Originally posted by Darth Sparhawk
I also like "Jedi Apprentice". I think that it is much better than most of the adult SW series. Xanatos is my favourite EU villain.
Are you series? You really think that the Jedi Apprentice books are better than most of the adult Star Wars novels? How many of the novels have you actually read, because I can assure you that the Jedi Apprentice series doesn't even come close to novels such as:
-Labyrinth of Evil
-Cloak of Deception
-The Thrawn Trilogy
-Shatterpoint
-The Cestus Deception
-Dark Rendezvous
-The entire NJO series
-I, Jedi
-The Rogue Squadron series
I could go on, but I think you get my point.
As for Xanatos being your favorite EU villain; to each his own, I guess.
Originally posted by SnakeEyes
Are you series?
You really think that the Jedi Apprentice books are better than most of the adult Star Wars novels? How many of the novels have you actually read, because I can assure you that the Jedi Apprentice series doesn't even come close to novels such as:-Labyrinth of Evil
-Cloak of Deception
-The Thrawn Trilogy
-Shatterpoint
-The Cestus Deception
-Dark Rendezvous
-The entire NJO series
-I, Jedi
-The Rogue Squadron seriesI could go on, but I think you get my point.
As for Xanatos being your favorite EU villain; to each his own, I guess.
I like the Apprentice series more than NJO or hand of Thrawn. On par with original Thrawn trilogy - that's for me. I like it better than Anderson'books about Exar Kun and Daala, better than "Black Fleet Crisis"...
"Labyrinth of Evil", though, is truly great. My all-time Star Wars fave book is, however, Stover's "Revenge of the Sith".
Originally posted by SnakeEyes
But how could you like the series that much when it's aimed for younger children? The writing is dumbed down and the plots are less complicated/good.
It's a matter of taste, my friend. I liked the writing, the language was simple, truly, but if I want rich English I might try Dickens, not a Star Wars book. The plots might have been simple, but they entertained myself and really, I liked that the books are small and fast paced without endless babble about politics.
As I said, a matter of taste.