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strawbary
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Official Star Wars Book discussion Thread
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For discussion of the books, comics, and other literature of the Star Wars Universe!
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Sword_of_SPEA
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12/10/05 8:42am
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This thread is going to be all sorts of fun! I'm excited!
I finished reading through the New Essential Chronology (thanks Auston!) the other night, and I am recommending it to everyone and anyone. Sure, if you have only watched the movies, most of this is going to be new and unfamiliar, but they do a fair job of explaining who's who and what's what. Plus, the artwork is fan-tas-tic!
Personally, I learned a lot more about the Old Republic (pre Movies), and the "begining" as it may be of the Star Wars Galaxy. That part maybe the coolest part yet. I don't read most of the Pre-qual books, and it was nice to see it all layed out in chronological order. As well, it clears up some ambiguities the movies left, while still raising a lot of questions!!
A must by...or borrow.
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echo-3
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I want to see this so BAD. And thanks to strawbary for starting the thread.
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12/14/05 7:43am
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a freind showed me an exerpt from a book.
it mentioned something called the lost 20. Could any of you tell me what that is, we are both trying to figure it out.
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Sword_of_SPEA
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Basically the Lost 20 are Jedi who left the Order (during the Old Rebellion Era) mostly because they fell to the darkside. Dooku was the 20th to leave.
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NorvelleJedi05
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I'm currently reading Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, James Luceno's new novel. It's the must read sequel to Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. It's interesting to hear the back stories that rots didn't have, i.e. the message for Jedi to come directly to Coruscant and the later message to stay away from Coruscant.
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Sword_of_SPEA
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They discussed the message a bit in RotS, it was the reason Yoda and Obi-Wan went back to the temple, but I suppose they extrapolate on that? Sounds interesting though, I've read a few Luceno novels and enjoyed them. I need to find a book to read before The Swarm War is released in 2 weeks, perhaps I'll pick it up.
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A great book was "Survivor's Quest" by Tim Zahn. I had not read any of his work since the original Thrawn trilogy, and forgot what an incredible writer he is.
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TheQueenMother
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If anyone would like a few Swarm War spoilers *eyes Molly they're on KT* PM me and I'll direct you to the thread. It's not on the JC (I don't think) so just let me know. Trust me, they're worth it. I won't post them here, just PM if you'd like a link. Alright I'm off to take my last final of the semster....
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Sword_of_SPEA
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any about Jaina and Jag...no I don't want to know don't tell me...ohhh!! 
Darth_Venome posted:
A great book was "Survivor's Quest" by Tim Zahn. I had not read any of his work since the original Thrawn trilogy, and forgot what an incredible writer he is.
Have you read the Thrawn Duology, I maintain he is the ONLY writer who can capture Mara Jade perfectly (for good reason of course!).
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echo-3
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12/23/05 4:00am
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If anyone has any of the novel's ( - The Movie's) on CD, I won love to barrow them.
I have Dark Empire on tape and converted them to CD using the trusty PC.
Eric
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I just got done reading Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy! Good stuff, good stuff. I'm not very good at reviews and such, but I'll try my best. This review will be a little rushed, and it's covering three books so there's no way I could do it proper justice.
And beware -- Spoilers ahead! Nothing overly major, but be warned in case you haven't read the trilogy.
Heir to the Empire starts out giving us who is perhaps the greatest adversary in all SW EU: Grand Admiral Thrawn. His character really makes the books, and he's so much different than Vader and Palpy that it doesn't seem like a rehash of the OT trilogy at all. Most of this book revolves around the mysterious Imperial uprising, and Talon Karrde and his organization. Joruus C'Baoth's character was kinda downplayed in this book, but he saw plenty of action in the next two.
Dark Force Rising was better than I expected it to be. Usually when I read book trilogies, the second book suffers heavily from "bridge syndrome", or in other words, trying to connect the stuff from the first book while still saving lots of good stuff for the third book. This book didn't have any of that though, it was a pretty solid read all the way through. Things really start to develop here, and you can start to see all the little subplots tie in.
The Last Command is where it all comes down. Once I got into this book, I ended up reading it in two or three sittings. Some parts at the ending were a little confusing (I still have no idea what Lando and Chewie were doing) but overall, the book was great and I liked it a lot.
What can I say: Zahn's the man. If you've never read a Star Wars book before, this is a good place to start. You don't have to have any prior knowledge of the Expanded Universe or anything. Zahn really knows what he's doing, you can tell he researched the OT well. He really captures the Big Three's characters, and I really enjoyed his new characters (Mara, Thrawn, Karrde).
