Lit GENERAL QUESTION THREAD (What to read? Where to start? What's canon? What's not? Duros, etc.)

She was Admiral in Aftermath, became Grand Admiral in Life Debt, but not sure of the exact chronology.

 

Do we know of any cultures* that have a dueling/jousting tradition?

* beside the Serp

 

At the time of the end of the Clone Wars, the planet Telerath was controlled by two rival gangs of slavers (with Chagrian leadership) and spicers (with T'surr leadership). They had a so-called Sword Law, where disputes were settled with sword duels. The best swordsmen hold a higher social status. Consequently, blasters, detonators and almost any other weapon that wasn't a sword were banned. This is from the Blue Harvest arc in the Dark Times comics by Dark Horse.

 

Found it, starts at 14:23:


Honestly, Leland does make a comment at the end about 'truth' being malleable but the whole interview is a basic view on what the story group is and what it does. Personally I think in the context of the conversation it was probably just an attempt at a joke that didn't come across well and as usual a site makes some clickbait out of it.

 

The Tapani Sector aristocracy spring to mind:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Saber_rake

 

What I really want to know is why Gamiel is so obsessed with the Serp.

 

Hello! I'm trying to read through all the new canon books in order. I just finished Tarkin and I'm wondering if I should read Thrawn or A New Dawn first? Thanks!

 

Sorry Double post

 

Lords of the Sith take place during the same time (maybe even year I think) as Tarkin. Next in timeline placement is A New Dawn. Thrawn is excellent and takes place over an unknown period of time though. There's also Dark Disciple and Catalyst that take place before Tarkin. That's everything up until that point published by Del Rey.

EDIT: I guess I should just finish my answer. Then we get to Battlefront: Twilight Company which takes place prior to ANH up until ESB. Heir to the Jedi takes place shortly after ANH. Then the Aftermath trilogy (Aftermath, Life Debt, Empire's End) cover the first year after ROTJ. Finally Bloodline takes place six years before TFA.

 

Thanks! I've read Catalyst and Lords of the Sith already, Dark Disciple is sitting on my shelf but I'm going to wait to read that one I think until I need a continuity break.

 

I've also finsihed the Aftermath trilogy. I read those first and then decided to go back to the earlier timeline material.

 

What was the endgame for the CIS? Like, if Palps had an aneurysm and Greivous a real good day, what was the ideal post-war CIS Galaxy?

 

This could easily be a thread of its own. Secret Sith conspiracy notwithstanding, I don't think they were trying to take over the galaxy. They just wanted to be left alone and not be part of the already-nearly-the-Empire Republic.


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I asked this in the wing Series Fan Club but Did not get an answer when Erisi revealed as the Spy in The Krytos Trap was it a Surprise or did everyone saw it coming

 

If I recall, it was the sort of thing where it was obvious in retrospect and not terribly shocking, but I don't think they were suspicious of her before that point.

 

You mean readers or characters in the story because I am asking about the readers

 

It has been a long time since I first read those books, but I remember knowing for sure a while before it was revealed. It is telegraphed hard before hand and I suspected her early on.

 

Oh, as a reader I had no idea.

 

I recall it being ambiguous, but Erisi was sort plotted either into being killed tragically or betraying them, so I wasn't too surprised.

 

Did the Rebels ever set up another base after Hoth in Canon or Legends?

 

Yes, in the EU the most notable one was Haven Base on Arbra from the Marvel comics.

 

Quick question: What year did Rae Sloane become a Grand Admiral. Wookieepedia doesn't seem to say wether it was 4 or 5 ABY. I haven't read Aftermath but I'm doing research on Grand Admirals.

 

Long time star wars reader but never been interested in legends post ROTJ. recently I discovered a treasure trove of old star wars books in a charity shop and snatched them all up for a bargain price, these include:

Survivor's Quest
Tales Of The Empire
Crystal Star
I Jedi
The jedi Apprentice Trilogy
The corellian Trilogy
Truce At Bakura

Any advice on where to start?

 

Let's see...

-I think most of the Tales of the Empire book can be read whenever (good choice, that one)
-There's a plot in the Corellian Trilogy that's much better understood/appreciated AFTER reading Truce at Bakura
-The JAT is essential for understanding most of the post-ROTJ era, but like a lot of KJA's books it's a mixed bag (I always think he has good ideas, just terrible plots)
-Crystal Star can be read almost whenever... I think you know it's a classic, right?
-Survivor's Quest tag-teams Outbound Flight, if you read that. You can read them in any order. I read SQ first, but I've heard people do the opposite. I guess you need to have read the Thrawn trilogy and Hand of Thrawn duology to really appreciate it though.
-I Jedi is really good. Except it goes off the deep end in some places. But it's one of the few SW books I'd bother to read again (it's LONG!). Thing is, it's best read after the first few X-wing novels but Stackpole, so you can understand how Corran goes through the hero's journey (and think here, Odysseus and his pride hero's-journey, not humble Bilbo Baggins hero's-journey... Corran really takes a hit in I Jedi). The other thing about I Jedi is it has to be read after the JAT to understand some of the events, because it overlaps with the events in those books in certain parts, but was written years later with the intent the audience already read the JAT.

So:
TOTE whenever
TAB before Corellian Trilogy
JAT before I Jedi
CS whenever... prob after JAT, but not necessary
SQ.... depends on your Thrawn/Mara knowledge.