Star Wars Books Thread

[JD]

I finished reading the first issue of the Darth Vader comic yesterday, it was really good.] Was Vader's meeting with Jabba there supposed to be a secret meeting before the one we saw in the main SW book? I was a little confused on how that tied together.
I was amazed how much emotion the art was able to show in Vader even without giving his mask any kind of expressiveness.

 

[Mr Light]

It was the same scene told twice as I recall. The opening arcs of "Darth Vader" and "Star Wars" overlapped and shared several scenes.

 

[JD]

I checked and it was two different meetings. Vader made a reference in his comic to coming back for an official meeting later, so I was assuming that was a reference to the one we saw in the main book.

 

[JD]

I just saw on Io9 that George Lucas asked to buy every page of artwork from the first two issue of the Han Solo solo comic miniseries.

 

[Reverend]

^That's not unusual. IIRC back when he still owned the joint he had fist dibs on any Star Wars artwork produced under licence and really liked a lot of what Dark Horse produced. I think that's actually how Aayla Secura ended up in the prequels.

It may also be partly where some fans got the mistaken impression that he read and approved of *everything* in the EU. Apparently missing the distinction between looking at the cover art and actually reading the books.

 

[WebLurker]

^That's not unusual. IIRC back when he still owned the joint he had fist dibs on any Star Wars artwork produced under licence and really liked a lot of what Dark Horse produced. I think that's actually how Aayla Secura ended up in the prequels.

It may also be partly where some fans got the mistaken impression that he read and approved of *everything* in the EU. Apparently missing the distinction between looking at the cover art and actually reading the books.

Well, I think he was given outlines. At any rate there were times when he asked them to not do something, so there was some review process. But, I think I agree that his level of involvement is a lot less than some estimate.

Nice to see that Lucas found something he liked, given that he apparently didn't enjoy Force Awakens that much.

 

[Reverend]

Well, I think he was given outlines. At any rate there were times when he asked them to not do something, so there was some review process. But, I think I agree that his level of involvement is a lot less than some estimate.

Nice to see that Lucas found something he liked, given that he apparently didn't enjoy Force Awakens that much.

From what Pablo has said, it was just a bunch of memos with short y/n questions and even that didn't last very long. He also mentioned that certain decrees were often misattributed by the press to George Lucas the person when in fact they came from Lucasfilm the company, which tended to handle the details of licenced publications. So if you've ever read an article that claimed "Lucas vetoed this or that", odds are it wasn't him but his company. George was often way too busy to oversee such things.

Indeed, as far as I know, the only old EU projects he had any meaningful input on was 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye' (back when that was an alternate low budget sequel if ANH didn't do all that well) and I think to an extent the 'Shadows of the Empire' multimedia project. The extent of his involvement on SotE has never been make explicitly clear to me.
After that point he was deep into producing the special editions, then the prequels so the odds of him doing anything more than glancing at anything other than artwork between the late 90's and the mid 00's are decidedly slim.

 

[USS Firefly]

I am reading Knight's errant, so far pretty good for a star wars novel

 

[WebLurker]

I am reading Knight's errant, so far pretty good for a star wars novel

That's one of my favorites. Which part are you at?

Read the Knight Errant short story and/or any of the comics, too?

 

[USS Firefly]

I am at page 175.
The Knight errant comics i haven't read, are they good?
The only comic I have read are Starwars KOTOR commencement vol 1. The other volumes are too expensive.
One of my favorite so far is "Deceived".
Could you recommend good Old republic books?

 

[WebLurker]

I am at page 175.
The Knight errant comics i haven't read, are they good?

The only one I've read so far is the first one, Aflame. It takes place before the novel (it explains how Kerra was stranded in the first place, shows her first encounters with Daiman and Odion, etc.). I personally liked it and would say it's worth reading if you liked the novel. There's also the short story, the very first thing on the Knight Errant timeline that was officially released online for free here.

The only comic I have read are Starwars KOTOR commencement vol 1. The other volumes are too expensive.

