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Opinions on the Hand of Thrawn Duology?

I just finished the Hand of Thrawn duology yesterday, and I absolutely loved it. The Caamas Document Crisis is a really intriguing and unique conflict, I loved the development of Luke and Mara’s relationship, the sinister triumvirate are excellent and entertaining villains, these books have made me love Admiral Pellaeon as a character, I wasn’t interested in the Shada/Karrde plot at first but I ended up liking it a lot and I thought it had a really good resolution with Car’das. The tension throughout these books is also incredible, I was genuinely afraid for Karrde when they were going to meet Car’das, everything about the battle of Bothauwi with the saboteurs on the planet, the cloaked Imperial Star Destroyers in space, and the 200+ warships above the planet waiting to destroy each other and tear the New Republic apart, loved all of that, Luke proposing to Mara was great, and of course the treaty between the New Republic and the Empire to finish it all off. Perfect ending to this era of Star Wars, while also paving the way for the future. My only problem is how the Caamas Document is resolved, being acquired by Luke and Mara who had almost nothing to do with the conflict, but the Crisis was winding down by that point anyway.

So yeah, I am a big fan of these books, In assuming most people are aswell, but I would like to hear if there’s any differing opinions on it, I can definitely see a lot that people wouldn’t like about them

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u/Wasteland_GZ — 2 days ago
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Did James Luceno save the Prequel Era?

These 3 novels, Darth Plagueis, Cloak of Deception and Labyrinth of Evil all written by James Luceno, set up and enhance the story of the prequel films significantly and explain/fix many of the unanswered questions and story problems introduced by those films, these books explicitly explain the Sith Grand Plan, the creation of the Clone Army, Dooku joining Palpatine, the murder of Sifo-Dyas, the backstories and motivations of characters who weren’t very fleshed out in the films, and more, and on top of all this they’re all just incredibly written and entertaining books. Although the prequel movies remain the same quality wise, these books at the very least make the story within the films make sense, and it’s very strange to me that people wrongly claim that the 2008 Clone Wars TV series “fixed” the prequels when that show, objectively speaking, made the stories of the prequels make even less sense and introduced much more issues, like the Jedi knowing that the Clones are programmed to kill them… but i’m getting off track. The point is, I believe these novels are essential reading for the Prequel trilogy, they add so much depth to the worlds and to the characters created by George Lucas, thanks to new audiobook versions released recently i’ve been able to experience both Cloak and Labyrinth for the first time which is what has prompted this post.

Curious to hear others thoughts on these books and if people agree/disagree with my statement that they save the prequels, well the story of the prequels anyway.

u/Wasteland_GZ — 5 days ago
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Is this Oblivion being Oblivion or is it my GPU?

When I talk to NPCs I have these insane flashing purple lights around the border of my screen, is the game the problem or is it my graphics card? Has anyone else experienced this?

u/Wasteland_GZ — 2 months ago