Smitty Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 This is your chance to voice which one book or book series in the expanded universe you think is best. My vote--> Zahn's Heir to the Empire series next.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Kosh- Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Hrmm.. good question. I liked the Heir to the Empire trilogy as well. Truce at Bakura gave me the heebie-jeebies, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LSF_Brasidus Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 The initial X-Wing trilogy are the only books that truly felt like Star Wars and not just another Sci-Fi book to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesentac Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 Seems no one has read the series pub by Dark Horse Comics. Best series had to be through the "Tales of the Jedi." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 I'm going to say the Thrawn trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templar KoroMis Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 Heir to the Empire, or I, Jedi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 im goin with rhett on this one and saying the thrawn trilogy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j3di_BoMbEr Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 the thrawn trilogy is good...x-wing series (i own all 9), and "i, jedi" is an awesome book about corran horn (keiran halcyon...what the hell ever) - a great use of first-person (hence the title), and a killer plot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 Bounty Hunter Wars. but since it doesn't say to give my opinion, i'll have to go with the flow and pick a series i've yet to read: The Thrawn Trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 you havent read the thrawn trilogy yet? well i would defently recommend you pick it up, i find it a good read... ive read it a few times now, maybe 5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophrenic Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 Visions of the Future. Luke and Mara fighting together = fiction heaven for me. Heir to the Empire trilogy is great, but I've read it too many times so the zing of it has worn off some (and my paperbacks are getting worn out as well ). X-Wing series is great, have all of them. I, Jedi is also good, though I have some minor qualms about it (he got into the Invids way too easily for example). Jedi Academy trilogy is utter crap. Kevin J. Anderson should not ever be allowed to touch a major character again. Lando and Mara? NO. Wedge and Qwi? NO. Ackbar and Winter? NO. Plus he made Luke look almost like a god at times. Luke's just a humble guy whose been thrust into a position of immense responsibility. And gee, let's make another supposedly indestructible ship again! And let's bring another Death Star into the equation again! BAD WRITING ALL AROUND. As you may guess, I hate those 3 books with a passion. KJA needs to stick to editing and not writing. The Tales books (Mos Eisley Cantina, Jabba's Palace, etc) are great. Bounty Hunter Wars made me literally fall asleep at times because of the endless drivel between Xizor, the Emperor, and Vader. Some spots were cool, but the overall thing was just bad. Han Solo trilogy is great. NJO is weird. I don't read them often, but I don't hate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted April 10, 2002 Author Share Posted April 10, 2002 I would have to agree with Schizophrenic's opinions. I have not read I,Jedi yet but it sounds like one I should read. I did not like the Jedi Academy series as well, just way over the top it seemed. I have only read the first three x-wing series books and have enjoyed them. I the only thing about them is that I miss the main characers being involved. Zahn triliogy I liked, but I have not read the recent duology yet. I had read somewhere (TFN maybe) that the Tales series was not very good, maybe I should reconsider. Han Solo trilogy I have not read but own the books and are on the list to read. I did enjoy "Shadows of the Empire", if only because all the characters including Vader were present and in play. And I have not even tried the NJO series of books, they just look weird and sound that they are very removed from the typical star wars universe. True? Bye, Smitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycoglass Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 The Thrawn Trilogy and the Heir to the Empire series I love those books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchouky Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 I like NJO books very much ! and i don't think they have been removed from the typical star wars universe ! look on starwars.com all the njo characters are on the database,books are reviewed...... Zhan's trilogy is cool too but i think i still prefer the NJO.... except for : beware if you didn't read the books .... I warned you ..... Anakin's death in STAR BY STAR ARGHHHH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted April 10, 2002 Author Share Posted April 10, 2002 Good to hear positive feedback on the NJO stuff. I may have to try it sometime. It took me awhile to warm to the x-wing series stuff as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 I started reading NJO starting with Star by Star....finished dark journey a while ago....those books are awesome!!! The Vong are pretty cool enemies.