#Tendra Risant

[from-a-legends-pov]

Star Wars Legends: Poll of the Week - Cardplayer, Gambler, Scoundrel, Businessman

Lando’s not a system, he’s a man…a businessman. Which of these Lando Calrissian business ventures from Star Wars Legends is your favorite?

Nomad City, a walking mining platform on Nkllon built from a repurposed Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser and 40 captured AT-ATs, which would constantly move to keep the mining facility on the night side of the extremely hot planet (Heir to the Empire)

Dometown, a kilometer-wide development of homes and other living areas in Coruscant’s lower levels, built in the hopes of luring people away from the crowded upper city and later used as a meeting area for the New Republic Defense Force (Ambush at Corellia)

The Calrissian-Nunb Mines, Lando’s attempt to take over the Spice Mines of Kessel (a notoriously dangerous mining operation once used by the Empire to enslave people) and turn it into a legitimate operation, in partnership with his wife Tendra Risant and his friend Nien Nunb (Fate of the Jedi: Outcast)

Hologram Fun World, an amusement park in a helium gas cloud near the Zabian system, which made use of holograms to simulate exotic locations or exciting situations. Attractions included the Anywhere Room, Nightmare Machine, Joy Domes, and the Enchanted Lagoon; Han Solo and Leia Organa once planned on getting married there (Queen of the Empire)

GemDiver Station, a space station that orbited as closely as possible to the planet Yavin to mine precious Corusca gems in the planet’s lower atmosphere (Young Jedi Knights: The Shadow Academy)

Tendrando Arms, a company founded with his wife Tendra Risant, which made Yuuzhan Vong Hunter One (YVH-1) battle droids to help fight the Yuuzhan Vong. Versions of the YVH-1 droids were used to create Lando’s personal bodyguard droid as well as Nanna, a droid who looked after the Organa-Solo children and later Ben Skywalker (The New Jedi Order: Star by Star)

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#star wars legends #star wars extended universe #star wars eu #from a legends pov #sw legends #lando calrissian #tendra risant #Star Wars business ventures #nomad city #dometown #calrissian-nunb mines #hologram fun world #gemdiver station #tendrando arms #nien nunb #han solo #leia organa #from-a-legends-pov #poll of the week

[legendscon]

#KOTOR #New Jedi Order #star wars expanded universe #Juhani #Bastila Shan #Tahl #Quinlan Vos #Khaleen Hentz #Ferus Olin #Mara Jade #Mara Jade Skywalker #Mirax Terrik #Corran Horn #Tendra Risant #Jaina Solo #Jagged Fel #Zekk #Anakin Solo #Tahiri Veila #Revan

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

Tendra Risant: Wait, are these legal?

Lando Calrissian: Would that make you MORE, or LESS interested in buying them?

Tendra Risant: Hmmmmmmmm—

#Tendra Risant #Lando Calrissian #star wars #star wars legends #incorrect star wars quotes #original: the owl house

[magnetarbeam]

I can't believe Lando and Tendra literally named their weapons manufacturing company after their ship name.

#star wars legends #lando calrissian #tendra risant #tendrando

[ao3feed--reylo]

A Princess of Takodana

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/JRFeVfb

by ElegyGoldsmith

Kylo’s hand is a blur as he reaches up over his shoulder and yanks the second axe free. I catch the handle in time with my free hand, but now the first curved blade has the saber hooked, holding me in place as he forces the second axe toward my neck. My body shudders with the force of fending him off, but it isn’t enough; his weapon keeps relentlessly twitching lower, until it’s within striking distance of my throat.

I glare into his ferocious eyes as the sharp metal inches toward my skin. If this is how I’m going out, then I’m not going to give up—not even after the honed blade is embedded in my body and my blood’s gushing out to stain this unfamiliar ground.

“Enough!” Kylo bellows, and we leap away from each other as he releases the downward pressure on the axe at my neck.

Spurned by her lover Prince Temmin, scullery maid Rey takes up her father’s sword, grudgingly teaming up with bounty hunter Kylo Ren to find Temmin’s intended, a kidnapped princess. But war is rising on the horizon, and long-held secrets about the feudal Empire of the Rim are coming to light – things that will forever transform Rey and her world along with it.

