During the 1990s when I was a teenager, I got into Star Wars in a massive way and really enjoyed reading the adult novels that began to release around that time. At the end of the decade, I felt I had outgrown it a bit so gave up. I ended up selling all my books.
Recently, though, I've felt the desire to get back into them again. The novels were all released on Kindle last month, so I figured I might go down that route but as it turns out they are not available here in the UK, so instead I've been started picking up a few of them cheap off eBay/charity shops.
My question is, where do I start? As a teenager I read pretty much all the New Republic-era stuff, and gave up when New Jedi Order began. Since then there have been a lot of releases based on the prequel eras, and stuff set much, much later than the original movies. I'm happy to read all the books I read as a teenager again, since some of them were brilliant.
I thought about doing a complete chronological readthrough, but that has some drawbacks. From what I can see, some of the novels require some knowledge of events that happen later, or are written as prequels. Another option is to do a readthrough in order that the books were published, which would make sense in that each subsequent novel would build upon events and characters laid down in previous ones. The only downside is I would be jumping around in time a lot.
Any advice? Thanks.
Recently, though, I've felt the desire to get back into them again. The novels were all released on Kindle last month, so I figured I might go down that route but as it turns out they are not available here in the UK, so instead I've been started picking up a few of them cheap off eBay/charity shops.
My question is, where do I start? As a teenager I read pretty much all the New Republic-era stuff, and gave up when New Jedi Order began. Since then there have been a lot of releases based on the prequel eras, and stuff set much, much later than the original movies. I'm happy to read all the books I read as a teenager again, since some of them were brilliant.
I thought about doing a complete chronological readthrough, but that has some drawbacks. From what I can see, some of the novels require some knowledge of events that happen later, or are written as prequels. Another option is to do a readthrough in order that the books were published, which would make sense in that each subsequent novel would build upon events and characters laid down in previous ones. The only downside is I would be jumping around in time a lot.
Any advice? Thanks.
I know they aren't everyone's cup of tea, but some of them (like TotJ and KOTOR I mentioned) tell better stories than some of the novels!
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Did you not say it is played on ice, O'Neill?
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