Catching Up With Old Friends.

With all the excitement surrounding the Star Wars franchise, I decided to go back and reread some of the books I read during my teenage years.  My early teenage years were the peak of my Star Wars fandom where I read as many books as I could convince my mom to buy for me.  So far in this process of returning to these books, I've gotten through Tales from the Cantina and Heir to the Empire.  Both books were life changing at the time and were still a joy to read nearly 20 years later.     

If you're familiar with either of these two books, I'm sure you quickly surmised that Tales from Jabba's Palace, Tales of the Bounty Hunter, Dark Force Rises, and The Last Command are the next four books on my Star Wars read list.  Shadows of the Empire, The Courtship of Princess Leia, and the Jedi Academy Trilogy are also on my list before hopefully tackling some stories I never got around to reading.

All of this eventually leads to the new line of Star Wars novels set  to kick off in November, starting with Tarkin and followed by Heir to the Jedi and Lords of the Sith.  I'm hoping these three novels will be a great kickoff leading up to the release of Star Wars: Episode VII.    

As for my rereading, the biggest take away from this process so far has been the realization of how mightily I struggled to pronounce the names of characters, locations, and ships as a teenager.  I know reading wasn't my strongest suit at the time but seeing how easy it is now to read a name such as Talon Karrde had me a bit embarrassed of my younger self.