I recently learned there will be a Star Wars Legends/EU convention in March about 20 minutes from where I live. Been reading the EU ever since I was 12 when I got Heir to the Empire for my bday. I’m strictly a pre Disney Star Wars fan now. They had a legends convention last year in California with some authors (except Zahn). I’m honestly surprised Disney allows it because they seem petty enough not to.
I remember one of the authors saying that he understood Disney wants to do their own thing but worried about alienating a large group of loyal fans. They could’ve just made more stories in a separate continuity or done some animated adaptations. Looking back I just see it as the normal playbook we see today of telling actual fans to piss off so they can court a new type of fan.
Anyway, I’m really pumped about this
Before the 1976 Copyright act was brought into legislation copyright was only 56 years. So if we hadn't been lumped with that we'd only have 9 years until Star Wars would have become public domain and anyone could do with it what they like (a la Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey). But I digress, hope the Con lives up to your expectations!
Probably will not be massive which is fine. I now I prefer the smaller conventions. Like I went to a comic book convention and it felt good because they catered to comic book readers
I'm not trying to dox you, but where and when exactly? Do they have a website?
No problem. I’ve mentioned before I live in Dallas/Ft Worth area. It’ll be in Arlington TX. Here is the link https://www.legendsconofficial.com/
Also if you decide to go and want to meet up there shoot me a direct message
Old EU novels were generally pretty good. I'd rate the average at like 7.5/10. Some real stinkers, but some really good stuff too. Back when people generally cared about things like "canon" or "continuity" or "good writing" or "plots that make sense" or "characters that follow their prior characterization", etc.
Thankfully the Thrawn Trilogy beat Dark Empire, and I'm in the minority of liking Dark Empire (it's so much more enjoyable of a read when you own the physical copies of it), but the Bantum book line is extremely high quality for there being so many authors. I'm a huge fan of the Jude Watson books too, even though they are written for YA and preteens.
Then we saw Abrams rip off Dark Empire. I liked it too
Although now I don’t mind the stinkers lol. Crystal Star isn’t so bad to me after seeing how little Disney cares. What was your favorite EU book?
Thrawn trilogy was probably the best. Common opinion, but it's a correct one. I also liked some of the later stuff with Jacen going sith and all. It was a very interesting set up, and pretty well done all things considered.