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- #1594632
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- The <strong>Unpopular Expanded Universe Opinions</strong> Thread
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I’ll be honest, most of the prequel era EU books are kind of boring to me. They’re too dry and political. And a lot of them just seem like damage control to fix plot holes. They don’t really work great as standalone stories. I won’t say I hate them, I just can’t get into them. So yeah, I unfortunately don’t have as fond of an opinion on James Luceno as some do.
I also didn’t really like Darth Bane: Path of Destruction. I don’t really know why. Writing style, plot and characters didn’t do it for me, I guess.
A lot of people really like the Brian Daley Han Solo books, I just think they’re okay. I thought the A.C. Crispin Han Solo trilogy was much better.
One that I like that a lot of people don’t seem to enjoy is Truce at Bakura. For some reason I kind of liked that one. Thought it was a decent one-off. Granted maybe my expectations were low after reading shit like The Crystal Star or The Callista Trilogy.
I didn’t mind the first two books of the Jedi Academy trilogy. They were silly, but kind of fun to read. They were short at least.
I couldn’t really get into the X-wing books for whatever reason. I guess I’d just rather watch space battles than read them.
Kenobi by John Jackson Miller I didn’t really get into. Felt like the title character wasn’t in it enough. My same problem with Dark Lord.
Granted, some of these I haven’t read in awhile, and there’s some I didn’t finish, so make of that what you will.