The VORum

I'm gonna kick this off with GAR's quote, as I can't believe we never started this topic yet.

Yeah, I've loved the books so far. Sure, they're heavy military, but they're so human, and that's the Traviss touch. I can't stand Clancy books because thy're too military, too detailed. Right now, even if I was trepidacious at first, I have an amount of concern for just about every character she's put in the books.

I also don't mind the Mando'a stuff. I actually like it, and I don't see it just as a ploy to keep Boba Fett around forever, although Hasbro seems to. It's a great way for the character Skirata to give the clones a sense of real humanity, something that can hold them together in their slavery to the Republic. They're still clones, some more individualized than others, but they're a family of brothers millions strong. Or thousands at least. This kind of human touch keeps it from being just a military series, just a Star Wars Series, or just a sci fi series. I can't wait to see where it goes.

Thanks for posting this Ed!

I too, can't wait to see where it goes. However, as I've mentioned before, I'm scared to see what Order 66 is going to bring, because I'm pretty sure it's going to wreck me.

Still, I like the direction of the first three books, and they seem to get more complicated as they go. Looking back, the first book was very simple. Hell, even the planet it's set on is simple. Grassy, some mountains in the distance that they really don't get into, and a couple small farmhouse type villiages. Besides a laboratory and a quarry, I guess, there's nothing to it.

Triple Zero was my favorite. It was colorful and while certainly more... busy, just because of the setting, it was also fairly linear and though the stakes were raised, it was in a fun way, for the most part. (the boys finding girls, for instance)

The fit hit the shan in True Colors, and I ended that book reeling, a little bit unsettled by the state of things, and a little concerned about the future of some of the characters. There was also the heavy sweet-and-sour of Fi. Taken out of the game, but at the same time spared from the horrors of the game, given a chance at a more innocent life. Potentially anyway.

As I said, I'll probably break down and get Order 66 sooner rather than later, but it's scary.

not that anything major has been talked about here, but I guess we should mention that there may be little or big spoilers here.

Also, please no spoilers about Order 66. Let's give that one some time, or feel free to start a new thread about that book. Thanks!

---MGMT

Yeah, like GAR said, it's a nice simple intro to the characters, and how the Republic Commandos work. It's a simple mission, then the story and characters get at least twice as complex in the second book. The third gets really deep into their characters, and therefore I'm excited to see where it goes in the fourth.

i cant help it i have to suck these books off too. i totally agree with everything u guys say about these books.and its not just like im trying to hand job the vor cast or anything i read alot of e u {i m getting ready to start n j o} so i think i can smell a steaming pile of donkey shit when i read it. but these books are done so well . i had to smile when i read trannies was short for trandoshan. classic.

I'M PICKING UP HARD CONTACT TONIGHT!!!!

u wont be disappointed. darman is my personal fav.

Order 66 just arrived here in Sunny Abiko this weekend. It's already off to a great start. CAN"T WAIT!

Order 66 was the first Star Wars Hardcover I bought right after it came out.