I don't actually follow comics that much and never got into Old Republic. Select Spider-Man stuff I collect, I would be interested in reading canon Star Wars materials, and that's about it. The fact that I'm trying to get copies of the Knight Errant series is pretty unusual for me.

One of my favorite so far is "Deceived".

It was okay, as I remember.

Could you recommend good Old republic books?

Hmmm. To be frank, I never really liked the Old Republic era much, since it's so disconnected from the movies. Knight Errant is really the only exception.

As far as good ones go, though, Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void was pretty interesting.

 

[USS Firefly]

I don't know much books who are set post ROTJ, except for the Zahn trilogy

 

[Mr Light]

I liked Knight Errant more than I thought I would. It was a very interesting setting with various crazy Sith lords at war with each other and a sole Jedi caught in the middle.

I didn't like the Dawn of the Jedi novel. I could barely finish it. I liked the comic though.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Nice to see that Lucas found something he liked, given that he apparently didn't enjoy Force Awakens that much.

I think the only problem Lucas had with The Force Awakens was that it reinvented a couple of story concepts from A New Hope, (an unlikely hero from a backwater desert planet finding a wanted droid with vital data, a mission to take down an Imperial-ish super battle station) but otherwise didn't think it was horrible.

I didn't like the Dawn of the Jedi novel. I could barely finish it. I liked the comic though.

Dawn of the Jedi was the comic I hoped could survive the old EU because it was set so far in the past that it wouldn't effect anything from Episode VII onwards (and vice-versa). But once Marvel took over the license, I knew that was the end of any more comic books set in a time outside of the movies.

 

[Reverend]

^Never much of a fan of the DotJ comics myself. It felt a little overly contrived in it's set-up, that some mysterious agency, went around the galaxy, scooping up samples of everyone's favourite Star Wars aliens and dumping them all in the Tython system so they can found a microcosm of the Republic that would follow and the precursor Jedi order.
I never really bought it as a concept, nor did I feel it was a very interesting setting so I can't say I was sad to see it resigned to 'Legends' status.

 

[Skywalker]

I actually really loved DotJ and I was disappointed when it got relegated to Legends, though I understand why it happened. I could have done without the proto-Republic in the Tython system as well but otherwise I really loved the setting. I found the Tho Yor pyramids incredibly intriguing and was hoping some day we'd get an explanation for where they came from and why they were gathering all of those Force-sensitive beings from across the galaxy.

Oh well. DotJ managed to tell a fun story in its sadly limited run and helped fill in the blanks a bit on the ancient history of the Star Wars galaxy. Personally I'd love to see it enter the new canon, or something similar to it, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[C.E. Evans]

^Never much of a fan of the DotJ comics myself. It felt a little overly contrived in it's set-up, that some mysterious agency, went around the galaxy, scooping up samples of everyone's favourite Star Wars aliens and dumping them all in the Tython system so they can found a microcosm of the Republic that would follow and the precursor Jedi order.
I never really bought it as a concept, nor did I feel it was a very interesting setting so I can't say I was sad to see it resigned to 'Legends' status.

Not me. I thought it was very interesting in both setting and premise. It kept the true origins of the Force mysterious, but established the precursor of the Jedi Order as something that sought balance in the Force and frowned upon those that leaned too much towards either the Light or the Dark. In comparison, everything afterward has been apparently the result of an ancient sundering between the two Sides that were once united. Would have loved to see this series continue in some way after the Disney acquisition, even if it had to be revised or relaunched to match the new canon.

 

[Mr Light]

My favorite "ancient history" concept of the franchise is the Rakatan Infinite Empire in KOTR. I thought that was an amazing revelation. While it's cool that they include them in Dawn of the Jedi, I think it also takes away from the original concept.

 

[Skywalker]

My favorite "ancient history" concept of the franchise is the Rakatan Infinite Empire in KOTR. I thought that was an amazing revelation. While it's cool that they include them in Dawn of the Jedi, I think it also takes away from the original concept.

How so? The Infinite Empire had already had its day and was on the decline by the time of DotJ. It's consistent with what was established, as far as I can recall.

 

[Mr Light]

I haven't read it in forever, I thought DOTJ was before the Infinite Empire?