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Post-NJO -- Thoughts?

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Now that Dark Nest I(The Joiner King) has come out, what are your thoughts on the direction that the Expanded Universe is going? Is it going in a favorable direction or do you think it is getting a bit silly?

(Assuming I'm not the only one reading this book)
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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I ordered it from Amazon, andit just shipped today, so I won't get it for a few days.

I hope Post-NJO focuses more on Jacen and Jaina (Jacen's character got more developed than Jaina's in NJO). I hope Luke turns into more of a Ben Kenobi character, a mentor role. Ben Skywalker could be very interesting. But as far as story arc goes, I don't have a clue. Maybe that's why I'm not a writer.
For a change, Lady Luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock. - The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn
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I thought it was a bit silly when I first started, but now that I'm closer to finishing it I really like the way its going.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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I'm not very far in, but so far it seems pretty cool

The woman grilling Jacen on his arrogance was nice. Ugh. I still hate they let that bleeding heart brat live and killed off Anakin. But what's done is done.

So far, so good. The point that the people hearing the call are all survivors of Myrkr has my interest piqued. Please no spoilers, though!

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im going to go pick this book up
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Just hope it will be good. Only liked some of new jedi order, hated them killing chewie and anakin solo. I liked the oft made fun of series by bantam better than new jedi order but maybe that because i'm now more older and jaded by the prequels and everything eu now trying to be tied into prequels. One new Luke and mara book by zahn was released and like a zillion to fit in with episode III. I want my old classic star wars back with my favorite chracters!

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

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this new book protrays them like that so you should be happy and mara was never in the OT, wouldnt it be cool if lucas but a camio of her in there some where, jsut as like a soldier in the back ground or something, in the 2007 editions
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A brief scene of Shannon Braska posing as Arica in Jabba's palace would do it for me.

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yeah something like that, nothing major
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Looking forward to the legacy of the force series, dark nest trilogy about bugs kinda silly if you ask me.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

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but this would actually make sense, other than those other changes. Plus it's zahn so you can't go wrong. If they were going to make a sequel trilogy he should be tapped to do it.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.