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March 23, 2004
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well..while we're on favourite questions, whats everyone's fav star wars book? I need to know whether i'm missing out on the greatest book ever written... 
At the moment mine's I, Jedi by Michael Statckpole. Mostly because i love mirax and corran...
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March 23, 2004
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i've never read any of them, i would if i knew where to start. then i'd give my WoT books a kick sence book ten pissed me off.
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March 23, 2004
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yeah come to think of it...i don't know where they start off either...the first book i read was about Xizor and some bad ass robot, which confused the hell out of me, hehe
i guess you just wander into a bookstore, close your eyes, reach out and hope for the best -----------------------
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March 23, 2004
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i'll do that.
and im not joking, im gonna do that when next i go to town. -----------------------
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March 23, 2004
11:46:17 PM
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Hmm...if I had to advise anyone, I'd say start with the X-Wing series. You get characters you marginally know and get some of the better writing in the Star Wars universe.
Then, when you get all serious about the plot line after the movies, move onto the Zahn books.
If you are looking for a chronology of books as the storyline goes, head here.
As for my favorite book, I'd either go with I, Jedi or Star by Star.
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March 23, 2004
11:53:08 PM
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tell me how that works out for you snipe
And yeah, the x-wing series is awesome, especially book two and three about wraith squadron...something about those misfits calls to me...
btw, who writes star by star?
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March 24, 2004
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I have really only read the Star Wars Mission books those are ok you can get them if you join a Star Wars fan club thingy both my brothers joined and they sent you about twenty books in twenty months and they let you get into the book by playing a game of chance with dice and calculations you have to make. Also the books let you get to be Rebels, Bounty Hunters, and Imperials while kind of going in the Chronological order. -----------------------
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March 24, 2004
5:38:42 AM
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Well... I read the first few X-wing books and couldn't get into them, so basically I read the big novel things... Like the shield of Lies is good, my personal favorite so far is the New Rebellion. That one had a good twist at the end I thought, plus it used some of my favorite characters. If your into that bounty hunter stuff, I know there is a bunch of "Tales of a Bounty Hunter" type books... Havn't read any lately though. I'm trying to think of the book with the Hapes Consortium in it... That ones pretty good as well... -----------------------
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March 24, 2004
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Um, well, I've never read any Star Wars books. But on the favorite book note, I'd have to say that The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara and the original version of Jurassic Park are the best reads. -----------------------
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March 24, 2004
6:16:56 AM
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Hmm sooooo many books. Fury's probably right, start with X-wing and then move to Zahn.
BUT if you really want to get into hardcore star wars reading try the New Jedi Order series. SOOOO good.
For my favorite book i guess i would agree with Star by Star or Unifying Force. Or heck all the Thrawn books. So many good ones.
Star by Star by Troy Denning and is one of the bigger books in NJO. He also has a good book out Tatooine Ghost. -----------------------
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March 24, 2004
7:13:47 AM
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Shazam, you're probably thinking of Courtship of Princess Leia as that takes place mostly on Dathomir or amongst the Hapans. That's not to say those folks don't show up later.
Point is, some of you have mentioned books in series and that - depending on the series - is not a bad way to get into the readings. You have a definitive plot that crosses a few books and so you get a little time getting used to the characters without getting too lost trying to figure out the plot.
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March 24, 2004
1:53:28 PM
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I was ganna say the Truce of Bakura because Leia was in my mind for that book and The Courtship of Princess Leia, but the ToB is the one with her and Han. Got that mixed up. Thangyou very much. -----------------------
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March 24, 2004
2:31:14 PM
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I, Jedi Is my fav, just because Corran is one of the coolest characters. I also really enjoyed the Wraith Squadron part of the X-Wing series, especially when Kell and those 2 A-Wings pretend to be the Millenium Falcon and draw an ImpStar II away from the rebel base. I laughed my ass off at that. -----------------------
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March 24, 2004
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Anything by Stackpole is good.
His earlier works for the SW galaxy were a little less spectacular then I,Jedi but they were still good books.
Other then that I don't care for many of the books because they rely way too heavily on some real cheap and unentertaining way to resolve the plot. When Stackpole decided to let Corran go off with his uber jedi powers at least he made it entertaining.
I don't care for how Zahn stopped Thrawn, it seemed very contrary to me to how he had set up Thrawn in the previous books. Basicly he set Thrawn up as a NOT stupid typical villian and had him do a stupid typical villian thing anyway because he realized that no one in the New Republic had been set up to be his match. -----------------------
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March 24, 2004
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I need to get myself I, Jedi. I have only Children of the Jedi (Barbara Hambly), which I have not read all the way through. I've only read three Galaxy of Fear books.
As far starting a series, I was told that the Thrawn series of books was the way to go. -----------------------
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March 24, 2004
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I Jedi and the X-Wing Series are my favourites by far -----------------------
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March 24, 2004
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All my friends hate Children of the Jedi but I think its a pretty good book.
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March 24, 2004
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i've only just started to read the new jedi order books and they're pretty good so far-
BUT WHY DID THEY KILL OFF CHEWBACCA!!?
geez...they should've killed off one of the more annoying of Solo children...
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March 24, 2004
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March 25, 2004
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I'm gonna have to go with the Dark Force Rising trilogy by Timothy Zhan. Whoever made the comment about missing out on the greatest book ever written I don't think is going to miss out on too terribly much by not reading a couple star wars books. -----------------------
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March 25, 2004
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Jacen would have been a better choice indeed... Who else from the world of Kashyk are we going to be in contact with now... Well... Now that I think of it, Jaina is the one I really hate.
I read children of the Jedi a long time ago, need to re-read it I suppose. Along with the other series on my bookshelf... My cousin was a huge starwars fan, when he went of to colledge he gave me is collection of books... Lots and Lots of books. Lol. -----------------------
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March 26, 2004
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i've just finished reading Balance Point by Kathy Tyers, and i don't hate Jacen so much now. I mean throwing a massive table around the room is one hell of a party trick -----------------------
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March 27, 2004
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lol Fury. Yes Patience. -----------------------
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March 27, 2004
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now you gave it away for me 
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March 27, 2004
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March 27, 2004
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have you started some new "must-only-use-one-word-to-reply" exercise or something? its gettin kinda odd.
anyway your right about it being unlikely, but just so far as to say its unlikely i'll ever even get that far depending on if i can ever find book 11 to the WoT series, as far as i can tell it dosent even exist, that'd realy suck if robert jordon was dead and this was as far as he got, i might go kill something. -----------------------
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March 28, 2004
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March 28, 2004
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First things first, what ever any of you do, do NOT read Planet of Twilight, the most boring Star Wars book I've ever read, and just horribly put together.
It's hard for me to choose my favorites, because I like so many of them. First I'd have to say that my favorites include all of the Zhan books, ie: the Dark Force Rising Trilogy, the Hand of Thrawn Duology, and Survivor's Quest. My other favorite is Star By Star in the NJO series, great book in my opinion. Another of my favorites is Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, isnanly good, somewhat short, but very well put together. -----------------------
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March 29, 2004
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I thought about putting down Shadow Hunter, but I was kind of mad about the ending and didn't bother to put it down. But otherwise, it was very well put together like you said. Bit sad at the end that the dude dies... But overall it was a pretty good story. -----------------------
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March 29, 2004
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Yeah, I didn't like the ending to that one either.
Then again, he knew stuff he shouldn't have and had to die.
Another great character lost to continuity. Good book though. -----------------------
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