If this is about sith and zombies im in.. gonna check it out..😝
@cperez12639 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing this video. Subscribed.
@loganmorris9612 күн бұрын
Thanks for the review il be sure to read it!
@rkbones937713 күн бұрын
I would like to see a bane trilogy! Hopefully in the future
@seano94017 күн бұрын
ive read the last 3 in your list and I totally agree with your picks. Light of The Jedi and other books in that series catch a lot of heat because of the more "woke" inclusions in them as well as the writers like Justina Ireland saying controversial stuff online. But man, that book is phenomenal imo, the one thing I really love it for more than anything else is how it really makes you sad when you compare the republic from this book to the one in the movies. Really goes to show how sidious and plagueis completely ruined it. The Idealism and the fact that the Republic actually feels like a galactic community that help each other out when things get bad actually make me really like the faction. Later entries in this series havent been nearly as good as light of the jedi but im still willing to read the rest of the novels (at least the adult ones)
@station7thedoor18 күн бұрын
There are no canon books anymore. The TV and Movie products already contradicted the new books.
@caleblikesbooks17 күн бұрын
There are some contradictions here and there like there always have been, but that doesn’t make the books less worth reading
@station7thedoor11 күн бұрын
@@caleblikesbooks They might be good reading. They're just not canon.
@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels18 күн бұрын
Sounds like it's been a cool month for you all in all! The video on picks to read before The Acolyte was great, not surprised to hear it's doing well.
@TheLeatheryman21 күн бұрын
I really enjoyed and was enamoured by the idea of the Eye Of Palpatine, as an asteroid shaped dreadnaught built secretly during his reign as Chancellor, but the way it was used in the story was embarrassing. Sandpeople and Gamorreans brainwashes ti think they were Stormtroopers.. peel me a grape! I think some other shmuck wrote those parts, because the rest of the book was pretty good!
@lisadw49921 күн бұрын
Good list. I enjoyed Master & Apprentice (gave it 4 out 5 stars); have read the first book in the Canon Thrawn series-loved it; (5 stars); am behind on my High Republic books, but very much enjoyed Light is the Jedi (4 stars).
@lisadw49921 күн бұрын
I read this a couple of years ago; gave it 4 stars (out of 5). I, too, enjoyed the part exploring Vader, his physical pain with the suit etc.
@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels22 күн бұрын
Nice picks! All solid places to start. I agree with A New Dawn for folks who might be Rebel fans, there's also Dark Disciple for people who were Clone War fans.
@paulalves448322 күн бұрын
Thank you Caleb Great video
@BLUB3DModels24 күн бұрын
i like this video, you're so chill
@lockbars545624 күн бұрын
The audiobook narrator is top notch and helps with the pacing. Btw, the narrator is the butler from "The Nanny".
@chriskrahn27 күн бұрын
Awesome video
@KoolAidBuzz27 күн бұрын
Cool video man, some solid picks. I never heard of that Yoda book but I'm gonna check that out. Have you read the Darth Bane trilogy? My absolute favorites.
@caleblikesbooks27 күн бұрын
Yes, I read those a few years back and loved them! Still some of my favorites. I hope to reread that trilogy later this year
@agahnim019627 күн бұрын
I love how this book brought together the Thrawn Trilogy with the Jedi Academy Trilogy, by making Pellaeon and Daala team up. Regardless of what people think of Kevin J Anderson's writing, what i love about him is how he handles all other creators' content and respects the canon established by others before him, making them all merge together. Zahn might have kickstarted the EU, but Anderson really brought it all together.
@ethansmith444228 күн бұрын
I hope you get to read more Ursula K. Le Guin, the first book in earthsea is definitely one of the worst, with each subsequent book better than the last. You can tell how much she grew as a writer with that series. Her science fiction books like the dispossesed, left side of darkness and especially lathe of heaven are masterpiece books for her era. I hope to read more starwars books, thank you for the recommendations
@caleblikesbooks28 күн бұрын
I plan to at least try the first few Earthsea books, so I will definitely try to read more sometime!
