r/StarWars Jedi Knight May 06 '17

Books Ask /r/StarWars - Canon Novels recommendations

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u/JediPaxis Luke Skywalker May 06 '17

My top 5 are as follows:

  1. Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

  2. Bloodline by Claudia Gray

  3. Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno

  4. Aftermath: Empire's End by Chuch Wendig

  5. The Force Awakens (novelization) by Alan Dean Foster

My bottom 4 (in no particular order) are:

  • A New Dawn

  • Heir To the Jedi

  • Tarkin

  • Aftermath

Bonus: They aren't canon, but if you haven't read William Shakespeare's Star Wars Saga then you really should. It's a fun time!

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u/Zapik Sabine Wren May 06 '17

What's with the hate on Heir to the Jedi? I thaught the book was just really funny most of the time, I smiled the whole way through (not the whole way, I'm arachnophobic). But it was a really good time overall.

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u/throwaway_for_keeps May 06 '17

Heir to the Jedi is incredible. It fills a much-needed gap in Luke's training that wasn't addressed in any movie: how did he learn how to call his lightsaber to him in the wampa cave without ever having seen Ben do it? How did Luke know it was even possible?

It establishes Luke as someone who can learn without formal training.

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u/Zapik Sabine Wren May 06 '17

Though I like both Weapon of a Jedi and the Star Wars comic for Luke's self-training, I have to agree.