Big shakeup in the Star Wars Expanded Universe [SPOILERS of major proportions]
Those of you still keeping up on the current novel series know that in the Legacy of the Force series, Han and Leia's eldest (and only still living) son Jacen Solo has been dabbling in the dark side thanks to the Sith lady Lumiya, a character who first appeared in the Marvel Comics series back in the 80s. You'd also know that they recently had a contest to pick Jacen's Sith name, which in the newly-released novel Sacrifice was revealed to be Darth Caedus. What you might not have known is that he and popular EU character Mara Jade Skywalker, who's been a fan-favorite since her introduction during Timothy Zahn's first trilogy almost 15 years ago, had a knock-down, drag-out duel across the cosmos resulting in her death. Gee, I wonder how pissed Luke's going to be at his own nephew for whacking his wife and mother of his son.
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
Just curious but is all that Yuuzahn Vong crap over with? I tried reading those Vong invasion novels and made it through 2 before I had to give up on them. The tone just didn't appeal to me at all. Is it possible to jump back into the EU afterwards? And what book should I start with?
Ok, derail over.
Gamertag: RiverRatMatt
Witchlight Cycle: Sithis of the Thelis'Thale Clan, Dragonborn Paladin of Moradin
Wow this thread makes me glad I don't read anything Star Wars anymore.
"You just checked in to Hotel Califoni-getyourasskicked!" Steely Dan said to The Eagles
No doubt. (as I finish a painfully shallow WH40K novel. Oh, sweet irony)
Psychotic Foreign Teenage Chicks are so hot. - Legion
I find it ironic anytime a healthy vaccinated person bitches about science...on the internet. - MaverickDago
This Legacy of the Force series takes place a bit after that one. Big difference is that this one actually feels like Star Wars for a change.
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
Just out of curiousity, which one?
A Mind Without Purpose Will Walk In Dark Places
"I may be out of ammo but I ain't out of chainsaw B*TCHES!" - Sinister's warcry for Gears of War
The only EU novels I have read and enjoyed were the Timothy Zahn books. How would you say the Legacy of the Force series compares?
Xbox LIVE: oldman GWJ
"I might have gotten away with it if it wasn't for a damningly tenacious clinger." - Crouton on a childhood excrement escapade
Depends. I thought the whole Mad Jedi plot from the Zahn trilogy was a bit off-putting but the Thrawn and the greater galactic politicking was spot-on. This one feels like the direct opposite; good Jedi/Sith stuff but bad political stuff.
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
The mad jedi bit didn't bother me too much, but I can see your point. As long as the "bad political stuff" doesn't detract from the rest of the story, I may give these a shot.
Xbox LIVE: oldman GWJ
"I might have gotten away with it if it wasn't for a damningly tenacious clinger." - Crouton on a childhood excrement escapade
threadjack
False Gods - Second Novel in The Horus Heresy. I enjoyed the first book, but this one was just so one dimensional.
/threadjack
Psychotic Foreign Teenage Chicks are so hot. - Legion
I find it ironic anytime a healthy vaccinated person bitches about science...on the internet. - MaverickDago
Did you ever read the Harlequinn trilogy? I enjoyed that.
Never really cared for the EU though the Cantina and Jabba's palace shorts were really good.
Of - power - insessantly
Plagued - by - malefisense
Doomed - to - insidious -
Death - is - he - who - breaks
this - monument - i - prophesy
Ah, I hadn't gotten around to that one. I could see how one would be disappointed by the outcome though, I'm with ya on that. Won't stop me from reading it though.
wordsmythe wrote:
Podunk on Jessica Alba wrote:
It's not that it's bad, it's just that at best it's uninteresting and at worse it's really strange. Without getting too much into it, it involves the Galactic Alliance getting into it with the Corellian system and civil war ensues. Naturally, since some of the more prominent members of the larger Star Wars cast are Corellian, certain people had some hard choices to make. Meanwhile, there's Jacen, being torn between this conflict (which parrallel's his grandfather's role in the Clone Wars) and being drawn to the dark side. And it not only parrallel's Vader's path; a lot of Jacen's motivations seem like Revan's from KOTOR, or at least what Kreia told you his motives were.
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
Yeah, that one sucked. THe third is much better, and "The Flight of the Eisentstein" was pretty good.
oh yeah...star wars. Just to keep it on topic.
Sephirotic | I am your future...swallowed up in fire | PSN: Sephirotic
Sounds pretty cool. Thanks, RB.
Xbox LIVE: oldman GWJ
"I might have gotten away with it if it wasn't for a damningly tenacious clinger." - Crouton on a childhood excrement escapade
Makes you wonder if humanity should just kill off all the witches, er Jedi, sith or not. The galaxy seems like it would better off for it.
Do you ever walk alone like a drifter in the dark?