@dreamingspace721829 күн бұрын
rogue planet was the first legends novel i read i did it after the disaster that was "force awakens" and decided legends was the only cannon i needed and have largely been reading in order of timeline ever since.
@fredward867329 күн бұрын
What about dawn of the Jedi?
@caleblikesbooks29 күн бұрын
I didn’t care for it at all, personally. Found it pretty boring for the most part. I have a review of it on my channel if you’re curious to hear my thoughts
@animalmother803729 күн бұрын
Darksaber is definitely the high point of the Callista trilogy. Really want to read Dark rendezvous and lockdown
@SteveHolm8929 күн бұрын
Lockdown is def one of my fav Legends books, and talked alot less about than the other Maul book Shadow Hunter, which I find odd since its just as good if not better. Havent read any of the others yet but they are all on my radar. Focusing on New Jedi Order currently, but Im planning do a little "jump-around cleanup" before I move on in the legends timeline. Just to mention one I feel underrated myself is the Old Republic book Deceived, really liked that one.
@caleblikesbooks29 күн бұрын
I considered adding the TOR books in general to my list, especially Deceived. I’m mixed on Revan but the other three are good!
@H4is3nberg29 күн бұрын
Hmmm never read rogue planet just because it has so many negative reviews. Im not sure about this one
@caleblikesbooks29 күн бұрын
It’s not the greatest or anything but I quite enjoyed it. Good character stuff and really cool worldbuilding
@zero1zerolast393Ай бұрын
1032 BBY. The same year the great sith war occurred
@factualopinion4275Ай бұрын
I sure wouldn't mind getting young plagueis coming into the fold eventually 👀
@UpsedrissАй бұрын
my favorite star wars book :)
@jonfurreАй бұрын
Unpopular opinion but by far one of my favorite star wars books of all time. Won't spoil but my favorite moment is Vader's last line in the book when he's interacting with the female twi'lek.
@caleblikesbooksАй бұрын
That line hits so hard. So many good Vader moments in the book
@agahnim0196Ай бұрын
The writing is definitely hard to follow. I had to re-read several paragraphs to make sure i understood where it went.... there are very long sentences that tackle several subjects and paragraph that starts on a subject, then go through endless descriptions of something else, only to loop back to the original topic. If it has one thing going for it though, it's that It's one of the few Star Wars stories where i was more interested in Leia's story than anyone else's... usually Leia always gets to deal with political squabbling, but here, she actually had lots to do and developed her powers as a Jedi.
@ironinquisitor3656Ай бұрын
One of the few New Canon novels in my Star Wars book collection. I remember this one being pretty good.
@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovelsАй бұрын
I just looked up the full artwork you mentioned . . . you're right, holy crap that's wild. This is definitely in my top 10 for canon books, all killer no filler is exactly how I'd describe it. Any story involving the Sith in general I find just tends to go harder than the average SW novel. Great review!
@randywilliams5628Ай бұрын
I think it’s great you can enjoy both canon and legends.
@collincurtis1347Ай бұрын
Love the Lorna shore shirt 👍
@lisadw499Ай бұрын
I agree with you about chapters vs parts. I prefer chapters and not super long chapters. I sometimes only spend 20-30 minutes reading at a time so I don’t enjoy having 30-40+ chapter lengths.
@lisadw499Ай бұрын
I just finished The Jedi Academy Trilogy in April, so now I think I will read this next in my pile of SW books.
@jonfurreАй бұрын
Darth plagueis is great! I’m currently reading it and there’s so many moments that tie in to all three prequel films
@fredward8673Ай бұрын
Keep up the great work!
@animalmother8037Ай бұрын
Im getting ready for Acolyte by canceling my Disney + subscription. Lol JK I canceled it months ago.
