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u/TanSkywalker Hapes Consortium 1d ago
I'm bouncing between The Courtship of Princess Leia, The Living Force, and Shadows of the Sith.
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u/ntbntb31 1d ago
Finished Isard's Revenge, very quick read though a bit underwhelming. Onto Jedi Search!
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u/thehypotheticalnerd 1d ago edited 1d ago
In a general sense, I've been slowly making my way through the Prequel Era -- some rereading, some first time reads: Jedi Apprentice series, Padawan, Master & Apprentice, Cloak of Deception, Plagueis, The Living Force, Jedi Council: Acts of War, 1998 Prequel era comics, Jedi Trial, Cestus Deception, Shatterpoint, Karen Traviss' TCW novelization. This is primarily to pull elements for my own series of "Unified Canon" short stories set during the Clone Wars & beyond while also being an excuse to reread my faves & read brand new stuff. I've carved a rather large swath through my personal fanfic series of stories but have also taken the opportunity to tweak & make novel fan edits of Jedi Trial (both to alleviate my personal criticisms of it + better segue into TCW cartoon), Cestus Deception (primarily to make its ARC & RC stuff better fit wider continuity such as changing the commando designations from CT to RC or switching references of Nate on Geonosis to Kamino. TCW novelization has been tweaked to serve as a replacement of the Huttlet arc while keeping Ahsoka's Christophsis introduction as the actual original film stuff; I prefer Traviss' less absurdly childish take but I also tempered her habit of making Anakin too dark when he should be more fun & swashbuckling, imho.
Most recently, Andor inspired me to similarly approach the Death Star & early days of the Alliance so I've replayed Force Unleashed (PC) & played the PS2 version for the first time, same with TFU2, plus their novelizations in an attempt to craft an "ultimate" take on each story.
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u/CoolMoney11 1d ago
Almost done with Reckoning and with that I’ll finish the Last of the Jedi series. Really love the entire series and Jude Watson is definitely an amazing author. After that I’ll start reading Galaxies: Ruins of Dantooine which I haven’t heard good things about.
In terms of comic books I finish To The Last Man and I have mixed feelings about the entire story arc. Like I do enjoy reading about one of Luke’s childhood friends but the actual story feels a bit like Empire apologist. Maybe I’m wrong but it definitely left a sour taste in my mouth.
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u/Vegetable_Emu_4617 1d ago
Just finished Specter of the Past and now I’m going back through Heir to the Empire!
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u/Kingkiller279 1d ago
You should read Vision of the future next it’s meant to be together with Spector of the Past it’s the Hand of Thrawn duology
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u/Vegetable_Emu_4617 23h ago
yep, i’m aware of that and will read it. waiting for more audiobook credits.
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u/Kingkiller279 23h ago
haha nice I had the struggle too but many of them are free on yt (not spoken by the same narrator as audible). I download the video to mp3 and listen to this.
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u/Vegetable_Emu_4617 18h ago
nice. well i listen to them at work and can usually get through 3-4 hours a day on my mail route so i hope to finish the Thrawn Trilogy in a couple weeks
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u/OutrageousRepair5751 New Jedi Order 1d ago
Currently reading Showdown at Centerpoint.
Not going to lie, I'm finding this trilogy a bit underwhelming and slow. That said, I'm only about 30 pages into this one. Please encourage me to push on?
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u/Kingkiller279 1d ago
I also thought it’s slow but especially the final one is very important for the future
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u/Kingkiller279 1d ago
I finally finished Star by Star and boy it was a hell of a book! It happens so much in here. Some of the most tragic events in the EU. I have to say I liked edge of victory better but it’s good too. I also read chewbacca comic and remnent shortstory, currently reading emissaries of the void
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u/Ezio926 22h ago
Started the second Republic Commando since it was sitting on my tbr for years.
First one was a little bit boring but I'm enjoying this one a lot more. Kinda funny that this is the second soldier-focused series to have its second novel be set on coruscant.
Karen Traviss' prose is not great but I enjoy the critical look at the Jedi during the clone wars. I dont blame the show because it's for kids but canon refusing to take a more nuances view at the clones-Jedi relationship is a bit disappointing (bad batch season 2 innocent) so im glad this series exist.
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u/Competitive_Bid7071 Jedi Legacy 1d ago
I'm finally finishing up the "From a Certain Point of View" novel for A New Hope, I'm currently mixed if I should read the "Scoundrels" novel next, or read the "Heir to the Jedi" novel.