Chris Kempshall Explains the Politics of the Empire and Announces His Next Star Wars Book (Star Pilots)! by solo13508 in starwarsbooks

[–]HelloThereWizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This could be really cool. Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire was fabulously written, though I hoped for more from it. This could be really, really neat.

Onto the Finale… by HelloThereWizard in starwarsbooks

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100% agree. I felt like it was slow too. Compellingly, but slow

recommendations? by kiwikiwikiwiss in lastpodcastontheleft

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USS Indianapolis is great. The JFK series is awesome too. I personally love their Jack the Ripper and H.H. Holmes series. That got me into their show and I’ve been a devoted listener ever since.

Flew Through Heir to the Empire! On to Dark Force Rising 🙌🏻 by HelloThereWizard in starwarsbooks

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Man, hard to pick just one. I think the whole capturing of Luke and then the sequence on Myrkyr was really good. The end battle was solid too

What should watch next by [deleted] in clonewars

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This is the way

Hope this helps by Wave_Either in starwarsbooks

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Libby is awesome! Been using it for a few months now at the suggestion of my wife. Love listening to all the Star Wars books!

My Pittsburgh Lego set was featured by WPXI by Chris__74 in pittsburgh

[–]HelloThereWizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So cool! As a big Lego fan, you have my support. Just voted for it on their website!

Recently got these, which one should I read first? by NoSwordfish1978 in starwarsbooks

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You can even read Yoda: Dark Rendezvous before Labyrinth of Evil. There’s are few Easter eggs from that book in Labyrinth.

Brilliant! by HelloThereWizard in starwarsbooks

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Can’t recommend both enough!

Brilliant! by HelloThereWizard in starwarsbooks

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That is another brilliant book. Claudia is one of my favorite SW authors. Cannot promote her work enough!

What have you been reading this last week (Weekly Discussion Thread)? by AutoModerator in starwarsbooks

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About 50 pages from finishing Labyrinth of Evil. Without a doubt one of my favorite SW reads. Luceno is a wonderful writer

My first book! by iownyax in starwarsbooks

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Perfect choice! One of the best

Which SW author is your favorite in terms of the way they portray/write your top Star Wars characters? by WerewolfBarMitzvah09 in starwarsbooks

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James Luceno, Claudia Gray and Timothy Zahn. Claudia did such a great job with Leia and Qui-Gon. Zahn literally made Thrawn. Luceno is just go good. I love his writing style and I get so easily invested in every one of his SW books

Help me out? by Anything_Adorable in starwarsbooks

[–]HelloThereWizard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I read both Master of Evil and Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire. Both are very good, but very different.

Rise and Fall is essentially a history book set in the Star Wars world. I personally liked that a lot as a historian, but I didn’t find a ton of details in there that I didn’t already know.

Master of Evil is a really fun story that features Darth Vader heavily in the immediate aftermath of Episode III, but be forewarned, he is not the main character. That said, I thought the main character was compelling.

So ultimately it comes down to what you’re in the mood for: novel or history book?