@paulalves4483Ай бұрын
Hey Caleb I’m new to the Star Wars world And I want to know if the legends books have to be read in order to understand the whole story of Star Wars I just love the whole Jedi and space fighting and saving the universe stuff I’ve read that I would have to read starting with the high republic and on But I like the legends books better Can you give me some kind of advice Thank you
@caleblikesbooksАй бұрын
In some cases, but not entirely. There are plenty of standalones, trilogies, and series that can be read independently or without the wider context of the Legends timeline Many of the books within their respective eras do build on one another, or even building across eras. I’d say it’s a good idea to read most of the trilogies and series taking place after Return of the Jedi (Thrawn trilogy, Jedi Academy trilogy, New Jedi Order, Legacy of the Force, etc) in order, for example. It’s not entirely necessary to read all the books that way though-most of the big event stories give you the basic context you need, so I wouldn’t say it’s 100% necessary to read all the in-between books, but it does help if you want the full picture There are lots of good resources online with recommendations. I plan to do some “where to start” videos sometime, but it will probably be a little while since I want to have read more before doing those
@animalmother8037Ай бұрын
I didn't start at the very beginning but picked up where return of the Jedi left off in the new republic era. There are also stand alone books like Kenobi that you can read alone without feeling too lost. In my opinion there's no one way you have to start with the SW EU/Legends books
@paulalves4483Ай бұрын
Thank you I really appreciate it Keep up the good work 👍
@H4is3nbergАй бұрын
Man i need to read revenge of the sith as soon as possible. Great vid my man as always
@BezanieАй бұрын
I read the whole series in one of those thick books that had the series all in one book. I decided to read it, cause I was having trouble finding good books to read in the YA section that wasn't all romantic vampires, or romantic dystopians or boring high school romance. Just a nice fun adventure story. I LOVED the series! I was quite surprised when I found out by accident that Japan made an anime series based on the books. It's actually quite good, and you can find episodes on youtube if you're interested.
@caleblikesbooksАй бұрын
I’ve tried the anime before but never got much into it. Sometime I’ll have to give it another shot!
@Chris-lw8eoАй бұрын
Hey Caleb! Heir to the Jedi was also written in first person, but it’s near the bottom of everyone’s canon tier It’s interesting because it was an EU novel edited to be a canon novel after the decanonization
@romonejones5522Ай бұрын
Vasher and Vienna show up in the Storm light archive books.... Had no idea until I was told .. won't spoil who they are in storm light but they world hopped ... For a really cool reason.
@caleblikesbooksАй бұрын
I noticed them as well. It was a very cool connection!
@fredward8673Ай бұрын
Just finished survivors quest, onto to the NJO. Any tips on reading it?
@caleblikesbooksАй бұрын
Only thing I’d suggest is maybe keeping some notes if that’s something that would be helpful to you. It’s pretty big in terms of scope and the number of characters involved, so that might help you keep track. Otherwise, it’s a pretty easy series to get into-there’s just a lot of it!
@jeremycamp0206Ай бұрын
I haven’t read this one yet. I think I was going to after I read the Jedi academy but realized the main character was the main character (or one of them) of the rogue squadron series and I’m slowly making my way through that before I get to I, Jedi
@jeremycamp0206Ай бұрын
I loved Lords of the Sith it’s probably still in my top 5 cannon books. I thought Black Spire was pretty good as well. I think Cataclysm was better than Convergence but I don’t think either were better than what we got in phase 1
@lisadw499Ай бұрын
I totally understand the interesting comments/looks you get when you say you read Star Wars books. I’ve loved Star Wars since high school when I saw A New Hope when it came out in 1977 and have been reading the books since they first started being written (taking time off to raise 3 sons who also love SW). I now have their collections, plus my own and am going thru and reading the books I missed and like you trying to catch up with The High Republic. I’ve read some amazing and some not so amazing, but I’m not going to stop now regardless of the looks or comments (Aren’t you a bit old to read SW?) lol I also read a few other genres, but always have a SW book nearby. I’m glad you enjoy talking about what you read and always look forward to a new video.
@lisadw499Ай бұрын
Sounds like a good month of reading. Along with other things I’m going to pick up The Empire Strikes Back-From a Certain Point of View and read a short story a day. Short stories aren’t really my thing, but I did enjoy most of the stories in the A New Hope book.
