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In my opinion the 3 best Star Wars authors are

Michael Stover
Drew Karpashyn
Timothy Zahn

I know many people will disagree with me, but Stover is a wordsmith. Drew always has exciting endings and Zahn really makes you think. Luceno used to be good, but his last 2 novels sucked.


Thoughts?

Zahn and Stover are classics, but you're going to get eaten alive for saying you like Drew on KMC.

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Zahn and Stover are classics, but you're going to get eaten alive for saying you like Drew on KMC.


Lol I know. Idk why people hate him. The Darth Bane trilogy rocked.

Zayn, Luceno, and Stover.

Luceno lost it. Tarkin was horrible and Catalyst was one of the most boring books I've ever read.

Luceno lost it, but Drew is in the Big Three?

Christ.

Luceno.
Stover.
Zahn.

Luceno, Stover and Sean Stewart (only had one entry, but it was great).

Revan is probably irredeemable. Drew's lack of research before writing his books is noticeable when he has Sirak using Vaapad and the Triumvirate slaughtering tens of thousands of Jedi. Or Meetra being unable to cope with the prospect of not feeling the Force. With only a few exceptions, his characters are as a devoid of characterization as Nathema is of life.

stover, stover, and more stover

Stover, Zahn and Luceno are probably the absolute best.

Sean Stewart is also amazing.

Originally posted by ares834
Zayn, Luceno, and Stover.

*Zahn

Damn autocorrect.

I'm not actually a big fan of Zahn but is easily the biggest SW author (though not the biggest author to write SW novels).

Originally posted by AncientPower
Luceno.
Stover.
Zahn.

Originally posted by AncientPower
Luceno.
Stover.
Zahn.

Originally posted by MythLord
Stover, Zahn and Luceno are probably the absolute best.

Sean Stewart is also amazing.


Also:
Originally posted by SunRazer
Revan is probably irredeemable. Drew's lack of research before writing his books is noticeable when he has Sirak using Vaapad and the Triumvirate slaughtering tens of thousands of Jedi. Or Meetra being unable to cope with the prospect of not feeling the Force. With only a few exceptions, his characters are as a devoid of characterization as Nathema is of life.

Christie Golden
Sean Stewer

Originally posted by Darth Abonis
Luceno lost it. Tarkin was horrible and Catalyst was one of the most boring books I've ever read. Better to have lost it than to have never had it tbh.

I'm not nearly as well-versed on the EU as anyone here, but I couldn't get much further than the first page of Revan. From a purely technical perspective Drew is horrible, lol, and what little I've read of his Mass Effect novels seem to confirm that. His prose is unusually bad for a professional author.

By contrast, I'm reading through Darth Plagueis right now and Luceno is at least technically competent.

Stover is by far the best writer in the star wars verse that has had More than one entry.

Luceno is arguably a contender for top dog but his books are of an acquired taste, while Stover manages to draw both audiences with his grasp of character and story telling ability.

Timothy Zahn isn't someone I can judge because I've never read his stuff in it's entirety. But one author I do think has considerable talent is Paul S Kemp(author of Crosscurrent/Riptide in Legends Canon and Lords of the Sith in Disney Canon)

Kemp brings a lot to the table, great story telling, a lot of focus on character development and he actually does research on characters(He went through various sources for Jaden Korr, played the game and even went to Wookieepedia to boot)

He's certainly someone to watch out for imho

Stewart


Stover
Luceno

Everybody else

Karpyshyn

Drew
Luceno
Zahn
tbh

Christie Golden isn't bad tbh

Originally posted by NemeBro
By contrast, I'm reading through Darth Plagueis right now and Luceno is at least technically competent.

Very. But that book is overrated af; this coming from the Prime Sheevite.

You want a fantastic Star Wars book? Read Yoda: Dark Rendezvous.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
Very. But that book is overrated af; this coming from the Prime Sheevite.

You want a fantastic Star Wars book? Read Yoda: Dark Rendezvous. Dark Rendezvous could've been written by a child.

If there's one thing you don't do in the presence of Tempest, it is insulting the great DR.

I still wank the Dooku wounding Yoda thing though

Dark Rendezvous is a fantastic read, but it's Stewart's only entry in the SW universe, and it isn't as good as Revenge of the Sith, which is the greatest SW book ever written.

Stover is top dog.

Originally posted by TheMuser
Drew
Luceno
Zahn
tbh
drew>stover?

How Drew is even remotely comparable is unfathomable.

Stover
Luceno

Maybe Zahn for the 3rd

Originally posted by Trocity
Dark Rendezvous is a fantastic read, but it's Stewart's only entry in the SW universe, and it isn't as good as Revenge of the Sith, which is the greatest SW book ever written.

Stover is top dog.
Yup, You could argue shadows of mindor is better too imo

Originally posted by TheMuser
Drew
johnson
Golden
tbh
Stover's trash

Shadows of Mindor > DR? kek

Luceno writes great prose but of his books I've read (or tried to), Darth Plagueis is the only one I haven't found to have a dull plot line. So I'm hesistant to put him in a top three. Stover is brilliant, RotS is easily the best Star Wars novel I've read, if not book I've read, and the opening is a compete masterpiece. Don't know about Zahn but I look forward to reading Thrawn to see if he's good. I'll get round to reading Dark Rendevous eventually.

Originally posted by NewGuy01
Shadows of Mindor > DR? kek
I said it could be argued, though i have dr higher. The part where luke and shadowspan mentally battle is awesome imo

Star Wars' 3 Most Massive A$shole Authors:
1. Drew Karpyshyn
2. Dave Filoni
3. Tom Veitch

The Best:
1. Matthew Stover
2. Chris Avellone
3. James Luceno

Originally posted by Geistalt
Star Wars' 3 Most Massive A$shole Authors:
1. Drew Karpyshyn
2. Dave Filoni
3. Tom Veitch
The fck does feloni get so much hate for. TCW was awesome, and outside of that he did atla

I don't hate him; he's just a douche for what's happened thus far in Rebels.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
Very. But that book is overrated af; this coming from the Prime Sheevite.

You want a fantastic Star Wars book? Read Yoda: Dark Rendezvous. I've already read it.

It was all right. Not as good as what I've read of Plagueis so far, but decent.

Originally posted by Geistalt
I don't hate him; he's just a douche for what's happened thus far in Rebels.
Its Disney, always blame disney