• Acamon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Back in 2019, after I experienced a traumatic hallucination (where I had this vivid, nightmare-like vision that Disney brought JJ Abrams back to make 9th star wars movie) I reread the Zahn trilogy.

    Sure, as an adult it was maybe less awesome than the first time I read it, but I really, really enjoyed it. It was such a palate cleansing experience, it really helped me get over that nightmare. A story that continued the plot, characters and setting of the original trilogy in interesting ways that made sense to the world and people already established, had a plausible scope and threat level that was menacing but didn’t undo the achievements of Luke & the Rebellion, and opened doors to a wider galaxy. I hope if Disney ever get round to finishing the sequel trilogy they take some cues from Zahn’s approach.