@caleblikesbooksАй бұрын
I need to pick up the FACPOV books sometime. I’ve heard they’re pretty good!
@lisadw499Ай бұрын
Since I’m not usually a short story reader I waited until they showed up on Book Outlet so it took awhile for me to find each one. I have found many of the newer SW books on there. They sell new, mostly over stock books.
@TonyTheJabroniАй бұрын
Such a fun book, Rincewind and Twoflower are hysterical as a duo. I finished it recently and if the next books are better then I need to start The Light Fantastic immediately.
@LegitBabySnutsАй бұрын
The real mystery is why Assassin's Creed I the novelization doesn't exis.
@caleblikesbooksАй бұрын
Assassin’s Creed: The Secret Crusade is pretty much the novelization of the first game
@LegitBabySnutsАй бұрын
@@caleblikesbooks Ohhh!!! Thanks. Great review. I'm gonna get the first book advertised in the 10 book box set on Amazon, and I'm gonna get the first book in resident evil series from the library.
@animalmother8037Ай бұрын
Cant wait for May!!!
@jeffreym9876Ай бұрын
I have started to do more rereads recently. Currently reading Star Wars X-Wing series. I am liking it just as much the second time through. Looking forward to your I jedi video
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If this is about sith and zombies im in.. gonna check it out..😝
Thanks for sharing this video. Subscribed.
Thanks for the review il be sure to read it!
I would like to see a bane trilogy! Hopefully in the future
ive read the last 3 in your list and I totally agree with your picks. Light of The Jedi and other books in that series catch a lot of heat because of the more "woke" inclusions in them as well as the writers like Justina Ireland saying controversial stuff online. But man, that book is phenomenal imo, the one thing I really love it for more than anything else is how it really makes you sad when you compare the republic from this book to the one in the movies. Really goes to show how sidious and plagueis completely ruined it. The Idealism and the fact that the Republic actually feels like a galactic community that help each other out when things get bad actually make me really like the faction. Later entries in this series havent been nearly as good as light of the jedi but im still willing to read the rest of the novels (at least the adult ones)
There are no canon books anymore. The TV and Movie products already contradicted the new books.
There are some contradictions here and there like there always have been, but that doesn’t make the books less worth reading
@@caleblikesbooks They might be good reading. They're just not canon.
Sounds like it's been a cool month for you all in all! The video on picks to read before The Acolyte was great, not surprised to hear it's doing well.
I really enjoyed and was enamoured by the idea of the Eye Of Palpatine, as an asteroid shaped dreadnaught built secretly during his reign as Chancellor, but the way it was used in the story was embarrassing. Sandpeople and Gamorreans brainwashes ti think they were Stormtroopers.. peel me a grape! I think some other shmuck wrote those parts, because the rest of the book was pretty good!
Good list. I enjoyed Master & Apprentice (gave it 4 out 5 stars); have read the first book in the Canon Thrawn series-loved it; (5 stars); am behind on my High Republic books, but very much enjoyed Light is the Jedi (4 stars).
I read this a couple of years ago; gave it 4 stars (out of 5). I, too, enjoyed the part exploring Vader, his physical pain with the suit etc.
Nice picks! All solid places to start. I agree with A New Dawn for folks who might be Rebel fans, there's also Dark Disciple for people who were Clone War fans.
Thank you Caleb Great video
i like this video, you're so chill
The audiobook narrator is top notch and helps with the pacing. Btw, the narrator is the butler from "The Nanny".
Awesome video
Cool video man, some solid picks. I never heard of that Yoda book but I'm gonna check that out. Have you read the Darth Bane trilogy? My absolute favorites.
Yes, I read those a few years back and loved them! Still some of my favorites. I hope to reread that trilogy later this year
I love how this book brought together the Thrawn Trilogy with the Jedi Academy Trilogy, by making Pellaeon and Daala team up. Regardless of what people think of Kevin J Anderson's writing, what i love about him is how he handles all other creators' content and respects the canon established by others before him, making them all merge together. Zahn might have kickstarted the EU, but Anderson really brought it all together.
