#MedStar: Jedi Healer by Michael Reaves & Steve Perry

[archeo-starwars]

The news was shocking. There were supposed to be some rules, some accords, even in war. Hospital ships had heen considered inviolate ever since the Great Hyperspace War. Even though the orbiting ships were easy targets, the concept of damaging or destroying one was anathema to civilized beings.    Or had been, until now . . .

Medstar II: Jedi Healer by Michael Reaves & Steve Perry

[star-wars-forever]

Star Wars Medstar II: Jedi Healer (2004)

by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry

cover art by Dave Seeley

[legends-expo]

Happy 19th release anniversary to MedStar I: Battle Surgeons by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry! Often referred to as M.A.S.H in Star Wars, this novel features padawan Barriss Offee as a Jedi healer working with a small medical unit to help injured clone troopers.

[gwiazdowe]

— (MedStar II: Jedi Healer by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry)

[rainintheevening]

Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor by Matthew Stover

Yoda: Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart

Cloak of Deception by James Luceno

The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks

Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno

Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning

Rogue Planet by Greg Bear

The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster

Medstar duology (Battle Surgeons & Jedi Healer) by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry

Catalyst by James Luceno

Rebel Rising by Beth Revis

..... I could go on. Um, most of these are older novels, but they are superior quality, trust me. The new comics are generally better than the new novels, just in storytelling and characterization. Also, I'm a Prequels lover, so I've only read a few books set after RotS. But the Rogue One lead-in books are good.

Matthew Stover is the best Star Wars writer ever. Reading his stuff is worth whatever it takes to get your hands on it!

While i'm finishing Thrawn: Alliances..

Can people reblog with other star wars book recommendations please :)

[padawanlost]

Hi, reading your posts explaining part of sw universe (your post really make me think in some aspects of sw that I have never thought) fragments of books and comics make me want to read it, do you have or know some post to indicate how I should start in the prequels stories and what books are the most interesting according you? I have tried to understand how to start, but its a bit confused due to the big numbers of books/comics (specially due to the legend and new canon). Thanks you very much!

Hi! I’ve a book rec tag where I suggest PT books, if you’re interested. As for where to start, my usual advice is start with what you love: your favorite movies and characters. Forget the idea that there’s a right place to start or that you have to read everything to enjoy the EU. You already know the story, the EU is about exploring the details so it does’t really matter where you start because you already know exactly how it goes. The EU does not have to be a chronological experience. 

Let me tell you how I started: wookieepedia. A knew a little about the EU but the wookieepedia got me deep into it. I used to read Anakin’s page all time and it was filled with little bits of information but I needed more. It wasn’t enough to know *something* happened to Anakin, I wanted to experience it for myself. That’s when I started checking the sources at the bottom of the articles. It wasn’t enough to know Shmi and Anakin belonged to Gardulla before Watto, I wanted to know *how* they lived. So I checked the source and read the book. My first two SW books were Stover’s Revenge of the Sith Novelization and James Luceno’s Labyrinth of evil because they focus on events related to my favorite SW movie (ROTS) and they heavily featured my favorite character (Anakin). 

I didn’t read them because I wanted to know the EU or be THAT kind of fan. I was just curious so I started with what I was most curious about. Real talk, when I first heard about the EU and thought about exploring I was thought that the only quality content was Timothy Zahn’s OT books. It’s been 20 years and I still haven’t finished a single one of his books. It’s not because they are bad, I’m simply not interested in that part of the story so I don’t go there. Don’t fall into the trap of believing you NEED to know everything. That’s gatekeeping and it’s been used to keep away from the EU for years. So my advice is always read what you want to, if you want to.

