TheBentOne Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Just for fun. What was the first star wars novel you ever read? I'll start, the Heir to the empire trilogy was my first and I have never looked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilikaa Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 (edited) X-wing: Rogue Squadron. Since then I have read nearly every novel out there including (shudder) The Crystal Star. Edited May 17, 2012 by Kilikaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeC Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 X-wing: Rogue Squadron. Since then I have read nearly every novel out there including (shudder) The Crystal Star. X wing:Rogue Squadron as well. I liked rogue group in tESB and was hoping that it was about that rogue squadron but then discovered it was about the new rogue squadron after the movies and had great fun reading the next few novels in the series but never got around to reading them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmthethird Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 madalorian armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GymQuirk Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Star Wars by George Lucas^W^WAlan Dean Foster. If you mean original novel rather than movie novelization, then Splinter of the Mind's Eye. Gym "I suspect there's a generational issue here..." Quirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitRoakr Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Mine was Shadows of the Empire! It was awesome and I have been reading them ever since! I have read over 110, so I still have a long way to go. I think that is little over half the books. Timothy Zhan and Karen Traviss are my favorites! Zhan is a nuance genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Zone Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 If we aren't counting movie novelizations... Unfortunately, "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" was my first. Now, the first one I liked and didn't fall asleep reading was "Heir to the Empire". Zahn KNOWS how to tell a story and keep people interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurbere Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Mine was the Jedi Academy series(or whatever it's called. the one with Luke starting the Jedi Order back up). Then I read the Thrawn trilogy(going backwards I know.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaltHammerzeit Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I think my first was an ESB comic that my cousins used to have. After that it was the Jedi Prince kids books, but the first of the 'adult' SW books I read was Heir To The Empire. It was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediaidertwo Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 NEW JEDI ORDER! Followed by LEGACY OF THE FORCE! In total I can't remember how many SW books iv'e read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utio Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Return of the jedi. I still have it, but it's a bit battered now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambunctious Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Splinter in the Mind's Eye was my first, back in the day. I did read the Thrawn Trilogy many years later, but those are all I've read, or wanted to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vian Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I don't talk about my first one, but then, I was only 9 when I wrote it ... Oh, you mean read? That'd be the novelisation of the film. I got it through the scholastic book club, without my parents knowing. (they were concerned about the effect of Science Fiction on my faith. Heh.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldVengeance Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I think it might have been Shadows of the Empire. At least that was the first one I remember that I read all the way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirorx Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Either shadows of the empire, would have been after N64 game or Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarloves Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Tales of the Bounty Hunter. I got it because I like Boba Fett. No really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topspyn Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 "Vector Prime". I got the first 3 books of The New Jedi Order with a giftcard from my birthday because I liked the Star Wars movies. And I really liked them... I read all of The New Jedi Order and Legacy Of The Force, and am now reading Fate Of The Jedi. I've seen many people voicing very poor opinions of all these series, but I think they're great. They show how the lives of familiar characters have progressed, so there's an instant draw (though this isn't necessary... I'm also reading the Darth Bane stuff). I also think the storyline of NJO, and particularly the one that starts in Star By Star and continues into LotF and beyond, is pretty epic. I like epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthRobert Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 (edited) Han Solo at Star's End by Brian Daley. I may be romanticising it, but I remember it with some fondness. It was a long time ago. Edited May 18, 2012 by DarthRobert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaceWislu Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 My first Star Wars novel that I read was the Star Wars by George Lucas published and released before the first movie came out in 1977? It had the original version of the Anakin vs. Obi-wan fight where Anakin falls into a pool of Lava. After the movie came out the book was re-released without that part in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeC Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 (edited) Does anyone remember the junior jedi knight novels? I read a couple of them for book reports back when I was in the 5th grade (back in '96). They were fun to read (the adventures of young anakin solo and his friend tahiri) back then but I doubt they would have stood up to the test of time. I do remember that I never read the first book in the series but started with 2 and read 3 but never finished the series (5 books). Reading Anakin using his force abilities to crush/stop a heart was cool. I cant rightly remember if I read X Wing Rogue squadron first or these novels. Edited May 18, 2012 by LeeC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mearls Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Splinter of the Mind's Eye I don't remember much about it, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBBP Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Just for fun. What was the first star wars novel you ever read? I'll start, the Heir to the empire trilogy was my first and I have never looked back. Heir to the Empire. I was in high school when it came out and back then the last bit of Star Wars we had was Return of the Jedi. It was like reading a new Star Wars movie. It was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenjdoug Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Star Wars The mandalorian Armor, it wasn't bad, read all three books at the time. Later I would read stuff by Timothy Zahn and be reminded why I love star wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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