Yes, yes, yes, this is another Star Wars Blog. However, what this blog will exist for will be primarily for the continuing review the Exapnded Universe of Star Wars, random Star Wars Humor, and perhaps the occassional snarky comment.
So, what should the potential reader know about me and my approach?
1. The Top Authors are Zahn, Stackpole, and Aliston. Why are these the top authors -- because their books are structurally sound, contain interesting characters that can lead scenes (yet the book doesn't become a "hey, look at my new awesome character") yet also blend with original characters (or ones crafted by the other authors), and most importantly - their books feel like Star Wars. They are pulp action in Space with humor and adventure. These are the best authors.
2. Troy Denning is not generally thought of positively. Why? He has little concept of a heroic death, yet people seem to die around him all the time. For exampe, his entry into the EU gets the dramatic death of a character... and he turns it into a depression/despair induced suicide attempt that doesn't in fact rescue anyone because the rest of the group ends up fighting over his body. Worst heroic death ever.
3. Kevin Anderson the author is mocked mercilessly, although Keven Anderson the editor is highly praised.
4. While the Bataam era books tend to have some very stupid events/characters in them, they are at least well written, even if not always up to the way the Universe should feel. But then, the odd things don't tend to have lasting impact or are fixed (think "I, Jedi" fixing the Jedi Academy Trilogy). The Del Rey era books tend to feel more consistently like Star Wars, but when they do something stupid, it lasts for books, and books, and books (Daala running the galaxy... as a good thing? Really? Oh, and this becomes the basis for the next 9 book series? Really?)
5. Above all things, Star Wars should be fun.
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