. I have to admit, I am a little surprised to see them already jumping ahead so close to TFA, I figured we'd build to it a lot more slowly.
The second and third Aftermath books are titled, Life Debt and Empire's End.
Landry Walker is doing a series of short stories:
A western titled High Noon on Jakku
A pirate story called The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku
A fable called All Creatures Great and Small
A horror story called The Face of Evil
IGN has a story about some new Journey To The Force Awakens stuff they announced at NYCC.
Stuff of note:
A couple of the aliens from Maz Kanata's palace will be getting their own short stories, one will be is written by Deliah Dawson and will be Bazine, the woman in black in the picture, the other will be written by Alan Dean Foster and will be about the alien she's sitting on. I wonder if this means they are somehow significant or is this is simply a continuation of the tradition of giving every character on screen a complicated backstory?
Claudia Grey, the author of Lost Stars, will be writing another novel, New Republic: Bloodlines, which is set 6 years before TFA. I have to admit, I am a little surprised to see them already jumping ahead so close to TFA, I figured we'd build to it a lot more slowly.
The second and third Aftermath books are titled, Life Debt and Empire's End.
Landry Walker is doing a series of short stories:
A western titled High Noon on Jakku
A pirate story called The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku
A fable called All Creatures Great and Small
A horror story called The Face of Evil
That was my first thought as well, but the New Republic title makes me wonder if it's the start of a new series?
EDIT: They also announced a new comic book miniseries, Obi-Wan & Anakin, about a pre-Clone Wars mission they went on together.
EDIT: They also announced a new comic book miniseries, Obi-Wan & Anakin, about a pre-Clone Wars mission they went on together.
I find it kind of ironic that of all of the first batch of the Journey to The Force Awakens books, the one that probably had one of the least enthusiastic reactions when it was first announced, has ended up getting one of the best reactions after it's release.
Started this one yesterday, about 40 pages in. Looks promising, actually. I could totally see it adapted into a TV movie for SW fans who are also into stuff like Hunger Games or Divergent.
Blood Lines is NOT a sequel to Lost Stars, it turns out. Oh well.
I'm still re-reading Legacy of the Force, I'm halfway through "Fury". This is an amazing book full of page turning sequences! The three books in the middle, Sacrifice - Inferno - Fury, are absolutely incredible and a high point of the EU.
I'm also getting excited about reading other Aaron Allston books now because I really like his writing style, great action sequences, great sense of humor, quick cutting... Unfortunately he passed away in 2014.
Has anyone read any of his non-Star Wars book?
I'm still re-reading Legacy of the Force, I'm halfway through "Fury". This is an amazing book full of page turning sequences! The three books in the middle, Sacrifice - Inferno - Fury, are absolutely incredible and a high point of the EU.
I'm also getting excited about reading other Aaron Allston books now because I really like his writing style, great action sequences, great sense of humor, quick cutting... Unfortunately he passed away in 2014.
Has anyone read any of his non-Star Wars book?
- Web of Danger (1988)[7]
- Galatea In 2-D (1993)[7]
- Double Jeopardy (1994)[7]
- Thunder of the Captains (with H. Lisle) (1996)[7]
- Wrath of the Princes (with H. Lisle) (1997)[7]
- Doc Sidhe (1995)[7]
- Sidhe-Devil (2001)[16]
Every franchise needs to do its own take on Romeo & Juliet.
I'm still kinda disappointed that Trek never got a proper one.
Jake and Nog don't count?
Great bromance, zero angst, so no.Jake and Nog don't count?
I was kind of interested in the idea of a new start to the EU, having loved the Thrawn trilogy when it came out and slowly falling back out of love until we went our seperate ways during the Vong invasion.
From what I can see, the new EU seems to be using many of the same editors and authors - is it really any better ? Should I try it ?
From what I can see, the new EU seems to be using many of the same editors and authors - is it really any better ? Should I try it ?
Well it's just been a series of stand-alone novels so far, some good, some average. It'll be interesting to see where the books go once the movie is out. Will they ever use the movie characters, or can they not since the movies are coming out so quickly they would just end up conflicting with them? When are we going to get an epic multi-book series again?
Ranking them...
Dark Disciple > Lords of the Sith > Lost Stars > Tarkin > New Dawn > Heir to the Jedi (this was the only one I wouldn't recommend)
I haven't read Aftermath yet. Stupid library.
Ranking them...
Dark Disciple > Lords of the Sith > Lost Stars > Tarkin > New Dawn > Heir to the Jedi (this was the only one I wouldn't recommend)
I haven't read Aftermath yet. Stupid library.
None of the books seem to be generating enthusiasm the way the new comic series are.
Yeah, the books have been middling for the most part, but the comics are amazing. Particularly the primary "Star Wars" series and, most of the time, "Darth Vader". The problem is the comics are portraying important events with major characters, while the books are dealing with side characters and unimportant events for the most part. I don't think anybody is going to be missing anything in the larger canvas if they skip Heir to the Jedi...
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