Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime
Posted: June 12, 2012 Filed under: Books, Star Wars | Tags: aby, alien, chewbacca, dozen-and-two x-wing avengers, expanded universe, george lucas, han solo, kyp durron, leia organa-solo, luke skywalker, mara jade, mara jade skywalker, new jedi order, new repulic, r. a. salvatore, star wars, the phantom menace, vector prime, yuuzhan vong Leave a comment
Set 25 years after the Battle of Yavin 4 (ABY, if you will), Vector Prime is an excellent introduction into The New Jedi Order, a series which is essentially the old Star Wars universe gang handing off the torch to the next. Vector Prime begins as most Star Wars novels do: the Skywalker and Solo families deciding to take a vacation when everything seems calm. Unbeknownst to them, the Yuuzhan Vong, an ancient and so far unknown race from outside the galaxy have begun their invasion. They’ve begun so subtly, by having insurgents and the like on various planets pretending to be rebels themselves and upsetting the balance, but they’ve yet to do anything concrete; that’s where we begin.
Is Star Wars for Kids, or does George Lucas Just Love Money?
Posted: April 8, 2012 Filed under: Movies, Star Wars | Tags: 3d, a new hope, cash cow, cash grab, expanded universe, george lucas, new trilogy, old trilogy, star wars, star wars 3d, the phantom menace Leave a comment
I have to be perfectly honest with y’all: I loved Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. I thought it was awesome and super cool and everything. I read the novelisation and read everything I could about the movie — hell, I started a fansite which, fortunately, no longer exists. Read the rest of this entry »
Star Wars: The Paradise Snare
Posted: February 13, 2012 Filed under: Review, Star Wars | Tags: a. c. crispin, alderaan, bria, carie fisher, chewbacca, coruscant, dewlanna, empire, expanded universe, han solo, harrison ford, imperials, kashyyk, leia, luke skywalker, not that good, novels, princess leia, rebellion, rebels, review, star, star wars, wars Leave a comment
I first read Star Wars: The Paradise Snare a little while after it came out, back in 1997. I was just a kid and I thought it was a pretty rad book, all in all. On a whim I picked it up again and gave it another reading. I was sorely disappointed. Read the rest of this entry »
Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy
Posted: February 3, 2012 Filed under: Books, Review, Star Wars | Tags: a new hope, bioware, chiss, clones, coruscant, dark force rising, empire strikes back, expanded universe, george lucas, gilad pellaeon, grand admiral, grand admiral thrawn, han solo, joruus c'baoth, knights of the old republic, leia organa, leia organa-solo, luke skywalker, mara jade, mike baron, new republic, noghri, old republic, original trilogy, pellaeon, princess leia, rebel alliance, return of the jedi, spaarti cloning cylinders, star wars, talon karrde, the clone wars, the last command, the thrawn trilogy, thrawn, timothy zahn 6 Comments
1983 is a significant date in the history of Star Wars; not only did it mark the release of Return of the Jedi, but it was also the last year in the 1980s that a Star Wars book would be published (not if you count the Star Wars Roleplaying Game sourcebook that was released in 1987). After Return of the Jedi, there were fears that the whole “Star Wars” thing had dried up and that public interest was waning. For all intents and purposes, Star Wars was dead. Read the rest of this entry »
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