Thanks for watching. The Bane series is really good. I naturally don’t like darker stories, but it is really good. You’ll have to let me know what you think of the X-Wing books.

Bane is badass

Darth Karpshyn

Best star wars books and it isn’t close. The first book is so good and my only complaint is that the first book could be made into a whole trilogy.

I just read Path of Destruction, and it’s gone straight up to my number 1 book so far. Can’t wait to complete the trilogy

Thank you for watching!

Totally understandable. There are bits and pieces from every era and every series that I like more than others, I’m just happy to have more books!

NJO has so much to offer that I don't blame you.

All are great books. You’re definitely going through the Greatest hits right now. Thank you for watching the channel!

Njo certainly has some darkness throughout but some is still certainly lighthearted don’t give up on the series too soon

The xwing books might be far from my favorite but i love ysanne isard

@@clonetrooper2003 I really love the diverse cast of characters , great usage of new characters to where it’s not reliant on Legacy characters. I still haven’t read the Jedi academy trilogy or new Jedi order but I want to get to them so bad. What would you say are some of your favorites

@@PepsiPepe my favorites would have to be the medstar duology and thrawn trilogy

@Pepe But then again, i too need to read jedi academy and njo

I like the series, but it’s not a favorite. Every book was pretty good, but none of the books ever reached amazing.

I know you didn’t ask but my issue with LOTF was kind of opposite to yours, it seemed more like 3 separate trilogies from 3 separate authors all thrown together out of order. Nothing wrong with each author showing off their favorite characters but I found it excessive here, especially with Travis’s work. It's frustrating though because this could have been something very special with a few more books - or at least a time jump to make the villain more credible … but it still has some of my favorite scenes from all of Star Wars.

I personally cant wait to read thrawn trilogy and replay kotor ii with rcm

Since I’ve gotten a lot of requests for it, I’ll have a Darth Bane trilogy video sometime next month! Stay tuned!

Boy that would be a long video. 😂 I own somewhere between 500 and 600 right now. Maybe when ice hit a mile stone I’ll do that.

@@jonathankoan a series, break it down into multiple videos

@@tyleryates8508 that’s a good idea. I might do that for different genres and series. I’ll start working on that for 2022.

@@jonathankoan cool

@@jonathankoan Instead of every novel, a cool video would be every Star Wars book. Or something along the lines of that

That’s certainly something I can do in the future, I just have not learned how to put in time stamps yet.

I stopped myself right before I said it. It is one of those spoilers that's really prominent in the EU, but if you don't know its a really interesting reveal. I hope you enjoy it!

They’re all so close together, and there are elements I love from each of them. If I’m being honest, “Heir to the Empire” is my favorite because it just starts an incredible journey, but “Dark Force Rising” and “The Last Command” each continue and finish the story in satisfying ways, so it’s hard to rank them like that, but “Heir to the Empire” has the slightest of edges.

I did not love the rogue squadron books. However, ysanne isard is one of my favorites

I don’t get that either The Star Wars universe is so vast that there are many amazing stories without the Jedi and Sith.

Make him read I, Jedi.

I assume we are referring to the OG EU/Legends trilogy. If so, I suggest reading the X-Wing series (1-4 for sure, maybe the rest of you love it), the Jedi Academy Trilogy, and then I, Jedi. If you enjoy all those you could probably read the Hand of Thrawn Duology. If you want some standalones or books earlier in the timeline, Kenobi and Darth Plagueis are great! If you want a good Darth Vader read I’d suggest “Dark Lord: the Rise of Darth Vader”. If you mean the Canon Thrawn trilogy, you can jump pretty much anywhere that is either a standalone or start of a series. I’d avoid The High Republic until you’ve got more of the canon under your belt, but just about all the other standalones and trilogies are great starting places.

@@jonathankoan Awesome! Yes, I was referring to the original Legends trilogy. Thanks. Enjoying your videos.

@@kevinbartley4720 once you are done with all HIS recommendations, mi amigo, check out NJO

Not of that series, as I haven’t entirely learned where to start, but I’ll probably read them one day, maybe when I’m finished with my current Star Trek kick.

@@jonathankoan Mr Koan, due to you, I bought in these couple of months, all novels publish in the legends series. Don't know why but I don't enjoy the synopsis in the canon, although I've got a couple of them and read them (well audiobook them). So now where to start... must search if you have an older guide to Where to start

I believe it is because she went to work for Talon Karde.

@@jonathankoan I was hoping that wasn't the reason. That'd be like choosing to be blind in order to get a good job.

