What do I read after Dark Empire?

Hi ya'll,


I just got into EU just recently and I bought and read Dark Empire I & II. Now I know there are lots of books out there but what series picks up after EU? I'm having a blast seeing the crew in new adventures and I want to continue in the proper order without skipping anything. Any help from the generous EU Star Wars veterans would be greatly appreciated!


Thanks!!

 

After Dark Empire II would come Empire's End, another comic TPB. It's pretty hard to find, but you might have luck at thingsfromanotherworld.com.

After Empire's End you should read the Jedi Academy Trilogy (books) by Kevin J. Anderson.

 

Yeah, he got em.

 

Well, you will certainly want to read Empire's End, the third story in the Dark Empire trilogy. Unlike the others which were originally each a 6-issue mini-series, Dark Empire was a 2-issue mini-series, and was essentially a epilogue or conclusion to Dark Empire II. It was originally supposed to be a 6-parter as well, but got cut down by LFL mid-process).

But, after that, you probably should check out the "prequel" series to that - the whole Tales of the Jedi super-series. This series is important for two reasons, it is directly tied to Dark Empire (it is the story covered in the Dark Empire background material at the end of the book), as well as introducing some fairly major characters which play a part in the whole "New Republic" era stories - namely Exar Kun.

The Tales of the Jedi super-series is comprised of:
Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic
Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
Tales of the Jedi: Redemption
(And if you wish to delve into the actual history of the Sith, there's an even chronologically-earlier two-parter - Tales of the Jedi: Golden Age of the Sith and Tales of the Jedi: Fall of the Sith Empire)

After that, you're well suited to jump into the New Republic-era stories like the Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin Anderson, which covers Luke's creation of a new Jedi Order.

Or, you can jump into OT-era stories with Dark Horse Comics' reprintings of the original Marvel series, Classic Star Wars: Doomworld. It's the first of seven trade paperbacks which cover the important stories between ANH up through a month after ROTJ, including the formation of the precursor to the New Republic, the Alliance of Free Planets. This series introduced important characters like Lumiya (original Emperor's Hand, Shira Brie) and important events like the first extragalactic invasion of the GFFA by the Nagai and Tofs.

Or, you can jump right in with the current series, The New Jedi Order starting with Vector Prime.

Or, you can reat the books in publishing order, starting with the original EU novel, Splinter of the Minds Eye and work forward.

You really have a bunch of options.

You may want to purchase the Essential Chronology and use its bibliographical timeline to pick and choose which stories you want to check out in more detail.

EDIT: D'oh. Yeah, I did.

 

"and was essentially a prologue or conclusion to Dark Empire II."

Don't you mean epilogue?

 

i would deffiantly say read the Thrawn Trilogy next. ties in with the Dar Empire well. and They are great books.

 

Since your new: The Thrawn Trilogy:

Heir to the Empire
Dark Force Rising
The Last Command

It's set a little before DE and is very good. Some will tell you otherwise but form your own opinion. It's what I consider some of the more important EU, it is very important to the overall story. It sets up some very important charecters and places.

 

[face_shocked]

You recommended the Thrawn Trilogy on a thread Genghis has posted on?! What are you, NUTS!?!?!?!?

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Yep I've got a death wish...

Cemon! You want a piece of this Ghengis12! I'm waitng!!!

 

"Cemon!"

Err.

 

What? I meant it to read like that.

 

I'm going to pass on that one.

Certainly it's a rather... ahem... sticky issue.

 

Yeah, wouldn't want to gum up the keyboard while trying to understand it.

 

Genghis the Merciful!

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[color=cornflowerblue][hl=black][b]Jedi_Anakin_Solo[/hl][/b][/color]

 

Wait...HOLY CRAP!
I need a dictiondary or something.

I meant it to sound like come on as one word, but that also sounds kind of bad, but oh crap, I'm going to go hide in a corner and cry.....

 

I just looked the aformentioned word up and, it is not a word! Wedge 88 is screwing with my kind again!
Or is it slang.... ?

 

Yeah, Jedi_Anakin_Solo. That's why I'll pass on the whole thing. I know some will probably say I get pleasure out of doing it, but I've also found it makes die-hard fans go blind with rage.

 

I am so confused...

 

[image=http://fultoso.homestead.com/files/cemon13.gif] ?

 

Okayy....
Its some sort of medicene or something? What does that mean
I must look like a complete ass right now...

Edit: Ah question mark, you've got no idea either.

 

Trell,
Wedge explained it all.

You said...
"Cemon! ...I'm waitng!!!"

Believe me, past experience here has shown that once we start in about that, the posts will start spurting out.

 

"Cemon" if you phonetically sound it out sounds like "seaman", which while you can have a load full of them, it sounds exactly like another word altogether.

 

Ah about the Zahn is bad stuff dur... I can't think right know...

 

the posts will start spurting out.

Interesting choice of words !