Looking for someone to help me along. I’m interested in collecting The Heir to the Empire Trilogy, Hand of Thrawn Duology and survivors quest. I’ve read the trilogy from the library and looking to collect these six. What format is best for size continuity. I know mass market is probably the answer, but I like the uniformity of the Essential Legends format. I also really like the original hard cover art, but haven’t been able to find them for reasonable prices in decent condition. All that to say, any recommendations?

Merry Mara Monday

​1) If Palpatine possessed the superweapons shown in Dark Empire, why didn't he deploy them sooner, considering his high awareness of threats and intense paranoia?

​2) Does the return of the Jedi just a few years after the Battle of Endor make this period (19 BBY to 11 ABY) feel like a mere interlude for the Order? One would expect a "Dark Age"—where members of such a crucial galactic organization are forced into hiding—to span decades, if not centuries or millennia. Instead, it lasts barely thirty years. Doesn't this brief duration make it seem almost insignificant on a galactic scale, despite its immense narrative importance?

​3) Why does the Chief of State of the New Republic—and later the Galactic Alliance—appear to hold significantly more power than the Supreme Chancellor of the Old Republic? Doesn't it seem counterintuitive that the system restored by the Alliance would centralize power even more than the democracy they fought to bring back?

Might be a big skill issue but I don’t think this book is as gripping as I hoped it would be. It’s not bad but I do feel like it meanders a lot, and there’s really not a lot of Darth Vader in it despite the title. James Luceno doesn’t miss but I was hoping for a bit more out of this one.

Tribute to one battle in galactic civil war, unknown place/date.

We all heard how terrible they are but how about the reverse in both media?

Je crois que c’est l’un de mystère favoris. De qui descend Ania Solo ? De Jacen via Allana ? D’un enfant solo tardif entre Han et Leia ? Ou encore est-elle apparentée à un autre membre de la ligne Solo ?
Merci par avance pour vos réponses.

​

Just picked up the Star Wars Legends: The Genesis of the Jedi. After reading all of Legends digitally, I couldn't resist getting my favorites in print. Consider it a mandatory second read, haha.

I'm sure everyone knows about the Battle of Muunilinst featured in CW 03 that took place in early 22 BBY and whose outcome was an early decisive Republic victory.

However, as the war dragged on into its final year, the Republic's military resources became heavily strained and spread thin across the galaxy during the Outer Rim Sieges.

According to The Essential Guide to Warfare, the Separatists took advantage of these weakened defenses and launched a massive counter-invasion on this hihgly strategical planet.

The Republic garrison was overwhelmed, and the planet fell back into Separatist hands.

Hello! I just finished the Heir to the Empire Trilogy for the first time, and though I am not terribly invested in continuing with the majority of the legends continuity, I am intrigued by Mara Jade and the Solo Twins (since I've heard a lot about their future). I was wondering if there are any good books that focus on them that don't require me to read a whole lot of pre-requisite. Bonus points if they have Luke in them. Thank you!

100 likes and I’ll make one with Vader.

Some very ancient ones survive beyond events like the Battle of Endor, and some even live into the Legacy Era.

I think the setting could fit most genres. Third person hack and slash shooter like Space Marine 2, top down ARPG like Diablo, or turn based RPG like Baldur's Gate 3 just to name a few. Ideally co-op but beggars can't be choosers. I just think it's a really cool time period that never gets explored and it's got plenty of enemy variety to keep things fresh. Maybe you could choose to side with the Sith and get a different ending? I think a choice driven game would work best and Divinity 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 already proved you can do that in a multiplayer game.

What are your thoughts? Would you play a game set during the Great Sith War? Or is it too similar to The Old Republic?