Words: 9230, Chapters: 2/20, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of The Reythoniad

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M

Characters: Rey (Star Wars), Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Ben Solo, Kylo Ren, Temmin "Snap" Wexley, Rose Tico, Poe Dameron, Nomi Sunrider, Lor San Tekka, Zorii Bliss, Beaumont Kin, Cilghal (Star Wars), Tenel Ka Djo, Lando Calrissian, Jannah (Star Wars), Tendra Risant, Han Solo, Leia Organa

Relationships: Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo, Rey/Temmin "Snap" Wexley

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - No Powers, POV First Person, POV Rey (Star Wars), secret royalty, assholes to lovers, Devoted Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, HEA but it's gonna be a rough one, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Graphic Description of Corpses, War, Ben Solo Needs A Hug, Rey Needs A Hug (Star Wars), Grumpy x Grumpy, Soul Bond, True Love, Adventure & Romance, Slow Burn, Feudalism, Swordfighting, Fighting As Foreplay, Explicit Sexual Content, Enthusiastic Consent, oh but the feels, Torture, temmin is blonde cuz I say so

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/JRFeVfb

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #Star Wars #Star Wars Sequel Trilogy #Reylo #Rey #Ben Solo #Kylo Ren #AO3 #ne

[padawanmax]

Hello have a reminder about these birth years that I find hilarious and feel are often forgotten despite having great humor potential in fics:

62 BBY Cad Bane

58 BBY Garen Muln, Luminara Unduli

57 BBY Obi-wan Kenobi, Quinlan Vos, Bruck Chun, Reeft

56 BBY Siri Tachi, Bant Eerin

55 BBY Darth Maul

53 BBY Bossk, Aurra Sing

52 BBY Owen Lars, Jar Jar Binks, Garm Bel Iblis

51 BBY Gilad Pellaeon, Zena Antilles

50 BBY Sola Nabberie

49 BBY Pter Thanas

48 BBY Aayla Secura, Mon Mothma, Maxmillian Veers

47 BBY Beru Whitesun, Carlist Rieekan

46 BBY Padmé Amidala, Airen Cracken

44 BBY Greedo, Ferus Olin, Gial Ackbar

42 BBY Tru Veld

41 BBY Anakin Skywalker, Darra Thel-Tanis, Kitster Bonai

40 BBY Barriss Offee, Sheltay Retrac

36 BBY Ahsoka Tano

35 BBY Thracken Sal-Solo

34 BBY Sintas Vel

33 BBY R2-D2

32 BBY Rotta, Boba Fett, first battalion clone troopers

31 BBY Lando Calrissian, Crix Madine, Borsk Fey'lya, Syal Antilles

30 BBY Ysanne Isaard

29 BBY Han Solo

28 BBY Bria Tharen, Soontir Fel, Ryoo Naberrie

27 BBY Firmus Piett

26 BBY Pooja Naberrie

24 BBY Biggs Darklighter

23 BBY Kyle Katarn

21 BBY Lumiya, Wedge Antilles, Tycho Celchu

19 BBY Winter Retrac, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Juno Eclipse, Mirax Terrik, Korto Vos, Rivoche Tarkin, Galen Marek, Gaeriel Captison

18 BBY Corran Horn, Iella Wessiri

17 BBY Mara Jade, Isolder

15 BBY Akanah Norand Goss Pell, Ailyn Vel

14 BBY Tendra Risant

12 BBY Teneniel Djo

11 BBY Zakarisz Ghent, Dev Sibwarra

10 BBY Gavin Darklighter

8 BBY Wicket

7 BBY Kyp Durron, Ken

1 BBY Lumpawaroo

Honorable mention w/o exact birth year:

64-59 BBY Wilhuff Tarkin

Sometime notably prior to 19 BBY: Garoche Tarkin

In the early days of the Rebellion: Lieda Mothma

Around 19 BBY (give or take half a decade): Zevulon Veers, Jobin Mothma, Neena

Around 24 BBY: Nial Organa

Before 31 BBY: Talon Karrde

This is not a comprehensive list and you can totally go to wookieepedia to find other characters' birth years, these are just ones I feel get missed out on a lot of humor potential from 62-1 BBY.

#star wars #funny #star wars legends #my posts

[yubsie]

Attempting to list the living moms in Star Wars

And you’d better believe I am reaching. This is such a stretch that the knots in my back have been relieved.

CANON

Hera Syndulla

Frog Lady

Suu Lawquane

Ursa Wren (assuming the next season of The Mandalorian doesn’t change this...)

Omera

LEGENDS

Leia Organa Solo (we’re not counting being dead after a multi century timejump...)

Iella Wessiri Antilles

Tyria Sarkin Tainer

Tenel Ka Djo (alive, but her kid is off with Han and Leia...)

Tendra Risant Calrissian

Dia Passik

Mirax Terrik Horn

Sera Faleur Darklighter (if I’m including Omera, I’m including Gavin’s random wife)

Is most of the Legends stuff “We advanced the timeline to the point that we needed a new generation of characters and their parents might as well be people we’ve heard of”? Very much so. But at least they didn’t die afterwards like some people yes I mean Mara.

#star wars #why are the moms all dead

[galacticshq]

hello & happy HUMPDAY friends !  now feels like the right day to advertise for some of our more ~romantic~ wanted connections.  consider bringing us roan lands, revan, yané, cassian andor, ursa wren, tendra risant, or sadori vushan !

