doubleofive said:

ray_afraid said:

Something I really dis-like about the EU is that everyone seems to be a hero or a villain with an amazing, action-packed story to tell. I'm much more interested in the average Joe and smaller stories that don't effect the whole universe. I'll be checking this one out.
The Tales from the New Republic and Empire are very much like this. One of them that sticks out to me is the story of a medic in the Rebellion who is drafted into a covert mission, which is his first time seeing battle. Sure, there's action, but its far away from "everyone is a Jedi or bounty hunter" the rest of the EU is.

Thanks for the tip! I'll check those out as well.

I've avoided this thread because outside of the OT (well, just SW and ESB mostly) I don't really dig on Star Wars. I'm not much of a sci-fi guy. I love spaceships and aliens and ray guns and all that, but hate all the babbling tech-talk and stiff characters that inhabit almost every sci-fi movie or tv show I've ever seen. So, anything that captures the feel of the original Star Wars film is something I'd be interested in checking out. Anymore suggestions?