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It depends a lot on the author Isaac Send a noteboard - 19/05/2013 05:15:17 AM

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View original postAt the end of the day, you knew nothing was really going to happen. At most you would have a few non-movie deaths, but who cares.

Well they dealt with that specific concern in NJO by demanding to kill off a major character in the first book, Lucas let them Chewbacca off, it wasn't very well done. Luke, Leia, and Han are the only real 'major characters' anyway, not counting droids which presumably can be resurrected fairly easily. LotF and FoJ are better, and EU is so developed that the authors can kill off major characters to the EU audience with having to consult Lucas, or Disney now I guess.


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View original postStover's Revenge of the Sith novelization s much better than the film and is good read before Rise of Darth Vader and after Labyrinth of Evil. They serve as an effective repair trilogy to the film.


View original postI definitely agree with these recommendations. The novelizations of all 3 prequels are much, much better than the films. Also, Rise of DV was very good. It helped to cement what Lucas always said about Vader.....is was a hurt/broken shell of his former self, not an all-powerful super Jedi.

Yes, trust a project Lucas had nothing to do with to restore the image he created then casually dumped aside in the prequels... needless to say hearing Lucas was done made my day.

The novels are better than the films but 3 is much higher contrast, which is kinda of ironic because Terry Brooks and R.A. Salvatore did the first two and they're bigger, presumably better writers (Though not really sci-fi)and I think they just phoned it in. Stover actually manages to make you kinda say 'Yeah, that makes sense from his POV' with Anakin.


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View original postAnd of course the Thrawn Trilogy, sort of a must read for any post-movies Star Wars Expanded Universe stuff.


View original postHaven't read this in years.....perhaps it is time for a re-read!

I did a reread of them sometime in the last year, they've held up well.

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Star Wars advice Sidious - 18/05/2013 10:12:35 AM 1282 Views
Darth Plagueis was AWESOME.....recommendations. Anonymous2000 - 18/05/2013 11:11:39 PM 935 Views
It was one of the best ones Isaac - 19/05/2013 01:50:18 AM 954 Views
I never really liked NJO or the other major SW series..... Anonymous2000 - 19/05/2013 04:09:56 AM 817 Views
It depends a lot on the author Isaac - 19/05/2013 05:15:17 AM 979 Views
Stover is a vastly superior writer to Brooks and Salvatore. Werthead - 19/05/2013 12:03:22 PM 850 Views
Certainly for those books he was Isaac - 19/05/2013 02:32:14 PM 952 Views
I agree with most of the above suggestions. Mats imaginary friend - 19/05/2013 07:25:40 AM 927 Views
Re: Star Wars advice Werthead - 19/05/2013 12:11:17 PM 1056 Views
Please refresh my memory on Traitor.....why did you like it so much? Anonymous2000 - 19/05/2013 02:27:23 PM 951 Views
Yes, it's that book. And for what it's worth, I think the NJO is the best thing to happen to SW. *NM* Kotagg - 20/05/2013 08:13:10 PM 462 Views
The journey was good, but the ending completely blew (which tainted much of NJO). *NM* Anonymous2000 - 20/05/2013 08:31:08 PM 464 Views
I almost completely agree with you here. DREWRULESWOT! - 20/05/2013 10:09:36 PM 844 Views
I, Jedi. For starters. DREWRULESWOT! - 20/05/2013 10:05:43 PM 914 Views
I actually thought Stackpole's work in SW was fairly weak for him Isaac - 21/05/2013 04:06:46 AM 798 Views
Anything by Zahn or Stackpole Roland00 - 21/05/2013 02:50:33 PM 925 Views
I, Jedi is really a love it or hate it book..... Anonymous2000 - 21/05/2013 04:41:05 PM 894 Views
Pretty much. DREWRULESWOT! - 21/05/2013 05:49:13 PM 1058 Views
Corran Horn is an arrogant little prick Roland00 - 22/05/2013 03:18:44 AM 934 Views
Oh if you thought Lanfear was an interesting villian, she has nothing on Issard Roland00 - 22/05/2013 03:21:32 AM 910 Views
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