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I'm planning out a watchlist for someone that didn't watch either of these shows. They watched Clone Wars, Bad Batch and recently finished Rebels and want to watch Ahsoka next.

I've watched Ahsoka but not Tales of the Empire yet. I know that half of Tales of the Empire is about Morgan Elsbeth and her backstory so I'm wondering whether watching that would enhance Ahsoka since you would go into it knowing who she is, especially if you go into Ahsoka without watching The Mandalorian.

But also, I have no idea whether that would spoil Ahsoka in any way. I suppose it would "spoil" the reveal that she's from >!Dathomir!< in Ahsoka but I feel like going into the show knowing that would make her character cooler. If you've watched both, what do you think?

One of the most common things in the SW community is people throwing around the word Disney as if there's a person called "Disney" that directs, produces, writes and develops every single project when in reality every project (sometimes every episode of a show) is directed by someone else, has producers and teams of writers, animators, effects, etc etc.

I feel like when people say things like "Disney did ____" when talking about a project it disrespects all the people that dedicated years of their lives working on a project because all of those are different people that poured all their skills and passion into making it as best as they could.

Projects under Disney include things such movies, shows, animated series, anime, video games, adult novels, junior novels, and many more. I feel like grouping everything as just "Disney Star Wars" ignores all the people that worked on those things and how all of those projects consist of different people working on them.

What do you think?

Out of all the canon books, which books would you pick to become a movie, a live action series and an animated series and why those formats specifically for those books?

I have only finished 3 books so far so my options are limited but:

Movie: Dark Disciple, I would love to see Quinlan and Asajj in live action and I feel like it could be an awesome movie

Live action series: Ahsoka, I'm not really the biggest fan of this book's story since not that much happens for me so I wouldn't want it to be a movie and not animation since we already have Tales of the Jedi covering a bit of it

Animated series: Padawan, I feel like animation would suit this one well and I bet it would be very colourful and vibrant

I'm currently doing a prequel era reading series with a focus on Obi-Wan. My plan is to do: Padawan -> Master and Apprentice -> The Phantom Menace Novel -> Attack of the Clones Novel -> Brotherhood -> Revenge of the Sith Novel -> Kenobi

I'm happy with this order but I feel like there is a Clone Wars sized gap between Brotherhood and Revenge of the Sith. I feel like to truly appreciate the Revenge of the Sith novel, I would like to first read a Clone Wars book so that Revenge of the Sith feels like the big finale.

I prefer a Clone Wars story that features Obi-Wan or Anakin in some way but I'm open for anything good that doesn't feature them. I'm currently reading Shatterpoint and have finished Dark Disciple so anything other than those two.

A few months ago, I got Shatterpoint (audiobook) because Windu is a character I'm interested in and I've heard lots of great things about this book so I decided to give it a go. First off, the narrator is awesome. He does a really good Mace and it enhances the whole experience.

The premise for this book is really interesting to me. Windu has to go to this jungle planet (which I have forgotten that was his home planet, more on this) to save his padawan who he fears has fallen to the dark side.

I enjoy the premise, seeing how Windu interacts with people and situations and especially hearing his thoughts. It adds so much to his character. But here's my problem: After 4 chapters in (which is like 3 and a half hours of listening), I ended up being completely lost on all the characters around Windu and like the smaller level stories happening. Because of this, I ended up taking a break from the book.

A while later, I picked it up again and whenever I listen to it, it feels cool learning more about Mace, his Shatterpoint ability and his general thoughts and attitude towards things but at this point I have no clue who any of the characters around him are or what his progress is. I know he's still looking for Depa but I don't remember what his current situation is.

I think a reason for this is because I'm finding that the author is really detailed with everything (which I suspect a lot of people enjoy) but for me, it makes me feel a bit lost. So I'm not sure what to do at this point, whether to push on and hope I will somehow make sense of everything as it goes or just start over. The problem with starting over is that I might end up running into the same thing again.

Has anyone had a similar experience with Shatterpoint?

I know a lot of people will say just do it in release order since that's how it was written but I enjoy experiencing how characters got to where they were first. I have already read (listened) to the Thrawn novel up to the point of when he >!joins the Imperial academy,!< but I really want to know how he ended up >!exiled!< in the first place. I feel like I will enjoy the Imperial Era Thrawn trilogy more knowing everything he went through to get to that point. I guess it's also not surprising I enjoy watching SW shows and movies in chronological order for the same reasons.

If you've read the Ascendancy trilogy first, how was it for you?

Basically The Acolyte season 2
The Acolyte ended with loose threads which we should have gotten explored in a season 2. I feel like we need a book to see those through.

Obi-Wan and Satine's relationship
Obi-Wan said he would be willing to leave the Jedi Order for Satine if she said so and those few episodes of Clone Wars were basically the only times this relationship was mentioned as far as I'm aware which is crazy. I feel like this needs to be a book.

