Astrotoy7 Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Originally posted by Leper Messiah errrr ok, a little more militant than i was expecting.... he he. c'mon, the capNs a wartime president, you shouldnt expect anything less Leper, those selection of books you read were probably the strangest selection of EU books to read. The Black Fleet Crisis is quite ho-hum compared to massive battles in the Thrawn Trilogy, and the latter NJO(which it seems you have missed out on ) another excellent book is I, Jedi. The only first person perspective EU novel. Magnificent EU fiction IMO I think Zahns books are enriched and enhanced by the associated comics.... they are amazing, great artwork, and dialogue written by zahn himself... heres some info about them Heit to The Empire TPB Dark Force Rising TPB The Last Command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted November 9, 2004 Author Share Posted November 9, 2004 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 Leper, those selection of books you read were probably the strangest selection of EU books to read. The Black Fleet Crisis is quite ho-hum compared to massive battles in the Thrawn Trilogy, and the latter NJO(which it seems you have missed out on ) i liked the black fleet crisis. i coulda done without the Lando storyline though. and the bit with Luke looking for his mother which will almost certainly be proved to not be possible after episode 3. mind you if Padme survives episode 3 (i personally am pretty sure she wont) its almost certain she'll appear in the EU very soon after. if the NJO is all like Vector Prime i dont think ill bother. i was intrigued, as i said across the way the star wars movies/eu section of lucasforums, to hear a rumour that in this series that Coruscant falls to these new invaders, (whats their name, the Yuzzahn Vong or somethin like that?) but Vector Prime killed my interest for many reasons, especially the way the author handled the death of Chewbacca which could and should have been so much better. but generally i found the story to be not very good. plus the concept of this invaison in the NJO reminds me very much of the Ssi-Ruk in The Truce At Bakura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Leper, you needn't post NJO spoilers in spoiler tags.... 99% of us know about poor chewie The massive book 'Star by Star' is the one which outlines the fall of coruscant, it is amazingly epic in scope and quite well written IMO I think if you have more EU related questions, feel welcome to pop into the EU FORUM ....while your there, make sure you vote in that out of control thread "Hottest Star Wars Chick" there has been a book about the Skywalkers(Leia) learning about their family, its called Tatooines Ghost, where she finds out about Schmi and anakin as a child...its quite an interesting read mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted November 9, 2004 Author Share Posted November 9, 2004 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 Leper, you needn't post NJO spoilers in spoiler tags.... 99% of us know about poor chewie The massive book 'Star by Star' is the one which outlines the fall of coruscant, it is amazingly epic in scope and quite well written IMO I think if you have more EU related questions, feel welcome to pop into the EU FORUM ....while your there, make sure you vote in that out of control thread "Hottest Star Wars Chick" there has been a book about the Skywalkers(Leia) learning about their family, its called Tatooines Ghost, where she finds out about Schmi and anakin as a child...its quite an interesting read mtfbwya hmmm, Tatooines ghost interests me (despite the fact that the premise reminds me of a very boring book i studied in school set in India called Heat and Dust), but i get the rather obvious impression that its almost entirely set on Tatooine. I dont know why but i have a very low attention span when it comes to Tatooine, even in the movies. but i would like to read a story like that, are there any more OT/prequel kinda "crossovers" like that? edit: also if i jumped from the end of Vector Prime to the beginning of Star By Star, would I be able to follow whats going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 There's the Han Solo trilogy (not the Daley ones) that tells what he did for several years before ending up at the cantina in the last scene... EDIT: The books are: 1. The Paradise Snare 2. The Hutt Gambit 3. Rebel Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted November 9, 2004 Author Share Posted November 9, 2004 Originally posted by Samuel Dravis There's the Han Solo trilogy (not the Daley ones) that tells what he did for several years before ending up at the cantina in the last scene... EDIT: The books are: 1. The Paradise Snare 2. The Hutt Gambit 3. Rebel Dawn i dunno those dont interest me so much, again cos they probably spend quite some time on bloody tatooine and the stories about the smugglers etc, while good attention to detail in the Star Wars universe dont interest me as a seperate entity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
