One thing I've learned from the new Star Wars movies and from playing SW: Knights of the Old Republic (and excellent, excellent Xbox game) is that the Jedi have suck and apparently have been sucking for quite some time. They never quite rise to the level of "cool" that I thought they would or should from watching the first trilogy. Shame. They could've been awesome, but instead they're just kind of . . . meh.
Childhood dreams shattered!
Childhood dreams shattered!
Throughout our history there are those ghosts
Compelled to illustrate our dreams and hopes
Victors hang in pictures, losers from ropes.
Regardless they all swing in the same boat.
Ken Valentine Wrote:Although it's not commonly known, the three Lando Calrisian books were written by L. Neil Smith. And they are the only ones I have ever read.I did not know that. I read some of the reviews (not overwhelming) and the general consensus seems to be that they may be good books but that they are not good Star Wars books. Of course they were written very early on before much of the Expanded Universe was created.
Ken V.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Well, I've read a number of Star Wars books, and though most were "okay" the only ones I found completely engrossing were the Timothy Zahn trilogy ("Heir To The Empire", "Dark Force Rising", and "The Last Command"). Grand Admiral Thrawn seemed an cool addition to the EU. I liked them so much I picked up Zahn's Conquerors' trilogy and quite enjoyed that too ( although they had nothing to do with Star Wars).