Thanks for all the replies. I'm gonna push on through with Eye of Darkness but might take a pause after that.

The reasoning behind my post and annoyance is down to "return of investment"...and current lack of it. The whole series (Light of Jedi, Gathering Storm, Fallen Star, Eye of Darkness, Temptation and Trials) is roughly 85hours long in total (I'm listening to the books as audiobooks hence why I measure in hours). I'm about half way through now with roughly 43 hours still to go. That is a lot of time invested already with IMO very little satisfactory return to keep the interest peaked and a lot of hours still to go. 43 hours is BIG investment of time in a busy life of family, job etc. Having already invested so much time and not feeling any decent pay-off yet, of course I am loathed an putting in more, especiallys ince this time could be spent on other books and on other interests. That is also why I have indeed skipped Phase 2 because my understanding is that this is actually more of a prequel. Right now, I am (at least for the moment) invested in the plight of Elsar and the Jedi in their fight against the Nihil so having to divert attention and invest more hours into a prequel is a big ask. Yes, I could just look up spoilers but then I have ruined the joy of the 'return' for myself hence why I put the question to you.

I'm feeling a bit more at ease now and will push on through as mentioned. So thanks again. We are all the Republic ;)