Shag, I have the Mos Eisley Cantina and Bounty Hunters books as well. I have seen Tales from the New Republic at my (legendary on this board) local used book store but have not picked it up yet. It does look pretty sweet. I like original characters alright but I really like the fleshing out of background characters. For some reason I just dig knowing more about Salacious Crumb or Max Rebo or Ree Yees. And Van, yeah, the book came out in the mid-90s, but I never got a copy until last year. (Speaking of Warhammer 40k, can you believe there is ANOTHER new edition of the rules coming out?! Yeesh!)
On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 12:08:20 AM UTC-4, Shag wrote: > If you dug "Tales from Jabba's Palace", give the other similar anthologies > a try. There is a "Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina", "Tales from the Bounty > Hunters", "Tales from the Empire" and "Tales from the New Republic". I > prefer the latter two (Empire and New Republic), but that's probably > because I like reading about the completely original fringe characters in > the Star Wars universe. > > Shag > > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just finished Star Wars: Tales From Jabba's Palace, as editted by Kevin >> J. Anderson. All in all I liked this book because the majority of the >> short stories were well-written. A few of them were subpar, but not enough >> to bring the whole book down. The fact that the stars of the stories are >> the wild and weird aliens from my favorite Star Wars movies helps in this >> regard. >> >> Some standouts include Anderson's tale of the Rancor Keeper; Deborah >> Wheeler writes about Ree Yees; Kenneth C. Flint has a hard boiled tale >> starring Ephant Mon; and Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens score with a tale >> about EV-9D9. The story of the Max Rebo Band also had me grinning pretty >> much the entire way. >> >> An interesting aspect is that most of the stories take place at the same >> time, so they all have some sort of connective tissue to other stories. So >> when we see a character run into another in one story, that meeting will at >> least be mentioned in the other character's story. This can get a little >> redundant but the different POVs help. >> >> Main complaint is the inclusion of a story with Dannik Jeriko, who as far >> as I can remember doesn't actually appear in Jabba's Palace but instead is >> from the Cantina in Mos Eisley. Similarly, Timothy Zahn writes a story >> with Mara Jade (big shock), but she is never seen on screen in Jabba's >> Palace. Why couldn't we have gotten a story about Yak Face or one of the >> Nikto instead of these two? >> >> Overall I enjoyed the book. But it's a book about Jabba's Palace so this >> is not really a surprise. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/i573b5ioXyUJ. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/onZyVHHcLP4J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
