Expanded Universe?

[Kaeos]

Anyone read much in the NJO Series or the expanded universe as a whole?

I am working my way back through the series now. Good stories in my opinion.

[omicron]

I've read extensively, throughout the EU.

I've read Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy, which is great. I've also read his Hand of Thrawn which is decent. Survivor's Quest isn't one of Zahn's better works, but when I read Outbound Flight it tied in nicely.

The graphic novel Mara Jade was cool and tied in nicely with the Thrawn trilogy. Dark Empire was interesting, but seemed sort of silly and too out there to really go along with the main SW universe stuff.

I've also read the Han Solo Trilogy by AC Crispin which details the early life of Han Solo. Black Fleet Crisis by Michael P. Kube-Mcdowell is decent, but I wasn't overly enthralled by it.

I've read the first half dozen of the Star Wars:X-Wing series by Michael A. Stackpole , but they sort of got boring on me.

I've read Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars series. It was decent, but really just seemed to be peripherially focused on something important and it didn't seem like it had much direction.

The Truce at Bakura is a decent book, but it seemed a little one-off. Not alot of it tied into the rest of EU.

The Courtship of Princess Leia is very much a chick-flick set into the EU, but it does introduce some interesting characters.

Tatooine Ghost, being the latest written, ties VERY well into the prequels and original trilogy and various other EU stories.

The Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin Stackpole has some good parts, but I thought it was overly long and the deus ex machine ending is just plain dumb.

Some of the anthologies are really good. Tales from the Empire, Tales from the New Republic, Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina, Tales from Jabba's Palace, and Tales of the Bounty Hunters all range from good to great, depending on the author and characters.

This doesn't include the dozens of RPG sourcebooks, gameguides, and essential guides to characters/technology/droids/vehicles/etc that I have.

I haven't read the NJO, Medstar, Young Jedi Knights or the early clone war stuff.

Just to make it clear, while I do love SW, I also run a SW Mud so alot of these books are for research and new ideas. :)

Omicron

[Magell]

I love the EU and read it a lot.

I just finished rereading the X-Wing series. I love Stackpole's writing but he focuses too much on a few characters in that series and doesn't really invoke the spirit of a squadron and I never care when he kills off a minor character. Allston is perfect at creating an entire squadron and Ton Phanan is a superb character and his death is brilliantly written. Starfighters of Adumar is my favorite book from that series.

I just started rereading the NJO series and I like the story as a whole althought there is a lot of character inconsistency from writer to writer especially with Jacen Solo. Luke is a little wishy-washy as well. I hate Balance Point but I love Star by Star.

[Kaeos]

I'm in the middle of Rebel Dream right now. I like this book so far, it Wedge has a much bigger part and is portrayed well.

Your right about Luke and Jacen as flimsy characters through many of the books. Sad shame. Anakin could have done and been more, i still don't really understand why they killed him off.

[sickness]

Because Darth Vader had to die. :smirk:

[Sgt. Awesome]

There's a new series coming out. No wishy washy Jacen and Luke there.

[Spider-Man]

Anyone read much in the NJO Series or the expanded universe as a whole?

I am working my way back through the series now. Good stories in my opinion.
Yeah they are pretty good.

[jayce78]

It's Ironic , . . I'm a craxyass Star Wars fan . . .

But I've never been that drawn to the E.U. I respect it to a point , but can't bring myself to read any of it?

I do like when I hear how George weaves little plots or Dialoge from the movies into the E.U. or visa'versa . . .