I’m a huge Anakin/Vader fan and I don’t tend to like things pre-Anakin’s life or post-Anakin’s death.

The Thrawn trilogy is one of the few post-Anakin’s death series that I have read. It was pretty good.

I’ve enjoyed some of the Fett stories, books and comics – both Boba and Jango. Jango was one of the few things/characters I enjoyed from the PT.

I’ve also read some of the Clone War stuff.

One book I enjoyed was a novel that takes place after Episode I called Rogue Planet. I think Greg Bear is one of the best Sci-Fi writers out there and I really enjoyed his book. One of the reasons is that it has a lot of Tarkin in it. Also, there was a big role for a character that I really enjoyed – Raith Sienar.

Personally, I’ve always felt that Tarkin should have had a much more prominent role in the PT. I had the idea that Tarkin could have been used as the duplicitous character while making Palpatine seem like an innocent dupe. Star Wars fans would’ve already known the truth, but I think it would’ve made for more complexity, more suspense, and more drama if the average audience member was led to believe that Tarkin was the real bad guy in all of this.

I had the idea (back when I was thinking about rewriting the prequels) that Tarkin would’ve been vice-chancellor under Palpatine rather than that silly Mas Amedda.

As for Sienar, we know that he constructed Maul’s Sith Infiltrator. In the novel Rogue Planet, he is the one who comes up with the idea for the Death Star. Tarkin shows an interest. It is very well done.

So I think I would’ve used Sienar in some capacity in the PT. One possibility is having him construct the ships used by the clones in Episode II. Have it be some secret contract given to him by Tarkin. This would show that Tarkin knew about the clones, knew a war with the Separatists was coming, etc. It could've all come to a head.

Lastly, I liked Shadows of the Empire. Sure, I know it has some problems but maybe I just like the idea of having another pseudo-OT film. I’ve always thought Lucas could’ve made good money back then (and maybe today) if he did one of those direct-to-DVD cartoon movies of Shadows of the Empire like we've seen with all these superhero cartoon films the past few years.