•-BLaCKouT-• Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Originally posted by Mamba Also because Fathom is a unit of measurement and makes no sense in the title. Clickage tr.v. fath·omed, fath·om·ing, fath·oms 1. To penetrate to the meaning or nature of; comprehend. But yeah, it caught my attention too because it's on a SW messageboard Oh, and I can recommend A.C.Crispin's Han Solo trilogy 100% I wasn't too keen before I read them either, but they give a lot more depth to Solo's character in the movies. B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Originally posted by Leper Messiah also if i jumped from the end of Vector Prime to the beginning of Star By Star, would I be able to follow whats going on? More or less, but I wouldn't recommend it. You could probably figure it out as you go, but you will enjoy it much more if you read them in order. The NJO is supposed to be one continuous series, not like the previous EU. I agree with Astro that your previous EU readings are... unusual. The books I recommend are: Thrawn trilogy; Hand of Thrawn duology; X-Wing series; I, Jedi; Star by Star; Traitor; Shatterpoint; Tatooine Ghost; and everything else to a lesser extent. Originally posted by Astrotoy7 Leper is obviously an EU virgin, and I will penetrate him with my Hand of Thrawn Possibly the best post ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leper Messiah Posted November 9, 2004 Author Share Posted November 9, 2004 Originally posted by Shok_Tinoktin More or less, but I wouldn't recommend it. You could probably figure it out as you go, but you will enjoy it much more if you read them in order. The NJO is supposed to be one continuous series, not like the previous EU. I agree with Astro that your previous EU readings are... unusual. The books I recommend are: Thrawn trilogy; Hand of Thrawn duology; X-Wing series; I, Jedi; Star by Star; Traitor; Shatterpoint; Tatooine Ghost; and everything else to a lesser extent. Possibly the best post ever. Thrawn trilogy really doesnt interest me for one reason or another. arnt they the first books after ROTJ? i remember i chose the Black Fleet Crisis cos i wanted to move forwards a bit. The Truce At Bakura killed my interest in the immediate aftermath of the OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Thrawn trilogy was the first books to be written that take place after ROTJ. They take place 5 years after ROTJ. They are really well written, so I would suggest them anyway. However, if you want something that takes place later, I would go with Hand of Thrawn. IMO, Vision of the Future (second book in HoT) is the best book ever. But the thing about HoT is that every other book you read before it makes it a little bit better. Still, a good book in its own right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverhoodian Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Originally posted by Samuel Dravis There's the Han Solo trilogy (not the Daley ones) that tells what he did for several years before ending up at the cantina in the last scene... EDIT: The books are: 1. The Paradise Snare 2. The Hutt Gambit 3. Rebel Dawn There's also another Han Solo trilogy that covers what Han and Chewie did right before ANH. The books are Han Solo at Star's End, Han Solo's Revenge, and Han Solo and the Lost Legacy. The books are a great read and Tatooine isn't even mentioned, much less visited. Another great set of books is the X-Wing series, particularly the ones written by Aaron Allston. The Micheal Stackpole ones are okay, but Allston's is much better, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Originally posted by Neverhoodian There's also another Han Solo trilogy that covers what Han and Chewie did right before ANH. The books are Han Solo at Star's End, Han Solo's Revenge, and Han Solo and the Lost Legacy. The books are a great read and Tatooine isn't even mentioned, much less visited. Yeah, those were fun to read. Too short though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 i've come to the slow realisation that one of the best things about the original trilogy was that it DIDN'T explain a lot of the background and technicalities... just gave vague hints and mentions to things and events... This gave the impression that there was a whole, functional universe out there, but also allowed everyone to fill in the gaps with their own imagination. Most of the attempts to fill in those gaps (in book or films or games or prequels or special editions) have failed to live up to the way my imagination filled things in (and a lot of other people too) and just tend to undermine a lot of the epic feel of the thing. eg, the emporer and vader, and even luke and obi wan used to look quite badass, but now after seeing everone and his uncle do things like force lightning in books and games they have to try and come up with spurious reasons why they never used a lot of those new powers. The empire used to seem to be this massive evil force that had been in power for decades, now it turns out it lasted a few years, compared to the millenia of the old republic, and doesn't sound as impressive. etc... So, it is probably best not to worry about it, or try and fnd an official answer (there probably isn't one, other than a whim of george) and just come up with your own ideas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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