So many it became too hard to keep up/keep track of - that lost me as much as the quality of stories, if not more.
Chux I read one of your purple spoilers, it only served to make me more interested in reading the book, so nice job on that one - almost like there should be separate blockout colour for "teaser spoiler"
$13.99 on e-books is still a bit hefty, I'll wait until it goes under $10 but will read it. And I'll also have to read a synopsis of Labyrinth of Evil since you tossed that in my face and I have no recall of reading it. There it is on my shelf however, so you're right.
I'm about two-thirds through Darth Plagueis, though school shit keeps me too busy to have much time for it. I've always wanted to know more about Palpatine's backstory, but didn't want it spoiled, I suppose - this book covers it in detail, but it's done so damn well that I don't care if it's ruining any mystery. Palpatine is, somehow, even more fuckin' awesome after learning his life story. And yes, it is treating The Clone Wars series as canon, at least in terms of Maul's background. I recently got to a part that introduced Dooku, Qui-Gon, and Sifo-Dyas, so I'm really hoping it will clear up the issue of who ordered the army. Though the fact that Plagueis and Sidious came up with a similar idea already was pretty awesome.
The last SW book I read before this one was Millennium Falcon. Even though it does end up in the Legacy era (or Legacy of the Force, or whatever the fuck - Han and Leia have a granddaughter, is all I know), it spans enough time (including its appearance in ROTS) to not tie it to that era too much. Though Han and Leia do go to a pet show, as seems pretty typical of the somewhat mundane nature of must of the post-ROTJ EU.
Do we need spoilers for this book, guys? I submit no. I defer to those of you who might give a remote shit so feel free to speak up. But otherwise, I think those of you who've read it free free to share your thoughts without fear of reprisal from those of us who haven't.
By the way, have any of the EU books had the Threepio scene where everybody (Luke, Han, et al) finds out Darth Vader built him? A good writer could have some subversively fun time explaining THAT wretched plot thread in the post BY EU.
"Say Jim! Whoo! That is a bad outfit! Whoooo!" -- Pimp, Superman The Movie "You're an idiot, Starscream." -- Megatron, Transformers:The Movie
anarky wrote:JJ wanted to read it, so I say spoilers should still be purpled.
JJL, want me to answer that for you?
No, I can wait. I got a few hours of good reading time today while waiting for car repairs. The most intriguing thing from today was the build-up to the big event that happened around the time of Anakin's birth and then the revelation that Plagueis had nothing to do with Anakin. I don't know if Sidious did, I just know that Plagueis didn't - he could only create pregnancies in lesser life forms, and reanimate the dead Venamis, at least as far as I know right now. I also think it's extremely interesting that the Sith employed Maul to be their (somewhat) public assassin rather than a full-on Sith Lord, similar to how Sidious and Dooku later have Ventress. It's still about a year away from TPM, so seeing everything fall into place is really cool.
Spoilers aside, this is really getting me more excited for the TPM re-release and upcoming Clone Wars episodes. It's putting everything into a really interesting perspective.
I got the impression that Anakin was the result of the Force pushing back against Plagueis' abominations, or he inadvertently impregnated Shmi at some point while she was Gardulla's slave. In either case, he's unaware of how it happened, but I still think he's unknowingly responsible.
*--For behavior unbecoming anyone, perpetrated in real time over an extended--AH, FUCK IT! MORE MALIBU, BITCHES!!
As I mentioned on the on' Facebox, I just finished. Holy fuck, this was probably the best Star Wars book I've ever read.
For a while there, I was worried that having Plagueis be the one coming up with all the plans would diminish Sidious' role in the Grand Plan. But Sidious' revelatory speech as he murdered Plagueis, and the fact that it was Sidious who was suggesting these things to Plagueis all along, redeemed this aspect and put Sidious back on top as the baddest motherfucker in Sith history, even if some of it was just his boasting. I thought it was an interesting touch to have Plagueis and Maul die at almost the exact same time, even if it does violate the Rule of Two. I doubt they'll reference this book much when Maul comes back, but it does have interesting ramifications.
Even though the book doesn't show the ordering of the clones explicitly, I'm satisfied with Sifo-Dyas' appearances here, and that the Sith said that even if he wouldn't order the army, they could just as easily order it under his name.
I get the impression that Anakin was a creation of the Force to stem the tide of the dark side, since that was around the time Plagueis was finally able to bring Venamis back to life. Even with their dealings with Gardulla, it didn't strike me that Plagueis somehow accidentally impregnated Shmi, though it's very possible.
Another TCW reference was with Ruwee Naberrie being allies with Onaconda Farr, which was brought up in the series before anywhere else, I believe. Oh, and the very brief passing mention to beings who had (possibly) long ago joined with the Force to oversee it, which is from the Mortis trilogy.
So I've been trying to find The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest in a regular paperback and I'm starting to think they aren't making one. All I can find is the newer, irritatingly irregular 1/2 inch taller paperback for $2.00 more.
As current and former collectors we all have our OCD buttons, and having that one book in the series be half an inch taller than the first two just isn't fucking cool.
I'm almost thinking of pirating it until I can find it as I want it.
Those bastards.
"As they say in China, 'Arrivederci'!"
*For the creation of the Golden Deuce Award.
One of the most infuriating cases of "matching set OCD" is the Harry Potter movies. Unless you re-bought them after every movie (after I think the second), there was no way to get them all in the same packaging with roughly equivalent extras.
*--For behavior unbecoming anyone, perpetrated in real time over an extended--AH, FUCK IT! MORE MALIBU, BITCHES!!
What pisses me off even more is the price hike. $2.00 on average for an extra inch of paper, which probably doesn't make the cost any cheaper for the company.
"As they say in China, 'Arrivederci'!"
*For the creation of the Golden Deuce Award.
anarky wrote:One of the most infuriating cases of "matching set OCD" is the Harry Potter movies. Unless you re-bought them after every movie (after I think the second), there was no way to get them all in the same packaging with roughly equivalent extras.
Aye. The first two were back when Warner Brothers made their DVD cases out of cardboard. But then later films were sometimes available in different exclusive packaging, and sometimes not, which was annoying. Then the last few were only available on single-disc DVD, having to get Blu-ray to get most of the special features, essentially fucking up the whole set no matter what you did.
I got a few hours of good reading time today while waiting for car repairs. The most intriguing thing from today was the build-up to the big event that happened around the time of Anakin's birth and then the revelation that Plagueis had nothing to do with Anakin. I don't know if Sidious did, I just know that Plagueis didn't - he could only create pregnancies in lesser life forms, and reanimate the dead Venamis, at least as far as I know right now. I also think it's extremely interesting that the Sith employed Maul to be their (somewhat) public assassin rather than a full-on Sith Lord, similar to how Sidious and Dooku later have Ventress. It's still about a year away from TPM, so seeing everything fall into place is really cool.
