#the new Jedi order

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[theya-art]

Queen Mother Tenel Ka Djo I'm on my the New Jedi Order era, I'm reading again the new jedi order and the series after!! With the Solos children, Tenel Ka are my favorite Star Wars Legends characters!!

[geonij31]

(Legends) Organa-Solo Family Portraits

Han, Leia, Jacen, Jaina and Anakin :)

I was raised being told Han and Leia had three kids in the extended universe, and now I’m reading any “New Jedi Order” novel I can find in a thrift store. I love the Solo kids they’re insane.

[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

[checkoutmybookshelf]

My Favorite Star Wars Book Ever

At this point, my deep and abiding love of the Star Wars EU Legends Continuity Books is no secret, and I have apparently pissed off a few people who were fans of Kenobi (the book, not the the show). Them's the breaks in the fandom that is helmed by Anakin *bring the goddamn drama or get off my stage* Skywalker. (Please realize that that is said lovingly; I am HERE for Solo/Skywalker legacy shenanagins.) And speaking of legacy shenanagins, the fact that this book is the culmination of arcs for so many characters that we have literally been able to watch grow up and survive many adventures as the Yuuzhan Vong threaten to annihilate the galaxy is what makes it my unequivocal, hands-down, ride-or-die favorite Star Wars book. Let's talk Star By Star.

*Spoilers abound below the break*

So, like many Star Wars books, the plot of Star By Star is pretty darn straightforward: The Mission to Myrkr to kill the Voxyn Queen and it's immediate aftermath, interlaced with the fall of Coruscant to the Yuuzhan Vong. (For anyone who needs a refresher or an explanation, let me direct you to the one, the only, the wonderful Wookieepedia.)

What makes this book absolutely fucking AMAZING is a combination of the character work and worldbuilding, much of which comes to a glorious head in this book--as well it should, this is very much the turning point of the Yuuzhan Vong war. It also launches a solid half dozen long-ranging new arcs for characters that I just adore.

Normally I do my best to have coherent, organized thoughts about books, but at this point what I really want to do is just a big, messy, disorganized list of stuff I love about this book. So, in the immortal words of Captain Han Solo: Punch it!

The whole concept of the voxyn and the voxyn queen. Let's be real, predators bioengineered to hunt down and murder the crap out of jedi with their ability to sense force-users, sonic blast roars, acid saliva, retrovirous-laden paw pads, and a poisoned tail barb. These things are horrifying and genuinely felt like a threat to the jedi, which honestly got kinda hard to do sometimes in the EU. The big "they're all cloned from a single queen" is a wee bit video game weak spot/boss fight, but honestly I'm not complaining given the sheer grind that this mission becomes.

The Jedi Strike Team Dynamics. This TEAM you guys. This team is an absolute disaster from start to finish. Not only do you have all three Solo kids with their sibling fuckery dynamics--specifically Jacen and Anakin's crippling fundamental disagreement on force use ethics that ultimately is a rehash of Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon's debate about the living vs. unifying force but in an apocalyptic combat zone--but almost every member of this team is potentially a disaster. You have Tenel Ka, Tahiri Veila, and Zekk on the team, who are collective love interests for the Solo siblings, and I'm pretty sure that sending siblings and couples on life-and-death missions is not a good idea because instincts and motivations get all sorts of fucky and tangled. Then you have Alema Rar, whose sister gets acid-in-the-faced-to-death by a voxyn in chapter 1 of this book, which is just a disaster waiting to happen. Then you have the friendship dynamics with Raynar Thul, Lowbacca, and Tesar Sebatyne, which arguably carries over some of the young jedi knights dynamics that never got solved. This team was a TIME BOMB, and frankly the fact that they managed to pull this mission off is a miracle.

The Battle/Force/Jedi Meld. So, not only do we have a team full of hideously complicated and unstable relationships, but they spend the entire goddamn mission in a meld that basically lets them all be in each other's thoughts and feelings and share extreme physical sensations, including pain. Which like...The Vong are major pain fans, so this might have been a poor life choice. Plus, it sets up some of the complicated stuff with Raynar and Jaina and Zekk in the Killick War later. *weird telepathic forearm rubbing* That said, I love the idea of the battle meld, and it really is just a great ride to watch this shred the team.

The Yuuzhan Vong Worldbuilding. Literally the worldbuilding for the Vong in this whole series is A+ horrifying and fascinating. We just get a lot of it here, and it's used to excellent effect.

Anakin's Death. Ok, so this was fucking heartbreaking, and it might seem like a weird thing to put on a list of things I love about this book. But what makes this death just an incredible read is the quality of the writing, the impact on the mission, and the fact that this death sets Jacen on the path to becoming a Sith Lord, pushes Tahiri into becoming the badass she grows into, fundamentally changes how we think about the unifying and living force, and honestly adds some stakes because if the Solo kids aren't safe, then literally ANYONE could die here. This death is so critical and changed so much and was done with respect and weight.

Borsk Fey'lya's Death. We don't love this Bothan. He's kind of a dick. But uh...I will give him credit for buying time for people to get off-planet during the fall of Coruscant, and for blowing 25,000 Vong to hell along with him.

Lando Calrissian Being the Only Adult in the Room With Eyes. Lando delivers the strike team to the Vong, but before he does, he starts a fight. Lando Calrissian HAS EYES IN HIS HEAD and can clearly see the lines along which the strike team is destined to fissure. He tries so hard to get them to air it out before the mission and to clear the air. It doesn't work, but he TRIED, and that's more than Luke or Han did. I guess that's what happens when you're a farmboy who has never had to lead a pre-fractured team and a gruff loner who did everything himself. Lando though...Lando understands that even Jedi have fracture points and conflict points. Give this man more credit.

