Post by boot on Oct 13, 2019 21:07:08 GMT -6
I started this collection of short stories. I avoided it like the plague for decades because its got Kevin J. Anderson's name on it as editor (and the Jawas story). But, I also see that the book is considered damn good by most.
So, I dug into the first story, which is about the Bith band who plays the famous song we heard in the Cantina during A New Hope. Kathy Tyers wrote this story(she wrote The Truce At Bakura, the first novel to follow the original Thrawn trilogy when the EU started), and so far, I quite like it!
It's refreshing to read a Star Wars story about...normal people...even when normal people are aliens living in the Star Wars universe. No blasters (so far). Instead, one of the band members says he carves his own reeds for his instrument. I played sax in high school, so I kinda dig that. And, the band is in good standing with the Intergalactic Federation of Musicians.
No blasters (so far). No save-the-universe plots. Just a band trying to get a gig.
I'm diggin' it.
EDIT: I understand that these stories used the write ups in the Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope supplement for the WEG D6 Star Wars game! That supplement told background stories for many of the aliens seen in the film. The stories in this book are supposed to use those frameworks and flesh them out.
We'll see how close they are!
So, I dug into the first story, which is about the Bith band who plays the famous song we heard in the Cantina during A New Hope. Kathy Tyers wrote this story(she wrote The Truce At Bakura, the first novel to follow the original Thrawn trilogy when the EU started), and so far, I quite like it!
It's refreshing to read a Star Wars story about...normal people...even when normal people are aliens living in the Star Wars universe. No blasters (so far). Instead, one of the band members says he carves his own reeds for his instrument. I played sax in high school, so I kinda dig that. And, the band is in good standing with the Intergalactic Federation of Musicians.
No blasters (so far). No save-the-universe plots. Just a band trying to get a gig.
I'm diggin' it.
EDIT: I understand that these stories used the write ups in the Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope supplement for the WEG D6 Star Wars game! That supplement told background stories for many of the aliens seen in the film. The stories in this book are supposed to use those frameworks and flesh them out.
We'll see how close they are!