There is one thing that Star Wars fans can agree on when it comes to Legends. That being that Legends General Grievous is an absolute beast and his entrance is more akin to a horror movie monster than an actual villain. More like a force of nature than a foe that could be beaten. Plus, his origin actual makes his actions and hatred of Jedi understandable.
My favourites are: Darth Plagueis Bane's trilogy New Jedi Order Darth Vader's trilogy (Labyrinth of Evil, ROTS novel and Dark Lord: Rise of Darth Vader) Vision of the Future.
If you're looking for comics, the Knights of the Old Republic following the padawan massacre and Zayne Carrick is a fantastic run. I think I go and give a few of these a read (already read the Thrawn trilogy) after I complete Wheel of Time in the next few weeks (almost done with Towers of Midnight, and A Memory of Light remaining).
The Thrawn Trilogy is one of my absolute favorite trilogy of books ever. Since it introduced Mara Jade who is my favorite legend’s character in the first book Heir to the Empire I have a real soft spot for it. Some other great legend reads are Rouge Planet, the Prequel Trilogy novelizations (Ep. III by far the best), Darth Plagueis, Darth Maul Shadow Hunter, Cloak of Deception, Kenobi, Labyrinth of Evil, and Dark Lord the Rise of Vader. So far I’ve only read Master and Apprentice from the new canon which was excellent and I’m going to start on Brotherhood soon.
I love the old republic era, im happy bioware still able to create new content for their swtor games ^^ Also like that in legends the empire was still around for decades before coming to terms with the new republic and had their own official territory.
Man my top 5 would probably be, Revan, Master and Apprentice, Black spire outpost(a surprise to be sure but a welcome one), Shadow of the Sith and High Republic Into the Dark. Now it changes a lot this is just right now.
Thrawn is definitely a top choice, but favorite overall is probably the Yuuzhan Vong arc in spite of some of the tropes it falls back on I find the concept of an extragalactic race which refuses to bend to the rules of the Star Wars galaxy to be an amazing idea that probably should have been episodes 7-9
I haven’t started it yet cause I’m trying to buy all the books before I read them. I only need two more out of the 19 that’s in the series and I’m looking forward to it.
Awesome to see some love for the old EU/“Legends” from you man! Great picks for sure! Personally my favorite of the OG Thrawn Trilogy is Last Command for sure, since that’s when we see the fruits of his campaign and all the big arcs reach a conclusion. Especially Luke and Mara’s first meeting and the evolution of their relationship. Then after that there’s Hand of Thrawn and the New Jedi Order series which is a whole rabbit hole. For the Old Republic, my favorite piece of media from it is actually the comics starring Zayne Carrick, which is where that Revan scene comes from. Zayne’s a lot more of an underdog with a story that starts tragic but ends hopeful. Some interesting supporting characters and story. The games are all great for sure too though. Prequel era has a LOT of great stuff all around, especially with Clone Wars which actually has its own timeline Pre-TCW retocons that’s different but just as good. Another huge rabbit hole here with the 2003 animated series, Republic comics, Republic Commando stuff, then other novels like Shatterpoint, Dark Rendezvous and the big trilogy of Labyrinth of Evil, the Revenge of the Sith novelization and Dark Lord: Rise of Darth Vader. The last three especially are a must with how they call back to all the OG Clone Wars stories in Legends and pay them off while leading into and telling the story of ROTS and what happens immediately after.
One of my all time fav books i read was the Han Solo Trilogy. a 3 book series compiled into one. kinda covers Solos life from childhood to the moment that he spots Old Ben in the cantina. good riveting series imo
The cannon thrawn books are my favourite books of all time, not sure about the seccond one, personally i find it a bit slow,but the first thrawn book is just top notch quality
Another good series is the Republic Commandos series (I can't really pick a favorite between all of them lol) if you have an interest in clones and their struggle to find a place in a galaxy that sees them as subhuman
I've read all of them. Own all but the last three. Technically, the first four story arcs mentioned are still canon on the grounds that they were never replaced by anything, and their stories are referenced by the current canon.
Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check out Darth Bane and Revan later on this year. My top 5 SW books are Lost Stars, Revenge of the Sith, Dark Disciple, Darth Plagueis and Ahsoka.
My 5 must reads: 1) Thrawn Trilogy & Hand of Thrawn Duology 2) Jedi Academy Trilogy 3) I, Jedi 4) Young Jedi Knights Series (specifically Lightsabers and The Shadow Academy Arc as a whole 5) The “Callista” Trilogy specifically Darksaber though I have a higher opinion of Children of the Jedi and Planet of Twilight than most…
Have you ever listened to the radio drama of the OT? Just packed with extra scenes, including a dinner with the Organa Family Obviously some things don't fit into canon but it's good it's cool
Legends took advantage of the opportunity to expand the star wars universe, and it did. Disney just threw all that lore away for their "creative freedom" but all they did was make a huge mess and now they're working to fix the mess they created which in my opinion, they'll never do. In the process, they're making even more messes like kenobi and the book of boba fett.
The original trilogy books weren't written by George Lucas. The Star Wars book was but Empire Strikes Back was written by Donald F Glut and Return of the Jedi by James Kahn (who also did the novelisation of the Goonies). I am literally looking right at them as I'm typing this
imo, Revan is a rather weak book, there are several dozen novels that are better. Scorge is the only reason why the book is not bad, but average, Revan himself is very pale.
