Crowds of Coruscant

[FrozenPhoenix32]

I haven't read any of the Tales of... collections.

Are they really worth it?  

[Durza the Shade]

I've only read Jabba's Palace and New Republic. Palace is great. The stories are interwoven - you'll recognize characters and scenes from one tale in the background of another. A good mix of drama and humor, with a dash of creepy and melancholy. Oh, and there's a Zahn tale - you've heard Mara Jade was in the palace, right?

New Republic - not so much. The only story really worth it is another Zahn tale - how Mara got the Jade's Fire. And I think you can find that story on Hyperspace somewhere, anyway, if you'd rather spring for membership. A couple of the other stories - the ones I remember - are kinda interesting; there's one about a Weequay couple, of all things, who go searching for a treasure that's only uncovered during a super-low tide once every 50 years, or something; one about two inmates in an Imperial prison, and their comrades who are rescuing them; and a creepy thing involving worms that reanimate dead soldiers on a battlefield, which might be in the same story as the prison thing.

Wow, didn't mean to write so much. sweatdrop  

[Sol Walker]

have you read Tales of the Empire?  

[FrozenPhoenix32]

Durza the Shade

I've only read Jabba's Palace and New Republic. Palace is great. The stories are interwoven - you'll recognize characters and scenes from one tale in the background of another. A good mix of drama and humor, with a dash of creepy and melancholy. Oh, and there's a Zahn tale - you've heard Mara Jade was in the palace, right?

New Republic - not so much. The only story really worth it is another Zahn tale - how Mara got the Jade's Fire. And I think you can find that story on Hyperspace somewhere, anyway, if you'd rather spring for membership. A couple of the other stories - the ones I remember - are kinda interesting; there's one about a Weequay couple, of all things, who go searching for a treasure that's only uncovered during a super-low tide once every 50 years, or something; one about two inmates in an Imperial prison, and their comrades who are rescuing them; and a creepy thing involving worms that reanimate dead soldiers on a battlefield, which might be in the same story as the prison thing.

Wow, didn't mean to write so much. sweatdrop

Okay that thing on the treasure reminds me of a Jedi Quest story...  

[Sol Walker]

do tell.  

[Durza the Shade]

The low-tide event is known as the Day of the Sepulchral Night. Ring any Jedi Quest bells?  

[Sol Walker]

what's all this about Jedi Quest?  

[Durza the Shade]

We're turning this into the EU thread . . . anyway, Jedi Quest is the series of preteen-targeted books detailing Obi-Wan's adventures with teenaged apprentice Anakin. It'd be interesting if they witnessed the Day of the Sepulchral Night; an obscure tie-in I wouldn't have expected from that series.  

[Sol Walker]

oh, no wonder I never read 'em.
anywho, who won the Rose Bowl?
I keep forgetting.  

[Durza the Shade]

Neither did I. I want to eventually, because the Jedi Apprentice books were by the same author, and those were alright, considering the age group. But I'll probably never get around to it.

Um, Texas. Good game, but that's neither here nor there. Oh, crap, I should be sleeping, I've got an English exam tomorrow. G'night!  

[Sol Walker]

Night man.  

[FrozenPhoenix32]

Night.


Oh and in the story, Obi-Wan and Anakin go to this planet Kodai to get a Sith holocron but the tide only comes once every obscure number of years.  

[Durza the Shade]

Hmm *checks book* No, the Day of the Sepulchral Night is on Zelos II.

Woah, I'd forgotten about some of the stories in here. There are more good ones than I thought, including a Boba Fett story and a mini-novel with Zahn and Stackpole each writing two chapters. Ysanne Isard, field agent, goes after the stolen Death Star plans and runs into Hal Horn. Guest starring Garm Bel Iblis and Moranda Savich.  

[Sol Walker]

hmm..Zelos...where have I heard that name from before?....  

[Durza the Shade]

Well, there's also a planet called Telos. Or perhaps you're thinking of the Zeltrons?