So much talk about the prequels and now the current sequel trilogy ... but I can't help but really feel that Timothy Zahn in actuality created the best follow up to the actual Star Wars original trilogy with these three books, first published in 1991. Anyone else agree?
And I'm not even a big EU lover or anything like that. They just captured the spirit of Star Wars perfectly, and introduced good new characters without relying on the "but he's a Skywalker" crutch. Mara Jade, Thrawn, Pellalon, the warped Jedi master C'boath, Talon Kardde are all interesting new characters. Coruscant is also first mentioned and described by Timothy Zahn in this trilogy, not the prequels.
They by far to me feel the most like the quality of the OT and Empire in particular, the characters all feel like natural extensions of themselves and Timothy Zahn does a great job of creating the political intrigue and fleshing out the world of the Republic and Fallen Empire in ways the prequels/sequels really have generally failed to do (at least thus far for the sequels). The conflict here between a newborn Republic struggling to keep things together and Empire that's rebuilding in a cunning ways creates a dynamic IMO far better than the prequels (which were bogged down by trade disputes and stuff the audience doesn't care about) and the sequels which basically just reset everything to the OT.
I can't help but feel like Timothy Zahn does what Lucas/Abrams/Johnson etc. all couldn't quite deliver.
And I'm not even a big EU lover or anything like that. They just captured the spirit of Star Wars perfectly, and introduced good new characters without relying on the "but he's a Skywalker" crutch. Mara Jade, Thrawn, Pellalon, the warped Jedi master C'boath, Talon Kardde are all interesting new characters. Coruscant is also first mentioned and described by Timothy Zahn in this trilogy, not the prequels.
They by far to me feel the most like the quality of the OT and Empire in particular, the characters all feel like natural extensions of themselves and Timothy Zahn does a great job of creating the political intrigue and fleshing out the world of the Republic and Fallen Empire in ways the prequels/sequels really have generally failed to do (at least thus far for the sequels). The conflict here between a newborn Republic struggling to keep things together and Empire that's rebuilding in a cunning ways creates a dynamic IMO far better than the prequels (which were bogged down by trade disputes and stuff the audience doesn't care about) and the sequels which basically just reset everything to the OT.
I can't help but feel like Timothy Zahn does what Lucas/Abrams/Johnson etc. all couldn't quite deliver.
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