A Blog Both Wonderful and Strange

Hello and welcome to a series I'm doing. So I have made the decision to read all of the books in the Star Wars Expanded Universe - that is, the Star Wars works outside of the films and The Clone Wars  that were released prior to April 25, 2014. I will not only cover the novels here, but the games and comic books. But mostly the novels, for that's where most of the EU 's content is. I will cover the novels in order, except for the Han Solo and Lando Calrissian Adventures, because I accidentally forgot they existed between reading Splinter of the Mind's Eye and Heir to the Empire. I'll go back to them before reading the Han Solo trilogy . I will not be covering the novels intended for younger audiences, however. At least not right now. So don't expect to see any Jedi Prince stuff here. Anyhow, let's begin with the one that started it all: Alan Dean Foster's 1978 novel,  Splinter of the Mind's Eye. Now, you may or may not know the history ...

I am a huge Star Wars fan. Always have been. My mother has frequently recalled that I was regularly humming Star Wars music as early as two years old. Being a huge Star Wars fan, I am not without my opinions. I LOVE the original trilogy, I don't like the prequels, and I love the sequels so far. I even love The Last Jedi . If that previous sentence made you stop reading, you may just be why I'm writing this blog post. Not because I want to convince you to like it, though. Not at all. This goes a little deeper. Remember how I said I don't like the prequels? Well, just two years ago, I would not have left it at that. I would have gone on a tirade against these three films and ruined three podcast episodes over it. You see, two years ago, I was the worst kind of Star Wars fan, one that is all too common (or, at the very least, all too vocal). I was a crybaby. To be fair, Luke had every reason to cry here. But it makes a good thumbnail. You may not like me using th...