Ezra and Thrawn after landing in Peridea (Ezra POV)
We don't really know how Thrawn and Ezra dealt with things right after landing there and whether or not Thrawn tried going after Ezra during that time. This book could show us a bit more of that setting. Since we already have 6 canon Thrawn books, I would like this one to be showing Ezra's POV to find out how he saw everything that happened up to that point.

Ahsoka during the OT
We still have no clue what Ahsoka was up to during the OT and because she's a major character who simply didn't show up in an important time period I feel like it we need an explanation. My headcanon is that she spent those years looking for Thrawn in the Unknown Regions.

Boba Fett after BOBF
Boba Fett became a Daimyo in Tatooine and then we simply never heard of him since for some reason. I would like us to know what happened next and what he's been up to.

I only started getting into SW books a few months ago and this is my experience with it:

Dark Disciple - 9/10 (Finished)
This was my first ever SW book and genuinely the first book I've ever finished in my life. I absolutely loved it. The Prequel Era is probably my favourite so following characters such as Quinlan Vos and Asajj Ventress was awesome and I really enjoyed the dynamic between them.

Shatterpoint - 6/10 (Did not finish)
After Dark Disciple, I ended up getting Shatterpoint since Mace Windu is a character that interests me. Unfortunately, I just could not get myself to finish it, even though I've heard how good this book is. The premise was interesting to me but I felt like there was just too much action and I ended up leaving it.

Heir to the Empire - Couldn't get into
I think everyone knows how well received this book is so I wanted to give Legends another go by reading what's considered by many to be one of the greatest legends books. Sadly, as a big fan of Rebels and the Ahsoka series, I just could not get myself to ignore everything that happened there and because of that I just couldn't get into this book. I'm sure it's amazing but I find Legends books easier to get into when they don't conflict in a major way with Canon.

Ahsoka - 6/10 (Did not finish)
Ahsoka is one of my favourite characters, so I figured it would be a safe bet to read this novel but I expected there to be a stronger story here. I read through most of it but for half of that time I was waiting for her to get her lightsabers and Tales of the Jedi already scratched the itch of what Ahsoka was up to at this point for me.

A New Dawn - 4/10 (Did not finish)
As a huge Rebels fan, I got this book purely because of Kanan and Hera so I was left disappointed when it felt like half the book (that i've read at that point) were about other characters that I just didn't really want to spend time with. If this book was only about the Rebels, I'm sure I would have loved it.

Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void - 5/10 (Did not finish)
Because of my earlier experience with Heir to the Empire, I figured that Dawn of the Jedi would have no problems conflicting with canon considering it's set 25,000 years in the past. I read through most of this book but it just didn't leave a strong impression on me. I'm not a fan of flashbacks in stories and this book had plenty of them, it felt like every other chapter was a flashback. I was curious about how the story would resolve but not super excited about it so the flashbacks just made it feel a bit of a slog for me.

Up Next
I already own The Old Republic: Revan, The Old Republic: Deceived and Padawan. I really enjoyed KOTOR and have been playing KOTOR II so I feel like there's a good chance I might at least like the Old Republic ones somewhat. I love the prequel era and Obi-Wan so Padawan feels like a safer bet but beyond these two I'm not sure what to try.

The High Republic interests me but considering there are so many books to go through it feels intimidating and I'm not sure if I'll even like it since I don't know what to expect from the era itself.

Dark Disciple was my first SW book and as of yet the only book I've loved and finished and I'm wondering if any of the books will resonate with me in the same way. If I can't finish or like any of the books I already own then I'm afraid SW books just aren't for me.

I haven't really read many SW books yet but in the movies and shows you rarely see blood since a lot of the main characters use lightsabers which would cauterise wounds and considering the main character of this book is using a normal sword it would make sense that there would be blood but I just didn't expect how much of it to be here.

I'm listening to the audiobook and I think I've heard the word "blood" used at least 3 times so far which might not seem like a lot but that's 3 times more than like almost all of SW media I've interacted with.

Is this an EU thing or something specific to this book?

I got into audiobooks because there are a lot of books out there that I'm interested in but I'm not someone that can really sit down and read through a whole book so I figured that audiobooks would be a lot easier to get through and they are, but not as much as I would like!

I've tried multiple audiobooks now and it's always the same: The first few chapters are easy to follow but then I end up getting zoned out more frequently and lose details because of that. Down the line things happen in the story and I'm like "wait, who's this character again?" or "what are they doing here in the first place?" and it makes it more tricky to follow.

It might sound like the books I'm reading are just things I'm not interested in but I am. I'm very curious about what happens next in the story and how it all resolves but getting there is the issue.

Any tips or suggestions on how one could tackle this?