Here are my favorite PT novels (in chronological* order):

From TPM to AOTC

Darth Plagueis by James Luceno

The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi by Ryder Windham

Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions by Jude Watson

Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: The Followers by Jude Watson

Secrets of the Jedi by Jude Watson

The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader by Ryder Windham

Episode I Adventures 5: The Ghostling Children by Dave Wolverton

Episode I Adventures 6: The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker by Dave Wolverton

Episode I Adventures 7: Capture Arawynne by Dave Wolverton

Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine by Dave Wolverton

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel by Terry Brooks

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace junior novelization by Patricia C. Wrede

Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul by Jude Watson

Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala by Jude Watson

Star Wars Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker by Todd Strasser

Rogue Planet by Greg Bear

Jedi Quest: Path to Truth by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Trail of the Jedi by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The School of Fear by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The False Peace by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown by Jude Watson

The Approaching Storm Alan by Dean Foster

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novel by R. A. Salvatore

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novelization by Patricia C. Wrede

From TCW TO ROTS

Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover

The Cestus Deception by Steven Barnes

Jedi Trial by David Sherman

Yoda: Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart

Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel by Karen Traviss

The Clone Wars: Wild Space by Karen Miller

The Clone Wars: No Prisoners by Karen Traviss

Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth by Karen Miller

Clone Wars Gambit: Siege by Karen Miller

MedStar II: Jedi Healer by Michael Reaves, Steve Perry

Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel by Matthew Stover

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novelization by Patricia C. Wrede

*some novels cover many years worth of story, so listed them first.[

COMICS

If you are interested in comics, please check this post where @cienie-isengardu and I listed some of our favorite sw comics :)

GUIDES

If you still don’t know where to start  Jedi vs Sith - The Essential Guide to the Force by Ryder Windham complies the most important events of the GFFA. It’s like reading book report disguised as a history book. It’ll give you the gist of what the EU has to offer. 

Jedi vs Sith - The Essential Guide to the Force by Ryder Windham

The jedi path - A manual for students of the force by becker mayer

The new essential guide to warfare by jason fry

The essential readers companion by pablo hidalgo

Btw, this is all original canon :)

[brooklynislandgirl]

tagged by: my dear @kylo-wrecked​, and thank you <33

last song: Wish You Were Here, NSP cover

currently reading: For once, nothing much. Have packed up a majority of my books and am not buying new ones.  Listening to Battle Surgeons {MedStar I} by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry, which is set during the Clone Wars.

As civil war between the Republic and the Separatists rages across the galaxy, nowhere is the fighting more fierce than on the swamp world of Drongar, where a beleaguered mobile hospital unit wages a never-ending war of its own….

A surgeon who covers his despair with wisecracks; another who faces death and misery head-on, venting his emotions through beautiful music … A nurse with her heart in her work and her eye on a doctor … A Jedi Padawan on a healing mission without her Master … These are the core members of a tiny med unit serving the jungle world of Drongar, where battle is waged over the control of a priceless native plant, and an endless line of medlifters brings in the wounded and dying—mostly clone troopers, but also soldiers of all species.

While the healers work desperately to save lives, others plot secretly to profit from the war—either by dealing on the black market or by manipulating the events of the war itself. In the end, though, all will face individual tests, and only those of compassionate hearts and staunch spirits can hope to survive to fight another day.

last movie: Wonder Woman 1984 aka 3 Years of My Life I Will Never Get Back. I didn’t really hate it...I kind of just ...nothing-ed it. It bored the ever living life out of me.

currently watching: I don’t really watch tv. But I absolutely have nothing to do with Herr Maus, aka Disney. Sometimes I will watch something that directly impacts my rp. Deadwood, NY Cop Shows. It’s a terrible fucking shame that they ended American Gods after two seasons.

currently craving: my sense of sanity to come back as I circle the drain of depression.

coming for: Anyone who would like to, Pirate Up.

