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PaperclipPerfector  13d ago (text post)   2946 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 16, 2025

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The novelization of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith recommended in last week's fun thread lol. I'm enjoying it. Anakin does want the prestige of being on the Jedi Council, but he's genuinely pissed that he is not granted the rank of Master, which he desperately wants because that would give him restricted library access that he thinks could help him figure out his premonitions.

I'll probably read Storm of Steel later this week, unless I need levity, in which case I'll re-read the fanfic Seventh Horcrux by EmeraldAshes, in which Harry Potter has all the memories, power, paranoia, bigotry, arrogance and other personality of Voldemort but it's very much a comedy.

The novelization of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith recommended in last week's fun thread lol. I'm enjoying it. Anakin does want the prestige of being on the Jedi Council, but he's genuinely pissed that he is not granted the rank of Master, which he desperately wants because that would give him restricted library access that he thinks could help him figure out his premonitions.

This sounds kinda cool. I'm gonna try reading it too. I've had a bit of a craving for some Star Wars material in the last few weeks, and the games seem a bit crappy (Jedi Survivor, SW Outlaws). Maybe a novel will hit the spot.

I once read the Darth Plagueis novel. It was surprisingly good.

As I noted when I recommended the novelization in the other thread, I'd very much suggest picking up the whole Dark Lord trilogy, not just ROTS. There's more exploration of the political friction between Palpatine and the Jedi Council, the ground front of the attack on Coruscant gets a proper setpiece, Anakin and Obi-Wan get some quality adventuring time, the cat-and-mouse of the Jedi coming this close to discovering Darth Sidious, I could go on and on and on. And that's just sticking to Labyrinth of Evil! Seriously consider the whole set.

Will take a look!

Have you read the OG novels by Timothy Zahn (Heir To The Empire etc)? They hold up really well imo.

I read part of the Thrawn trilogy. The main character was a blue skinned Chiss. I liked Plagueis more though.

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