I should have listened to my inner voice on this one. I couldn’t recall much of The Crystal Star as I hadn’t read it since it came out in 1994, but I remembered I didn’t care for it a lot. And that’s weird, because generally I like Vonda N. McIntyre’s work. She wrote the novelizations…
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Star Wars: Champions of the Force (1994) – Kevin J. Anderson
This week, I finish off Anderson’s Jedi Academy Trilogy, which I haven’t read since it came out, thirty years ago!! WOW! And yet I remember picking it up on the day of release, I remember throwing on some John Williams, and diving into the story to see how the author wrapped up his tale. Luke…
Star Wars: Dark Apprentice (1994) – Kevin J. Anderson
It’s amazing how time gets by from you. I last read a Star Wars book in May 2021, and I read the first installment of Kevin J. Anderson’s Jedi Academy Trilogy in March of 2021. It’s now the end of 2024! But diving into the next Star Wars novel in publication order, Dark Apprentice, the…
Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994) – Dave Wolverton
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Set four years after the events of The Return of the Jedi, this story just never sat well with me. I picked up a lot of the original Expanded Universe novels as they came out, and I can remember bits and pieces of them, and…
Star Wars: The Last Command (1993) – Timothy Zahn
Five years after the events of The Return of the Jedi, the battle against the Empire continues, as the blossoming New Republic gears up for a final encounter with Grand Admiral Thrawn in the third volume of Timothy Zahn’s trilogy that truly launched the original Star Wars Expanded Universe. While Thrawn plans to cripple the…
Star Wars: Mission From Mount Yoda (1993) – Paul Davids and Hollace Davids
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… The original Expanded Universe ventured into the realm of young reader stories with a six volume series following Ken, known as a jedi prince, though to date, he hasn’t shown any real knowledge of the Force. In this tale, another environmentally themed story, Han Solo,…
Star Wars: The Lost City of the Jedi (1992) – Paul Davids and Hollace Davids
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… The young adult adventure series, set shortly after the event of The Return of the Jedi continues with The Lost City of the Jedi. Like the first story in the series, there’s a bit of an environmental theme at work, even as Trioculus seeks the…
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (1991) – Timothy Zahn
1991 saw something incredible happen, for the first time since 1983, we were given a new Star Wars story, the beginning of a new trilogy, with the characters we knew and loved. This was an absolute stunning idea, that there could be more adventures. It shouldn’t have been, Star Trek had books for decades. Author…
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Donald F. Glut
After Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, we were treated to two more novels, Han Solo at Star’s End, and Han Solo’s Revenge both written by Brian Daley. Both novels debuted in 1979, and I read them last year on vacation. And my sister I both owned one, I had Star’s End, she had Revenge. But…
Star Wars: From The Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1976) – George Lucas
I’d figure I would give the crew of the Enterprise a bit of a break, and dig into the Expanded Universe of the Star Wars stories, or as they are now known, Star Wars: Legends. Ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster, the adaptation of Star Wars came out in paperback in 1976, while the production was…
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