#NJO

[krisslegacy]

my thoughts are consumed with queen mother tenel ka djo

[holonetwork]

Airing on October 19, 1999 on Sci-Fi Channel and F/X across the country, this TV spot introduced the New Jedi Order to millions of viewers, with Mark Hamill briefly reprising his role as Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

[vorbarrsultana]

star wars legends ➝ the new jedi order

"The only power I have – the only power any of us have – is to be who we are. That's what I'm going to do here. Be who I am." "You're not making any sense! How old are you? Seventeen? Eighteen? You don't even really know who you are!" "I don't have to know. All I have to do is decide," Jacen answered serenely. "Choose, and act."

[tahiriveilasolo]

Just posting to scream this:

STOVER I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE IN SHATTERPOINT

THAT NIGHTMARE OF WINDU??? ISN’T THAT KRIFFING BATTLE OF CORUSCANT DURING THE YUUZHAN VONG WAR???

[unknownunseenunheard]

Was anyone gonna tell me that there was honestly a real legitimate possibility that several members of the NJO were swapped out with clones and that the 'It was Jaacen all along' joke by Timothy Zhan might have been spot on?

[elli-incarnate]

This is a snippet from NJO: Balance Point from Mara Jade Skywalker's point of view and - watch out, I have very strong opinions about Luke Skywalker characterization.

Because I absolutely do not buy this.

Mara would not think that except sarcastically, Luke has never and should never be written as lawful good, he is absolutely an unstoppable force of chaotic good. This half-feral Tatooine child spent the years immediately following his sudden great political awakening involved in an armed rebellion to overthrow the galactic government and before that lived his entire life on a planet whose laws were designed and enforced by the Hutts.

Laws are abstract suggestions that get in the way of heroism up until the moment they unexpectedly and thoroughly kick his ass in FotJ. Luke Skywalker lives his life based on vibes, doing what's right, and the will of the Force.

I'm halfway convinced he got all these flight certifications mentioned in Balance Point out of passive aggressive malicious compliance when he realized he needed a driver's license to drive a speeder on Coruscant. Why the hell should he need a driver's license, they're not a thing on Tatooine, and he can fly a starfighter just fine - they didn't even make him take any tests before jumping into an X-Wing to take down the Death Star, what's the point of a driver's license that's so arbitrary.

I need a license, Leia? Fine, have it your way - I'll collect all the licenses. Including this forklift certification. How do you like that?!

I fully believe that he would have taught Ben how to drive a speeder as soon as he could reach the pedals, and only Mara stopped him, and it was hard even for Mara. 

Mara is the one who cares about legal and square. Not all the time, but WAY MORE than Luke. She grew up within the Empire, her character journey takes her from lawful neutral to neutral good; she spends most of her arc in Survivor's Quest getting over her nostalgia about her troubled respect for the Imperial Remnant, because they had their house in order.

But the Skywalkers are by definition chaotic. He does not care about legal systems and laws when there's heroing to be done.

People (including the professionals they hired to write these books) write these characters backwards, and it STILL BOTHERS ME all these years later.

Luke Skywalker is chaotic good with a temper.

Mara is neutral good with deeply repressed emotions.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

[theresistanceneverquits]

Anakin’s final scene in Star By Star

[i-think-in-metaphors]

I can't help but think Millennials vs the vong would be a really funny dark comedy skit

The vong: and now you will be the ultimate sacrifice

Millennials: *finally* something to give my life purpose

The vong: all life is pain

Millennials, getting off a 12 hour shift from 2 jobs: you're preaching to the choir bestie

[bornitereads]

The Unifying Force - James Luceno

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order book 19

Reread: Jan 2024

The finale!! Luceno really popped off with this book wow. So much action. The big battles were sometimes so confusing because there was a lot going on but it all came together at the end. It starts with the scales tipping in favour of the bad guys, like really badly, but the living planet really saves their asses. Nothing like religious turmoil to ruin what should have been a victorious battle. The good guys rally and bring the fight to the Coruscant system, where Zonama Sekot has made its glorious apperance. Troops are landed on Coruscant to retake it, including the Skywalkers and the Solo twins. The way Luke goes into a Force trance and just murders his way to the Yuuzhan Vong throne room is wild. Same goes for Jacen who becomes a conduit for so much pure Force energy that he ages five years in minutes. But he also just fucks up the power behind the throne guy so hard that way. Lots of weird Force things here to go through which I enjoyed.

