Star Wars: Jaina Solo

[chavalah]

Title: Jaina Solo: Sword of the Jedi
Author: chavalah
Spoilers: Original trilogy, Attack of the Clones (and probable Revenge of the Sith spoilers) as well as "The Crystal Star" by Vonda McIntyre, and the Young Jedi Knight and New Jedi Order series'
Notes: Jaina Solo is a novel/comics character born of the Star Wars franchise. Expanded Universe means

Comments

[aliaspiral]

I LOVE Jaina Solo. I own, and still reread, the YJK novels. I was too old for them when they were first released, but i so loved Jaina. And Zekk.

And i still will not admit that they are on bad terms. in my own head, they are quite happy together. or at least angsty about each other. whichever!

any particular fic recs? *hopeful* ive been in the fandom for a while, but still, you might have recs i havent read before...

thanks for this!

[chavalah]

Hee- I was too old for them too, but it didn't stop me! ;)

I tend to be hard on any character who bashes Jaina- as if she needs me to be defensive in her name! I imagine there could still be hope for Jaina and Zekk; people change in time!

I don't actually read much Star Wars fanfiction but it seems like the Jaina/Zekk fanlisting has an interesting collection- if you haven't gotten to them yet. :D Thanks for reading!

[bluerosefairy]

This was such a wonderful essay, because it only served to remind me why I fell completely in love with the character all those years ago. Because right from her first appearance in "The Crystal Star", I identified with Jaina. I've got a bit of a tomboyish nature, and a serious dark side. I'm a Daddy's girl through and through, and would totally have wanted to fix a TIE fighter to see if it'd fly. Though I hope I'd have had the sense to keep Zekk and/or Kyp instead of stupid Jag. Yeah, not a Jag fan. And though I didn't like the constant angst-fest that was NJO, I adored "Dark Journey" simply for delving into this amazing character.

Loved the essay, chavalah, and thanks a bunch for the links!

[chavalah]

You're welcome for the links, and thank you for the praise! I completely empahize with your identification with Jaina (heh, I suppose you can tell by now.)

I hope the upcoming books are more to your taste than NJO! I liked them myself, but "Dark Journey" was undoubtedly my favorite for the very reason of Jaina-delving. ;)

[randomalia]

I'm not very familiar with the new republic EU, but this is a fabulous essay. Well written and interesting, and I'm curious to read more about these characters - Jaina in particular! Well done. :)

[chavalah]

Wow, that is quite the compliment! :D I'm glad my essay could help prod you in that direction. I hope you enjoy what you find!