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Post by Glitch on Jan 20, 2020 2:35:13 GMT -5
I just finished the first audiobook. It was a nice story to distract me from the sequel trilogy. This really let me see that not all of the old EU was just wacky none sense. Liked it pretty well.
...and man, Bane is jerk.
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Zone Was Wrong
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Jan 20, 2020 5:06:05 GMT -5
There are a ton of gems in the old EU. That series, the Darth Plageous book, the X-Wing series, the Jedi Academy trilogy, I, Jedi, the Thrawn trilogy and duology, Shadows of the Empire, the Republic Commando books.
I could go on, actually doing the same thing lately. Since the new trilogy concluded I've been revisiting old favorites, makes me long for the old continuity sometimes, the good and the bad.
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Post by The Legendary Ring Troll {BLM} on Jan 20, 2020 6:18:02 GMT -5
The Bane trilogy is one of my favorites, really hope to see Bane's reintroduced into canon. The Thrawn stuff and the Republic Commando stuff are great, too. But I'm a huge fan of the EU, I even liked the Yuuzhon Vong and the killiks, so I'm probably not the best judge.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Jan 20, 2020 19:04:36 GMT -5
I've been reading the new jedi order books from the beginning since last year. I still have like five more books to go through, but its rekindled my love for star wars after not really feeling the last movie trilogy. I've also been reading the original Marvel comics collections.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Jan 20, 2020 19:21:37 GMT -5
I read almost all the Star Wars books up to the Corellian Trilogy growing up. The Thrawn trilogy, and the X-wing series are the gold standards.
I personally loved the Black Fleet trilogy, as well as Truce At Bakura and Darksaber. It was so cool to read the books and be able to buy the Micro Machines toys of the ships and characters.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Jan 20, 2020 19:48:49 GMT -5
The Bane trilogy is one of my favorites, really hope to see Bane's reintroduced into canon. The Thrawn stuff and the Republic Commando stuff are great, too. But I'm a huge fan of the EU, I even liked the Yuuzhon Vong and the killiks, so I'm probably not the best judge. You're not alone lol. Honestly, the back half of NJO was fantastic and Traitor has one of my favorite scenes in Star Wars. Ganner's "none shall pass" speech was amazing. |
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Post by Cyno on Jan 20, 2020 20:09:20 GMT -5
The Bane trilogy is one of my favorites, really hope to see Bane's reintroduced into canon. The Thrawn stuff and the Republic Commando stuff are great, too. But I'm a huge fan of the EU, I even liked the Yuuzhon Vong and the killiks, so I'm probably not the best judge. Bane actually is canon, though the books about him aren't. But a lot of the stuff true about him in Legends ended up being in canon, too, like founding the Rule of Two after the Sith were nearly wiped out 1000 BBY. His spirit also made an appearance in the Season 6 finale of Clone Wars. |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 21, 2020 0:26:21 GMT -5
There are a ton of gems in the old EU. That series, the Darth Plageous book, the X-Wing series, the Jedi Academy trilogy, I, Jedi, the Thrawn trilogy and duology, Shadows of the Empire, the Republic Commando books. I could go on, actually doing the same thing lately. Since the new trilogy concluded I've been revisiting old favorites, makes me long for the old continuity sometimes, the good and the bad. Man, I love the Darth Plagueis novel, it's a lot of real Sith Lord fun |
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Post by Duke Cameron on Jan 21, 2020 2:07:38 GMT -5
I wish I had read more of the EU books when they weee still canon. All I’ve read is a few of the short story books.Tales from Jabba’s Palace, Tales of the Bounty Hunters and Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina.
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Not Going To Die; Childs, we're goin' out to give Blair the test. If he tries to make it back here and we're not with him... burn him.
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Post by Glitch on Jan 21, 2020 5:07:26 GMT -5
This makes me wonder, is apprentice and master the way the mods pass on duties? One to embody the banning power, the other to crave it.
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Post by montee916 on Jan 21, 2020 16:20:13 GMT -5
I wish I had read more of the EU books when they weee still canon. All I’ve read is a few of the short story books.Tales from Jabba’s Palace, Tales of the Bounty Hunters and Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina. I just tell myself it still is canon, and the Disney releases are a What If universe.  It'd be well worth a read through either way. As Limity was saying, the Thrawn books by Timothy Zahn and the X Wing books are brilliant. For my money, they're every bit as good as the Original Trilogy. |
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Post by Cyno on Jan 21, 2020 17:46:15 GMT -5
Honestly, the Legends books now and the Legends books then are pretty much in the same category, and the difference between them being canon and non-canon is based on a technicality. Even when the Legends books were canon, they were a lower level of canon compared to the movies and later the Clone Wars TV show. So if a previously written book came in conflict with whatever crazy ideas George Lucas or his subordinates came up with, the book immediately lost out. The same thing is true now, only the new canon stuff is on a more equal level to the movies.
The biggest mess was the post-ROTJ books, and I'd rather have the sequel trilogy with all their plotholes and issues than the garbage written by Kevin J. Anderson or anything involving the Yevetha, the interchangeable new Imperial Warlord of the Week, Han Solo's loser extended family, or the Yuuzhan Vong (with Matthew Stover's excellent "Traitor" being the one exception). Only thing out of that era I liked were some of the video games like Kyle Katarn's, a bunch of the X-Wing books, and the original Thrawn books by Zahn.
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