All time SW literary letdowns

sounds like not-want-to-have-those books 😉

lemme guess... any superweapons involved?

I can't remember. I read both books several years ago but don't remember any superweopons in either story.

one of the few

The superweopon syndrome is what ruined books for me. Children of the Jedi, Darksaber, the Correlian trilogy, and so on. It was at least tolerable in Champions of the Force as the story wasn't solely based around it. 😄

Yep, they should have left the superweapons in the movies.

hmmm, I didn't much mind centerpoint though, it was all the wannabe deathstars which were completely rediculous

I hate the so-called Death Star Syndrome. Too many suncrushers, darksabers, etc.

Darn straight. That and cloned Emperors and returning Boba Fetts pretty much killed off the EU as a going concern for me...

I guess you have seen Dark Empire then Ush? That might be where all these current rumours of Palpatine being a clone in the new films originated.

I plan never to read those
I'm glad they started the NJO, if they didn't I would never have read another SW book again

I made the mistake of reading Dark Empire I and II which completely disrupts the idea that Luke Skywalker did destroy the Emperor and never turned to the dark side. Too much overkill with the clones of Palpatine and so forth.

in my opinion, planet of twilight, the black fleet crisis trilogy and children of the jedi are the biggest letdowns.

I have read all of those and was unimpressed with them all. Especially certain...elements in the Black Fleet storyline.

haven't read that one, gonna keep it that way!

You are not missing much except for a few scenes where an old witch tries to seduce Luke Skywalker. Oh and Planet of Twilight was even worse.

what was that one about...I don't really remember if I read it or not

It was supposed to be the conclusion of the Children of the Jedi/Darksaber story arc.

guess there are only a selected few who are worth reading

It is really a matter of personal preferance. I for instance do not like any of the NJO books or the X-Wing novels. I prefer stand alone novels not three or more with a connecting story.

of course, missing one and you can't follow