Avoid Crystal Star. Really bad imo. Had some cool Force aspects but the story was bad and made Luke look like a wimp. Considering how Luke is much more powerful in previous books it just irked me how he was “neutered” in the book. And this brings me to one of the biggest problems with some (though not necessarily few) of the books and it is the lack of consistency regarding “The Force” though story wise most are good to great.
Also very much agree with reading the Timothy Zahn trilogy first. As far as I am concerned those are episodes 7, 8 and 9. I am starting Legacy of the Force now and will likely continue to Fate of the Jedi on ebook due to lack of space.
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