Lit Fate of the Jedi. What?

I'm glad none of the authors used Rodan; I hated that guy from the start, as soon as Vector Prime. To me he's worse than Pwoe. At least there was some humor to go with Pwoe's depiction (mostly in Ylesia), but Rodan is just awful.

 

I'm no fan of Rodan as a human being, but he makes a heck of a lot more sense as a political opponent than Admiral Freakin' Daala, of all people.

 

True, but considering he was allied with the Confederation, I doubt anyone in the entire GA would consider him worthy of the role of COS. Although, it wouldn't surprise me if those in the Lecersen Conspiracy did. You know that was one side plot that actually made sense to me, coming in right behind Tahiri's trial (possibly my favorite parts of the series aside from the Luke/Ben interaction).

 

If they considered Daala worthy of the role, they could have considered anyone worthy of the role.

 

Since we're having a FOTJ criticism thread...what the hell is with the Barabels in this? Who the **** do they think they are?

 

It might have been that she was so hated by both sides (remember, the Moffs hated her, and killed her husband at some point in the past) that they thought she'd be suitable- someone unable to drum up popular support and become Empress.

 

They don't think they're anything; they know they're Denning's favorite characters and have all kinds of special privileges. More seriously, I kind of like Saba, Tesar et al as quirky supporting characters, but LOTF and FOTJ (particularly the Denning-penned entries) have a bad habit of pushing them far beyond what they deserve.

 

Rodan would have been fine as a peace-time bureaucrat Chief of State who wants the system to run properly and do the right things at the right time and never deviate.

Though his scepticism regarding the Force didn't really work for me, Luke probably could have smacked him around the room or sent him through a window and he'd still be wittering on about it proving nothing.

 

Sigh. If you don't like it, don't read it. Don't buy the books and then go on the internet complaining about how Star Wars books suck.

 

And why is it now ok for some Jedi (Usually Barabels) to kill higher ranking Jedi, with no repurcussions?

 

That was an accident.

 

You know, one thing I always wondered...what lightsaber color does Saba have? I know the DNT said there was a red glow while she was fighting Welk, but it could've been Welk's. I think in the Force Heretic trilogy it said ruby, maybe. I don't think it ever said in LOTF-FOTJ, though. Personally I always pictured purple or orange. And what about Kenth Hamner. Did it say what color he had in any of the books?

 

Nope, you buy the books and you have every right to complain about it.

Don't like the posts? Simple - don't read 'em.

And before you retort people should simply give up if they don't like it, EU sales would likely be greatly diminished if everybody did do that!

For myself? Betrayal was quite sufficient for me for LOTF.

 

You know, generally speaking I don't like to rag on things I dislike. I generally consider myself a positive person and prefer to avoid things that I know will only upset me. That said, Star Wars is a special case. It's something I've adored for more than 15 years, and I've traditionally been a big fan of most of the EU, and I make a point to reread the Thrawn books and the NJO every few years. And I dislike LOTF greatly (absolutely detest some aspects- Tahiri, what did they do to you?), feel that FOTJ tried to be damage control but failed due to being built on a shaky foundation to begin with, in addition to largely feeling like about three separate series clumsily glued together; when I feel like something I love has fallen to pieces, I think I have every right to complain.

That said, I generally only read EU works these days if they interest me strongly, are by an author I trust, and/or are getting good word of mouth. The only things I'm following rigorously right now are the Dawn of the Jedi and Legacy comics, and I probably won't read Crucible unless Denning knocks it out of the park. I'm a completest at heart and hate abandoning something that's still ongoing, but my faith in the post-NJO EU has, sadly, pretty much reached its breaking point.

 

Legacy of the Force made no sense too.

I thought they might explore the Skywalker bloodline's relation to the Force in a spiritual way, practically being the descendants of it... but that never happened.

 

You mean the one from the end of "Forces of Corruption"? If so I agree!

Maybe the just made up the title in one brain storming secession and left, like everything else in the story.

I was looking forward to a more relaxed series, where the jedi solved problems with soemthing other then violence.

I was wrong

 

No. In the book in FOTJ that the Jedi attempted to rescue the Horn kids the rescuers found an entire room full of people in Carbonite. Nothing else was determined about it.

 

Oh yeah I forgot about that.

As did the authors apparently, was it to show that Daala was evil?

 

No idea what the deal was with that.

 

Same as Kessel.

 

I thought that was Alby

 

If they elect a woman who butchered civilians for the fun of it and who helped build the bloody Death Star, as well as properly do more harm to the Empire then Palpatines death they will elect anyone. Also Rodan is not a martyr as far as we know he is alive and kicking, likely fuming more than ever for being tricked by a bloody Sith and wanting them and their ilk gone for good, especially since the GA gone insane asteroid bombed his homeworld!

 

As was mentioned:

she's appointed, not elected.

 

This makes LOTF and FOTJ even more stupid