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedi-zero Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 why did u start of whit star by star ???? i mean u dont get the feeling of a trashed NEW REPUBLIC !?!? anyway i tought the trawn trilogy was craptastique !!!! well the guy sucked ... my favorite YJK and NJO but the NJO is so sweet exept onslaught .... BUT THE NJO RULE !!!!DEATH TO THE NR GO VONG !!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 I started with it cuz if i started reading the other books, well, like the xwing series (only got to wraith squad before i couldn't find the next one in the series...........!!!), i wouldn't be able to find the ones i wanted, so at least i'm up to date...I've read a ton of other sw books, I read let me see....books 1 and 2 of the corellian trilogy (couldn't find 3 of course....stupid library), and i've read 1 and 2 of bounty hunter wars (i'm going to get hard merchandise next). I also read The Crystal Star...that book was so AWESOME! I know some of the characters in NJO from reading some of the young jedi books, xwing series, corellian books, and a few others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lnt. Kechtt Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 The Rouge Squdron series, own 5 of 9, with the Wraith Squdron being the best mini series and Starfighters of Adamur being the best in the series. Best SW book ever: I, Jedi. Can't beat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SlashAndBurn Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 I'd say either the Thrawn trilogy or New Jedi Order. Both are great serries that did a lot to expand the Star WArs universe. I am waiting for Star by Star to come out in paperback before I continue the NJO serries. And yes...i heard about what hapens in that book...it was spoiled for me by a talkitive friend:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestril Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 I really liked the I really liked Vision of the Future...I was just happy to see Zahn finally fix most of the mistakes Kevin Anderson made in the horrible, horrible Jedi Academy Series (I mean no disrespect to the man, but thank goodness he stuck to the Young Jedi Knights, the JA series gets worse as I get older...). So my top pick would probably have to be Visions....although Heir was truly a classic, my copy is so worn I may have to buy another *grin* Tales of the Jedi is an awesome series, the art is supoib (I think) and the storytelling is impressive. The X-Wing series is very cool, or at least the Stackpole stuff is, Allston is good but he's a little campy... The rest of the books were ok, they all just kind of...told little stories (though some, like the Han Solo trilogy, stand out as trully excellent). Things kind of slowed for a while while people just kind of wrote at random...and then came NJO So Vector Prime shocks the hell out of me, and I keep waiting for the Republic to band together and whup some tail, and the Vong keep kicking their butts, and I finally look around and realize that this is all planned out, that there is an agenda and whatnot, and it is truly excellent. It's nice to see them write this guided story-arc that will keep going on through 2004, keeping my busy between ep2 and ep3 =D Hopefully after this they will continue in a similar fashion and press towards unified goals, it makes for interesting reading, though the writers ARE kind of all over the place on some issues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted April 11, 2002 Author Share Posted April 11, 2002 All this great feedback. The thing that troubled me with the NJO (which I have not read yet) is that it seems to be it is so different from the typical SW universe that it would be no different than reading other non-SW stuff. True? As for me, I have read a SW book in awhile so I plan to start sometime this weekend. Oh the choices , I have yet to read the wraith squadron series, "I, Jedi", Thrawn duology, the entire NJO series, and a couple of others. Decisions, decisions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhatter160 Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 My favorite is Shadows of the Empire. It highlights the "other" enemy of the rebels/New Republic - the gansters, the seedy underbelly of the galaxy. It also gives Vader more substance. Vader and Xizor battle to be the Emperor's second hand. And the Emperor loves it! We all know that Vader was the most bad ass villian of them all. The movies were primarily concerned with the Empire as the enemy (Jabba and Fett are a noted exception) so it was nice to see the "other" problems in the galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Av8tor Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 I gotta say that my favorite is usually the one that I haven't fished reading yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comminazi Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 The problem with NJO is that it's so godass depressing. Evertime I finish one of the books I feel like running headfirst into a wall. It's really good writing all around, but they need to make the facts more consistent. I mean, when does a Jedi become 'one' with the Force? (Some disappear, some don't) When the Hell are they gonna explain that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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