I don't really have many complaints. Zahn tends to use a lot of little phrases over and over again, such as characters saying "Point," or the word "dryly." And every time Thrawn says a word it's either "cold," "icy," or "chilling." But these Zahnisms don't really detract from the story.
I really wanted to see Luke kick butt at the end of The Last Command, but he never really did which was a let down for me. The story is fine how it is, I was just hoping for a Luke/C'Baoth confrontation and it never really came to full stride. Mara ended up taking him down, and she took down Luuke as well, so Luke was a little out of the action. But that's more
If I had one complaint, it would be that Zahn writes himself into a corner. The Imperial's plan was flawless, and it's mainly from sheer dumb luck that the New Republic managed to win in the end. I suppose it could have been much worse, and it certainly wasn't Deus Ex Machina, but Thrawn's plan was fool proof. Sure, he didn't see the Nohgri thing coming, but the really it came down to a lot of "lucky" timing on the NR's part. They should have been toast, and should be counting their blessings that Thrawn got whacked and Wayland got blown up just in the nick of time, because they would have got pwned.
"The Thrawn Trilogy" are by far the best Star Wars books I've ever read, and I would suggest them even to a casual SW fan.
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I am a HUGE fan of Dark Force's and story's of Kyle Kerton, The guy that actually stole the DS plan's!
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Date Posted:
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Read The Swarm War last night, I'll wait before posting my review, because it's a bit earlier to think. I'll modify this post probably after my morning work, but oh goodness! How much do I love Troy Denning!! Zahn maybe the best writer of Mara...but I think Denning writes Han and Leia like no one else can.
And Luke rules! 
My Swarm War Review
Just a couple things, the review is spolier-refic! So be warned about that. Plus I wrote it at work so I didn't have the pages of notes and text and other materials to spread in front of me. It was Word and the Book.
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Just in case you missed it or didn't want to go searching for it in the pages and pages of "OMG *squeee*" and other such things that appear when these are announced... I bring you the Dramatis Personae for the upcoming start of the Legacy series... the shortened version. *highlight to read, blocked out for possible spoilers*
Aidel Saxan (human female)
Ben Skywalker (human male)
Brisha Syo (human female)
C-3PO (protocol droid)
Cal Omas, Chief of State, Galactic Alliance (human male)
Gilad Pellaeon, Admiral, Galactic Alliance (human male)
Han Solo, Captain, Millennium Falcon (human male)
Heilan Rotham (human female)
Jacen Solo, Jedi Knight (human male)
Jaina Solo, Jedi Knight (human female)
Kolir Hu'lya, Jedi Knight (Bothan female)
Luke Skywalker, Jedi Master (human male)
Lysa Dunter, Ensign, Galactic Alliance (human female)
Mara Jade Skywalker, Jedi Master (human female)
Nelani Dinn, Jedi Knight (human female)
R2-D2 (astromech droid)
Syal Antilles, Ensign, Galactic Alliance (human female)
Thann Mithric, Jedi Knight (Falleen male) 
Thrackan Sal-Solo, Head of State, Corellia (human male)
Tiu Zax, Jedi Knight (Omwati female)
Toval Seyah, Doctor (human male)
Tycho Celchu, General, Galactic Alliance (human male)
Wedge Antilles, General, Corellia (human male)
Zekk, Jedi Knight (human male)
I realize that a certain adopted Princess seems to be missing but again this is the short list and Sue will be adding a few characters to it she thinks. I also realize another royal is missing and yes, I shed a bit of a tear. I know there will be Hapens and the like but still.... and she's adding more characters.
There is also a small excerpt from somewhere in the book on her blog if you'd like to check that out. It's not much but it's cute and made me all happy and giggly.
And upon further digging in the blog it seems that Legacy will be a happy birthday to me kinda thing in June with Bloodlines to follow in September (just in time for anticipation to build to a crecendo for Molly, Auston and I's trip south to Dragon*Con) and Tempest to follow in December.
Sara
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While I'm disgruntuled about the Dramatis Personale for Betrayl, I always have hope (he wasn't listed in the other books and showed up!!  ).
Regardless, I believe that Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn is released the 31st of January, unless they changed it...again. This is a prequal book, and anything written by Zahn is golden. Perhaps those planning on reading it could get together some Sunday and discuss it, like a real book club!  Thoughts?
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