I foolishly decided I’d give the new canon a chance and read the aftermath trilogy. Now I just stick to pre Disney Star Wars. I never thought I’d say I have no interest in future Star Wars projects
Nice. I recently finished book one of legacy of the force. You didn’t care for NJO? I have a lot of EU/Legends and still have more comics and books to get through. If you haven’t read it I recommend Kenobi.
Legacy of The Force was a great series, Bloodlines & Revelation really pushed the series into my top 5 EU series. How you’d like the first book?
Rereading the X-Wing series right now, haven’t read it over a decade. On the Wraith Squadron book currently. Could’ve been a phenomenal show is someone had accurately adapted the series. That goes for a lot of the EU books, like Kenobi, but they just had to bait & switch and turn into a large scale galactic level adventure, instead of making the more personal ground level story it needed to be. SMH
A Rogue Squadron/Wraith Squadron movie or miniseries would have been a lot of fun in 2007 and would be some of the most cringeworthy shit imaginable in 2023. A Thrawn trilogy starring Jeffery Combs (played several Star Trek characters including Brunt, Weyoun, and Shran) as Thrawn and Liam Cunningham (played Davos Seaworth on Game of Thrones) as Pellaeon would have been incredible too.
Oh man, I can't remember much about the Wraiths other than loving those books. They were great. They weren't just pilots, they were specialists. They weren't superhuman.
Definitely better written than the Rogue Squadron books, though those were nothing to scoff at either. Too bad that author went straight into Gary Stu territory later on with Corran Horn in "I, Jedi." I'd considered Corran one of my favorites, but the more I think about that novel, the more frustrated I get.
I loved the first book and even though I know the spoilers I’m still interested in reading them. But I’ve got a lot of the old republic stuff to catch up on as well. I remember when I heard about Disney’s Kenobi show and was thinking that it was clear cut an agenda because it sounded like they just wanted to have women overshadow Kenobi. The legends book should’ve been the template for the show.
It's not so much I didn't care for it as much as it was I was starting to get tired of reading for entertainment. I think there's still one in my collection I hadn't read yet: Outbound Flight. Anyways, from what I'd been spoiled on, it just seemed like it was starting to get ridiculous how the galaxy would never know peace, and at some point, they would start killing legacy characters for shock value, senseless political drama (for the sake of drama, not propaganda), and make certain twists that seem out of nowhere.
I understand. Have you read any of the old republic stuff? You gonna read Crucible since it’s the last EU book? I have Outbound Flight but haven’t read it yet.
I foolishly decided I’d give the new canon a chance and read the aftermath trilogy. Now I just stick to pre Disney Star Wars. I never thought I’d say I have no interest in future Star Wars projects
Suddenly, I feel like my collection of 40+ Star Wars novels has more value than ever before. All of them pre-NJO.
Nice. I recently finished book one of legacy of the force. You didn’t care for NJO? I have a lot of EU/Legends and still have more comics and books to get through. If you haven’t read it I recommend Kenobi.
Legacy of The Force was a great series, Bloodlines & Revelation really pushed the series into my top 5 EU series. How you’d like the first book?
Rereading the X-Wing series right now, haven’t read it over a decade. On the Wraith Squadron book currently. Could’ve been a phenomenal show is someone had accurately adapted the series. That goes for a lot of the EU books, like Kenobi, but they just had to bait & switch and turn into a large scale galactic level adventure, instead of making the more personal ground level story it needed to be. SMH
A Rogue Squadron/Wraith Squadron movie or miniseries would have been a lot of fun in 2007 and would be some of the most cringeworthy shit imaginable in 2023. A Thrawn trilogy starring Jeffery Combs (played several Star Trek characters including Brunt, Weyoun, and Shran) as Thrawn and Liam Cunningham (played Davos Seaworth on Game of Thrones) as Pellaeon would have been incredible too.
Oh man, I can't remember much about the Wraiths other than loving those books. They were great. They weren't just pilots, they were specialists. They weren't superhuman.
Definitely better written than the Rogue Squadron books, though those were nothing to scoff at either. Too bad that author went straight into Gary Stu territory later on with Corran Horn in "I, Jedi." I'd considered Corran one of my favorites, but the more I think about that novel, the more frustrated I get.
I loved the first book and even though I know the spoilers I’m still interested in reading them. But I’ve got a lot of the old republic stuff to catch up on as well. I remember when I heard about Disney’s Kenobi show and was thinking that it was clear cut an agenda because it sounded like they just wanted to have women overshadow Kenobi. The legends book should’ve been the template for the show.
Also if you haven’t read them the Han Solo trilogy is good along with Lando’s Trilogy
It's not so much I didn't care for it as much as it was I was starting to get tired of reading for entertainment. I think there's still one in my collection I hadn't read yet: Outbound Flight. Anyways, from what I'd been spoiled on, it just seemed like it was starting to get ridiculous how the galaxy would never know peace, and at some point, they would start killing legacy characters for shock value, senseless political drama (for the sake of drama, not propaganda), and make certain twists that seem out of nowhere.
I understand. Have you read any of the old republic stuff? You gonna read Crucible since it’s the last EU book? I have Outbound Flight but haven’t read it yet.