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Star Wars Books
Recently I got a Star Wars Novel called 'The Jedi Academy Trilogy (Jedi Search, Dark Aprentice and Champions of the Force) and I got interested in SW Books so I found on the internet that there are lot of SW Books wriiten so far. I also downloaded some from Kazaa, 3 or 4 (couldn't find more).
My question is - has anyone read some SW Books and can you recomend some titles to me? What about this book - The Jedi Academy Trilogy, has anybody read it? And what do you think - does Lucas read the books before they are published?
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Besides these Illustrated Encyclopedias I don't own no SW book. I read some SW comics some time ago ...
I guess there is kind of a check if SW books fit in the timeline of the SW universe ... but I don't think GL will do that. He needs his 24h to count all his money
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All you need to know.
First Off, the Jedi Academy Trilogy is great. Other ones that are particularly good as I remember....
Darksaber(8 yrs post ROTJ
The Han Solo Trilogy(before ANH)
The Thrawn Trilogy(5 yrs post ROTJ)
and Courtship Of Princess Leia(4 yrs post ROTJ)
AVOID THE BLACK FLEET CRISIS!!!!
And if Lucas reads them to check... I don't know. It doesn't matter. The books are all checked against each other, and the majority don't dwell on anything other than what happens outside the main SW storyline of Luke and Anakin, except after ROTJ where they can go nuts, kill characters, etc....Are you a Mexi-CAN or a Mexi-CAN'T?
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I liked the Black Fleet crisis. Not the best one though.
Havent read the Jedi academy, but Anderson is alright as a Star Wars writer. I like Stackpoles books. Shadow of the Empire is very good, and so are the fisrt few books of New Jedi Order. "I, Jedi" is also a very good one. And The 5 Thawn books is also good (a tad slow but good).
I recoment I, Jedi and Shadow of the empire to start with. And they are single books, not trilogys like many others"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." / Carl Sagan
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Aragon, I'm just curious - what happens with Han, Leia and Luke in the 'The New Jedi Order series'. Are they still there, they should be around 60+ years old (if you've read the books)?
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everyone dies!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by Kn'thrak
everyone dies!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by Kn'thrak
everyone dies!!!!!!!!!!
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Aragon is right, The Heir To the Empire trilogy is proberbly the best way to jump into the Star Wars books world. I personaly dont think that they are the best ones, but they really give u the "star wars" feeling, and thats what its all about really, or u could go read "usuall" sf books.
And the New Jedi Order. The old characters are all there. Well most of them... not everyone survives all the way
However me personaly like the "non original" characters alot. Those that has been created over time by all the different star wars authors. Coran Horn is one of the better, found first in the X-Wing books by Stackpole and later in many others, all the way u to New Jedi Order.
Of Course most of the original characters show up often, but after reading alot of these books its fun to see that many of the "new" characters show up in many books, giving all the books a more connected feel, and not just thrugh the "STAR WARS" on the front cover.
If u like star wars and like reading, i recoment the Star Wars books, most of them are well written and fun to read, and when u got 10-15 of them under ur belt and u have gotten to know more then just Leia, Han and Luke it gets more fun.
I guess The New Jedi order could be fun to jump right too, I know i wanted too, but I wanted to read some of the older ones first and i did. So when i got to The New Jedi Order I knew many of the characters all ready and that storyline got alot more intrestig.
Im not sure how many there is but there is alot of them, so u can even be picky =)
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I did a little 'research' on the net and here are most of the titles in chronological order, starting from the "A New Hope" period. Books concerning events during "The Phantom Menace" and Episode II are not included in this list.
Pre-Star Wars IV: A New Hope
1. The Han Solo Trilogy by A.C. Crispin
- The Paradise Snare
- The Hutt Gambit
- Rebel Dawn
2. The Lando Calrissian Adventures by L. Neil Smith
- Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
- Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
- Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka
3. The Han Solo Adventures by Brian Daley
- Han Solo at Star's End
- Han Solo's Revenge
- Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
Star Wars IV: A New Hope
4. Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster
5. The Bounty Hunter Wars by K.W. Jeter
- The Mandalorian Armor
- Slave Ship
- Hard Merchandise
Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
6. Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry
Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi
7. The Truce At Bakura by Kathy Tyers
8. X-Wing, Series I by Michael A. Stackpole
- Rogue Squadron
- Wedge's Gamble
- The Krytos Trap
- The Bacta War
9. X-Wing, Series II by Aaron Allston
- Wraith Squadron
- Iron Fist
- Solo Command
10. The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton
11. The Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn
- Heir to the Empire
- Dark Force Rising
- The Last Command
12. X-Wing, Series III by Michael A. Stackpole
- Isard's Revenge
13. The Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson
- Jedi Search
- Dark Apprentice
- Champions of the Force
14. I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole
15. X-Wing, Series IV by Aaron Allston
- Starfighters of Adumar
16. Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly
17. Darksaber by Kevin J. Anderson
18. Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly
19. The Crystal Star by Vonda N. McIntyre
20. Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
- Before the Storm
- Shield of Lies
- Tyrant's Test
21. The New Rebellion by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
22. The Corellian Trilogy by Roger MacBride Allen
- Ambush at Corellia
- Assault at Selonia
- Showdown at Centerpoint
23. The Hand of Thrawn Duology by Timothy Zahn
- Specter of the Past
- Vision of the Future
24. New Jedi Order
- Vector Prime by R.A. Salvatore
- Dark Tide I - Onslaught by Michael A. Stackpole
- Dark Tide II - Ruin by Michael A. Stackpole
- Agents of Chaos I - Hero's Trial by James Luceno
- Agents of Chaos II - Jedi Eclipse by James Luceno
- Balance Point by Kathy Tyers
- Edge of Victory I - Conquest by Greg Keyes
- Edge of Victory II - Rebirth by Greg Keyes
- Star by Star by Troy Denning
- Dark Journey by Elaine Cunningham
- Enemy Lines I - Rebel Dream by Aaron Allston
- Enemy Lines II - Rebel Stand by Aaron Allston
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Im waiting for this one to show up cheap somewhere
"4. Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster"
It takes place after A New Hope and was written BEFORE Empire Strikes Back was made, so its written when it wasent known that Luke and Leia is siblings, and abarently th eauther thought that those 2 would get together but as i said i havent read it yet
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my god....
I used to think i was well read in SW... now i see all the stuff i missed. However, I think there's a mistake in your list. The Han Solo adventures by Daley can't happen after Crispin's books and before ANH: Crispin ends when Luke and Obi meet Han in the Mos Eisley Cantina.
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Re: my god....
Originally posted by blugh
I used to think i was well read in SW... now i see all the stuff i missed. However, I think there's a mistake in your list. The Han Solo adventures by Daley can't happen after Crispin's books and before ANH: Crispin ends when Luke and Obi meet Han in the Mos Eisley Cantina.
http://www.theforce.net/books/review...s_chrono.shtml
There is a review for every book from the list.
Also, on amazon.com I found other SW books that are not in this list, mostly "Tales from...", like "Tales From Jabba's Palace", "Tales From The Mos Eisley Cantina" etc.
I started reading "The Jedi Academy Trilogy" and so far I like it.
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Originally posted by Gaumont
Im waiting for this one to show up cheap somewhere
"4. Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster"
It takes place after A New Hope and was written BEFORE Empire Strikes Back was made, so its written when it wasent known that Luke and Leia is siblings, and abarently th eauther thought that those 2 would get together but as i said i havent read it yet
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Originally posted by Jedi Master
I have it.... very very good!
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