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@SkitchP · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 8:43 pm **Posts:** 9875

dimejinky99 wrote:

Joey of you read Tarkin and especially bloodline you kinda have all you need. None of the rest are near as good. Tarkin was a let down. Though saying that it seems to be first in a series. The entire ending is wide open. So it might become amazing in the second part.

I need to get back on reading these. Do you think Tarkin and Bloodline are better than New Dawn and Dark Disciple?

dimejinky99 · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am **Posts:** 35434

Sorry I meant Thrawn was a bit of a letdown. Tarkin I loved. And lords of the sith.

It's pretty obvious Thrawn has more books coming. So I'll wait before I write it off completely.

Really liked Dark Disciple. Never read new dawn.

jwfocker · **Joined:** Thu January 31, 2013 9:44 pm **Posts:** 1855

So many of the new star wars books sound unnecessary and don't add anything substantial to the overall story world. Maybe one will come along that will grab me.

The old Thrawn trilogy books were amazing. It's probably not fair to compare them. Man I sound old and jaded. I'll see myself out.

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47150

jwfocker wrote:

So many of the new star wars books sound unnecessary and don't add anything substantial to the overall story world. Maybe one will come along that will grab me.

The old Thrawn trilogy books were amazing. It's probably not fair to compare them. Man I sound old and jaded. I'll see myself out.

If you like/watch Clone Wars or Rebels, there are some that absolutely add to the story world.

epilogue · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 5:51 pm

I've heard/read many reviews that tell me that these books add a lot actually. That's the only reason I care & want to read them.

darth_vedder · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:52 pm **Posts:** 6275

i bought bloodline awhile back, but haven't even made it out of the first chapter. things like an arrested development re-watch and twin peaks have gotten in the way.

dimejinky99 · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am **Posts:** 35434

The new canon books do add a lot. It's just down to how invested you are or interested you are. You could not read any of them and get by. But once TLJ is out and the second wave of books start emerging that's where it's going to really start developing and deepening the story of the film and filling out the background details and reasons

jwfocker · **Joined:** Thu January 31, 2013 9:44 pm **Posts:** 1855

I guess I have a disagreement about what constitutes a substantial narrative arc in a fictional world.

jwfocker · **Joined:** Thu January 31, 2013 9:44 pm **Posts:** 1855

dimejinky99 wrote:

The new canon books do add a lot. It's just down to how invested you are or interested you are. You could not read any of them and get by. But once TLJ is out and the second wave of books start emerging that's where it's going to really start developing and deepening the story of the film and filling out the background details and reasons

You may be right about the second wave.

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47150

jwfocker wrote:

I guess I have a disagreement about what constitutes a substantial narrative arc in a fictional world.

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B · **Posted:** Fri June 02, 2017 2:13 am

jwfocker wrote:

I guess I have a disagreement about what constitutes a substantial narrative arc in a fictional world.

I've read a few of the new novels. I can't agree with dime either. Nothing adds "a lot."

I mean, a book like this one gives you a lot of information about the Falcon. None of it matters.

dimejinky99 · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am **Posts:** 35434

B wrote:

jwfocker wrote:

I guess I have a disagreement about what constitutes a substantial narrative arc in a fictional world.

I've read a few of the new novels. I can't agree with dime either. Nothing adds "a lot."

I mean, a book like this one gives you a lot of information about the Falcon. None of it matters.

There's no toilet on the falcon. The more you know.

bada · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm **Posts:** 12081

I've been considering reading Heir To The Jedi.

epilogue · **Posted:** Sat June 03, 2017 10:44 pm

I have zero knowledge of that book. Let us know what you think!

bada · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm **Posts:** 12081

Will do. All I know is I think the cover looks cool and it takes place between New Hope and Empire.

epilogue · **Posted:** Sun June 04, 2017 11:21 pm

bada wrote:

Will do. All I know is I think the cover looks cool and it takes place between New Hope and Empire.

And it's any official canon book, yeah?

Sgt. Crackpot · **Posted:** Mon June 05, 2017 9:19 am

bada wrote:

I've been considering reading Hair Of The Jedi.

bada · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm **Posts:** 12081

bada · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm **Posts:** 12081

durdencommatyler wrote:

bada wrote:

Will do. All I know is I think the cover looks cool and it takes place between New Hope and Empire.

And it's any official canon book, yeah?

Yes official cannon. Well that's what wiki says anyways.

@SkitchP · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 8:43 pm **Posts:** 9875

It is canon.

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