Best Novel in Legends

Time to revive this discussion.

As of yet, it's a toss-up between Yoda: Dark Rendezous and Revenge of the Sith for me.

Not read many in last time-also not in the years, where I am intelligent enough to rate them, lol. Darth Plagueis or RotS for me.

DP is excellent but and certainly among the elite pantheon, but I don't think it's a contender for the best novel ever. Although I did have it as #2 once.

I like Lucenos writing Style more than Dtovers, tbh.
I think RotS is a better book, tho, yeah.
IIRC TuF was also great.

YDR, easily.
Best characterization, best prose, sharp dialogue. Yoda, Dooku, and Ventress are never better, the original characters are all strong, most obviously Scout. The only weak part of the book is the shoehorned addition of Anakin and Obi-Wan.

I'd say RotS contends pretty well in terms of characterization. The overwhelming use of hyperbole and interior monologue does force me to take a few points off, though, so I guess Dark Rendezvous does lead there.

RotS' fight scenes were better, too.

Stover's great and so is ROTS, but he has a tendency to abuse purple prose and wax philosophic. Sometimes that has its place, like Traitor. But YDR is much tighter and is still able to convey deep philosophical discussion.

Characterization is still something I'd give to YDR. ROTS is superb with Anakin, Grievous, and maybe Obi-Wan. But Dooku is a colossal misfire and I'd say YDR's Sidious is more memorable than ROTS despite being peripheral to the story. In contrast, pretty much everyone in YDR is compellingly memorable, minus Anakin and Obi-Wan.

I might give ROTS the nod in terms of fight scenes, but that's honesty pretty low on the totem pole for me. Fight scenes are almost always far better portrayed in visual media.

Yeah, Stover's way too verbose in every chapter, lol.

RotS is unquestionably superb with Obi-Wan, lol. And it's Sidious was better, too. Dooku a "colossal misfire"? What?

Actually, the reason I like the RotS novel in terms of fight scenes is because it's less to do with the intricacies (at some points, at least) and technicalities and more to do with the philosophical stakes.

RotS probably has the more memorable scenes, too.

I wanna read YDR now, lol.

Heir to the Empire.

Thrawn Trilogy's good but overrated, IMO. Heir's in the upper echelons of SW novels, probably in the elite pantheon, but not among the very best, as I see it.

I read the RotS novel like a month ago, it was pretty rad yeah.

Originally posted by SunRazer
Yeah, Stover's way too verbose in every chapter, lol.

RotS is unquestionably superb with Obi-Wan, lol. And it's Sidious was better, too. Dooku a "colossal misfire"? What?

Actually, the reason I like the RotS novel in terms of fight scenes is because it's less to do with the intricacies (at some points, at least) and technicalities and more to do with the philosophical stakes.

RotS probably has the more memorable scenes, too.

Nah, I found YDR's Sidious to be more memorable than ROTS's.
Dooku was infinitely more compelling in YDR than the mustache-twirling xenophobic racist sociopathic snob he became in the ROTS novel.

Yeah, but there again, fight scenes are relatively low on my totem pole for SW novels. I go into it with low expectations.

Maybe, but that owes to the much more epic storyline than the relatively more intimate and low key YDR.

Originally posted by SunRazer
Thrawn Trilogy's good but overrated, IMO. Heir's in the upper echelons of SW novels, probably in the elite pantheon, but not among the very best, as I see it.

Revenge of the Sith without question; Dark Rendezvous is a little overrated.

Originally posted by Trocity
Dark Rendezvous is a little overrated.

This is the day we became enemies.

I loved the internal monologues in RotS; reading how each character was feeling and what they were thinking more in-depth was very enjoyable and insightful.

LoE maybe.

Really?

YDR and RotS are gold to be sure, but I would never say Labyrinth of Evil is that good.

Personally I love the **** out of Shatterpoint for how gruesome and mentally fragile it portrayed those that flirted with the Dark Side.

It's delicious tbh

Yep. Enjoyed Grievous and Dooku's scenes immensely along with the investigation sub plot and depiction of all out war on Coruscant.