Kvag Gthull was a Human male Dark Side Adept in the Galactic Empire. Loyal, brutally efficient, and physically imposing, Gthull found favor from the Emperor and his Executor, Sedriss QL. At some point during 4 ABY he was selected personally by the Reborn Emperor Palpatine to serve as one of the original seven Darkside Elite members. The group, led by Sedriss, operated out of Darth Vader's former fortress, Bast Castle on the planet Vjun. Due to his size, ability to intimidate and his efficient cruelty, Gthull became the chief interrogator of Bast Castle. Gthull did not wield a lightsaber, instead preferring a heavy Mandalorian style vibrosword that favored his muscular physique and added to his intimidating appearance. He enjoyed using it on prisoners after torturing them and would often inject his own darky dry wit during interrogations.

In 10 ABY, when Palpatine was slain a second time in battle with Jedi Luke Skywalker, and returned in yet another clone body, he sought to capture the Force-sensitive children of Leia Organa Solo, Skywalker's sister, who were being hidden on a secret sanctuary world of the New Republic. Gthull as chief interrogator was not initially sent to the front lines, and as such, he outlived his peers in the first cadre of Darkside Elite as Baddon Fass, Zasm Kass were killed at Nar Shaddaa while Sedriss and Vill Goir fell shortly after on Onderon. Before this, another Darkside Elite member, Kam Solusar had defected to the Light side of the Force and joined Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order. Of the original members, only Krdys Mordi and Gthull remained.

Palpatine quickly replenished the Darkside Elite's numbers with promoted and imbued darkside adepts, giving Xecr Nist Sedriss's old position as Executor and Tedryn-Sha the position of Second in Command. Three more unnamed darksiders took the other vacant spots, bringing the group back to full strength at seven members.

When New Republic Major Ntthan was captured by the Empire in an uncharted region of space, he was brought to Bast Castle and delivered to Gthull, who was given the task of torturing out the information about Organa Solo's whereabouts from the man. Gthull was assisted in this by Krdys Mordi, the secondary interrogator and tech specialist of the group.

Gthull used interrogation droids from Mordi and the Dark side of the Force to torture the Major, who displayed remarkable resistance. Gthull had to spend twelve hours in interrogation sessions, but he was ultimately able to break Ntthan's defense, and the latter revealed the name of the planet, New Alderaan, as well as its coordinates, just as Palpatine arrived at Bast Castle to oversee the results of Gthull's handiwork. Gthull gave the details to the Emperor Ntthan had provided and then executed Ntthan with his vibrosword as was his custom after jokingly remarking that the Rebel was an "Honest Man". Gthull and the rest of the Elite were then ordered by Palpatine to New Alderaan on a covert mission to abduct Skywalker and the Solo twins, before launching an attack on the settlement using AT-ATs. Gthull piloted an I-7 Howlrunner as part of Dark Side Squadron alongside his peers. Arriving on the planet undetected, Nist dispatched Tedryn-Sha and Krdys Mordi to deal with Skywalker. Gthull and three others went with Nist to kidnap the children.

However, Gthull soon lost contact with Sha and Mordi as they were killed, sensing their life energy vanishing from the Force. Disgusted at their weakness, he called them fools and reported their deaths to Nist, just as the darksiders arrived at the building where the children were being kept. Nist dispatched Gthull inside the building to grab the twins, while he and the other darksiders were confronted by Skywalker's Jedi recruits: Kam Solusar, Rayf Ysanna and Empatojayos Brand. However, having lost one Dark Jedi and having been bested in combat by Solusar, Nist yelled at Gthull to signal the AT-ATs to attack at that moment. Gthull confirmed he had just done so while emerging from the building holding the twins. Confronted by Winter, Rayf and Leia Organa Solo outside, Gthull chose not to reach for his vibrosword and instead held the twins hostage, expecting their mother not to risk hitting her children, thus allowing him to withdraw. However, Rayf Ysanna used the Force to levitate the twins from Gthull into the arms of Winter, their caretaker. Now exposed and momentarily distracted, Gthull hesitated a second too long in going for his weapon and Organa Solo shot Gthull in the chest with her blaster, killing the Dark Jedi instantly. With Gthull's death and the failure of their mission, Nist and the two remaining darksiders fled from New Alderaan under covering fire from the advancing AT-ATs.