I hope you get to read more Ursula K. Le Guin, the first book in earthsea is definitely one of the worst, with each subsequent book better than the last. You can tell how much she grew as a writer with that series. Her science fiction books like the dispossesed, left side of darkness and especially lathe of heaven are masterpiece books for her era. I hope to read more starwars books, thank you for the recommendations
I plan to at least try the first few Earthsea books, so I will definitely try to read more sometime!
rogue planet was the first legends novel i read i did it after the disaster that was "force awakens" and decided legends was the only cannon i needed and have largely been reading in order of timeline ever since.
What about dawn of the Jedi?
I didn’t care for it at all, personally. Found it pretty boring for the most part. I have a review of it on my channel if you’re curious to hear my thoughts
Darksaber is definitely the high point of the Callista trilogy. Really want to read Dark rendezvous and lockdown
Lockdown is def one of my fav Legends books, and talked alot less about than the other Maul book Shadow Hunter, which I find odd since its just as good if not better. Havent read any of the others yet but they are all on my radar. Focusing on New Jedi Order currently, but Im planning do a little "jump-around cleanup" before I move on in the legends timeline. Just to mention one I feel underrated myself is the Old Republic book Deceived, really liked that one.
I considered adding the TOR books in general to my list, especially Deceived. I’m mixed on Revan but the other three are good!
Hmmm never read rogue planet just because it has so many negative reviews. Im not sure about this one
It’s not the greatest or anything but I quite enjoyed it. Good character stuff and really cool worldbuilding
1032 BBY. The same year the great sith war occurred
I sure wouldn't mind getting young plagueis coming into the fold eventually 👀
my favorite star wars book :)
Unpopular opinion but by far one of my favorite star wars books of all time. Won't spoil but my favorite moment is Vader's last line in the book when he's interacting with the female twi'lek.
That line hits so hard. So many good Vader moments in the book
The writing is definitely hard to follow. I had to re-read several paragraphs to make sure i understood where it went.... there are very long sentences that tackle several subjects and paragraph that starts on a subject, then go through endless descriptions of something else, only to loop back to the original topic. If it has one thing going for it though, it's that It's one of the few Star Wars stories where i was more interested in Leia's story than anyone else's... usually Leia always gets to deal with political squabbling, but here, she actually had lots to do and developed her powers as a Jedi.
One of the few New Canon novels in my Star Wars book collection. I remember this one being pretty good.
I just looked up the full artwork you mentioned . . . you're right, holy crap that's wild. This is definitely in my top 10 for canon books, all killer no filler is exactly how I'd describe it. Any story involving the Sith in general I find just tends to go harder than the average SW novel. Great review!
I think it’s great you can enjoy both canon and legends.
Love the Lorna shore shirt 👍
I agree with you about chapters vs parts. I prefer chapters and not super long chapters. I sometimes only spend 20-30 minutes reading at a time so I don’t enjoy having 30-40+ chapter lengths.
I just finished The Jedi Academy Trilogy in April, so now I think I will read this next in my pile of SW books.
Darth plagueis is great! I’m currently reading it and there’s so many moments that tie in to all three prequel films
Keep up the great work!
Im getting ready for Acolyte by canceling my Disney + subscription. Lol JK I canceled it months ago.
