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JediJSolo
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2/21/02 12:54am
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RE: The New Jedi Order Fan Club
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According to amazon.com, Rebel Dream is supposed to come out on March 26th.
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Lady_Jedi_Carenix
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Date Posted:
2/21/02 10:47am
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RE: The New Jedi Order Fan Club
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Hello, -Vergere- and JediJSolo! It's always nice to see some familiar faces   .
-Vergere-: "Can't say I did. But of course I'm probably not the best person to ask this question to."
<shrugs>
I was just curious. I'm actually rather quite fond of Corran for some reason . I guess I'll ask another question then:
I know that a lot of people thought Anakin was once of the most interesting EU characters, but I thought he was just acting like he was "Super-Jedi" which wasn't that interesting to me (oh I hope no super-obessive Anakin fans read this ). Did anyone else find Anakin's character...rather annoying? He and Tahiri as a couple were cute, but I didn't have much interest in him as a seperate character.
Well, let's see if any Anakin fans come in to flay me alive...
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-Vergere-
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Date Posted:
2/21/02 11:23am
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RE: The New Jedi Order Fan Club
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[WARNING: HEAVY ANAKIN RANT FOLLOWS]
You know L_J_C, for some reason, I could never connect with Anakin Solo's character. Even through the EoV books, I'm trying extremely hard to look for something in Anakin's character which interests me or which I could relate to. I just never found it.
I really wanted to like his character or discover something there which I could connect with, because like many others, I believed the EoV duology really set the stage for his ascension as the hero of the NJO.
L_J_C, I didn't even mind Anakin's super-Jedi status back there. Yes he was perfect and fought and killed more YV than any other Jedi, but that didn't bother me at all.
When it comes down to it, I suppose Anakin's reduced view of the Force really disrupted any connection I could possibly make with his character. In a Star Wars galaxy where we find the Force ubiquitous to all life, Anakin never really accepts the Force as a sentient & omnipotent entity in a plane above all Jedi. Anakin views the Force simply as a means to an end. But if we as Star Wars fans are to buy into this Star Wars myth of a bloodline strong in the Force, the Force has to transcend such means.
In Rebirth, Corran actually reminds Anakin that the Force is not a tool. In response, Anakin shrugs off an, "I know."
I suppose this is the aspect which most turned me off on Anakin's character.
[/END OF ANAKIN RANT]
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JediJSolo
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Date Posted:
2/23/02 11:52pm
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Did I find Anakin annoying? No.
Did I think he was the most interesting character in the NJO? No. I thought his character was rather straightforward. “Attack the Vong, and don’t go to the Dark Side while doing it” seemed to be his philosophy. And it worked for him. He killed more Vong than any other Jedi, and he never came close to the Dark Side to do it. However, I didn’t find that to be as interesting as Jacen’s struggle to find his place in the Force. And I don’t think Anakin’s philosophy would have saved the galaxy, had he not died.
However, I enjoyed reading about him in Conquest and Rebirth. I had gotten used to reading about characters that were very straightforward from the Bantam books. I even learned to enjoy it. So reading about Anakin wasn’t disappointing to me, as much as it was going back to the way things were in the Bantam books (which weren’t all bad ).
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Lady_Jedi_Carenix
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Date Posted:
2/25/02 12:01pm
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JediJSolo: "So reading about Anakin wasn’t disappointing to me, as much as it was going back to the way things were in the Bantam books (which weren’t all bad)."
I liked a lot of the Bantam books (with a few notable exceptions...*cough cough, Bounty Hunter Wars, cough cough*). I even read the JJK series, which are actually rather entertaining for so-called "children's books". I guess I'm just biased for Jacen since I was (am) a fan of the YJK series more so than the JJK series.
So how many more months (gasp) until Traitor comes out?
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Alderaan_
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2/26/02 7:11pm
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It was the same way with me. When I began the NJO, I didn't even know who Kyp, Corran, Skidder, Terrik, Gavin Darklighter, and a bunch of others were. I had wondered where all the YJ- and JJK characters were.
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Shadow1
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Date Posted:
3/14/02 11:08pm
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I for one had a hard time figuring out why they killed off anakin in SBS. He was one character that was really growing on me and i think he could have been used better.
Any way that was my only disapointing moment out of the 10 books so far and i count the days 'till every new release (ive even given up on waiting for the paperpbacks and just go straight for the hardcovers).
If any of you are fans of X-wing:Alliance then check out the Vector Prime senario they are developing at: http://njoproject.skywalkeronline.net/ns/d_vectorprime.shtml
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C-3PX
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8/26/02 7:54pm
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This was the farthest down postable thread!
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JediMasterBigHungry
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8/26/02 8:05pm
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I actually liked the NJO at first. But by the third book it got really bad so I stopped buying them when they came out. So I went to the library and borrowed them just so I could read them and not have to pay for them. It got really bad. I would rather watch grass grow than read another NJO book. I mean it was not like Star Wars. The NJO was really bad until Star by Star came put then it gave hope to the rest of the NJO. So I started buying the books again. Dark Apprentice was a real disappointment. Then came Rebel Dream and Rebel Stand. They were really good they actually reaffirmed my faith that the NJO would get better. I am holding to my faith that the next book would continue to affirm my faith in the Star Wars Universe.
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Trickster_Solo
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9/2/02 11:06am
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me like the NJO. Liked that there are many diffrent writers.
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Jedi_Skye
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I thoroughly enjoy the NJO. Sure there are a few slow books, but the majority have been really good. I enjoy reading about the Solo children and was really upset when they killed Anakin, but.... I hope they continue with new SW books post-NJO. I want to read about Ben when he grows up. I hope they don't end it there!
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jedi_master_ikrit
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9/2/02 12:58pm
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How can anyone let a thread like this sink so far down? Do people not like the NJO or something? I know I do.
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Trickster_Solo
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9/2/02 1:33pm
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The NJO is good. This is a good thread to discuss everything in general about the NJO me thinks
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Trickster_Solo
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9/7/02 6:24am
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What, am I alone in here?
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Jedi_Skye
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I just got through reading Traitor this afternoon. I loved it! Gives you a lot to think about. But I'm glad Jacen is on his way back to his family.
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