And let's not forget the Galactic Alliance deploying biological weapons against the Yuuzhan Vong. Some of the government wanted to genocide their way out of the war. Sadly this turned into a weapon against the good guys when the Yuuzhan Vong realized that Zonama Sekot's life was genetically similar and thus susceptible to the agent. Luckily it didn't all end in tragedy.

The war is won and Zonama Sekot reveals that it's the child of the real Yuuzhan'tar (not Coruscant, but the actual homeworld of the Yuuzhan Vong) and it claims it's wayward children? Siblings? Anyways, it wants to rehabilitate the Yuuzhan Vong and reconnect them to the Force, since Yuuzhan'tar cut them off from it when it exiled them for being evil.

It was a fitting end to the series. Tragic on lots of levels. But our heroes overcame many, many hardships to get to the end and most came out stronger. And Leia realizing she needed to formally finish her Jedi training, but that's in the next book(s) I just like it a lot haha. I think many people were hoping for a more crushing victory against the Yuuzhan Vong, but I think this way made more sense. And involved a lot less slaughter. Three cheers for the Galactic Alliance! Now to pick up the pieces.

Info: Del Rey; 2003

[hearts-of-iron]

“Assault.”

darkmadder55 on deviantART.

[starwarsbookckub]

I forgot literally the entire plot of NJO help

[krisslegacy]

do i think luke skywalker is a gay man? yes.

do i also love him and mara jade together? also yes. i will not elaborate.

[unabashedllamamusic]

Clearly, you haven’t been introduced to “An Apology”, Timothy Zahn’s magnum opus. I can’t seem to find a copy, but for the uninitiated, it’s a satirical short story from Luuuke’s perspective where basically everyone is a clone with increasingly ridiculous names, and all of galactic history from the Thrawn Trilogy to Fate of the Jedi is actually done by these clones rather than the originals. It was an April Fool’s Day story for 2012, you can also find it in the last FOTJ book. It’s hilarious, I highly recommend it. Legends was also goofy and very 90s and camp at times, and it was self aware about it sometimes too. Canon vs Legends arguments always cover the same half dozen points and none of them are ever described accurately, it drives me insane. While I’m here: NJO being convoluted and long isn’t a good reason for legends to be worse than canon, because the high republic is even longer and more convoluted, it’s just easier to read because it’s in the process of being released. Canon hasn’t respected the new books’ lore any more than legends did the old ones’, there’s a new retcon every time a show drops atp.

I love The High Republic and NJO alike. Legends and canon both have highs, lows, strengths, and weaknesses. If we all just consume the media we like we’ll be happier for it

people in the star wars fandom: the sequels are so dumb and stupid i miss the eu, which was badass and cool and not stupid

the eu:

[randomwritingguy]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: New Jedi Order Series - Various Authors Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Danni Quee/Jacen Solo Characters: Jacen Solo, Danni Quee, Zonama Sekot, Onimi (Star Wars), Shimrra Jamaane, Chewbacca (Star Wars), Anakin Solo, Jaina Solo Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, New Jedi Order (Star Wars), Yuuzhan Vong War (Star Wars), Yuuzhan Vong Species (Star Wars), Grief/Mourning, Acceptance, Canonical Character Death, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Friendship/Love, Romance, Feelings, First Kiss, Goodbyes, Hopeful Ending Summary:

After years of bloodshed, the Yuuzhan Vong War ends in peace. The Galactic Alliance has reclaimed Coruscant and the extragalactic invaders will relocate themselves on the world they previously saw as the omen of their destruction: Zonama Sekot.

On the living world, where reunions occur and the future is being decided, an enlightened Jedi Knight and an ambitious young scientist talk.

[tahiriveilasolo]

*NJO moment*

Edge of Victory II: Rebirth: ships Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila

Star by Star:

Dark Journey: not to worry. We’re still flying half a ship

[tahiriveilasolo]

Alema’s story…was tragic.

You don’t want to see your sister being disintegrated in front of you. You don’t want to see the friends you’ve just met and become acquainted with got perished in a mission that you’ve come along. You don’t want to see the devastation of a relentless species continuing their conquest in the galaxy. You won the war eventually, but the price is high. You’ve payed your sanity.

What would another war do to you, Alema Rar? Will you ever again see the light?

Alema Rar: Jedi Knight, Dark Jedi