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« on: June 29, 2013, 03:15:22 AM »
The Yuuzhang Vong chapter was okay, but I have to disagree with you. There was too much grey, not enough black and white. I think stories like Star Wars are held up as ideals for most people, a chance to see what an idealistic character, a true hero, would do in situations in which we, as fault-riddled human beings, know we would opt for the "grey" route.
Regarding Jacen Solo, I thought some parts were okay but my real gripe was that it was schizophrenic. Some authors wrote it TOO close to the fall of Anakin Skywalker. Others made him seem logical and calculating and put real weight behind his descent. But it just wasn't consistent enough. Also, I think that if Anakin Solo had never been killed (a poor decision that many of the Star Wars authors disagreed with), and kept as the primary hero of the Yuuzhan Vong war, instead of Jacen, I would have bought the Darth Caedus storyline better. The way it was done though, they completely undid a hero built up from that chapter of the EU.
Anakin Solo is the one death I am truly angry about. Mary Jade's was actually handled very very well in my opinion, and served a real purpose in terms of plot. It tore Luke out of inaction, and made Ben Skywalker a very interesting character.
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