tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post5625916916852120416..comments2024-03-28T07:17:29.768+00:00Comments on STARLOGGED - GEEK MEDIA AGAIN: 1993: STAR WARS: TALES OF THE JEDI ISSUE 1 (Dark Horse Comics)SLOW ROBOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-13517882338052236492016-03-11T08:35:45.787+00:002016-03-11T08:35:45.787+00:00I never much enjoyed the Dark Horse comics, they a...I never much enjoyed the Dark Horse comics, they always seemed a little too humorless for me. Humour's such a huge part of the original trilogy (and The Force Awakens, too. Prequel era less so).<br /><br />I devoured the novels, at least the post-Jedi/classic era ones. I've only dipped a toe in the others but the Darth Bane trilogy is very good.<br /><br />I do have great affection for the Marvel Comics 70s series, especially the first 4 years which are simply wonderful comics.KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-22599462060722428622016-03-10T18:47:04.947+00:002016-03-10T18:47:04.947+00:00I'd say that was the case, a lot of planned pr...I'd say that was the case, a lot of planned projects fell by the wayside once Disney took over. And to be honest, I was never into the novels as star wars works much better in a visual medium such as comics.<br /><br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-89444055018170706372016-03-08T15:50:46.996+00:002016-03-08T15:50:46.996+00:00Ed, oops, my reply about the Dawn of the Jedi book...Ed, oops, my reply about the Dawn of the Jedi books ended up in its own thread and now isn't clear I was addressing your point. So ... see below!KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-76980179319719977082016-03-08T12:36:08.643+00:002016-03-08T12:36:08.643+00:00I read the novel by Tim Lebbon, and it was a reall...I read the novel by Tim Lebbon, and it was a really joyless and boring affair. I'd read the Expanded Universe novels pretty faithfully, but this one failed to deliver on the promise of that title--it didn't offer any sense of it being a "start" for the Jedi movement, it was really just a very dull story that happened to have Star Wars props in it.<br /><br />No follow up Dawn era books thanks to Disney nixing the EU, which did not help--it was perhaps a set up for something that never happened ...?<br /><br />(In defense of a jobbing author like Lebbon, I imagine he followed the brief he was given, it just failed to engage at what proved to be a tumultuous time for the franchise)KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-32224216565504524062016-03-07T13:23:45.194+00:002016-03-07T13:23:45.194+00:00did you ever read the more recent DAWN OF THE JED...did you ever read the more recent DAWN OF THE JEDI which covered similar ground ? Set millennia before the movies, it suggested that Tatooine had once been an ocean planet.<br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.com