Is it boring or is it me??

True, SOA's plot wasn't integral to the galaxy at large. I'm sure they could have gotten proton torps somewhere else. But it's still a fun read and a nice, contained story.

D_K : i was merely affirming a point, but i probably should have directed it at Hugh_Jass. How clumsy of me, must be getting old

Excellence, the trend might not be new. Or maybe it came in with your friend Greivous, it's hard to say really

I agree, Isard's Revenge suffered from a necessity problem but i did like how it helped show the transition of politics in the galaxy just prior to Dark Empire : namely, the battered NR post-Thrawn has to establish itself as the big dog amongst the armed Imperial warlords abd since it struggled to do so, this must have helped inspire them band together and take Coruscant in between stories.

And any screen time with NR Lusankya is good time

 

<<I, too, always noticed how her full name is used. I guess it's because, even for a SW character who's human, her name is, well, odd.

"Hey, Mon."

See...it sounds like some Jamaican guy getting chummy.>>

Which, in turn, brings to mind Quest's Admiral Ackbar topic

 

And Isard's Revenge continues right after Last Command, even inside it for a few minutes, and went on for nearly half a year.

How doesn't that contradict Dark Empire's "within days after Thrawn's defeat, the Imperials launched an assault on Coruscant . . ."?

 

SOA was a planet full immature speaking imbeciles, childish humour, a cast of key names you knew were not going to get harmed or die, and an astounding ending that didn't even bother to surprise, show drama or even finish. A young teen targeted book from peck to pash, and that's one diaper even the baddest Dark Lord wouldn't wear, trust me.



I concur. SOA was a hige waste of time. Actually I didn't like any of Allston's X-Wing books. Funnily enough my favorite is the one least liked: "Isard's Revenge".

 

Yes, after Tatooine Ghost, going to The Jedi Academy Trilogy is good...it shows the beginnings of the New Jedi Order, so you definetly don't want to miss that (if you can get past the Death Star and Stormtrooper continuity problems...and Wedge falling for a blue scientist:S)

After Jedi Academy, I would suggest that either you skip to "The New Rebelian" (which I personally liked...although, a lot of ppl don't. what really makes it worth it is Han and Chewy going to this smugglers den, and meeting up with a bunch of there old "buddy's" not to mention Lando tredding water for countless hours )

Basically, years 12-17 after ANH are...well...pretty bad...(*cough*The Crystal Star*cough*...I couldn't get past page 75...*is suprised he got that far though*...thankfully, though, I didn't get far enough to have to see Waru...although, I did have to see Han Solo have a confrontation with a...oh, nvm.)

I don't know what to say about the Corellian Trilogy, though, because...I haven't read it. My one friend has read the last book of it...and he seems to think it's just "ok". so if you want to read that, you can, but I'm not going to promote it at all.

But one book (or rather, duology) you have to read is this: The Hand of Thrawn Duology...I read the first book a *long* time ago...and I bought the 2nd book in November...and I haven't read it yet. well, that's not because it's boring though...I just haven't gotten to it (*has been reading PT books, mainly*...*didn't read the books in order, at all...not even close*)
but you need to read those, because they kinda close out the whole Bantom Era.

Next, there's the Young Jedi Knights series...which you'll find worth reading a few books from when you get to Star by Star (the centerpoint of the New Jedi Order series) and you'll see why later...maybe just reading one or two books from there would be good. Just to know a bit about some of the charactors (mostly being Jedi) both in Star by Star and the whole New Jedi Order series.

And you'll probably be want to skip Survivors Quest, which I couldn't really recomend...because it's horrendisly paced. It's like they think out every single detail about everything. *acks* It's like Tim Zahn wrote a 300 page book, and threw in all this stuff just so it'd be long enough to be legit.)

and finally...we get to the New Jedi Order. Read every book. Enjoy them. There the greatest ever (with the exception of maybe a few...*hasn't read the "Force Heretic" trilogy yet...even though he's read basically the rest of the series*...like I said, I never read stuff in order.) and in order to understand the Dark Nest Trilogy that's coming out soon...*is pumped for that*

so anyway...that's all you need to know. MTFBWY.

---Stormtrooper TK-421

 

People don't like The New Rebelion? Why the flip not? I thought it was great aside from the fact Luke is constantly being owned (I mean wtf was with those blobs).

 

Htaker, you want my advice? Take advice with a big grain of salt. I myself like a lot of the books that everybody hates, and vice versa. Similarly, majority opinion may or may not line up with what you like.

Ideally, of course, you'd read everything and decide for yourself. But if you (understandably) don't want to commit thousands of hours to reading everything, I suggest browsing through The Essential Chronology or one of the online timelines to get an idea of each book's content so you can see which ones look like they'd appeal to you.