Just finished the Revan novel

[jmPlagueis]

HOLY CRAP!


Loved this book. I would really like to see it as a stand alone film


Im assuming others have read it too, what do you guys think?

[Darth Severus]

Wow, I think that's the first time I've ever heard that response to this novel. It may be one of the most widely panned EU novels out there.

I however did like it, for the most part. Oddly I thought the Revan parts were the weak link, but I absolutely loved Scourge and the Sith Emperors backstory was a strong point as well. I though on the Imperial side it added a lot to the EU.

I think most people did not like it due to their love of Revan and the novels less then favorable resolution to his storyline.

[Luna]

Wow, I think that's the first time I've ever heard that response to this novel. It may be one of the most widely panned EU novels out there.

Same here....

I think most people did not like it due to their love of Revan and the novels less then favorable resolution to his storyline.

It wasn't that (or at least I haven't seen anyone say that). It was the poor writing, for which the author himself apologized/made excuses.

I dislike Revan in the first place, so I wasn't really excited for it, but it failed to meet my low standards. I give it a 3/10.

Personally, I think the hype killed it. Glad someone enjoyed it, though.

[jmPlagueis]

I wasn't so bothered by the ending and the state that Revan was left in, but I do think the final confrontation could have been more of a battle.

I was more focused on Revan's quest in uncovering his hidden past and liked how he started to piece everything together, And I liked how Scourge took up an alliance with Revan and Meetra (though that kinda changed at the end lol).

I really enjoyed the smaller parts to, like Canderous Ordo and the Mandos and the significance of Mandalore's mask

I just thought it was really good all around, and I suppose if I was more of a hardcore Revan fan I wouldnt have the same opinion, but to each their own.

Same here....

It wasn't that (or at least I haven't seen anyone say that). It was the poor writing, for which the author himself apologized/made excuses. I give it a 3/10.

Personally, I think the hype killed it. Glad someone enjoyed it, though.

Hmm... interesting. Well looks like im the lone wolf on this one lol.

Oh well, it was a fun read

[Darth Severus]

It wasn't that (or at least I haven't seen anyone say that). It was the poor writing, for which the author himself apologized/made excuses.

I dislike Revan in the first place, so I wasn't really excited for it, but it failed to meet my low standards. I give it a 3/10.

Personally, I think the hype killed it. Glad someone enjoyed it, though.

I actually like the writing, well have the writing, it was almost two different books that met at the end. The Revan storyline which was poorly writen and the Imperial/Sith storyline which I though was quite well done.
Still no matter how bad the writing was nothing could be worse the The Force Unleashed II.

[Luna]

Still no matter how bad the writing was nothing could be worse the The Force Unleashed II.

Agreed. Well, except for The Crystal Star. They're pretty much tied.

[Darth Severus]

Agreed. Well, except for The Crystal Star. They're pretty much tied.

Haven't read The Crystal Star yet, for that matter can't say I've read The Forced Unleashed II yet, after several tries, I never got more then half way through. It was just. So, so very, very bad.
I was disappointed in the first, it took the decent storyline of the game and somehow dumbed it down instead of expanding it, I had high hopes for the novelisation but they were shattered.

[jmPlagueis]

I actually like the writing, well have the writing, it was almost two different books that met at the end. The Revan storyline which was poorly writen and the Imperial/Sith storyline which I though was quite well done.
Still no matter how bad the writing was nothing could be worse the The Force Unleashed II.

Ill take your warning and stay far away from that one then lol

[RogueLeader]

Wait... someone actually liked this book?

[Veldryne]

I liked it, it filled some backstory, it gave more insight into cool supporting characters like Canderous Ordo (its well known i generally detest bucketheads with great vehemence, our own lucien kane being one of very very very few exceptions)


however i point out there are MANY worse books

The Crystal Star, Children of the Jedi, The Crystal Shard too many Prequel Era novels to count.......oh and let us not forget Red Harvest and Death Troopers.


Just be thankful that we dont have the even larger plethora of bad writing that has plagued the Star Trek novels in the last 30 years.

[jmPlagueis]

I liked it, it filled some backstory, it gave more insight into cool supporting characters like Canderous Ordo (its well known i generally detest bucketheads with great vehemence, our own lucien kane being one of very very very few exceptions)


however i point out there are MANY worse books

The Crystal Star, Children of the Jedi, The Crystal Shard too many Prequel Era novels to count.......oh and let us not forget Red Harvest and Death Troopers.


Just be thankful that we dont have the even larger plethora of bad writing that has plagued the Star Trek novels in the last 30 years.

So im not the only one!

I just dont get whats so bad about it

[Jabari]

The parts with the Sith were all right.  I found the rest of the book fairly bad (but also, keep in mind that in my mind, Revan should have been female or had no canon gender/appearance at all, so I may have been a bit biased to begin with).  It wasn't the worst Star Wars book I've read... but it's in the bottom five for me.  

At least the writing itself wasn't terrible.  Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Osseon reads like a NaNoWriMo novel scrambling to pad its word count by copying a thesaurus.  

I'm glad someone enjoyed the book, though.

[Rina Ascura]

I didn't find the Lando Calrissian novels that bad. Maybe the Russian translation is better than the original.

[Jare Tal’onidir]

I didn't think the book itself was bad at all. The part that I and many others struggle with is the fact that we had Revan head-cannoned as a woman. It could have been the most amazing Star Wars book ever, and I'd still find it weird. It also makes the thought of replaying KOTOR a little weird. I almost feel like I would have to have to play Revan as a man now.

[mcnaughtonM]

I just picked up this book from my local book store, keen to start as I am a huge fan of the Old Republic era.