| What is a good StarWars Book to start with? | |
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ioshee - Student  |
I have never read any of the Star Wars novels. Mostly because there are an overwhelming amount of them and I don't want to stand in the bookstore too long looking at them. Especially when there is this cute girl checking out the romance novels and we keep exchanging glances. Anyway I was wondering if some one could tell me a good book or series to start with. Or maybe just share your favorite authors and why. Thanks. _______________ One of the Belouve boys |
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Buzz - Student 
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Star by Star is a very good book. Another good set is the Enemy Lines duology by Aarron Allston. It kind of gives you a really good look why Wedge has always been able to get out alive in the toughest battles of the Rebellion. Also he reveals just enough about what the characters are planning to do that you know its going to be good but you don't know what's about to happen untill it does. He's also got such a great style of humor that's very reminiscent of the original trilogy. The novels he wrote for the X-wing series are some of my favorite. I highly recommend the Starfighters of Adumar. The novel isn't first person but its written completely from Wedge's point of vies. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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Marq - Ex-Student 
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but if u like lots of people dying and worlds lost and plagued then The New Jedi Order would be ur cup of tea
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Marq - Ex-Student 
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yer the jedi academy trilogy _______________ For every pause i was nearly garenteed time to speak. It's always the selfish who say that life is way too short. I'm not looking to get old, but I bet it'll happen anyway. |
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Marq - Ex-Student
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jedi search isnt too bad and along with that i jedi _______________ For every pause i was nearly garenteed time to speak. It's always the selfish who say that life is way too short. I'm not looking to get old, but I bet it'll happen anyway. |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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Starwars"Jedi Apprentice series" are good books. _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Shannon -SC- - Student 
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And if you want to get new insights of the force, go for the New Jedi Order, 'specially 'Traitor' by M. Woodring _______________ Falling from heaven is not as painfull, as surviving the impact. |
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YubYub - Student 
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Of all the books out now, I, Jedi is the only one to go in depth in Jedi training and what it could be like. Very good read. |
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YubYub - Student 
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Approaching Storm is nothing special. Some interesting tidbits in their but not meny. If you want some great books to start with I reccommend the following: Courthship of Princess Leia (Dave Wolverton), I, Jedi (Micheal A Stackpole - FANTASTIC) and all the Rogue/Wraith squadron books (Micheal A Stackpole and Aaron Allston - also BRILLIANT!) |
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Flamori Athena - Student 
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MINDofSIN - Student 
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The bookstores around here don't carry many Star Wars books.
I'm reading The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster. It's my first Star Wars novel and so far it's good, but not great.  _______________ Jedi Academy Holocron http://jaholocron.ryanmh.com/ Why should our government send our soldiers to foreign soil to protect freedom of speech, when our freedom of speech is being taking away everyday by the same government. |
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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that's indeed one heck of a post but unfortunately not long enough for an award.. 
now bounce!  j/k _______________ make install -not war |
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Flamori Athena - Student 
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Why don't you start with the Sith Era?
(25,000-1000 years before Episode IV)
The Golden Age of the Sith, Fall of the Sith Empire, Knights of the old Republic, The Freedom Nado Uprising, Dark Lords of the Sith, The Sith War, Redemption, Jedi vs Sith (I got this list from the back of my Star by Star book, so I haven't actually seen any of them.) If not, the Prequel Era (1000-0 years before Episode IV) The Jedi Apprentice Series, Acts of War, Darth Maul Shadow Hunter(This is a good one), Prelude to Rebellion, Outlander, Emmissaries to Malastare (Can anyone refresh my memory? The name Malastare sounds familiar but I can't place it) Star Wars: Twilight, EPISODE 1: The PHANTOM MENACE Rogue Planet (Ths is about Zonama Sekot, where the Yuuzhan Vong invasion first began fifty years before the battle of destruction of Sernipidal) The Approaching Storm, Jango Fett, Zam Wesell EPISODE 2: ATTACK OF THE CLONES The Kalarba Adventures, Rebellion EPISODE 3: FALL OF THE JEDI (Maybe) The Han Solo Trilogy, The Adventures of Lando Calrissian, The Han Solo Adventures, Jabba the Hutt: Art of the Deal, The Yavin Vassilika, Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire, For those who need it, the Trilogy Era EPISODE 4: A NEW HOPE Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, Vader's Quest, The Early Adventures, In Deadly Pursuit, EPISODE 5: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK The Rebel Storm, Escape to Hoth, Shadows of the Empire, Tales of the Bounty Hunters, Episode 6: RETURN OF THE JEDI Tales from Jabba's Palace, The Bounty Hunter Wars, The Truce at Bakura (Classic!) By the Empire's Hand, Evolution, X-Wing Series, A-Wing Series, B-Wing Series, Y-Wing Series, E-Wing Series, (Just Kidding) The Phantom Affair, Battleground: Tatooine, The Warrior Princess, Requiem for a Rogue, In the Emperor's Service, Blood and Honor, Masquerade, Mandatory Retirement, The Thrawn Trilogy: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command (Hey, same initials as The Two Towers! Great books, by the way) Dark Empire, Dark Empire II, Empire's End, Boba Fett: Death, Lies and Treachery, Crimson Empire, Council of Blood, Jedi Academy: Leviathan, The Courtship of Princess Leia, I, Jedi, The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Jedi Search, Dark Apprentice, Champions of the Force, Children of the Jedi, Darksaber, Planet of Twilight, The Crystal Star, The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy: Before the Storm, Sheild of Lies, Tyrant's Test, The New Rebellion, The Corellian Trilogy: Ambush at Corellia, Assault at Serlonia, Showdown at Centerpoint, The Hand of Thrawn Duology: Specter of the Past, Vision of the Future, Junior Jedi Knights, Young Jedi Knights, THE NEW JEDI ORDER Vector Prime, Dark Tide I: Onslaught Dark Tide II: Ruin Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse Balance Point, Recovery, Edge of Victory I: Conquest Edge of Victory II: Rebirth Star by Star Dark Journey Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand Traitor Destiny's Way INFINTIES Dark Forces Soilder of the Empire Rebel Agent Jedi Knight *phew* Holy whack, that is one hell of a comment. The timeline might not exactly be correct, though. Maybe I'll make a revised edition. Btw, is there an award for longest post? _______________ «±» 21st on the Midbie Council, Profile ID: 2027 «±» True wisdom is the knowledge that you know nothing. This comment was edited by Flamori Athena on Feb 08 2003 01:24am. |
