The New Jedi Order Which to Read

1. Hi,
   And then I want to read the New Jedi Order series of novels (all 19, I'chiliad in it for the long haul folks), but later on listening to the opening chapters of the Vector Prime audio-volume, at that place are already established characters from other Eu stories (like Mara Jade and the children of Han and Leia). And so what are the best books to read before the New Jedi order series.

   I'k going to approximate the Thrawn trilogy is a good starting identify.

2. The Thrawn Trilogy is a perfect starting place. A not bad catastrophe identify is the Hand of Thrawn Duology, the final major series earlier the NJO starts. That'due south all y'all need to know most of the players and status quo for the galaxy. In betwixt, though, I would recommend the X-wing books, followed by I, Jedi. They will introduce you to several more supporting characters who play a prominent office in the NJO, and are some of the European union's very all-time books. If you lot're interested in reading even more books than that, I can permit you know of a few more than that would be useful, simply those will give you lot everything you absolutely need to know in a nutshell, and they're fantastic reads besides.

3. That'south nifty, thanks. What more books could you lot recommend?

   Havac

4. The Jedi Academy Trilogy is poorly written, only contains some very important events and introduces many pregnant characters. The only reason I left it off the beginning list is that I, Jedi covers much of the same events from a dissimilar perspective. If you want to know more near the Solo kids, at that place are young adult series that cover them, prepare correct before the NJO. Young Jedi Knoghts for the twins, and Junior Jedi Knights for Anakin. They're non brilliant reads and there are a lot of them, then they're not a starting recommendation, but if yous desire the kids that's where y'all get. The Corellian Trilogy is a set of developed novels that feature the kids pretty strongly and also introduce characters and settings used in the NJO. The Courting of Princess Leia also introduces elements that would go along to exist used.

   Additionally, I woukd recommend Rogue Planet, a prequel-era book that turns out to exist very significant to the NJO.

5. Jump straight into NJO.

   Don't fear that there are characters you haven't met and take had prior adventures, they accept minimal effect on the story.

   If anything, I doubtable NJO would have worked better for me without having read the before stuff!

6. You could also read the comic Spousal relationship, just considering that is the story of Luke and Mara really getting married.

7. Jedi Academy is still fun calorie-free reading.

   Merely you should read The Thrawn Trilogy and Hand of Thrawn more often than not.

   I wish I could go back and read TTT for the first time once again.

8. I've wanted to read the NJO for a long time at present, simply I'yard trying to read pretty much everything for that. I've yet got almost of the Ten-wing series to read, and the Blackness Fleet Trilogy and the Correllian trilogy.

   **The Callista Trilogy is virtually a usless read, except a really absurd scene with Dorsk 81 in Darksaber.

9. So, starting the NJO serial soon? Good luck. It'due south ane heck of a ride. One of the best series' in SW imo. It's an emotional gauntlet though. Emotionally draining but the catastrophe is very satisfying imo.

   The Callista trilogy volition come up in handy for the FOTJ series at least.

   The Corellian trilogy deserves a look through. Characters and stuff that appear in the NJO series get their outset here.

10. I wanna read the whole Bantam era of Star Wars so I'grand starting the Calista Trilogy now. Not actually looking forward to Planet though.

    The Calista, Black Fleet, and Bounty Hunter trilogies plus Crystal Star are all I have left from that era

11. Planet of Twilight has its good points - mostly involving Leia though. She has her own "Nighttime Side cave" type of feel - and unlike Luke, she doesn't lash out. She passes the test Luke failed in TESB - though it'due south handled a footling differently - not a "Vader coming at her" examination.

    And and then in that location'south the lightsaber duel.

    Crystal Star also has a pretty interesting Leia, and gives us a first real await at the personalities of her children (whereas in Jedi Academy Trilogy there isn't as much difference between Jacen and Jaina).

    And Black Fleet Crisis has an interesting political story, as well as a fun Lando subplot - (we don't oft get to see Lando and Lobot interact the way nosotros do here) and for once Chewie gets the spotlight (in the third book).

    Compensation Hunter Wars is OK - if you lot like Boba and Dengar, at least. Xizor'due south also got a prominent role.

12. Well I but read Children of the Jedi in one sitting...

    Was a combination of boring and strangely enthralling

13. Just considering you lot go along lather in the pantry doesn't brand information technology food.

16. Reading Darksaber at present.

    Essentially the unabridged Imperial chain of command:

    Palpatine = Ronald Reagan
    Admiral Thrawn = GWB
    Bickering warlords = Every GOP 2016 candidate
    Daala = Donald Trump

17. Children of the Jedi fascinates me. It's got some great character work, some very good ideas (a conspiracy surrounded Palpatine's supposed son, the bizarre dream globe that is the Heart of Palpatine, the absurd environment of Belsavis), but the ideas aren't executed in a very gripping manner, and the languid, dreamlike way Hambly writes her stories allows for very interesting character moments but robs the story of any momentum and makes them feel just terminally boring. There are smashing details, fascinating bits to unpack, but the experience of reading the book is simply a slog because the moments don't add together up to a compelling story. It'southward close to being a Rogue Planet-style otherworldly character-study masterpiece, only information technology falls curt because Hambly can't bridge that gap of making her ideas add up to an engrossing story.

18. THIS. BOTH OF THESE.

    I just finished doing a re-read (for the first fourth dimension since it came out when I was a child) of this too. And this is... a cracking summation of my feel with this book. There were moments where I was like, "I'm loving this prose. Ooh, that's an interesting thought. I like how this grapheme is written.", followed by pages and pages of...
    

    I too am trying to become through and finish off the Bantams before doing a first time NJO read. I read like 70% of the Bantams when they first came out, but missed the final lap (Ten-Wing books and Hand of Thrawn) on first become, so I needed a refresh. I'grand up to Darksaber now chronologically, with the exception of the Rogue Squadron books, which I've chosen to read along with the Rogue Podron podcast, because it'south fun.

19. 
    I hadn't heard of this podcast and I've never read a book forth with something like this. Peradventure it's time to revisit this series ...

20. Mid-way through the Bantam Era, I'chiliad half way into The Crystal Star.

    On one hand I think we are getting some of the worst SWEU (Children of the Jedi, Planet of Twilight, The Crystal Star). But! On the other hand, I think it's incredibly interesting because of the fact that these are some of the very starting time EU novels written. This was before the Eu was actually established and the Prequels showed how the Jedi Order operated. And then this actually helped Luke'due south search for the old ways. His ideas were similar simply quite far from the verbal ideas the Jedi Order had. I retrieve while reading information technology, because the authors didn't know these things either, Luke's search is really quite practiced.

21. That sounds similar a podcast I need to check out!

22. 
    I wince when I recall back to reading Planet of Twilight ... just I similar your positive spin! It'd be even more fascinating to read those novels after the prequels and TCW have crystallized our epitome of the Jedi Order.

23. Finished my digital copy of Planet of Twilight.

    Wow... again, bang-up ideas marred by only sheer boredom. Especially coming off of Darksaber, if KJA lacks in prose he really can write a snappy scene and make an overall entertaining book.

    Everything about Nom Chorios is groovy in concept, and I loved the more than bizarre Nighttime Tower/Mid World experience of it, just... I literally had no idea what was going on in the Droid and Han subplots because I couldn't keep my focus for more than so a few seconds.

    Probably the worst SW novel I've read so far... still has its entertaining values. Anyhow, onto Crystal Star

24. Hahaha I couldn't agree more than. Planet of Twilight actually makes yous appreciate Darksaber. I only finished The Crystal Star. I call back all around it was improve than POT, only I'm interested to run across what you retrieve.

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