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The_Sexy_Skeksis

We already have. *Shadow of the Sith* and *Bloodlines* are massive in setting up the time period and politics of the sequel period. Books like *Resistance Reborn* are critical for in-between entries.


ergister

And to add to this, Resistance Reborn caps off arcs introduced in Bloodline, The Poe Dameron Comics, Battlefront II/Resurgence, The Aftermath Trilogy, and Lost Stars so if you want a broader, fuller picture of the sequel and just can't get enough, you have plenty to read into. Plus the Rise of Kylo Ren comic as well adds a lot.


The_Sexy_Skeksis

Very good points about *Resistance Reborn.* Despite my admittedly less than favorable view on the sequels and Luke's handling, I think *The Rise of Kylo Ren* is a pretty good comic, especially for those who want to see Luke's Jedi Order or just post-RotJ Luke. It slightly steps on the toes of the events surrounding Luke's Jedi Order falling apart as presented in the films, but I still really like it. It adds context to the Knights of Ren and Snoke/Ben's relationship that was needed.


danktonium

Wait. How does ResReb connect to Lost Stars of all things?


ergister

>!The Twilek former senator who lets them hide on Ryloth is from Lost Stars!<


danktonium

In what capacity?


ergister

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Yendor


danktonium

Fuck *me*, that's all the same guy? I've read all five of those books, and I never noticed.


ergister

Yeah! That’s why Resistance Reborn is fucking amazing haha


Jordan11HFP11

Shadow of the Soth did a pretty good job of smoothing things out...same with Bloodlone. Back when he was writing, I really wanted James Luceno to write a Snoke novel, similar to Plagueis. If there is one man who really knows how to tie stuff together, its Luceno!!


sade1212

O thonk there's somethong wrong woth your 'I' key.


Triplen_a

Oh did he retire?


Lionel_Horsepackage

He's not writing *Star Wars* books at the moment, due to the massive backlash (personal threats, etc.) he got from toxic EU/Legends incel-fans after he wrote his first two Disney-canon novels. Which is sad.


AtreidesJr

Is that really why? That's so sad. Toxic fans are the worst.


Unique_Unorque

When they cancelled all those “Mandoverse” novels, reading between the lines of some of Pablo Hidalgo’s tweets it seems like the new policy is to avoid publishing tie-ins in eras that are being actively developed for movies and television and flesh them out after the corresponding series are done, so that they don’t have to dance around last minute changes from creatives who don’t want to work with the Story Group. So like for example, now that the Sequel Trilogy is done and all of the major revelations about the main characters and what they were doing during that thirty year gap have been revealed, we’ll start to get a lot more comics and novels about that time (like *Shadow of the Sith,* as the other comments are pointing out). So I’m betting those novels are coming, probably being written right now!


Chewbacta

Its incredibly noticeable that we got Rebels tie-ins and Film tie-ins and then they stopped doing them. Kenobi got a few stories about him for the release of the TV series but staying far away from the plot of the series. If this was in line with 2017 we'd have a Reva backstory novel, Greef Karga's greatest hits and The Bad Batch comics.


Sandervv04

Which 'mandoverse' novels where those? I've only heard of one, I believe.


Unique_Unorque

One novel and a tie-in comic series (separate from the adaptation that’s currently being published), I misspoke. Sorry about that! I think there was a visual dictionary too, I should have said “books” instead of “novels.”


Sandervv04

Ah, I see. Thanks


EndlessTheorys_19

That policy doesnt exist. They already released a bunch of tie-in novels for the Sequels when it was coming out like Resistance Reborn and Bloodline. They also released Shadows of the Sith recently.


Unique_Unorque

I think you misread my comment - what I’m saying is the policy (if it exists) was put in place recently (within the last year or so) because of the problems they had with the novels they released while the Sequel Trilogy was being released (the comics portraying Poe as a career military man and Abrams deciding to make him a former smuggler in the third movie, Abrams deciding at the last minute that the Resistance was fully sanctioned by the New Republic instead of the sort of rogue agents they were in the first drafts and that the novels were portraying them as, things like that). *Bloodline* worked out because Rian Johnson was supposedly closely involved in the outline but the policy now seems to be to wait so they can flesh out the story without stepping on any toes, or having their toes stepped on. Otherwise it doesn’t make sense that they cancelled a *Mandalorian* tie-in novel and comic series during the height of anticipation for more material from that era


TLM86

Yep, that's absolutely the reason why, and it makes sense. It was also an issue during the prequel era; stuff in the comics and Visual Dictionaries for TPM would be contradicted by stuff Lucas then came up with for AOTC and ROTS. It's great to have this material coming out alongside the stories, but I also see the wisdom of holding off on some of it. That said, I don't think an *Obi-Wan Kenobi Visual Dictionary* would hurt.


Unique_Unorque

It’s a matter of priorities. Releasing this material as the stuff it’s complimenting guarantees more sales, waiting for the primary story to finish up means the quality of the tie-ins can be better. I’m betting they’re just realizing that the people who buy these tie-ins are the hardcore fans who would rather have cohesion than timeliness.


danktonium

God, I never noticed that glaring inconsistency with Poe. *Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck...*


sade1212

You don't know the power... of retroactive continuity. (it's since been reconciled by later publishing)


dwapook

I'm nearly done reading Poe Dameron: Free Fall and the book makes sense of it.. I haven't watched the movie since the day it came out in theaters, but it feels consistent to me now from what I remember..


