ray_afraid said:

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?

Man, I'm a new recruit myself. My only experience up to this point had been Splinter Of The Mind's Eye and the Han Solo novels from Brian Daley. I enjoy all four because of either the connection to Star Wars77 universe (Splinter), or their lack of it (Daley\Solo novels). The four are free of Jedi & Sith, so they're more story-driven as opposed to Franchise-driven.

Regarding the rest of the EU, I'm just starting on the course the board has chosen for me ;-) based on my desire to read non-Jedi\Sith based stories or anything prequel. So far I'm digging it, but I'm nowhere near qualified enough to recommend much at this point.