RichmondPhilsFan wrote:Phred wrote:RichmondPhilsFan wrote:Phred wrote:If I wanted to read a Star Wars book or two in order to catch me up and fill in some stuff that happens between now and when this movie comes out, what would it/they be? Is there such a thing or do I have to watch The Clone Wars?
Read Aftermath if you want to stick to books and only want to read one or two. It doesn't follow our original heroes--in fact, it barely mentions some of them--but it's a very good read. It gives you a lot of the "what the hell happens now?" perspective, especially from the Imperials. And after every few chapters it has an "interlude" chapter that takes you somewhere completely unrelated to the main storyline and often uses characters that we know from the original trilogy. I also expect that some of the new characters introduced in Aftermath will appear in the next films. The first chapter or two is available on starwars.com if you want to check it out before buying it. It's the first book in a trilogy, but the next two books won't come out until well after Ep VII. I think the second book is due in summer 2016.
If you're willing to branch out a bit, check out the Shattered Empire comic book series. It's four issues, and the final issue drops this week. It deals with the main characters a bit more than Aftermath does, but it still mostly follows a new character (who is related to one of the characters to Ep VII, but I won't say more than that b/c it's a minor spoiler). The art is absolutely beautiful, and the storyline is very compelling too. I've been raving about it in the comics thread.
There is a ton of new media out there, a lot of which fills in time periods between the other movies. There's a particular focus on the post-Ep III timeline, but there's also a lot of comics that fill in the details of the period between Eps IV and V. Some of that earlier stuff also gives hints about what may be happening in the timeline leading up to Ep VII, especially about what Luke is doing now. There are three junior novels--one each for Luke, Leia, and Han/Chewie--that are set up as a frame story, so the beginning and end chapters give you a bit more insight into the Ep VII world. Those are actually really good reads, but I don't know how much of a time/money commitment you want to make for it.
I've got pretty much all of the new books on Kindle. I'd be happy to lend them to you if you want to hit me up.
I ma mostly working out of the library so I'll start with Aftermath and go from there. Not sure how lending books through a kindle works but that would be awesome. Thanks (and thanks for the info...good stuff)!
I've never done it before but it looks pretty easy. The only catch is that you can only loan to one person at a time and the time limit is 2 or 3 weeks (I forget which). But you can always circumvent the time limit the same way that you do with library e-books by just turning off your Kindle's wifi and not syncing with Amazon until you're done with the book.
If you PM me your e-mail address attached to your Amazon account I'll give it a shot with Aftermath.
I just started reading Y: The Last Man, so give me a couple days and we'll give it a try. I don't want to have it sitting around in case you want to lend it to someone else.
