Yoda: Dark Rendezvous is one of the extremely rare Star Wars licensed novels that is also a good book in its own right.
Not really germane to this thread, but
I've read probably close to twenty Star Wars novels. Most of them are very bad books. Bad, but entertaining. It's the Star Wars way. That's also just the nature of licensed IP novels. They're written on assignment on an extremely short deadline and run down a very short production schedule, very little editing. They're nearly all naked cash grabs not even trying to be art, really. So it's amazing that there are ever any that go above and beyond their remit and not only try to be good books, but actually succeed. I'd point to something like the Darth Bane trilogy as books that are actually trying to be more than just a cash grab but ultimately aren't very good.
Yo, glad to see some representation. I'm not sure I would agree that it's a good book "in its own right", but it takes the material from Episode 3 and makes it coherent which is quite the literary feat.
Also, no Karen Traviss? Her take on Star Wars was always my favorite.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous is one of the extremely rare Star Wars licensed novels that is also a good book in its own right.
Not really germane to this thread, but
I've read probably close to twenty Star Wars novels. Most of them are very bad books. Bad, but entertaining. It's the Star Wars way. That's also just the nature of licensed IP novels. They're written on assignment on an extremely short deadline and run down a very short production schedule, very little editing. They're nearly all naked cash grabs not even trying to be art, really. So it's amazing that there are ever any that go above and beyond their remit and not only try to be good books, but actually succeed. I'd point to something like the Darth Bane trilogy as books that are actually trying to be more than just a cash grab but ultimately aren't very good.
Anyway, here's my list of good Star Wars books:
Heir to the Empire
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
Shatterpoint
Revenge of the Sith novelization
Battlefront: Twilight Company
Rogue One novelization
Yo, glad to see some representation. I'm not sure I would agree that it's a good book "in its own right", but it takes the material from Episode 3 and makes it coherent which is quite the literary feat.
Also, no Karen Traviss? Her take on Star Wars was always my favorite.
Karen Traviss is a total blindspot for me. I've been meaning to read her Republic Commando books for years, but it just hasn't happened yet.