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Lit Sequel Trilogy or NJO story, which was the better choice?

Discussion in 'Literature' started by QuiWanKenJin, Jul 17, 2017.

  1. anakinfansince1983

    anakinfansince1983 Skywalker Saga/LFL/YJCC Manager star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    NJO:

    The horror that was the droids being melted
    Chewie simulating a "**** you" to the falling moon before he died
    Han's heartbreaking reaction
    Han and Leia's marital difficulties and resolution during Recovery and the Edge of Victory series
    Anakin and Tahiri's relationship
    Jaina's piloting skills and the bond that ensued with Han because of it
    All of Traitor

    TFA:

    Lor San Tekka...especially "To me she's royalty"
    Han saying something to Chewie about being "cold"
    Finn and Rey's chemistry
    Pretty much everything Finn
    Leia and Han's conversation about the jacket
     
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  2. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    And Han's monologue and thoughts at the end of the novel.
    Chills.
     
  3. Darth Invictus

    Darth Invictus Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I agree
     
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  4. Darth_Duck

    Darth_Duck Chosen One star 5

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    I really liked Mara and Luke coming across their first Vong warrior, this totally unknown factor yet sort of familiar via Mara's disease.

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  5. Darth Invictus

    Darth Invictus Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    That was good too.
     
  6. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    A biological storm changing Belkadan.
     
  7. Darth Invictus

    Darth Invictus Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I really liked Danni Quee.
     
  8. Darth_Duck

    Darth_Duck Chosen One star 5

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    I really loved the NJO until the point where I didn't. It just became a chore to me to read it after a while.

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  9. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    I wish that we got more with her.
    Maybe somehow integrating normal tech and Vong bio-tech.
     
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  10. comradepitrovsky

    comradepitrovsky Jedi Master star 4

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    The phrasing of the sentence sorta misses the point of the NJO.
     
  11. Darth Invictus

    Darth Invictus Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    He means after the war.
     
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  12. comradepitrovsky

    comradepitrovsky Jedi Master star 4

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    Not my point. It's a normative declaration, othering and diminishing the Yuuzhan Vong. The whole point of the NJO was the realization that the YV were not just a bunch of evil aliens, but a culture and people of their own, equally valid as the GFFA's. Calling one normal and the other implicitly abnormal ignores the lessons we learn throughout the series.
     
  13. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    How else am I supposed to describe our technology?
    Having Danni find a way to use Vong Bio-tech (because that is what it is) and SW tech would be amazing. Or have it be used wide-spread through out the galaxy.

    Jariah Syn used thud bugs during Legacy comic era.
     
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  14. comradepitrovsky

    comradepitrovsky Jedi Master star 4

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    "Our" technology? Mechanical.
     
  15. Darth Invictus

    Darth Invictus Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Actually no the Vong culture wasn't equally valid-the Vong weren't irredeemably evil and could be made whole again.

    The Vong religion was proven to be a distorted memory built on pain, their obsession of pain built on losing their connection to the force, and their brutality the result of a society well brutalized by war.

    The point of the NJO wasn't that "kill the alien" but it also wasn't "all cultures are equal".
     
  16. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Guys I have US$20 that I could use to fund another 19 book NJO style Legends book. I'd even have change from the salaries, assuming I pay for the quality of the work and not for any additional benefits.
     
  17. Charlemagne19

    Charlemagne19 Chosen One star 8

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    Which would have been awesome if not for the fact this was clearly a last minute addition. Never was it mentioned until the last book.
     
  18. DARTH_MU

    DARTH_MU Jedi Master star 4

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    PM me the contract.

    After I sign it, I promise to finish it within 2 or 3 years. 19 book to continue the Legend EU.
     
  19. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    Another moment I liked in Vector Prime was Nom Anor trolling Leia and Mara by dressing up like Vader during their meeting.
     
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  20. Darth Invictus

    Darth Invictus Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Does anyone besides me think Danni would have made a good romantic interest for Jacen?
     
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  21. Charlemagne19

    Charlemagne19 Chosen One star 8

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    She seems a fine enough character on her own.

    However, a bit on the bland side.

    Much like Jacen.

    RK_Striker_JK_5 would have freaked but he utterly loathed what they did with Jacen Solo since the YJK series were his favorite childhood stories.
     
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  22. Darth Invictus

    Darth Invictus Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Jacen Solo was not bland.
     
  23. Charlemagne19

    Charlemagne19 Chosen One star 8

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    Until Traitor, I'd say he was.

    Also, before Traitor, he single handedly lost the war by getting Anakin to kill millions of innocents with Centerpoint.
     
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  24. Darth Invictus

    Darth Invictus Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    He told Anakin not to use it then Thrackan intervened which blew up most of the Hapan fleet, it did damage the Vong as well.

    So it was a pyrrhic victory.
     
  25. Iron_lord

    Iron_lord Chosen One star 10

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    Actually Thracken was the one who took the shot, when Jacen talked Anakin into letting go of the controls.

    Jacen wasn't the only one there who didn't want Anakin to shoot, either.
     
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