I recently re-read the Thrawn Trilogy and still found it to be very enjoyable. I've been wanting to read the rest of Zahn's stuff, since it all came out after I'd stopped reading EU.

I just finished the Knights of the Old Republic comics. Some might remember some comments I made about them earlier- when I read the part that crossed over with the Legacy comics I was reading at the time. My comments were basically- "It's very goofy, and Alf seems to be a main character". Having read the entire series, I have to say I lightened up on it somewhat... but everyonce in a while they would make references back to the older Tales of the Jedi/Knights of the Old Republic comics and the difference in tone was staggering. Last I read them, the Tom Veitch (and to a lesser degree, Kevin J. Anderson) Tales of the Jedi comics were like a serious film. And the new KotOR comics more like a decent Saturday morning cartoon, not entirely aimed at kids. It pains me to think that these comics are related in any way, so I mostly revert to thinking of them as separate chronologies.

And yes, I did sneak in a fond memory of the Tales of the Jedi series in there. I thought they were really good at the start and to the degree that KJA took over they suffered. But still better than what's coming out now.

It's nice to remember when KJA was my least favourite SW author. Those were simpler times, weren't they?