To avoid Palpatine’s “YOU WILL KILL LUKE SKYWALKER”

@@SardonicJoshI actually like that theory, but correct me if I’m wrong, I’m pretty sure she hears it on myrkr too

My favorite is KOTOR II (oh wiat thats a game lol)

I think that Thrawn and Thrawn Treason and the Ascendancy trilogy have been excellent additions that really stand up there with the OG trilogy. Much different style story, but I still think worth it. And there’s been a ton of great books lately. But sometimes some of the movies and shows haven’t been as entertaining.

The original Thrawn Trilogy (Heir to the Empire trilogy) is just a part of the EU, although they are taking story elements from it into the canon. The Canon Thrawn Trilogy (Thrawn, Alliances, and Treason) and the Ascendency Trilogy are only in the canon, and they aren’t part of the EU timeline currently. However, they both do share the character of Thrawn and the ideas behind him.

@@jonathankoan Completelly different version of Thrawn. Not the real one.

That is definitely one everyone loves, and it’s really good. But I personally don’t like it when stories go that dark. I prefer Star Wars stories to be a little more lighthearted, so the Bane trilogy isn’t as enjoyable for me. But it was certainly an excellent read. I’d definitely say it’s only a few spots away from making the top 5.

i was shocked when i didnt see the Bane trilogy

@@jonathankoan I'm puzzled, how can you prefer more lighthearted stories and yet have The New Jedi Order ranked so highly? After all, 300 trillion sentient beings die there (according to the wiki). I too usually prefer more lighthearted content so if you know of a trick to make TNJO less depressing, please share!

@@xk1390 The NJO can be dark in moments, but the writing style of most of the books didn’t dwell too much on death and darkness for me. We weren’t following the villains too much and didn’t see their perspective too much, rather than the heroes. There was a lot of destruction, and some of our favorite characters died, but for the most part I thought the authors were able to strike a balance with some humor and some great character moments. I felt that other books like the Darth Bane trilogy focuses too much on the Sith and the writing style never had humor or lightheartedness, which is why it was harder for me. But the NJO isn’t for everyone, so if you had trouble getting into it you may want to either skip it or save it for later.

Doesn’t work for me as well, way too dark for me.

I own Crystal Star, will read it eventually.

@@jonathankoan this my opinion but the cover is best cover on eu.

I think I’m the only person for whom it’s their favorite series.

@@jonathankoan - The original Zahn trilogy is phenomenal. But I just didn't think the follow-up was all that great. The stuff with the 3 people trying to fake a Thrawn return was interesting. But the section that dealt with the origins of Thrawn was really really weak.

@@jonathankoanmy 2nd favorite 👆

Eh, both the Thrawn Trilogy and the Sequels were very fun and entertaining.

@@Bottled_Water people can have their own opinions on things, but that doesn’t mean they’re factually correct.

@@Fulcrum-sf5zb I mean, there is no such thing as a "factually correct" opinion, so uh, yeah.

@@Bottled_Water the sequels were objectively bad

@@Fulcrum-sf5zb bad is literally subjective in terms of art lol

I quite enjoy aspects of them, such as the Score of Force Awakens and Last Jedi, the Fun nature of Rise of Skywalker, and the main characters involved. I also like the tie-in material for them. But I don’t particularly like the writing of the movies. However, I can still have tons of fun rewatching them.

@@jonathankoan Haha, I remember walking out on the last two with all my friends while watching them in the premiere! They really was so terrible I've lost a lot of love for Star Wars and now only follow the Legends version.

@@simonhagstenn I still think that there is a lot of value to the canon books, and certainly they’ve picked up more recently, but I understand that the movies were a turnoff for some people. But I encourage everyone to read all aspects of tie-in fiction because the authors tend to answer and fix a lot of problems and also tell great stories.

@@timesup5105 on the channel, I have discussed how the weakest element of the Canon literature has been the characterization of Luke. It is still something that hasn’t worked well. That being said, there are many elements of the books that have been successful, such as Bloodline and Leia Princess of Alderaan, which really were excellent dives into the character of Leia, and while the novel Last Shot was not a favorite of mine, it added a lot of great characterization to Han. Phasma was a character who didn’t get much screen time, but the novel Phasma was endlessly entertaining, and really changed my perspective of the character, especially in light of the deleted alternate scene for her death in Last Jedi. I’ll grant the sequel trilogy is the weakest trilogy in Star Wars, and I’ll grant it has its problems, but I did have lots of fun with it. And since this is a media tie-in channel and I love media tie-in fiction, I’m always trying to encourage people to read the books that connect to projects, because they almost always enhance your view of the project.

I believe it wasn’t all of the writers, it was only some of them, and I was under the impression that there was an agreement made between Disney and Alan Dean Foster and the SFWA back in 2021, so I thought it was resolved.