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« on: February 05, 2018, 05:18:47 PM » |
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Hi so i been watching the SW movies since 1977
And at 50 my need to know more has grown
Where should i start what order should i read the novels
Any titles
Thank you
Raider
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2018, 06:24:17 PM » |
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I say pick a series and go from there. I am biased toward the Original EU, but........
I highly recommend the Darth Bane trilogy. It was just awesome.
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2018, 08:07:29 PM » |
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I say pick a series and go from there. I am biased toward the Original EU, but........
I highly recommend the Darth Bane trilogy. It was just awesome.
I agree that the Darth Bane trilogy is really good. I also enjoyed the books by Timothy Zahn that focus on Thrawn. |
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2018, 09:33:30 PM » |
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I've read the newer books like Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston and really enjoyed Rebel Rising by Beth Revis which tells about what happens after Jyn Erso is rescued by Saw Gerrera and about her life leading up to where we see her in Rogue One
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2018, 11:19:59 PM » |
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Hi so i been watching the SW movies since 1977
And at 50 my need to know more has grown
Where should i start what order should i read the novels
Any titles
Thank you
Raider
The original Expanded Universe was canceled after Disney acquired Lucasfilm. In a nutshell any books or comics published AFTER April 2014 are part of the Disney Canon and tie in to the films. The Animated Shows The Clone Wars and Rebels are also canon. Any of the books published before the Disney acquisition are no longer canon. So they will not have characters such as Rey or Kylo Ren. So, there is your first decision. Do you want to delve into decades of novels that no longer connect to the films or begin with the ones that do connect to the films |
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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2018, 11:44:16 PM » |
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I'm a little over halfway through the Del Rey timeline of books and they have all been pretty fantastic, timeline here: http://www.randomhousebooks.com/campaign/star-wars-timeline/Thrawn is probably my favorite of the bunch. Nobody can capture the spirit of the blue skinned and red eyed Grand Admiral quite like Timothy Zahn. There's Dark Disciple if you're a fan of the Clone Wars series, Lords of the Sith if you like Vader, Tarkin if you're a fan of the Grand Moff... they're all really good. |
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2018, 09:12:15 PM » |
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I've been told that Tarkin was an exceptional read. I plan on reading the Ahsoka and Jyn Erso novels myself.
Anything with Mara Jade is awesome in my book. Shame it's no longer canon.
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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2018, 08:38:12 PM » |
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I've been told that Tarkin was an exceptional read. I plan on reading the Ahsoka and Jyn Erso novels myself.
Anything with Mara Jade is awesome in my book. Shame it's no longer canon.
Yeah Tarkin is pretty good, at around 275 pages it's a quick read compared to the other novels. Totally redefined the character for me personally. From what little I know of Mara Jade she definitely is a character I plan to get to know better myself. |
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« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2018, 02:51:40 AM » |
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I would like to echo that Timothy Zahn's "Heir to the Empire" trilogy as well as the "Hand of Thrawn" duology are enjoyable reads. Also: the "Darth Bane" trilogy is another set worthy of a read  |
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« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2018, 05:37:38 PM » |
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I agree that the Darth Bane trilogy is really good. I also enjoyed the books by Timothy Zahn that focus on Thrawn.
Ditto. I greatly enjoyed the Thrawn series. It was written by Zhan and as I recall was intended to be the continuation of the official storyline for the original trilogy. |
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« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2018, 05:49:47 PM » |
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I enjoyed the first two X-Wing books. It's a shame I never got my hands on the others...
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« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2018, 05:51:35 PM » |
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I enjoyed the first two X-Wing books. It's a shame I never got my hands on the others...
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« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2018, 09:00:32 PM » |
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Thrown Trilogy is awesome ... And Bane ... And Revan ... and Rogue Squadron ... and ...  |
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« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2018, 10:05:27 PM » |
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I actually recently bought most of the canon books. I actually love mostly everything about all of the new canon, but I also enjoy non-story related books like the Imperial Handbook, Bounty Hunter Code, Jedi Path, and Book of Sith. These are fun because they are guidebooks and you have the characters of the movies and TV shows that write their own notes in the book.
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« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2018, 10:24:05 PM » |
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