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Sparky12
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
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New Guy Inquiry
this is a little off key, but you guys would know. can someone recomend a good place to start start reading some SW novels? i read heir to the empire when i was nine, but never kept up with it. i'll have free time this summer, and was hoping for some good suggestions. thanx
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Apr 25th, 2001 08:03 AM |
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jedi212guy
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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Danville, Kentucky
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There are some though that you should not read. "The Crystal Star" is not only the worst Star Wars novel I had ever read, it is one of the worst overall novels I have ever read.
My advice: SKIP IT!! 
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Apr 25th, 2001 06:33 PM |
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Ushgarak
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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UKCo-Admin
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Oh, there's some pretty bad stuff out there... but I agree with Edna, Truce at Bakura is a good start.
That's 'chronology', by the way, my dear...
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Apr 25th, 2001 06:54 PM |
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Edna Witch
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Geez gimme a break! Im allowed to make a typo once in a while! I missed the h! So sue me!
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Apr 25th, 2001 10:01 PM |
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Ushgarak
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Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UKCo-Admin
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I went to a grammar school where I was taught to despise bad grammar. So sue ME!
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Apr 25th, 2001 10:28 PM |
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Edna Witch
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Well the first one I read was the Truce at Bakura which starts the morning after the battle of Endor. Quite a convenient place really! I suppose cronological order is the best way to read them really but it doesnt really matter! Just make sure you finish trilogies and duologies or that can get very confusing! And you have to read the NJO books in order. That is a definite must! But I would advise starting at the truce at Bakura and going cronologically as much as poss. Then things like the Han Solo series and Shadows of the empire which come before and during the films can really be read at any time!
Hope that helps!
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Apr 26th, 2001 04:04 AM |
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JediOasis
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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Born on a Different Cloud
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I would read three series of books. First you have to read the Thrawn trilogy, a lot of important characters are introduced, ie Mara Jade, and the Solo twins. Then read the Jedi Academy trilogy for the same reason. And finally start reading the New Jedi Order series, they are the best yet.....
spoiler space....
.......Coruscant is going to fall in the new hardback due out in October, Star by Star.
[ April 25, 2001: Message edited by: JediOasis ]
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Apr 26th, 2001 04:11 AM |
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Edna Witch
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He doesnt mean the thrawn trilogy. He means the Empire trilogy which you started when you read Heir to the Empire. The Thrawn Duology is an extension of that set ten years later.
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Apr 26th, 2001 04:15 AM |
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darth fester
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: geordie in milton keynes
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ive just read tales of the bounty hunters which is ok
set during esb
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Apr 26th, 2001 04:36 AM |
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Sparky12
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
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word. thanx giez, ill b lukin in2 that suen
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Apr 26th, 2001 07:15 AM |
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Sparky12
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
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sorry about the sarcasm, but i couldn't resist.
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Apr 26th, 2001 07:18 AM |
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Ushgarak
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Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UKCo-Admin
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Your clumsy sarcasm cannot defeat me! I am superior to you ALL!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
OK, seem to have got carried away there... in fact I corrected Edna not as part of some snobbish crusade, but because we have a joke going in that department...
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Apr 26th, 2001 05:05 PM |
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jedi212guy
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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Danville, Kentucky
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Hey, there is a big difference between "British" English and real "American" English! (I'm not trying to pick a fight, just to be a tad annoying)
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Apr 26th, 2001 05:18 PM |
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Ushgarak
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Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UKCo-Admin
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Yes, but that has nothing to do with me correcting Edna and her Staffordshire ways...
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Apr 26th, 2001 05:21 PM |
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jedi212guy
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Location: Danville, Kentucky
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I was just sticking up for Jeffrey from Colorado. Nice state, it is.
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Apr 26th, 2001 05:23 PM |
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Edna Witch
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Location: The Gingerbread cottage!
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For crying out loud, it was a typo! I know my typin is bad and i know I cant spell just stop going on about it! Im not a computer wizzkid or an English schollar!. My talents lie elsewhere! So there!
Yes and dont you dare point out my many spelling mistakes in this either!
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Apr 26th, 2001 07:05 PM |
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Ushgarak
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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UKCo-Admin
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Well, that's THAT bit of fun out the window...
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Apr 26th, 2001 07:09 PM |
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jedi212guy
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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Danville, Kentucky
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That witch is just no fun, isn't she? 
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Apr 26th, 2001 07:59 PM |
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Ushgarak
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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UKCo-Admin
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She has her moments...
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"We've got maybe seconds before Darth Rosenberg grinds everybody into Jawa burgers and not one of you buds has the midi-chlorians to stop her!"
"You've never had any TINY bit of sex, have you?"
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Apr 26th, 2001 09:27 PM |
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Darth Pants
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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: England
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I'd probably try some books, but there's always that fact that GL didn't write them that spoils the idea for me. Plus, ideas like lizard aliens invading the DAY AFTER the Battle of Endor, who take people's SPIRITS and use them to power their GUNS, sicken me quite frankly. Sorry to any fans of the book, but I prefer to think of weapons being powered by blaster gas and energy cells, not ghosts. I said I'd never come to this board for fear of ranting, so I'll leave now. Sorry.
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