TheStar Wars Expanded Universeis about to change drastically.
Theyre only stories, after all.
This game does more than pick up the story where it left off.
Less hokey religion, and way more adventurer.
The Thrawn Trilogy
Mike:Its all about context.
There was a time where there was no such thing as aStar Wars Expanded Universe.
We got that with the first book of Timothy Zahns Thrawn Trilogy,Heir to the Empire.
The stakes in this book are high both the Republic and Lukes innocence and hope are on the line.
Luke struggles to find what it means to be a Jedi in a world where none are left.
At the same time,Shadows of Mindoris also a gentle joke at the Expanded Universes expense.
Stover also pokes fun at long-established EU plot points like Luke marrying a redhead.
The villain is Lord Shadowspawn, but the campy name is played with and embraced and played with again.
Stover created a perfect balance of tongue-in-cheek commentary about the EU and serious, moving space opera story.
Years later, theTalesbooks fleshed out some of these characters and gave them three-dimensional personalities.
), and/or the awesomeX-Wingseries created by Michael A. Stackpole.
The series arrived duringThe Phantom Menacecraze, and silently rocked the New Republic and Luke Skywalkers Jedi.
Were not talk old Sith trickery.
Meet the Yuuzhan Vong, a race of warriors out to conquer anything in their path.
This was a bold new direction for the series.
What are your favoriteStar Wars Expanded Universemoments?
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