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PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, it was resolved within the book, as you expected it might. Like I said, I've been enjoying the Claudia Black stuff... she situates her material well within the movies, and provides links to her own material, as well as Wendig's Aftermath (that I've noticed, and not in this one)
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I stopped by a used bookstore today and picked up The Truce At Bakura. I read this when it first came out in hardback decades ago. And, I don't remember a word.

I started reading it tonight, and it's like I never read it. It's like a fresh, new book to me.

And, I like it! Well, I like how it starts, anyway. It is hours after the death of Palpatine. Luke is exhausted. He's back with the fleet. The Rebels are cleaning up.

I think it's neat how Luke is suffering from calcification on his bones. It's due to the Dark Side energy that the Emperor slapped on Luke during their encounter. The medical droid says that it's an easy fix if it doesn't go untreated.

That's pretty cool. A consequence to his heroic encounter with Vader and the Emperor.
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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2018 1:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is fun re-reading a book, say 5-10 years apart.. How fresh it seems..
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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2018 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm about a third of the way through (listening) a Star Wars novel written by S.A. Corey, the writing team behind The Expanse. I haven't read that series, and I haven't really tried the TV series, but this book is boring me to tears.

Some writers think that a Star Wars story is any type of story set in the Star Wars universe. They're wrong. Star Wars is Flash Gordon! Buck Rogers! High Adventure Space Opera.

And...that's not this book.

I rarely ditch books, but I am on this one. Audible has a very forgiving return policy. I'm too old to spend time with books that I don't enjoy.

Oh...what's the name of the book? Star Wars: Honor Among Thieves.

The Amazon reviews are decent, averaging 4/5 stars. But, I don't always agree with everyone else. I hated the Leia book, Bloodline, and people seem to love it.
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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2018 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

All of the spinoffs of Star Wars (OT) that I *really* enjoy have captured perfectly (and enhanced!) some aspect of the OT, as embodied by an individual character:

Han Solo —> The Han Solo Adventures (Brian Daley)
Wedge Antilles —> X-wing (Michael Stackpole/Aaron Allston)
Luke Skywalker —> The Thrawn Trilogy + The Hand of Thrawn (Timothy Zahn)

I don’t need to explain what genre each character exemplifies—the name says it better than any explanation could!

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I believe I read all the books that came out during the 90s but dropped out of it when the New Jedi Order series started.

I've read Heir to the Empire and the two follow ups a while back and it was quite fun. I also remember the first four X-Wing books being really good and plan to read those again (I read two or three of the later ones, but thought they were only okay), but beyond that I don't really remember anything from those books.

In addition to Thrawn and X-Wing, which ones would you say are the better ones from the 90s that are worth reading again for someone who isn't really a big book reader?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Especially if you don't necessarily decouple "skill with melee weapons" from "skill with lightsaber."


Precisely.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've read the following:

Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope by Alan Dean Foster, read it back in 1979.
Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back by Donald Glut
Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi by James Kahn
part of Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster
Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn
The Last Command by Timothy Zahn
Dark Empire by Tom Veitch
Droid World by Archie Goodwin
part of Han Solo and the Lost Legacy by Brian Daley
Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig
Aftermath: Empire's End by Chuck Wendig


That's about it besides several short stories as found in the Star Wars Adventure Journals.

I never really got into any of the other books during the hey-day of publishing the mid to late 90s. Nor have I grabbed a bunch of the books that have come out from the Disney universe Star Wars.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yora wrote:
In addition to Thrawn and X-Wing, which ones would you say are the better ones from the 90s that are worth reading again for someone who isn't really a big book reader?

Below are my 90s recommendations beyond The Thrawn Trilogy and X-Wing series...

    Shadows of the Empire

    The Han Solo Trilogy by A. C. Crispin
    The Paradise Snare
    The Hutt Gambit
    Rebel Dawn

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 6:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's fascinating. I actually never heard of the Han Solo Trilogy before. I might have assumed that they are the same thing as the Han Solo Adventures from before Empire Strikes Back came out. Probably should check those out.

Does anyone know if the Han Solo Adventures and Lando Calrissian Adventures are any good? They came out long before Heir to the Empire, and so apparently never really got into mainstream Expanded Universe.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yora wrote:
Does anyone know if the Han Solo Adventures and Lando Calrissian Adventures are any good? They came out long before Heir to the Empire, and so apparently never really got into mainstream Expanded Universe.

I never got into the Lando Calrissian Adventures (they were just a hair too weird for me), but the Han Solo Trilogy is excellent, and was actually used by WEG for source material. Victory Star Destroyers, Z-95 Headhunters, swoops, bowcasters, etc, were all drawn from that trilogy. In fact, when it comes to the EU in general, Brian Daley is second only to George Lucas when giving credit where it's due.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 11:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You mean Han Solo Adventures? Han Solo Trilogy started in 1997.

Yeah, I can totally see how I would get those two confused.

I am pretty sure back in the day, everyone called the old series the Han Solo Trilogy.


That's all good to hear. My current reading list for getting back into the classic Rebellion era looks like this:

The Paradise Snare (1997)
The Hutt Gambit (1997)
Rebel Dawn (1998)
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Shandu (1983)
Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon (1983)
Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of ThonBoka (1983)
Han Solo at Star's End (1979)
Han Solo's Revenge (1979)
Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (1980)
Shadows of the Empire (1996)
By the Emperor's Hand (1998) (Comic, but whatever...)
Rogue Squadron (1996)
Wedge's Gamble (1996)
The Krytos Trap (1996)
The Bacta War (1997)
Heir to the Empire (1991)
Dark Force Rising (1992)
The Last Command (1993)

At my reading speed, that should keep my occupied for a few years.
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If you like the X-Wing novels, I highly suggest adding the Wraith Squadron trilogy to your list, as well as Rogue Squadron: Isard's Revenge and Zahn's Hand of Thrawn duology. These works do a lot to tie up some weak plot lines from other, intervening novels. The Wraith Squadron books, for example, lay some groundwork that makes Warlord Zsinj's character a bit more believable in The Courtship of Princess Leia, and Hand of Thrawn does similar service for the novel series as a whole up to the New Jedi Order.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did read at least the fist two Wraiths books, maybe even the third. My brother got all the rest, but I didn't really care to continue reading them myself.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 12:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yora wrote:
I did read at least the fist two Wraiths books, maybe even the third. My brother got all the rest, but I didn't really care to continue reading them myself.

I recommend finishing off the series if you can. The battle sequences in Solo Command are quite entertaining, and a lot of the storylines get resolved.
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