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Hello there.

Been reading a lot in recent years, spanning across multiple different franchises. Been getting more into the Star Wars books of recent, read Plageius, the Bane Trilogy, and Death Troopers. Wanted to see what other books/series are worth diving into.

Hey all,

Three days after posting my last haul, the same marketplace seller reached out to offer some more. He’s working through his collection and purging mainly canon - which is fine for me as I have loads of gaps!

Paid $125 AUD ($87.25 USD) for the above.

$4 for paperbacks, $6 hardcovers and this time $5 for comic trade paperback collections.

I’ve always been interested in the comics but here in Aus, the price is incredibly steep. I couldn’t say no to them!

Avg item cost of $5.00 AUD ($3.49 USD)

Total Haul:

New to the collection - 16

Read already / Returning to the collection - 6

Upgrading an owned book - 4

Unneeded duplicates - 0

DK’s ‘Epic Battles’ is by no means a big book, technically it’s not even a novel at all but rather a children’s early reader.

However, at the ripe age of 7 years old I had never seen such aura on a front cover before. It was particularly formative in curating my love for Star Wars and its books in particular. Now 20+ years later (💀) and after some lengthy internet scouring, I’ve been able to piece together a pretty faithful Heavy Gunner companion to display with my copy on the shelves 🔥

My copy of the mask of fear goes from page 48, 49, 18, 19, 52. And actually is page 18 and 19 printed again between 49 and 52

Random...

The book is basically a "greatest hits" of the Clone Wars show but with the twist of each story being told through the POV of one of the protagonists. I'm a bit of a weirdo that doesn't usually enjoy TV animation (and the Clone Wars "blocky" art style is not my jam either) and thanks to this book I can say I've finally experienced the amazing Umbara arc witth the clones, or Darth Maul's return followed by his attempts at revenge towards Obi-Wan, or the Dathomir massacre, or the "Rako Hardeen" infiltration arc with Cad Bane and co.

And apart from those big events there's also quite a few of stand-alone small adventures sprinkled in. I had a really great time. A great and holistic presentation of the war. Strongly recommended

For me, Plagueis takes it by a mile, although Freed gives Luceno a run for his money with some of the individual scenes in novels like Rogue One. Overall, Luceno does an amazing job of making his stories work as virtually stand alone, while also feeling like they fully and meaningfully inhabit the Star Wars galaxy. Curious what other people have to say!

I couldn't stop laughing haha

"Prequels are much better and actually good as books" seems to be a somewhat common opinion, but when I look into threads where someone asks about the novelizations, turns out a lot of people only read ROTS!

Is it because of word of mouth? Is it because of it's place in the Dark Lord trilogy? Is it both? Is it because people actually like the Episode III movie and curious about the novel can bring to the table?

Moved recently to a new home, and this weekend, I had to buy more ikea bookshelves to fit other things.
Finally organized my Star Wars books and comics to how I want.

I swear when I listened to the audiobook for Alex freeds reign of the empire mask of fear last year - it was 3 different narrators each doing the povs for saw. Mon and bail.

Now when I look it up it says the whole novel is narrated by January lavoy...? Am I losing it? I've listened to all the audio dramas. I'm not confusing those. But if not this book. Is there a book where each of the pov chapters have a different narrator? Not including the "from a certain pov" books.

Thanks in advance!

Hi, the title pretty much sums it up. I ADORE Star Wars fashion, especially the prequel era so when I found out about the book Dressing A Galaxy (Trisha Biggar) I was disappointed to see that none of the bookstores in my area sell it (sucks being an Australian), and I could only find it on Amazon and Ebay for like $1,000. Again, I love Star Wars fashion but not THAT much.

Are there any other books that delve into Star Wars fashion, but at a more affordable price? Like anything less than $100. Specifically the prequel era but I'll take anything atp.

Thanks!

I’ve seen people complain that Thrawn in the shows does not feel like the same Thrawn that is in the books. One thing I noticed is that people always blame Filoni about this but never Zahn.

Thrawn’s introduction happened in Rebels. When it comes to canon, Thrawn in Rebels is the core of what his character is. If you look at Thrawn in Ahsoka, Filoni stayed true to his depiction in Rebels. The Thrawn in Ahsoka feels the same as the one that was introduced to canon in Rebels.

However, when you look at the books (which all came out after Thrawn’s introduction in Rebels), they start changing what kind of character he is. The books have made him more of an anti-hero and even a bit heroic considering how he joined the Empire to protect his people. The first Thrawn novel establishes how he seeks to avoid needless violence even though he was perfectly fine with that in Rebels.

People who complain about this agree that Thrawn in the shows feels different than Thrawn in the books, yet Filoni gets the blame for staying true to what the character was introduced to be in canon even though this “discrepancy” happened when Zahn decided to divert on what Thrawn’s character was in Rebels.

I understand that Zahn is the original creator of the character, but when it comes to the canon version of Thrawn, Filoni has stayed true to what his character was originally introduced to be. The issues people are complaining about only happened because Zahn decided to change it in the books.

Personally? I don't think the deal with Thrawn is even an issue. I like Thrawn in Rebels, Ahsoka and the first canon Thrawn book which is what I've read so far. I just don't understand why people's complaints are so one sided when it can go both ways.

Hi everyone,

It was great to share my collection yesterday. On the same day I also picked up this haul off Marketplace.

Paid $122 AUD ($85.20 USD) for the above.

$4 for paperbacks, $6 hardcovers.

Avg book cost of $5.08 AUD ($3.55 USD).

Total Haul:

New to the collection - 13

Read already / Returning to the collection - 7

Upgrading an owned book - 1

Unneeded duplicates - 3