Is Satan building a snowman?

[zouzounaki]

Because I'm actually enjoying a Star Wars EU book. I learned, back when prequel material started coming out, that it really is preferable when the book focuses on OCs instead of the canon characters, just because there's less room for major fuck ups. And that the non-post-ROTJ are not quite as aggravating with the continEUity. So I went into Death Troopers with this in mind. Also keeping in mind that it's Stromtroopers and zombies. Stormtroopers and zombies, people! How could it go wrong?! I'm half way through it and unfortunately, the only way it has gone wrong is with the predictability of who is going to die, and it makes me sad because I like the character who is all but a walking target.

Han and Chewie. Billed as "surprise cameos," but so far, they're really involved in the story! Chewbacca probably has more to do, and more character development, than he ever got in the post-ROTJ books (which led to his lamentable demise). Maybe it'll start sucking, who's to say? But for now, pretty awesome. Hey, it's zombies! In the Star Wars universe!

Peace, Ghani

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[deanlikespah.livejournal.com]

Oh, Star Wars books. I gave you a chance, I really did. But you failed me far too often. The EU stories have always bugged me. And anything in between was only worse, because of... exactly what you said. Too much going all wacky and wrong. Like those poor excuses for books that tried to pave the way between TPM and AOTC regarding Obi and Ani's relationship? And Anakin was practically painted as Jesus in every, single one? Yeesh.

So yeah, that is rare, to hear about a good one. I guess all SW needed was zombies to make it good again, LOL!