[archeo-starwars]

Jos glanced around and saw Klo Merit. The Equani was easy to spot; he towered nearly a head taller than any other biped in the crowd. The pale gray fur and whiskers helped, too. Jos was glad to see the Rimsoo's minder there. The Equani-what few were left, after a solar flare had scorched their homeworld-were intensely empathetic beings, capable of understanding and psychoanalyzing nearly every other known intelli-gent species. Jos knew that Merit, in many ways, carried the emotional weight of the entire camp on his sleek, broad shoulders. Now, however, he seemed caught up in the spell Zan was weaving, just like everyone else. Good, Jos thought. He remembered a quote from Bahm Gilyad, who had formalized the rules and responsibilities of his profession five thousand years before, during the Stark Hyperspace Conflict: "The sick and the injured will always have a healer to salve their wounds, but to whom does the healer go?" As Zan played on, Jos found it easier not to think about the war, or how tired he was, or how many shards of metal he had removed or perforated organs he had replaced in the last few hours. The music carried him to its depths, raised him to its heights, and refreshed him like a week's worth of rest. He realized that, in a great many ways, his friend was doing for the doctors and nurses of Rimsoo Seven what the Jedi had done for the wounded clone troops-he was healing them.

Medstar: Battle Surgeons by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry

[gwiazdowe]

A litany that every Jedi student grew up hearing: When in doubt, trust the Force. You may not always interpret it correctly, but the Force never lies.

— (MedStar II: Jedi Healer by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry)

[archeo-starwars]

When Zan had died, it had fallen to Jos to clean out his friend's belongings. He had packed up most of the stuff-the quetarra, clothes, book readers, and the like-and had it shipped to Zan's family, back on Talus. But hidden away under Zan's cot had been something he hadn't included in the personal effects package: Zan's supply of processed bota. It was illegal to possess the stuff here. All the harvested and stabilized bota went to other worlds and systems, where it was worth its weight in precious gems. Like out-world plantations where the locals produced fruit and crops too expensive for them to eat, or firestone pits where every day miners found stones worth more than a year of their pay, or anyplace else where those who did the scut work reaped none of the rewards, bota was deemed too valuable to waste on troopers. But Zan hadn't accepted that. He'd managed to get hold of a small amount of the miracle growth and field-tested it as much as was feasible, given the necessarily clandestine nature of his protocols. Even under less-than-ideal conditions, bota had cured every resistant infection a Fett-clone had developed on this world. The irony of being on a planet where the plant grew like a weed and not able to use it to save lives had not been lost on either Zan or Jos. Zan had risked his career and liberty to secretly treat patients with it. Jos hadn't been willing to go that far, but he had turned a blind eye to his friend's illegal actions.

MedStar: Jedi Healer by Michael Reaves & Steve Perry

[padawanlost]

SW Books & Comics: Anakin Skywalker

List of all the books comics about Anakin Skywalker. All books below are set before the end of ROTS. This is list is also available here.

BEFORE ‘THE PHANTOM MENACE’

Books

Darth Plagueis by James Luceno

The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi by Ryder Windham

Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions by Jude Watson

Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: The Followers by Jude Watson

Secrets of the Jedi by Jude Watson

The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader by Ryder Windham

Episode I Adventures 5: The Ghostling Children by Dave Wolverton

Episode I Adventures 6: The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker by Dave Wolverton

Episode I Adventures 7: Capture Arawynne by Dave Wolverton

Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine by Dave Wolverton

Anakin's Fate (children's book) by Marc Cerasini

Comics

Knights of the Old Republic 25: Vector, Part 1 by John Jackson Miller

SWInsider "The Tenebrous Way"—Star Wars Insider 130 by Matthew Stover

Urchins—Star Wars Tales 14 by Stan Sakai

Star Wars Adventures Volume 3: Endangered by Delilah S. Dawson (Canon)

Podracing Tales by Ryder Windham

 ‘THE PHANTOM MENACE’

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel by Terry Brooks

5-Minute Star Wars Stories by Brooke Dworkin, Calliope Glass, Trey King, Elizabeth Schaefer, Andy Schmidt, Rebecca L. Schmidt (canon)

The Prequel Trilogy Stories by Ivan Cohen, S.T. Bende (canon)

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace - The Golden Book by Courtney Carbone

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace junior novelization by Patricia C. Wrede

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace script facsimile by George Lucas

Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul by Jude Watson

Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala by Jude Watson

Star Wars Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker by Todd Strasser

