Star Wars : A New Dawn The Novel

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Gphalen

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80% done this book, this is the first novel in what Disney has decided will be cannon.

I bought Timothy Zahns Novel the night it was released stood inline etc that was classic star wars the story telling the dialogue everything about it screamed star wars.

I am reading this, and the characters are boring, the story drags, it feels nothing like a star wars story. Pretty much it could be any story from any setting.

Other than the sparingly mentioned Jedi Force Imperials Empire and Star Destroyer this is one of the worst Star Wars novels I have ever read, I own every book in what is now "Legends" series.


If this is the sensational story telling Disney plans to use going forward I can honestly say the franchise is in some major trouble!
 
Pity. This is not what I wanted to hear - but not entirely unexpected.

Guess that's what happens when you force a story into a place where there really isn't much story to tell. It's like making a "grandpa" story out of that time you walked to the grocery story.

Please feel free to elaborate further about your gripes with it. I've read some bad Star Wars books in my day, I'm curious. But at the moment, I will not be picking this one up.
 
I am about 15% in and enjoying it immensely especially after the last series of Fate of the Jedi which was awful. And ever review I have read about the book has been glowing, so sorry you didn't like it but your N=1 use case is hardly an indictment if the story group or the future of SW. Hyperbole.
 
I'm actually looking forward to reading it. I too found Fate of the Jedi hard going, with it's dumb premise, annoying characters and predictable, over long story.

Something different will be welcome! ( i'm currently reading Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi:Into The Void, and that is really pretty bad......)

Rich
 
[controversy] I always thought Timothy Zahns Novels were overrated anyway, always reusing the same characters and situations. [/controversy]
 
I read the advance copy from comic-con about a month ago. I thought it was pretty good. This is the first SW book that I have read that has zero film characters (I do not include the prologue). Felt more like SW to me than some of the more recent SW novels. It is not Kenobi or Darth Plagius, but a decent setup for Hera and Kanan.
 
I'm more optimistic now. Maybe I will pick it up.

Also, I agree with Glunark's controversy. Zahn's books are awesome but they are far from my favorite SW titles, and the almost god-like status he is given by some fans ("it's not a Star WArs book if it's not Timothy Zahn" - actual quote) seems ridiculous to me. I didn't even think his writing style was exceptionally great...solid stories though.
 
Lutso said:
I'm more optimistic now. Maybe I will pick it up.

Also, I agree with Glunark's controversy. Zahn's books are awesome but they are far from my favorite SW titles, and the almost god-like status he is given by some fans ("it's not a Star WArs book if it's not Timothy Zahn" - actual quote) seems ridiculous to me. I didn't even think his writing style was exceptionally great...solid stories though.
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Check out some if the more popular SW blogs and web sites that gave reviewed the book, they are all VERY positive. I think people who we're very married to the previous EU will likey be the biggest complainers but nothing is going to satisfy them short of reading about Solo kids and sitting around drinking cafe. ;)
 
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