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Darth Revan - Ex-Student 
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"Heir to the Empire" It was the first book I read and it tells of how the New Republic is trying to get things going and how Grand Admirl Thrawn is one of their bigest threats. Plus it would explain alot about the other novles written after it. (characters and all) _______________ formally known as jedi master, vanished and returned as the new sith lord |
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DJ Sith - Jedi Council 
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I'm thinking of getting into the prequel books.. whats a good order to read them in? _______________ My car is made of Nerf. |
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ioshee - Student 
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Thanks everyone. I can now say me three (about Heir to The Empire.) I have reached the next level of dorkdum. _______________ One of the Belouve boys This comment was edited by ioshee on Jan 15 2003 12:29pm. |
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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me too!!!  _______________ make install -not war |
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Rampage - Student 
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I am reading Heir to the Empire now!!!!! |
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(SKX) Dark Blade - Student 
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I agree that you should start with Heir to the Empire. All timothy Zahn books are worth reading. I have read about 24 star wars books since summer. The best ones were
I, Jedi, Shadows of the Empire, and the thrawn trilogy. THis doesn't include Heir to the Empire because I read it 3 years ago. _______________ What is the difference between love and Herpes? Herpes lasts forever. (CDC joke) Padawans: Trad Redav, Darth Jello, Tallepyon, Shang Chi, Dopp, Karlin Duke, AuroN, Koushka, Damon, and Katan Brother to Xanatos |
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Rampage - Student
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...can u make me a list 2? plz plz plz |
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DJ Sith - Jedi Council
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Start at the beginning with Tim Zahn's "Heir to the Empire". It's not the beginning timeline wise, but publishing wise. Go from publishing date. It makes the most sense to me. If you REALLY want I can make a list for you. Yeah I have every star wars book (minus the prequel and comic books).. me = dork. _______________ My car is made of Nerf. |
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Trad Redav - Student 
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i started with... er... i forgot... it's been so long... uemm.......
everytin wit corran horn,or written by michael stackpole or timothy zhan. kevin anderson is next on the list (he wrote young jedi knights, right?) _______________ Well then. Just so you know, just because I don't post often doesn't mean I don't lurk this place multiple times every day... |
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Kueller - Student 
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I started like many with heir of the Empire. Timothy Zahn is a very good author indeed. If you like Luke very much you should read: Planet of Twilight, darksaber and The New Rebellion. I never read the X-wing novels. Here in holland there is a limited supply of star-wars book. One book is especicially cool if you think the Force is really cool: Traitor from the newest serie. _______________ Personal sleepness-nights-supporter of Virtue. Owner of the 1000th comment of Daidalus and 1943th comment of Gradius! Owner of the 300th comment of Carda! -Taught Gradius all his laming skills
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Bubu - Hubbub
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hmm i better start reading the sw books too, maybe i'll finally be able to follow what people talk about on the forums.. _______________ make install -not war This comment was edited by Bubu on Jan 09 2003 03:00am. |
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Ulic Belouve - Student 
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I started with Heir to the Empire, then I went to the X-Wing Series. I only read the Wraith Squadron books. I still stand by the thought that they are the best of the X-Wing series. So I skipped all else.
The person to ask about books is Hector Thrawn. He has read every piece of Star Wars literature (they don't have any TV at his house). He's the guy that tells me what to read in what order, so since he started me on Heir to the Empire, then the X-Wing, and so on, that'd be good. I guess I never told him I didn't read I, Jedi. Like he told me to. But I hear it's good. But yeah, go Heir to the Empire. Can't go wrong there. I think this was what started the whole Star Wars book things anyways. Yes, yes it was. I did a report on the author. _______________ Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. This comment was edited by Ulic Belouve on Jan 08 2003 11:27pm. |
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Buzz - Student
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of course if you do start with I, Jedi, you might want to go back and read the X-wing novels and get background on Corran Horn, Then you'd have to read the Jedi Academy Trilogy to know what all else was going on at those times. Basically if you start with any book you're going to a get a snowball effect on more information. A big part of EU novels is after Return of the Jedi, you could always start with The Truce at Bakura and just work your way up chronologically. It would take a lot of reading to get up to the current releases though. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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