Episode I Adventures 14: Podrace to Freedom by A. L. Singer

Star Wars Episode I: Anakin's Race for Freedom (children's book) by Alice Alfonsi

Jar Jar's Mistake (children's book) by Nancy Krulik

Anakin's Pit Droid (children's book) by Justine and Ron Fontes

Podrace!  (children's book) by Lara Bergen

Anakin to the Rescue  (children's book) by Cecilia Venn

Episode I Adventures 15: The Final Battle by A. L. Singer

Star Wars Episode I: I Am a Pilot (children's book) by Marc Cerasini

Comics

Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy – A Graphic Novel by Alessandro Ferrari (Canon)

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace PhotoComic

Episode I: Queen Amidala  by  Mark Schultz

Episode I: Qui-Gon Jinn   by Ryder Windham

Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace 2 by  Henry Gilroy

Episode I: Anakin Skywalker by     Timothy Truman

Episode I: The Phantom Menace ½  

Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace 3 by  Henry Gilroy

Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace 4 by Henry Gilroy

Episode I: Obi-Wan Kenobi by  Henry Gilroy

BEFORE ‘ATTACK OF THE CLONES’

Books

Rogue Planet by Greg Bear

Jedi Quest: Path to Truth by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice by Jude Watson

Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn

Jedi Quest: The Trail of the Jedi by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games by Jude Watson

Star Wars: Zam Wesell by Ron Marz

Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The School of Fear by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The False Peace by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown by Jude Watson

Star Wars Adventures 1: Hunt the Sun Runner by Ryder Windham

Star Wars Adventures 2: The Cavern of Screaming Skulls by Ryder Windham

Star Wars Adventures 3: The Hostage Princess by Ryder Windham

The Approaching Storm Alan by Dean Foster

Anakin: Apprentice by Marc Cerasini

Anakin Skywalker: A Jedi's Journal by Scott Ciencin

I Am a Jedi Apprentice by Marc Cerasini

Comics

Star Wars 11: Outlander, Part 5 by Timothy Truman

Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin by Charles Soule

Star Wars 13: Emissaries to Malastare, Part 1 by Timothy Truman

Jedi Quest comics (4 issues) by Ryder Windham

Star Wars: Poison Moon by Michael Carriglitto

A Jedi's Weapon—Star Wars Tales 12 by Henry Gilroy

Star Wars: Republic: Honor and Duty by John Ostrander

Full of Surprises by Jason Hall

Practice Makes Perfect by Jason Hall

‘ATTACK OF THE CLONES’

Books

Attack of the Clones (Golden Book) by Geof Smith (canon)

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novel by R. A. Salvatore

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novelization by Patricia C. Wrede

Comics

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Comic Book Adaptation by Henry Gilroy

BEFORE ‘REVENGE OF THE SITH’

Books

Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive by Terry Bisson

Boba Fett: Crossfire by Terry Bisson

Storm Fleet Warnings by Jude Watson

Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover

The Cestus Deception by Steven Barnes

The Hive (Mentioned only) by Steven Barnes

Changing Seasons (Star Wars Insider #76 and #77)  by Timothy Zahn

Jedi Trial by David Sherman

Yoda: Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart

The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Crisis on Coruscant by Jonathan Green

The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Dooku's Secret Army by Sue Behrent

Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel by Karen Traviss

Star Wars: The Clone Wars junior novelization by Tracey West

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Official Movie Storybook

The Clone Wars: The New Padawan by Eric Stevens

The Clone Wars: Operation: Huttlet by Steele Filipek

The Clone Wars: Anakin in Action! by Simon Beecroft

The Clone Wars: Battle at Teth by Kirsten Mayer

The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Tethan Battle Adventure by Sue Behrent

The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Way of the Jedi by Jake Forbes