I think that more or less covers the things that I love about this book. If you love the EU Legends Continuity, I strongly recommend this whole series. There are more good and great books than there aren't, and the Yuuzhan Vong are such great antagonists.

[onespacedown]

I don't think we give Vector Prime enough flack for how ridiculous the ending is. The whole Chewbacca controversy really did a great job of covering for that. Like, I'm pretty sure I know what real life physics it was drawing from, but that doesn't change how goofy and out-of-left-field the whole scene is.

[ice-6caydesqueen]

Just a lil bit confused, a question I wanna ask you!:

Why do Luke and Mara get together? Isn’t it forbidden for Jedi’s to date because fear of losing them leads to the dark side

The old order is gone so Luke changed it :)

Luke even states if he didn’t have Han leia chewie lando r2 and 3po and his emotional connection to them and later on Mara he wouldn’t be were he is now

Mara and Luke don’t fall in love straight away it’s a long story of getting to that point and I love it

And some wise words from one of my fav Jedi from kotor

Love doesn’t lead to the dark side rage and passion can but passion isn’t the same thing as love it can save you not condemn you - jolee

[queer-starwars-bracket]

Queer Star Wars Characters (Round 1): Special Legends Match Non-binary aliens

(This is a special three way match, because these characters were only discovered after the bracket had begun. To avoid the spoiler effect, if no character gets at least 50% of the vote, the match will be rerun with the top two contenders still as part of round 1.)

Qlaern Hirf | Identity: alien nonbinary | Media: X-wing novels

Qlaern Hirf was a member of the Vratix species, an insectoid species without sex differentiation that invented bacta. They were also a member of the Ashern Circle, a group of militant Vratix who opposed human control of bacta. Qlaern represented the Ashern Circle to the New Republic and the group’s intention to join the new state. They informed Rogue Squadron of the location of deadly bacta aboard a space station. They produced a cure for the Imperial bioweapon Krytos virus for the New Republic.

(Apologizes for any errors in the summary, this is one of a few characters I have no personal experience with.)

Keeramak | Identity: alien nonbinary/intersex (it/its) | Media: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee

The Keeramak was a mutant member of the normally sexually dimorphic Ssi-ruuk species (lizard aliens invading the Galaxy, not the Yuuzhan Vong, the other one). It was born of a union of two Ssi-ruuk of different colors, but unusually was born with scales of all caste colors. This birth fulfilled an ancient prophecy that foretold that it would free the lower caste Ssi-ruuk and the enslaved species P’w’eck. It was elected the leader of the Ssi-ruuvik Imperium by the religious elders and began to set plans to invade the Galaxy. However, because it didn’t do the liberation promised by the prophecy, the Keeramak was killed by revolting P’w’eck.

(Apologizes for any errors in the summary, this is one of a few characters I have no personal experience with.)

Garr | Identity: alien nonbinary | Media: Boba Fett: Crossfire

Garr was a young member of the Excargan species, which didn’t have sex differentiation until they were thirteen. Their parents were captured by the Separatists when Excarga was invaded, and the Republic put them on an orphanage transport ship where they met a young Boba Fett. They became Boba’s first friend, who was the only person who didn’t treat them weirdly for being genderless. When they arrived at the orphanage, Aurra Sing appeared and captured both of them. She only spared Garr because Boba Fett said they were his friend, despite then telling Garr they weren’t his friend to get them to leave Boba alone. Instead, Garr went to the Jedi who ran the orphanage and joined them pursuing Boba and Aurra Sing. Aurra almost killed them, but spared them at Boba’s insistence. 

(Apologizes for any errors in the summary, this is one of a few characters I have no personal experience with.)

[mrs-jamesbbarnes]

No one ask me how many times I’ve cried about Jacen Solo today. Because the answer is embarrassingly high.

Absolutely recommend listening to every book from the New Jedi Order series on your 32 hours of driving to and from vacation.

If you saw a woman driving in a silver car today on the interstate in Illinois openly sobbing, mind your own business. “Traitor” by Matthew Stover made me emotional.

[theya-art]

⚔️Sword of the Jedi⚔️

Portrait of Jaina Solo

This is the first drawing of a series of drawings of Star Wars the New Jedi order portraits. There are two version of this drawing: digital and traditional.

« Soft hearts need Protection » The Blade, Aurora

[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:

[bornitereads]

Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial - James Luceno

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order book 4

Reread: Nov 2023

So Agents of Chaos is about what Han Solo is up to. Which after Chewbacca got mooned, turns out to be running from his family in grief. It's a lot of dipping back into his old smuggler circles until he ends up with a new friend, Droma, and they do heroic stuff. Because of course they do.

This book revolves around the fake defection of a Yuuzhan Vong agent. Ultimately she is not important, but the characters around her are. Vergere, who is not Yuuzhan Vong, but Fosh and an Old Republic Jedi Master. But somehow on their side. And Harrar, a Yuuzhan Vong priest, so doesn't seem that important until near the end of the series. There's a lot of spy stuff in this book and it's kind of fun to see New Republic Intelligence working. Although I guess not that well, if Han has to come to the rescue haha.

Info: Del Rey; 2000

[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.

[allskywalkerswhine]

in fics where luke gets plopped into the prequels i want every jedi within ten metres of him to think hes the weirdest jedi theyve ever seen. he has negative lightsaber form. he doesnt know what a kata is. he handstands when he meditates. his solution to sith is to try and have a chat. hes a political radical who keeps suggesting revolution. you ask him what the jedi code is and he says "kindness and compassion and helping those in need :) ". you ask how he used the force like that and he says some shit about how you are a luminous being limited only by your mind. the councils authority is just a suggestion. he is somehow the new favourite of both qui gon and yoda