03-12-2002, 09:09 AM
Skitch,
Sean's right. The Timothy Zahn "Heir to the Empire" Trilogy is incredible. It's the real reason I like SW so much, not the films. It's also the first sequel books written. ("Splinter of the Mind's Eye" comes between SW:ANH & SW:Empire Strikes Back and doesn't really fit with the series.)
Edit - Almost forgot "Shadow of the Empire" which comes between Empire and Return of the Jedi. Good story because it explains how Luke goes from leaving in the middle of his training in Empire to being able to call himself a Jedi Knight in Return of the Jedi, something that was never explained in the movies.
Chronologically, it's:
Truce at Bakurha
Courtship of Princess Leia
-Heir to the Empire
-Dark Fleet Rising
-The Last Command
then all the rest.
If you go to Amazon.com and search for Star Wars, there are lists of all the Star Wars novels and the comic books arranged in chronological order according to the story. They go back all the way to the Dark Horse comics "Sith Wars" which are about 1 or 2 thousand years before the movies up to the newest series.
Edited By Arthur Dent on Mar. 12 2002 at 09:11
Sean's right. The Timothy Zahn "Heir to the Empire" Trilogy is incredible. It's the real reason I like SW so much, not the films. It's also the first sequel books written. ("Splinter of the Mind's Eye" comes between SW:ANH & SW:Empire Strikes Back and doesn't really fit with the series.)
Edit - Almost forgot "Shadow of the Empire" which comes between Empire and Return of the Jedi. Good story because it explains how Luke goes from leaving in the middle of his training in Empire to being able to call himself a Jedi Knight in Return of the Jedi, something that was never explained in the movies.
Chronologically, it's:
Truce at Bakurha
Courtship of Princess Leia
-Heir to the Empire
-Dark Fleet Rising
-The Last Command
then all the rest.
If you go to Amazon.com and search for Star Wars, there are lists of all the Star Wars novels and the comic books arranged in chronological order according to the story. They go back all the way to the Dark Horse comics "Sith Wars" which are about 1 or 2 thousand years before the movies up to the newest series.
Edited By Arthur Dent on Mar. 12 2002 at 09:11
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