Gaffer Tape said:
Maybe so, but being able to hear those samples from The Empire Strikes Back's score certainly makes up for any of that. It's hardly noteworthy today, but that was the first Star Wars game I played that actually sampled the soundtrack. But, yeah, I loved SOTE as well, and, even though it's been a while since I've read it (and have a hard time remembering it), I don't really remember those weak points that everybody seems to mention.

That graphics of Shadows for the 64 do not bother me, still one of my favorite games of all time. And actually, I thoughly enjoyed the book, but I noticed that it often gets a lot of flak. If I remember correctly, it does meander on quite a lot, the audio book helps with that and actually flows really well for an abridgment while not leaving out any important parts.

As for the X-Wing books, I still have not gotten around to reading them. Maybe I'll start on them sometime soon. I haven't read a SW book for a very long time. Since 1999, the only SW books I have read was the Revenge of the Sith novel. I read a bit of The Phantom Menace just because it was written by Terry Brooks, but I still found it kind of boring. I listened to the unabridged audio book of AOTC, and actually kind of enjoyed it, worked much better than the actual film did. Liked the extra bits of background on Dooku, as well as the added political stuff with Padme and the threats on her life. The Anakin and his feelings about his mother worked much better in the novel as well.