Apparently, it's considered a pretty terrible book, as far as the Star Wars EU is concerned.  But I've read a fair bit of the Star Wars EU, and frankly, the bar really isn't set very high.  At all.  And by that I mean that, as far as I'm concerned, about 90% of the Star Wars EU is quite frankly atrocious.  While The Crystal Star is most definitely ( Read more... )

Finished reading a book today.  It was a Star Wars EU book, called Wild Space, by Karen Miller, that ties in with the Clone Wars television series.  It...wasn't terrible.  Certainly not as god-awful as the Legacy of the Force series that disappointed me so deeply back in 2008.  If anything, Wild Space reads like an okay piece of hurt/comfort ( Read more... )

Everybody remembers the first Star Wars movie, right?  Remember that line of Han Solo's about how the Millennium Falcon made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs?  Everybody always picks on that line, because as every proper geek knows, a parsec is a unit of distance, not time, so "it doesn't make any sense," they insist.

I beg to differ, for two possible ( Read more... )

Neither of these seem terribly original to me, but the ideas amused me nonetheless:

1. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul are recruited by the White Guardian to fetch the 18 pieces of the Key to Space.  (If he's got one for time, it just figures he'd have one for space, y'know?)  
2. Jar Jar Binks is the Chosen One of the Jedi and falls to the Dark Side.  ( Read more... )

Remember back in May when I blogged about the Legacy of the Force novels and how much they sucked?  Well, I just found out that the first book of a sequel series called Fate of the Jedi was published last week.  And guess what?  Just like Legacy, it's going to be another 9-volume collaborative effort between three authors.  Two of those authors are ( Read more... )

From looking at my journal entries, you wouldn't be able to tell that 90% of my free time is spent writing fic.  Seriously.  It's practically my default setting: "Hmm, I'm bored.  I know!  I'll write a few scenes."  It always has been, since even before I knew how to write.  I'd dictate stuff to my parents and then draw the illustrations.  The ( Read more... )

Before I forget, I just want to tell about this awesomely vivid Star Wars dream I had last night ( Read more... )

Anakin Skywalker has an apprentice!  First of all, why have I never heard this before, and secondly (and to me, most importantly), WHY IN HELL WOULD THE COUNCIL TRUST ANAKIN WITH A PADAWAN?  Just because the guy's got cosmic powers and kicks butt doesn't change the fact that he's immature, secretive, selfish, stubborn and impatient.   Not the kind ( Read more... )

A few months ago, I started collecting and reading the Legacy of the Force, a 9-book series written variously by three authors, and starring the now all-growed-up Solo Twins.  I started reading it because I had heard people say that it was a good story.  Well, those people lied.  And as much as I'd like to become Ranty McRanty-pants about why, I ( Read more... )

I accidentally broke the glass turntable plate in my roommate's microwave oven.  It is replaceable, but to order it and have it delivered on time before we both have to move out, it will cost over $40.  To replace the entire microwave (a la Walmart) would cost about $60.  I have looked on ebay and Amazon for a cheaper plate, but of course the ( Read more... )