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07-13-2017, 07:53 PM | #321 |
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Currently, I'm reading Star Wars: Moving Target. I already finished reading Thrawn, The Weapon of the Jedi and Smuggler's Run beforehand. Hopefully I'll be able to get this finished either tonight or tomorrow at the latest. After I'm done with it, the next current continuity SW novel I'm planning to read next is Heir to the Jedi. But before I do so, I'm going to take a bit of a break from the Disney canon for now and read the Empire and Rebellion duology (it was originally set to be a trilogy) starting with Honor Among Thieves.
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07-21-2017, 01:58 PM | #322 |
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Finished reading Star Wars: Razor's Edge today and with it, the entire Empire and Rebellion duology from the old Expanded Universe. It's back to reading the Disney canon SW novels again with Heir to the Jedi and then followed by Bloodline. After that, it's Ahsoka.
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07-29-2017, 04:16 PM | #323 |
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I finished reading Star Wars: Bloodline (also finished Heir to the Jedi beforehand) last night and it is pretty good despite my serious reservations towards due to it being a prequel novel to The Force Awakens, a Star Wars movie I seriously disliked and even downright hated and not just in or even as a comparison to the post-ROTJ materials from the old Expanded Universe and the book itself is pretty solid in its own right. *shudders* Now, I feel rather dirty.
Anyway, the SW novel I just started reading today is Ahsoka and after that's finished, it's onward to Aftermath. Yep, the rather infamous one that is considered one of the worst Star Wars novels of all time, new canon or otherwise. I really hope the Force is strong with me when I get there eventually. |
08-02-2017, 12:43 PM | #324 |
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I managed to finish Star Wars: Ahsoka last night and while it is not the best book it could've been given the spotlight character, it's definitely not one of the worst either. In general, I find it is fairly decent though a bit underwhelming in some places. I do liked the book well enough (it's certainly above some certain novels of the Disney canon for me) and I don't regret reading it and as for any and all Ahsoka fans out there, I would suggest borrowing it from the library first (that's how I've been reading the Disney canon Star Wars novels before and since) and once you're done with it, decide for yourself whether it's worth buying or not. If you do so though, I would not recommend paying full price for it even if you're a hardcore fan of her. Now, it's onward to Aftermath and may the Force be with me. *cue training montage*
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08-02-2017, 01:37 PM | #325 |
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Almost done with Aftermath: Life Debt myself. It's... better, but it may just be because characters we actually care about are getting some attention and/or I've sadly gotten used to the writing style. Which I absolutely hated while reading the first Aftermath book.
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08-06-2017, 03:41 PM | #326 |
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Finally finished Star Wars: Aftermath today and it is indeed the shittiest Star Wars novel I've ever read..................within the Disney canon so far. I would definitely not recommend this book to any Star Wars fan not even towards those that are fans of the new canon and among those that want to read a story that takes places shortly after the events of Return of the Jedi, I seriously recommend The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers. While I have indeed planned on reading its sequels, I won't get to them for quite a while. Up next on reading Star Wars of the current continuity, it's Lost Stars. Supposedly, it's considered one of the best novels of the new canon almost to the point that its author, Claudia Gray, is considered to be the Disney canon's answer to Timothy Zahn among some fans of the EU and while she did a surprisingly good job on Bloodline, well, I guess I'll have to wait and see on how that goes.
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08-10-2017, 02:36 PM | #327 |
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Just finished Star Wars: Lost Stars today and it is pretty good for the most especially on the alternate viewpoints of the major events of the original Star Wars trilogy and most of the characters that are introduced in the book actually being characters in their own right, for better and for worse and while I personally don't place this book as high on the rankings of the Disney canon novels as some people do, it's definitely better than Aftermath and several other titles. Don't get me wrong, it is indeed one of the better books for the new canon, it's just that there are a few other titles I placed above it and enjoyed a bit more. All in all, I see that Claudia Gray is a very solid Star Wars writer and I certainly don't mind seeing her write some more of it in the near future, hell, it's even kind of got to the point where I'm looking forward to her next novel, Leia, Princess of Alderaan that's coming out next month but she still has a while to go to be compared to somebody like Timothy Zahn at least in my opinion. Up next, it's a two for one kind of deal since the two Disney canon SW novels I'm reading next is in a paperback bind-up edition called The Rise Of The Empire complete with three short stories in between and they are Tarkin and A New Dawn.
