The best place to start in the Expanded Universe

Originally posted by MasterAshenVor
Kid listen.

Start with the Death Star Book.

From there go to Thrawn Series.

From there go to Jedi Academy Series.

From there go to the Han Solo Series.

From there go to the Boba Fett Series. or the Rogue Squadron Series.

From there go to the Darth Bane Series.

From there go to the Legacy Series.

Then its up to you.

I just name off all the awesome series that will develop the storyline well for you without you saying WHO THE HELL IS THIS PERSON!.

id recommend skipping the han solo bane and legacy series unless you specially like those characters though. watching Drew whatever lovingly stroke dessels shaft gets boring after awhile and legacy... *sighs*

Dont listen to her, Bane books are great.

I recommend Dark Rondevous, Allegience, Shatterpoint or Labyrinth of Evil to start with. Those are all stand-alone books and were very good imo.

I don't know why people hate LOTF so much. I found it very good. The new FOTJ series is also very addicting for me. And Star Wars: Death Star is very good as well. So are the Darth Bane books. And I, Jedi.

Originally posted by Tsal Can
Dont listen to her, Bane books are great.

dont listen to her. bane books suck!

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So because you dont like something it sucks for the rest of us?

Yes.

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They did reek tho. As in: THEY AREN'T VERY GOOD

Originally posted by Ms.Marvel
id recommend skipping the han solo bane and legacy series unless you specially like those characters though. watching Drew whatever lovingly stroke dessels shaft gets boring after awhile and legacy... *sighs*

I like the Bane books. A nice look into the origins of the sith as we know them in the movies.

I was okay with the LOTF with one exception.

The fact that Luke wouldn't just go kill Caedus for several books was the only reason the series lasted as long as it did.

It seemed like a giant, unnecessary plot hole.

Speaking of which, did anybody else watch the new Star Trek movie? And if you did, did you notice the gigantic plot hole right in the center of it that ruined the story? If so, post it in spoilers below, i've been dying to know if other sci-fi fans caught it like i did.

Originally posted by Ms.Marvel
dont listen to her. bane books suck!

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Originally posted by Red Nemesis
Yes.

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They did reek tho. As in: THEY AREN'T VERY GOOD

How so? They were a few of the only Star Wars books worth picking up for the last few years to me.

Originally posted by truejedi
I was okay with the LOTF with one exception.

The fact that Luke wouldn't just go kill Caedus for several books was the only reason the series lasted as long as it did.

It seemed like a giant, unnecessary plot hole.

Speaking of which, did anybody else watch the new Star Trek movie? And if you did, did you notice the gigantic plot hole right in the center of it that ruined the story? If so, post it in spoilers below, i've been dying to know if other sci-fi fans caught it like i did.

w8 wut?

Spoiler:
That new spock and old spock have different ear-lobe status?

Originally posted by Red Nemesis
w8 wut?

Spoiler:
That new spock and old spock have different ear-lobe status?

Spoiler:
NO! the sun that spock was originally traveling to, in order to destroy it to save the planet, WAS STILL AROUND after he went through the portal and back in time. At any time, they could've taken the red goo, (its been months since i watched this, places and names of things escape me now) and BLOWN UP the star that went nova, saving the planet, and ending the dude's reason for all of his hatred. Are you telling me that NO ONE in the Star Trek Universe thought of that?

I was sitting there the entire movie thinking, why not go blow up the Sun NOW?

Spoiler:
The guy was out for revenge. He wanted to equalize suffering, not prevent it. He was mad that people died and was behaving irrationally.

But this is Star Trek we're talking about. What fun would it be without a plot hole?

Star Trek Spoiler!! (don't know how to use spoiler tags, this isn't really a spoiler though, but still you've been warned)

The main bad guy wasn't really that evil. It's entirely reasonable to be angry if your homeworld exploded. Sure he was a little extreme when it came to "revenge", but it wasn't for a selfish reason. He was angry that millions/billions of his species died.

Originally posted by Red Nemesis

Spoiler:
The guy was out for revenge. He wanted to equalize suffering, not prevent it. He was mad that people died and was behaving irrationally.

But this is Star Trek we're talking about. What fun would it be without a plot hole?

True, but spock felt terrible about it, so why wouldn't he go fix the problem? Or at least suggest it at some point?

Great books:

Bane books
Clone Wars books - Wild Space (although almost no action) and No Prisoners
movie novels (I think)
Star Wars: Death Star
I, Jedi
NJO series, but haven't read many of them, so I can't personally say
LOTF series
FOTJ series

Originally posted by Tsal Can
How so? They were a few of the only Star Wars books worth picking up for the last few years to me.

truejedi

Spoiler:
NO! the sun that spock was originally traveling to, in order to destroy it to save the planet, WAS STILL AROUND after he went through the portal and back in time. At any time, they could've taken the red goo, (its been months since i watched this, places and names of things escape me now) and BLOWN UP the star that went nova, saving the planet, and ending the dude's reason for all of his hatred. Are you telling me that NO ONE in the Star Trek Universe thought of that?

I was sitting there the entire movie thinking, why not go blow up the Sun NOW?

Spoiler:
When would they have done this? The only ship that had access to red matter was the Jellyfish, which was seized by Nero within moments of Old Spock's emergence from the black hole, and only fell back into Federation hands when Young Spock hijacked it to save Earth and destroy Nero's ship.

A better question would be why Nero didn't destroy the star, but ignoring the fact that he's insane, that quest has its own logistical issues.

Originally posted by Eminence

Spoiler:

A better question would be why Nero didn't destroy the star, but ignoring the fact that he's insane, that quest has its own logistical issues.

That was my question. 🙂 But also, why wouldn't spock suggest it to him, since he had face-to-face time with Nero before being exiled or w/e.