DeeckTator Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 So I'm gonna buy some star wars books or audiobooks, haven't read any of them. Just seen the movies. But I'd like to read some of the EU stuff too. What are the best ones, the MUST read star wars books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandsOfArrakis Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The Thrawn Trilogy by far: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising & The Last Command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanorDM Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The Thrawn Trilogy by far: Those were very good. I started reading the Old Republic stuff, and so far I've found it enjoyable. Plus it ties into the game which is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajinEddie Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Depends if you like the movies or more of a T.O.R fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandsOfArrakis Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Those were very good. I started reading the Old Republic stuff, and so far I've found it enjoyable. Plus it ties into the game which is nice. Imo The Thrawn Trilogy could easily made into movies as Episode 7-9. But that's just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeckTator Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Depends if you like the movies or more of a T.O.R fan. I love pretty much everything Star wars, except Phantom Menace and The force unleashed games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautius Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I wish I could tell you I liked at least ONE. I read all kinds of literature, and I can easily say that there are some really, REALLY bad authors who write SW EU stories. The ones I know to stay away from are Traviss, Allston and Denning. I read the Legacy of the Force series (9 books) and all of them were garbage. I also read Shadows of the Empire because it got some pretty decent reviews as a tie in between ESB and RotJ. It was not that great either. I would like to know as well if there are any others that stand out at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonSM Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Darth Plageuis RoTS Novelization Dark Lord: Rise of Lord Vader Thrawn Trilogy Shatterpoint ^Best novels imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadra Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I guess the Bane Trilogy is alright, at least for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeckTator Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Anybody know what audioformat this is? Will my Samsung Galaxy SII (android) play it? http://www.theaudiobookstore.com/timothy-zahn/star-wars-thrawn-trilogy_bkrand001052.aspx Never bought from them before and I'd really like to be able to play them on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina_Que Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 The Courtship of Princess Leia was good. Also "I Jedi" was another good one. I don't know abot any of the recent books. I stopped reading when they killed off Chewy...I am still mad about that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoolsErrand Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I personally don't really read many of the post-movie books. Some good pre-movie books are Darth Maul:Shadow hunter, Darth Bane books, and if you do read the thrawn books it wouldn't hurt to read Outbound Flight as Thrawn plays as a "good guy" in that book. There are plenty of others but it really falls into what your taste in books are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudenfusz Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Imo The Thrawn Trilogy could easily made into movies as Episode 7-9. But that's just me I don't think so. Don't get me wrong, the Thrawn Trilogy are the best Star Wars books, still I don't think they would do so well as movies. Why? Fist we would have to take different actors by now that we had during the original trilogy, that alone would make the movies bad, but I think the even bigger issue would be that Thrawn works well as the villain in the books, but when people actually see him (and compare him then with Darth Maul or Darth Vader he would look boring against the Sith, because he does nothing fancy). And then with the prequels (regardless how one liked them), the movies developed into a saga about the Skywalker family, but the Thrawn trilogy does tell a story that feels different now from what Lucas did with the movies. So I don't see how this could be easy in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charell Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 death troopers is a good one. same with the darth bane trilogy. i also really enjoyed the legacy of the force series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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