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08-30-2017, 01:14 PM | #328 |
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Having never even heard of the thing before the trailer came out at Comic Con it's fair to say READY PLAYER ONE immediately caught my attention, and between the sheer amount of cameos in the trailer and the incredibly polarising opinion of it on the internet I knew I had to give it a read before the movie hit.
It was...an interesting read. All of the criticisms levied against it are incredibly fair, and despite enjoying my time with the book I can't really defend it. It's a guilty pleasure read for me, and a story that uses references as a tool to get you to fall in love with it. It's kind of like an episode of Family Guy as book, only instead of the most basic 80s references it's throwing the likes of Ultraman, Kikaider and obscure Atari games at you. The delivery of said references is incredibly cringeworthy at times. Lots of "here is a thing from a show" and wikipedia style paragraphs about stuff. Reading Ultraman and Toei's Spider-Man referred to as Urataroman and Supaidaman (yes I know everyone calls it that but still) as if they were the shows' real names was particularly eye-rolling. Even though the characters are fairly cookie cutter (OP protagonist and manic pixie dream girl love interest ahoy), I did get engaged with the setting/story and felt there were the makings of a fairly good movie in there. Especially since presumably the movie is going to have to be a lot more lax on how and when it uses its references. So yeah, excitedly curious to see what Spielberg does with it.
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08-30-2017, 08:54 PM | #329 |
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Trying to finish up on Star Wars: A New Dawn and then start and finish the short story, The Levers of Power after that. In case anybody's wondering, I'm reading from a paperback bind-up edition called The Rise of the Empire.
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09-01-2017, 09:44 PM | #330 |
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Managed to finally finish Star Wars: The Rise Of The Empire a day or so ago which includes the novels Tarkin and A New Dawn.
I considered Tarkin, unfortunately, the weakest SW book James Luceno has ever written thus far especially in comparison from what came before and even after it. It really should've been a full-fledged origin story for the character and his coming to power akin to Plagueis and especially Palpatine in, well, Darth Plagueis. Hell, it could've easily have been Disney canon's answer to that particular novel. It's not to say it's bad since there are things to the Tarkin novel that I liked like some of the elements from the Darth Plagueis novel that get brought back for this novel, Palpatine/Sidious's viewpoints that appeared in the novel that was spread out in several chapters and a few others. Though, in regards to the elements from Darth Plagueis and how Tarkin and various characters are written for the most part and even the few references from The Clone Wars series here and there, I honestly can't help but wonder if Tarkin, like Heir To The Jedi, was originally set to be a story written for the old Expanded Universe before Disney decided to invalidate it and what we ended up getting is more of a severe bad case of Executive Meddling. All in all, it's, ultimately, not as good as it could've been given not just the main spotlight character but the very talented SW writer behind the story as well. As for A New Dawn, it was okay. John Jackson Miller is definitely not a bad writer since I did ended up liking the short story called Bottleneck which takes place after the events of Tarkin and before the events of A New Dawn and I am looking forward to reading his SW novel from the old EU called Kenobi since not only this book is very well praised, Obi-Wan Kenobi is also one of my favorite characters of the Star Wars franchise. Anyway, Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla seem to be fairly decent, and even a bit interesting, characters and that's only just judging from the book by itself since I don't watch Star Wars: Rebels nor do I plan to do so. Heard about what goes on in the series, though. It's not a bad book but it is a bit slow at times and the story itself is not something to write home about. Probably recommended only to those who are fans of the Rebels series especially for the people who are fans of the two characters and for those who are curious about how they first met before the events of the series. As a book that starts off the Disney canon version of the Star Wars universe, it's average overall. Now, it's Jyn Erso's turn to have the spotlight novel that takes place before the events of Rogue One, for obvious reasons, with Rebel Rising and from what I read so far, it's already a pretty solid read. Last edited by GuardianAngel87; 09-01-2017 at 09:48 PM.. |
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