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Catberry posted:I looked it up. "Dawn of the Jedi - Into the Void" Was what I was thinking of. Well, the way you described it could have also applied to Traitor, where Jacen learns from bird woman Vergere that she thinks light and dark are a load of crap.
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Skoll posted:Counterpoint : Legacy of the Force was decent. Troy Denning is a forever shitler, but at least it was a good portrayal of how growing up in constant wars can and will gently caress someone up. I'm not sure what you think Young Adult books are but 'depressing book about hosed up children' is like 3/4ths of the genre. Like these days Hunger Games + Hunger Games knockoffs are common as hell, Harry Potter goes from child boarding school to systemic racism and violence in the system and half the cast being maimed or dying, or when I was growing up I read a YA series that ended up with the protagonist being accused of war crimes in the Hague after he murdered prisoners. ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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ImpAtom posted:I'm not sure what you think Young Adult books are but 'depressing book about hosed up children' is like 3/4ths of the genre. Animorphs was kinda hosed up in retrospect
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StashAugustine posted:Animorphs was kinda hosed up in retrospect Animorphs was supposed to be, though, according to the author. She said in an interview that she wanted readers to ask by the end whether the Animorphs were good people when all is said and done, and whether it was worth it.
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I only ever read the first Harry Potter in like sixth grade and that was it. Thought it was lame and never really paid attention to it after that. Never read or saw the Hunger Games so  .Animorphs was kinda hosed up yea, and may have led to people being furries now that I think of it.
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Skoll posted:Animorphs was kinda hosed up yea, and may have led to people being furries now that I think of it. Nah, that's down to either Disney's Robin Hood or Gadget from Rescue Rangers. 
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I'm reading aftermath now. I like it. It's nice to not focus on the usual cast all book
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Catberry posted:I looked it up. "Dawn of the Jedi - Into the Void" Was what I was thinking of.
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Casimir Radon posted:A pretty decent book. I wish they'd ok'd more books in tbmhe even further back than KOTOR setting. Like back when lightsabers had battery packs?
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I can't lie, still have a soft spot for the janky old KJA Tales of the Jedi comics. And the even jankier audio drama.
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cptn_dr posted:I can't lie, still have a soft spot for the janky old KJA Tales of the Jedi comics. "Here's all three pages of that war, it's over now!" They should have commissioned some novels that told the same story on the scope it deserved.
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From what I remember, the novel late in the EU with Jaden from Jedi Academy began during the TOTJ era, with a Sith ship fighting in the war that then got frozen in carbonite or something until the LOTF era.
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Some book news: https://twitter.com/delreystarwars/status/888486990223597568 https://twitter.com/delreystarwars/status/888485027498999808 https://twitter.com/theswu/status/888486206253694977 https://twitter.com/slashfilm/status/888486430309089280 Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 21:43
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Good to see Jason fry get named there. His warfare guide is excellent.
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That's awesome about Jason Fry doing the TLJ novelization. That's going to be a must read.
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What the gently caress is Coboult Squadron? Bring back the Wraiths.
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https://twitter.com/screenrant/status/888518381489582080 Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
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Full list of new books and covers. I've got my sights on the Art book.
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Welp. Looks like I'll be spending entirely too much money on Star Wars books again.
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The Art Of books are always good, I'll definitely be getting that. Interesting that the stormtrooper book is now part of Journey to TLJ. I think it was first announced even before TFA came out. Looking it up on Wookieepedia, at least according to them it's going to include stuff from both the old EU and the new EU, which seems to be a first.
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The Legend of Luke Skywalker cover reminds me of the old Star Wars story time kids books. The Stormie book looks interesting.
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Casimir Radon posted:A pretty decent book. I wish they'd ok'd more books in tbmhe even further back than KOTOR setting. My only issue was that as a first time reader of the extreme "back then" is that I was about 75% through it before I understood what was going on. Things like the metal sword. Anti-hero Jedi killing and torturing people. Using force fleshcrafting powers on people while they were still alive confused me a lot. Then there was stuff like her talking to Siths like it was no big deal.
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gently caress y'all. Aftermath is good.
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RC Cola posted:gently caress y'all. Aftermath is good. It can be. It can also be the worst.
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thrawn527 posted:It can be. It can also be the worst. I'm at the last 30 pages of book 1. I like how it shows the unrest of the galaxy post death star 2. Also sinjir is cool
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RC Cola posted:I'm at the last 30 pages of book 1. I like how it shows the unrest of the galaxy post death star 2. Also sinjir is cool Sinjir is indeed very cool, and only gets cooler in the next two books. But, without going into spoilers, the overall story isn't great, and is occasionally very dumb, and the present tense was distracting. The interludes go back and forth between, "Awesome!" and, "...what the gently caress are we doing here?" And phrases like, "it zigzags herkily-jerkily out of sight" are like nails on a chalk board to me. Glad you're enjoying it, though! You've got lots of awesome Sinjir stuff to come.
