📚 [Rec's] The Essential Reader’s Companion

Probthatguy·5/12/2022 in General

I wanted to get into the Star Wars Legends world for a while now, as i only know the most common stuff.

I never before read a Legends book and I wanted to ask if you guys recommend The Essential Reader’s Companion as a good starting point to get a view on the Legends Universe.

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Star Wars Legends The Essential Reader's Companion

LordRyus·5/12/2022

This book is basically a mini-wookieepedia and has a LOT of spoilers. I wouldn't recommend this as a first entry into Legends.

It's really more suited for those who read them who want some of Pablo Hildgo's comments about behind-the-scenes details of each... and spoiler, Pablo is very controversial with his opinions. So sometimes you'll get the impression he clearly hated a popular book or character and isn't being fair. Or the subtle, George Lucas doesn't agree with this choice. So it will really sour you experiencing the Expanded Universe/Legends for yourself without others opinions.

As to where to start:

Option 1 (my personal recommendation): for Original trilogy fans/Jedi fans. Start with the Original Thrawn trilogy. It's set 5 years after Endor. Basically, The Rebel Alliance just retook Coruscant and Leia is now pregnant with Twins as Grand Admiral Thrawn prepares the Galactic Empire's counterattack.
Option 2: for Prequel fans/Sith Fans: The Darth Bane trilogy. Set 1,000 years before ep 4, aka 100 years before Yoda's birth. It's basically the Legends retcon that made the Sith go from thousands like the Jedi, to creating the Rule of Two instead.

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Swatteam123·5/12/2022

I started my legends journey in the post ROTJ era and a lot of fellow legends lovers recommended the Thrawn Trilogy as a good starting point for me. You can either read the comcis or the novels.

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I would also recommend watching this fan made series that a youtuber made based of the trilogy! It follows the Thrawn Trlogy to the letter and it's beautifully animated. It's currently a little more than halfway through the first novel but I highly recommend this trilogy because it's my preferred continuation of the post ROTJ era.

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Part One (fixed!)YouTube

Probthatguy·5/12/2022

I saw people recommend the Thrawn Trilogy as a starting point many and many times. May look into that then. Thank you both for your responses!

What do you think?