"Star Wars 'Aftermath' Novel - Possible Spoilers" Topic

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Ghostrunner	28 Aug 2015 7:04 a.m. PST
Excerpt from the start of the new novel is posted on StarWars.com starwars.com/news/chaos-throttles-the-capital-in-star-wars-aftermath-special-excerpt Man, I hope this is a 'beta version of the novel' or that someone paraphrased it extensively. To say the least, I am not impressed with the writing style.
Kraken Skulls Consortium	28 Aug 2015 7:58 a.m. PST
I would have to concur with you. If that is the actual book, it is not great. =/
Wretched Peasant Scum	28 Aug 2015 8:13 a.m. PST
I assume it is the winner in a High School writing contest.
Ghostrunner	28 Aug 2015 8:22 a.m. PST
I had little to no problem with them re-writing the post ROTJ history… Just wish they had hired someone who could write.
Thomas O	28 Aug 2015 11:13 a.m. PST
I hope they do a re-write before they make it into a book much less a trilogy of books. Here is another link about it. link
Winston Smith	28 Aug 2015 11:22 a.m. PST
"Canon"? Hah. We know how Star Wars treats canon.
The Beast Rampant	28 Aug 2015 1:02 p.m. PST
Ew. He should stick to writing YouTube comments.
Dan Wideman II	28 Aug 2015 4:00 p.m. PST
That's awful. It's like a whole novel of choppy fragmented sentences. That might work for a short story but not for a novel.
chromedog	31 Aug 2015 3:04 a.m. PST
@Winston: They treat the what-was-EU as a midden to be raided for gems amongst the kipple. The writer's bible that the EU writers used, was first used for writers for the old role-playing-game – and some of that material slowly dribbled into "canon" anyway. Canon/non canon doesn't matter. Only whether you enjoy the stories. My value on them is not attached to how "official" the stories are.
Russ Lockwood	07 Sep 2015 11:28 a.m. PST
Ugh.
Highland Samurai 1987	09 Sep 2015 6:00 a.m. PST
It apparently really is as bad as the excerpt. The author is sending a desperate plea on twitter for anyone to give him a decent review on amazon to counterbalance the "carnival of delight" going on there. It currently enjoys a 2.7/5 with a majority of the ratings being 1/5.
SouthernPhantom	09 Sep 2015 9:38 a.m. PST
This writing style is suitable for short stories or teaser-blurbs. An entire novel? Ugh. I'm getting a headache from just a chapter or so. Was there not a more-competent writer available?
Ghostrunner	09 Sep 2015 10:26 a.m. PST
I had thoughts of actually staying current with the books after they were released. Now I'm thinking I'll buy the (used) paperbacks as I find them. To be fair, the reviews are mixed. But when an author insists that most of the negative reviews are just homophobic bashing, my alarm bells start to go off.

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