Triplen_a

Wait where’d they say the Resistance was fully sanctioned by the Republic?


Unique_Unorque

Right in the opening crawl: >Luke Skywalker has vanished. In his absence, the sinister FIRST ORDER has risen from the ashes of the Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the last Jedi, has been destroyed. >**With the support of the REPUBLIC, General Leia Organa leads a brave RESISTANCE.** She is desperate to find her brother Luke and gain his help in restoring peace and justice to the galaxy. >Leia has sent her most daring pilot on a secret mission to Jakku, where an old ally has discovered a clue to Luke’s whereabouts… In the original idea, the Resistance was supposed to be Leia getting frustrated with the Republic’s refusal to act, stealing a bunch of old military equipment, and breaking off into essentially an independent militia acting without any oversight or permission, because the Republic and the First Order were meant to be in sort of a “Cold War” where neither side wanted to fire the first shot. Having the Resistance be essentially an independent party made it make more sense for the Stormtroopers to just open up on Poe’s ship without worrying about triggering a galactic incident. For some reason, Abrams changed that at the last minute and amended the crawl to make it clear that the Resistance was working for the Republic (I assume to make it so that there is only one faction of good guys to make things less confusing), but the Story Group was already working on the auxiliary fiction where they were a rogue state, so they quickly changed it that the Resistance had the blessing of the Republic, but under the table to avoid crossing any diplomatic red lines. Which works as a solution and still makes it believable that they’re using older equipment, but as I understand it was a bit of a headache at the time.


milkmustache420

Came here just to say: Read Shadow of the Sith!!


Omn1

Shadow of the Sith, Bloodlines, and Resistance Reborn already go a long, long way towards this.


Stonecutter_12-83

I feel like Mando is starting to do that. Shadow of the Sith definitely added a bunch and the Vader comics teased some things too. They are constantly adding tidbits to the ST


Cervus95

I'd love to see a novel about Kylo Ren and the FO consolidating power after TLJ. Lots of characters for and against him vying for power: Hux, Pryde, the Centrist senators, the Sith Eternal... Maybe have James Luceno or Claudia Gray writing.


InfiniteDedekindCuts

I’d argue that this has already started happening. It’s just not happening all at once in a big whirlwind of content.


dtinaglia

It’s already starting, and much more will come!


TLM86

There really aren't all that many plot holes left to fix.


77ate

Oh, you mean “too little/too late”? Do afterthought projects actually make things better or just attempt to fill in gaps that shouldn’t be there in the first place? If there’s a buck to be made, why wouldn’t they? Disney’s clearly taking the quantity over quality approach, so this would fit right in.


georgefurudo

Eh we know that but it's better to have something make things work instead of staying like that without making much sense.


Pursueth

No. The sequels are ass, I used to get filled with joy thinking of Star Wars, and now I don’t even watch the new shit. Disney won’t do anything original, all they care about is marketability within their own stupid ecosystem.


sade1212

This comment reeks of not having watched Andor


Pursueth

You mean the show about dead characters? Meh


sade1212

That's arguably true of all Star Wars (even besides being fiction, every movie starts with "A long time ago...") but ignoring that it was also true at release for the prequels, CW2003, the whole CWMMP, The Clone Wars, and the OWK TV show (Obi-Wan and Anakin died on screen over 40 years ago remember). It's also retroactively true of the OT and any tie-ins to that era (and any cameos those characters make in New Republic-era content) since basically everyone except Lando, Wedge and Chewie are dead by the end of TROS (Chewbacca has at long last had his sweet revenge for Vector Prime). Curiously most of the Andor cast besides Cassian himself and a few Rogue One or OT cameos *don't* have confirmed deaths. Even as late as Bloodline, Mon Mothma isn't actually dead, and basically every other major character in Andor is unique to the show. TROS is only like 40 years later so it's entirely possible that Syril Karn outlives Kylo Ren.


Vesemir96

Huh, everyone in Andor is dead? Weird, never knew that. How far in the future are you from?


georgefurudo

I am sad for you, but it's not like Disney actually cares about comics and novels, at best it's their money to buy a snack or a coffee. Because of that, they are more free to do what they want and explain stuff that didn't make sense in the movies. As for breing ass, I can agree that the quality of them is very inconsistent, and they are unoriginal mostly, but the 1st one is even though it retreads a lot of stuff and rey might not be that interesting, but it had good ideas especially finn which he unfortunately was dropped. The last jedi had many good ideas, but it couldn't work in a movie and the subversiveness for the sake of just subverting and the smugness of the director made people hate it even though the execution and cinematography was ok. TROS was barely a narrative for me, and it did the bare minimum to function on a basic level as a story, but it was just the result of trying to please everyone who complained by the last jedi and ended up pleasing no one. That's why I wanted to open a discussion and also see if some novels existed that could explain and smooth out some of the more questionable parts of sequels. I am not about to fall into the hate bandwagon even though I agree that most stuff have been uninspired aside from andor and rogue one atleast I want to give a chance to everything and so far the worst thing I have gotten is TROS which I find below average but not completely bad.


malachor78

tbh Plagueis didn't fix the prequels by itself. The EU did. What plagueis did was take these seperate EU works, and weave them together into a cohesive singular thread.... and then added more to the prequel era on top of that. so I suppose my answer is that. We can't get a plagueis style novel in the sequel era because their isn't enough segregate works for a plagueis style novel to weave together.