The Clone Wars: Meet Ahsoka Tano by Kirsten Mayer

The Clone Wars: Secret Missions 1: Breakout Squad by ryder Windham

The Clone Wars: Wild Space by Karen Miller

The Clone Wars: No Prisoners by Karen Traviss

Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth by Karen Miller

Clone Wars Gambit: Siege by Karen Miller

The Clone Wars: The Holocron Heist by Rob Valois

The Clone Wars: Children of the Force by Kristen Mayer

The Clone Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy by Jason Fry

MedStar II: Jedi Healer by Michael Reaves, Steve Perry

Boba Fett: A New Threat by Elizabeth Hand

Boba Fett: Pursuit by Elizabeth Hand

Dark Disciple by Christie Golden

Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures: Volume 1 by Emma Carlson Berne (canon)

Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno (Canon)

Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno

Comics

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones PhotoComic

Machines of War by Jason Hall

Most Precious Weapon by Jason Hall

The Lesson—Star Wars Tales 14 by Adam Gallardo

Republic 50: The Defense of Kamino  by John Ostrander, W. Haden Blackman and Scott Allie

Star Wars: Republic: The New Face of War by Haden Blackman

Republic 53: Blast Radius by Haden Blackman

Star Wars: Clone Wars PhotoComic  by Bryan Andrews, Darrick Bachman, Paul Rudish, Genndy Tartakovsky

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 1  by Haden Blackman

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 2 by Haden Blackman, Welles Hartley, The Fillbach Brothers, George Lucas

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 10 by The Fillbach Brothers, Chris Avellone, Jason Hall

Star Wars: Republic: The Battle of Jabiim Haden by Blackman

Republic 59: Enemy Lines by John Ostrander

Republic 61: Dead Ends by John Ostrander

Republic 62: No Man's Land by John Ostrander

Jedi: Yoda by Jeremy Barlow

Republic 67: Forever Young by Randy Stradley

Star Wars: Republic: Dreadnaughts of Rendili by John Ostrander

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 4 by The Fillbach Brothers, Justin Lambros, Ryan Kaufman, Haden Blackman

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 7 by Matthew Fillbach, Shawn Fillbach, Ryan Kaufman, Chris Avellone, Jeremy Barlow

The Clone Wars: Shadowed (webcomic) by Pablo Hidalgo

The Clone Wars: Covetous (web comic) by Pablo Hidalgo

The Clone Wars: Shipyards of Doom (web comic) by Henry Gilroy

The Clone Wars: Shakedown (web comic) by Pablo Hidalgo

The Clone Wars: Procedure by Pablo Hidalgo

The Clone Wars: Agenda by Pablo Hidalgo

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK by Andrew James

The Masked Racer—Star Wars Comic 3

Under the Hammer—Star Wars Comic 6

Yoda Uncovered—Star Wars Comic 8

The Clone Wars: Transfer by Pablo Hidalgo

The Clone Wars: Bait by Pablo Hidalgo

The Clone Wars: Switch by Pablo Hidalgo

The Clone Wars: Crash Course by Henry Gilroy

The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct by Pablo Hidalgo

The Clone Wars: The Valsedian Operation by Thomas Hodges

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Hero of the Confederacy by Henry Gilroy and Steven Melching

The Clone Wars: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan by John Ostrander

The Clone Wars: Hunting the Hunters, Part III by Pablo Hidalgo

The Clone Wars: The Starcrusher Trap by Mike W. Barr

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Slaves of the Republic by Henry Gilroy

The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunter by s Henry Gilroy, Steven Melching

Star Wars: Obsession by Haden Blackman

Wat Tambor and the Quest for the Sacred Eye of the Albino Cyclops by Michael Murnane

Brothers in Arms by Miles Lane

Sithisis Derek by Thompson

Kanan 7: First Blood, Part I: The Corridors of Coruscant by Greg Weisman (canon)

Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir, Part Three by Jeremy Barlow (canon)

‘REVENGE OF THE SITH’

Books

Revenge of the Sith (Golden Book) by Geof Smith

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel by Matthew Stover

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novelization by Patricia C. Wrede

Comics

Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith by Miles Lane

PS: Anakin Skywalker doesn’t necessarily appear in all of these books (sometime he’s only mentioned or it’s flashback/vision). A lot of them are for young readers. I’m still working on the Darth Vader stuff, but i’ll post it when it’s done.