Novels to bridge the gap between Episode VI and Episode VII — Page 2

When did you first realize that Courtship of Princess Leia was going to be irredeemably bad?

For me, it was the revelation that Han is really a king, and C-3p0's musical number celebrating the fact. (For those who haven't read the book: I swear I am not making this up.)

http://thecoplbookclub.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-culmination/

All that needs to be said.

Akwat Kbrana said:

When did you first realize that Courtship of Princess Leia was going to be irredeemably bad?

For me, it was the revelation that Han is really a king, and C-3p0's musical number celebrating the fact. (For those who haven't read the book: I swear I am not making this up.)

Oh come on! Han's a king? They totally ripped off Spaceballs! Mel Brooks should sue!

And I thought dropping a moon on poor Chewie was the low point of the EU.

What's next, Lando finds out he's related to Mace Windu?

I think I need to lie down...

DuracellEnergizer said:

I had a guy in mine who claimed that Darth Maul - or Darth Mon, as he called him - was Darth Vader when he was younger.

I guess nobody liked Leonardo's joke. Anyway, I've got a stocked Kindle (app) and a revised, though still ambitious, reading list. I've got a good 2+ years for all this catch up reading, and I can always skip some of these if my time grows short. I don't need to read every solitary book that's come out in this time period, though I do want to get a good sense of events and character development. 

I'm reading the Thrawn trilogy right now, as everyone says this is the more important. I like it so far; he seems to understand the characters. Afterward...

The Dark Empire comic series. Because why not. 

I, Jedi - I'll read this one in place of the Jedi Academy trilogy for efficiency. 

The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy 

The Corellian trilogy

Hand of Thrawn Duology

Union: The Marriage of Luke Skywalker (comic) - Again, because why not.

New Jedi Order - An abbreviated run of just five entries: Vector Prime, Star by Star, Traitor, Destiny's Way, and The Unifying Force

I would appreciate suggestions of which are the essential reads of the Legacy of the Force and Fate of the Jedi serieses. They're recent enough that I haven't found a reliable description of which ones are the barebones essentials. 

Now, this may be entirely too much content to shove into a relatively short time. I may go in spurts, but that's my goal. If I start to run out of time or get tired of it, I can go back to the abridged audiobooks for some of these. I haven't read a Star Wars novel since I was a kid, really, and I'm enjoying Heir to the Empire so far. We'll see. (And I might knock off the Black Fleet Crisis and/or Corellian trilogies in order to skip ahead if need be.)

Hal 9000 said:

I guess nobody liked Leonardo's joke. 

Well, you know how it is, you hit, you miss. I mostly miss.

Oh, I have zero expectation for this EU knowledge to actually play into the films. However, now would be the best time to explore the post-ROTJ EU as the film approaches. As long as Episode VII doesn't out and out preclude the broad strokes of the EU, things should be fine. 

Leonardo said:

Hal 9000 said:

I guess nobody liked Leonardo's joke. 

Well, you know how it is, you hit, you miss. I mostly miss.

 Disco Leonardo likes DISCO music.

Ok, that one, I missed. Unless you're channeling Ric Olié.

More of a Disco Stu reference.  And it's not meant to be a very good one.

From Dark Empire II, I really liked a lot of the side story- Ossus comes to mind.  The first Dark Empire ends in such a way that you can't really not continue it... but Dark Empire II isn't very good.  Empire's End has no redeeming qualities that I can remember.

I really enjoyed the parallels betwixt Dark Empire and the Tales of the Jedi comics.  Dark Empire II had some of that.

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I used to carry a bullet in my pocket marked 'KJA' since he used  to be the guy who ruined Star Wars.  (Guess which bullet I carry now?).  However, Jedi Academy was only the beginning of the end and I can still enjoy it to some degree.  If I had to prune the post RotJ down to the nubs, I think Jedi Academy would squeak in.  It introduces a few long standing EU points- like the, SPOILER, Jedi Academy.