Even thought I saw her for what she was, I enjoyed Mara as I was reading it. Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA, Earth, The Solar System, The Milky Way GalaxyĬool. “We're going to win this war, not by fighting what we hate, but saving what we love.” I didn't find Mara to be a terribly objectionable character, though she felt a bit thin. I loved some thing like the mole miners being used as boarding ships, or the New Republic failing to secure the Katana fleet, or even Bel Iblis being a rogue sector of the Rebellion who never came in from the cold. if it had been turned up in research, rather than Leia having an inspiration, it might have felt more like something that was simply hidden, rather than being an add-on to make the necessary contrivance more necessary.īeyond that? I don't recall any big issues. Making them part of the cloning process felt forced, especially as we never find out that this is how the later Clone Masters sped up the process. The yslamari were a contrivance to make Thrawn remain a threat with C'baoth trying to mind control everyone. I did not like the "connection through the Force with the original is what made fast-grown clones go crazy." That felt like a contrivance too far. They're a contrivance, sure, but they don't feel terribly unreasonable.
Though I've joked a bit, I don't have a particular problem with the yslamari. I also disliked the presentation of Pellaeon he felt like the person there to make Thrawn look smart. I really disliked his "I can understand a culture through its art", as I've mentioned, but if you take that part out, or even broaden it to "Art is part of how I examine a culture", or narrow it to "Modern art can give me insights", I'd have less trouble with it. A shadowy figure to the New Republic at first, whose successes lead them to ascribing too much power to him. Everything else could be taken as a backstory to the ST.Īs I said, I had my issues with it. Notably, the only part that wouldn't work with the ST is the fact that Han and Leia had twins, instead of a singular boy child. like the callbacks got strong enough at times that it had some TFA's slightly retread feel. Captures a lot of the feel of the OT, though in some ways it feels a bit less original. I've now finished the whole HttE trilogy (since there's a more recent Thrawn Trilogy, I'll use that). It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. "No set of rules can cover every situation. I don't want to really discuss it until you're done with the book, though. My take is that the HttE trilogy is much better than the sequels we did get, but it wasn't exactly ready for prime time, either. but this is something held up as being the thing they should have done instead of the ST.
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