Hey Caleb I’m new to the Star Wars world And I want to know if the legends books have to be read in order to understand the whole story of Star Wars I just love the whole Jedi and space fighting and saving the universe stuff I’ve read that I would have to read starting with the high republic and on But I like the legends books better Can you give me some kind of advice Thank you
In some cases, but not entirely. There are plenty of standalones, trilogies, and series that can be read independently or without the wider context of the Legends timeline Many of the books within their respective eras do build on one another, or even building across eras. I’d say it’s a good idea to read most of the trilogies and series taking place after Return of the Jedi (Thrawn trilogy, Jedi Academy trilogy, New Jedi Order, Legacy of the Force, etc) in order, for example. It’s not entirely necessary to read all the books that way though-most of the big event stories give you the basic context you need, so I wouldn’t say it’s 100% necessary to read all the in-between books, but it does help if you want the full picture There are lots of good resources online with recommendations. I plan to do some “where to start” videos sometime, but it will probably be a little while since I want to have read more before doing those
I didn't start at the very beginning but picked up where return of the Jedi left off in the new republic era. There are also stand alone books like Kenobi that you can read alone without feeling too lost. In my opinion there's no one way you have to start with the SW EU/Legends books
Thank you I really appreciate it Keep up the good work 👍
Man i need to read revenge of the sith as soon as possible. Great vid my man as always
I read the whole series in one of those thick books that had the series all in one book. I decided to read it, cause I was having trouble finding good books to read in the YA section that wasn't all romantic vampires, or romantic dystopians or boring high school romance. Just a nice fun adventure story. I LOVED the series! I was quite surprised when I found out by accident that Japan made an anime series based on the books. It's actually quite good, and you can find episodes on youtube if you're interested.
I’ve tried the anime before but never got much into it. Sometime I’ll have to give it another shot!
Hey Caleb! Heir to the Jedi was also written in first person, but it’s near the bottom of everyone’s canon tier It’s interesting because it was an EU novel edited to be a canon novel after the decanonization
Vasher and Vienna show up in the Storm light archive books.... Had no idea until I was told .. won't spoil who they are in storm light but they world hopped ... For a really cool reason.
I noticed them as well. It was a very cool connection!
Just finished survivors quest, onto to the NJO. Any tips on reading it?
Only thing I’d suggest is maybe keeping some notes if that’s something that would be helpful to you. It’s pretty big in terms of scope and the number of characters involved, so that might help you keep track. Otherwise, it’s a pretty easy series to get into-there’s just a lot of it!
I haven’t read this one yet. I think I was going to after I read the Jedi academy but realized the main character was the main character (or one of them) of the rogue squadron series and I’m slowly making my way through that before I get to I, Jedi
I loved Lords of the Sith it’s probably still in my top 5 cannon books. I thought Black Spire was pretty good as well. I think Cataclysm was better than Convergence but I don’t think either were better than what we got in phase 1
I totally understand the interesting comments/looks you get when you say you read Star Wars books. I’ve loved Star Wars since high school when I saw A New Hope when it came out in 1977 and have been reading the books since they first started being written (taking time off to raise 3 sons who also love SW). I now have their collections, plus my own and am going thru and reading the books I missed and like you trying to catch up with The High Republic. I’ve read some amazing and some not so amazing, but I’m not going to stop now regardless of the looks or comments (Aren’t you a bit old to read SW?) lol I also read a few other genres, but always have a SW book nearby. I’m glad you enjoy talking about what you read and always look forward to a new video.
Sounds like a good month of reading. Along with other things I’m going to pick up The Empire Strikes Back-From a Certain Point of View and read a short story a day. Short stories aren’t really my thing, but I did enjoy most of the stories in the A New Hope book.
I need to pick up the FACPOV books sometime. I’ve heard they’re pretty good!
Since I’m not usually a short story reader I waited until they showed up on Book Outlet so it took awhile for me to find each one. I have found many of the newer SW books on there. They sell new, mostly over stock books.
Such a fun book, Rincewind and Twoflower are hysterical as a duo. I finished it recently and if the next books are better then I need to start The Light Fantastic immediately.
The real mystery is why Assassin's Creed I the novelization doesn't exis.
Assassin’s Creed: The Secret Crusade is pretty much the novelization of the first game
@@caleblikesbooks Ohhh!!! Thanks. Great review. I'm gonna get the first book advertised in the 10 book box set on Amazon, and I'm gonna get the first book in resident evil series from the library.
Cant wait for May!!!
I have started to do more rereads recently. Currently reading Star Wars X-Wing series. I am liking it just as much the second time through. Looking forward to your I jedi video