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anyone know where to start in this giant ass series? I am a bit confused with the canon thing Disney announced last year, and just want to read through the story line from the beginning (if thats what you're supposed to do) anybody here into reading star wars legends and star wars canon?

>> No.6372321

>>6372141
>reading star wars books

WHY.

JUST WHY.

>> No.6372340

>>6372321
I like star wars and want to better understand the characters, and learn more about the star wars galaxy and events leading up to the movies and how the events further unfolded after (and between) the movies

>> No.6372348

>>6372340
for what i know most are pulpy shit with not real relation between them and just quick cash for the publisher.

>> No.6372357

>>6372321

>star wars
>reading
>shitposting on a taiwanese memeboard

>> No.6372377

So disney is going to retcon the shit out of star wars. I bet those autists at wookiepedia are not best pleased. I imagined something like this would happen, rebranding the old "literature" as "Legends" top kek. It serves people right for getting invested in this unoriginal crap. Why don't you read some original SF instead of giving disney jew gold.

>> No.6372412

>>6372141
I used to read all this shit when I was a kid. Obvious starting point is the first three Timothy Zahn books, which take place 5 years after ROTJ. Also check out the x wing books, which were pretty good, along with I Jedi, although the latter takes place during the Jedi Academy trilogy.
The three 'tales' books of short stories are probably the best thing in the EU.

After the new jedi order shit starts, the already poor quality writing just plummets.

Honestly your time would be better used reading something else.

>> No.6372419

>where to start
Don't.
Star Wars is terrible fiction OP it will rot your mind
Read proper sf

>> No.6372722

The bounty hunter series tells how boba fett got out of the saylad plus other cool shit.

Disney Star Wars shit can suck the pucker off my balloonknot

>> No.6372727

>>6372722
Sarlac

>> No.6372773

>>6372141
think about the guy that reads one geology book after you read all that

>> No.6372832

Star Wars lit is shit. If you want to read the EU read the comics. Marvel is just about to start reprinting a complete chronological set.

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>>6372141
Z A H N
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Very able genre writer.

His non-franchise books are fun as well, particularly The Icarus Hunt.

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6373500

>>6372412
The best star wars book of all time is the tales from jabbas palace. Just read that and call it a day.

I guess shadows of the empire is up there as well.

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>>6372141
I'm also wondering if anyone read the terry brooks novelization of episode one. Is it better than the movie?

>> No.6373531

>>6373514
>terry brooks
>episode 1
It sounds like shit on top of shit.

>> No.6373581

>>6373514
Better than the movie but still pretty garbage. I remember the episode 3 novelization being significantly better than the movie.

>> No.6373613

>>6372141
Are the first three novelizations in there? I would start and end there.

>> No.6373625

>>6373613
Who ghost wrote those BTW? I really liked all three novelizations of episodes 4, 5 and 6. Was it Alan dean foster?

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>>6373625
ADF wrote the first, and also the mysterious Splinter of the Mind's Eye. Donald F Glut wrote ESB and (I just looked it up) James Kahn wrote the third.

>> No.6373655

>>6373646
I have this book in the house somewhere. Never read it though. Found it at some used book store about 12 years ago

>> No.6373735

>>6372141
The Jedi Academy trilogy is worth reading. Looks like you've got Dark Apprentice at least. The Tales books are all good too.

>> No.6373755

>>6373655
I read it, a long time ago, can't remember much of anything about it.

>>6373735
Those had all sorts of things going on. Still only a little better than the Thrawn snorology

>> No.6373869

>>6372141
read zahn and luceno, and the bounty hunter stuff, the rest is trash (i've read most of it). loiter on wookieepedia for lore

>> No.6375750

Bump

>> No.6375772

>>6372141
there are mostly movie era and onward. I prefer the old republic books.

The Bane triliogy is my favorite so far, but death troopers was really good too.

>> No.6377499

>>6372340
which books are worth reading. I read Shadows of the Empire as teen and liked it.