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thrawn527 posted:Sinjir is indeed very cool, and only gets cooler in the next two books. But, without going into spoilers, the overall story isn't great, and is occasionally very dumb, and the present tense was distracting. The interludes go back and forth between, "Awesome!" and, "...what the gently caress are we doing here?" And phrases like, "it zigzags herkily-jerkily out of sight" are like nails on a chalk board to me. After these three what else should I read of new canon? I finished thrawn already. Is the novelization of VII any good?
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RC Cola posted:Is the novelization of VII any good? Sorry for the off topic, but am I the only person who found the novelization of I way better than the movie?
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Skoll posted:Sorry for the off topic, but am I the only person who found the novelization of I way better than the movie? The phantom menace? Because yeah I liked the novelization of 1-3 a bunch. Never read 4-6
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Skoll posted:Sorry for the off topic, but am I the only person who found the novelization of I way better than the movie? I haven't read it since the movie came out to see if it holds up, but child-me was definitely visualizing something a lot better than what we got on screen, yeah. Also, I thought that all of the Gungans looked like Boss Nass and were badass warriors.
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RC Cola posted:The phantom menace? Because yeah I liked the novelization of 1-3 a bunch. Never read 4-6 I have/had a huge leatherbound book of the novelizations of 4-6 that was made in the mid/early 90s. When Red Squadron was originally Blue Squadron. I only read the Phantom Menace novel of the prequel trilogy though and it improved on that poo poo movie so much. I couldn't imagine anything would make AOTC better, and I actually enjoyed ROTS but I'm in the minority. If you can ignore the cringe dialogue, William's score for that movie is absolutely amazing and probably the best one out of all six.
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Skoll posted:I have/had a huge leatherbound book of the novelizations of 4-6 that was made in the mid/early 90s. When Red Squadron was originally Blue Squadron. RotS isn't terrible, but its novelization is still head and shoulders above the film itself. Darth Plagueis is basically Palpatine's backstory and then a novelization of TPM from his point of view, too. It's really good.
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Jazerus posted:RotS isn't terrible, but its novelization is still head and shoulders above the film itself. I've actually never read those KOTOR timeline books like Darth Bane, or even Darth Plageuis ( which I know isnt KOTOR time ). I think I'll have to check those out now though, and ROTS's novel. Thanks.
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RC Cola posted:After these three what else should I read of new canon? I finished thrawn already. Is the novelization of VII any good? I haven't read it, so I can't say. I'll repost myself from earlier for recommendations with a few updates (minus the Aftermath bit since you've read it). Lost Stars by Claudia Gray Fantastic book, and should probably be your first entry point to the new EU. It's considered Young Adult, but in the same way things like Hunger Games is considered YA. And let's not kid ourselves, we're reading Star Wars books, nothing here is dark and gritty adult literature. It focuses on a young girl and boy when one enters the Empire and one the Rebellion, but try to maintain their connection. It takes place during the original trilogy, and has them interacting or observing events from those films. It's widely considered (at least around here) to be the best the new EU has given so far. Bloodline by Claudia Gray Same author as above, and about Leia much closer in the timeline to TFA than I think any other book out yet. Heavy on politics, but done in a gripping way. I thought it was great, but definitely light on the PEW PEW. Lords of the Sith by Paul S. Kemp Opinions on this book are hit or miss, but I really enjoyed it. It's a bit more Vader as a force of destruction, if you're into that kind of thing, and a look into the galaxy under the Empire. A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller Do you watch Rebels? If so, read this book. It's a fun, if someone forgettable, backstory for Kanan and Hera, and has a decent story involving Kessel. I liked it, but it's nothing ground breaking. If you don't watch Rebels, there's probably not much here for you. Heir to the Jedi by Kevin Hearne Luke Skywalker story taking place between ANH and ESB. I swear I read this book, and I think I liked it, but I barely remember anything about it. Tarkin by James Luceno This is a bad book. Do not read this book. It's billed as Tarkin, as he oversees the construction of the Death Star, putting down revolutionaries, but it keeps cutting back to boring moments of young Tarkin hunting or something. As in, "Tarkin listened to the man, but couldn't help being reminded of his youth when," and then boring flashback scene. Happens a lot. Bad book. That being said, some people in this thread enjoyed it, so they can post about what they got out of it. Catalyst by James Luceno Was pretty dull to me, like it felt like the author was told, "Get us to Rogue One, but don't color outside the box." Someone else can chime in on the ones I haven't read. Oh, and if you're into comics, check out the Darth Vader comic line Marvel has out. It's great.
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Skoll posted:I've actually never read those KOTOR timeline books like Darth Bane, or even Darth Plageuis ( which I know isnt KOTOR time ). I think I'll have to check those out now though, and ROTS's novel. Darth Bane is a really bad video game in novel form, I would just read the summary in the old Let's Read thread.
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Skoll posted:Does Tarkin have Daala in it, or is she consigned to the old EU garbage heap forever? Daala has yet to reappear in the new EU.
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thrawn527 posted:Bloodline by Claudia Gray This book is worth it alone for the status-quo-changing revelation that the galactic public finds out that Vader is Leia's (and by extension Luke's) father and how that affects her political career.
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