#star wars rpg #legends rp #canon rp #active rpg #appless rpg

[celinamarniss]

So in your Mara and Lando buddy fic, I saw the preview and found Risant in the preview, so is Tendra going to appear and is Mara going to ship Lando/Tendra? 👀

Yes, “Risant” IS a reference to Tendra, but I haven’t decided if Tendra will appear in the story itself. She could show up as a guest at the house party that Lando and Mara are attending. However, I’ve decided that the main ship in that story is Lando/Karrde, (just because that ship amuses me and I want to give it a go). But that does mean that Lando/Tendra is off the board. 

I’m excited about this story, which WILL get posted this year, I swear, but it’s a little hung up on plot issues and I have several other stories in front of it in the writing queue. 

Thanks for the question! 

#questions #do i have a questions tag? #Anonymous

[hanleiaarchive]

Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: Star Wars Legends - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Leia Organa/Han Solo, Mara Jade/Luke Skywalker, Iella Wessiri Antilles/Wedge Antilles, Corran Horn/Mirax Terrik Characters: Wes Janson, Lando Calrissian, Tendra Risant Additional Tags: Game Shows, Revenge, Embarrassment Summary:

Lando smooth-talks our Perfect Pairs into doing a bit for his Holo-Net charity show

#author: Darthkoalabear77 #period: postrotj #world: eu #length: mc #rating: T

[darcyfitz]

Chapters: 18/? Fandom: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Leia Organa/Han Solo, Finn & Rose Tico, Armitage Hux & Phasma, Lando Calrissian/Tendra Risant, Poe Dameron/Other Characters: Kylo Ren, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Rey (Star Wars), Han Solo, Leia Organa, Finn (Star Wars), Rose Tico, Armitage Hux, Phasma (Star Wars), Lando Calrissian, Tendra Risant, Bazine Netal, Paige Tico, Poe Dameron, Chewbacca is a dog - Character, Unkar Plutt Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Trust Issues, Suicide Attempt, Professor Ben Solo, Architect in Training Rey, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, spirituality, Lemons, Mutual Masturbation, Cunnilingus, Felatio, Nipple Play, Female Ejaculation, earth shattering sex, Nerds in Love, friendships, Dirty Talk, Cuddling & Snuggling, psychotic ex girlfriend on the loose, So romantic it's crazy, Fluff, Past Rape/Non-con, love heals all wounds, Rey Kenobi, Sensitve Ben Solo, Ben Solo Needs A Hug, Bazine Netal Needs An Ass Kicking, Protective Family, protective friends, Rey is fierce, Ben Solo Has Demons, Mental Illness, Therapy, First Time, Just Wait Until Han & Leia Hear About This, Phasma & Hux Are NICE, Retired Senator Leia, Retired Astronaut Han, Lando & Tendra Own a Restaurant, Lots of New York City Depictions Summary:

Dr. Ben Solo is a Professor of Ancient Religions and Psychology at New York City's Columbia University. Handsome yet shy, with a past that haunts him and an uncertain future, he stumbles upon a train late one night where a chance encounter with a lovely young woman changes his lonely life forever. Ben doesn't know it yet, but their lives are about to collide in the strangest of ways.

Part 2 of The Magic is up! It’s LONG. I mean, LONG. I hope you will enjoy it. 

#reylo #reylo fanfic #reylo family #ben solo #rey #adam driver

[ao3feed-rebelcaptain2]

Star Wars: Ultimate Rebellion - The Reader's Guide to a Different Galaxy Far, Far Away

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2S1NiEN

by Skywalker114

This is a Reader's Guide containing headcanons and ideas pertaining to the Star Wars: Ultimate Rebellion universe, a Star Wars alternate universe fanfiction project created by me, Skywalker114. ULTIMATE REBELLION sees an altered version of the Galactic Civil War which sees the Rebel Alliance joined by more Imperial defectors and surviving Jedi Knights in their war against the tyrannical Galactic Empire.

Words: 168, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Star Wars: Ultimate Rebellion

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebellion Era - All Media Types

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Relationships: Mara Jade/Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa/Han Solo, Kyle Katarn/Jan Ors, Bigga Darklighter/Nera Dantels, Wedge Antilles/Iella Wessiri, Ru Murleen/Rookie One, Juno Eclipse/Galen Marek, Tyria Sarkin/Kell Tainer, Gavin Darklighter/Asyr Sei'lar, Tycho Celchu/Winter Celchu, Feylis Aradre/Avan Beruss, Dani/Kiro (Star Wars), Jacen Solo/Tenel Ka Djo, Anakin Solo/Tahiri Veila, Zekk (Star Wars)/Taryn Zel, Garik "Face" Loran/Dia Passik, Corran Horn/Mirax Terrik, Soontir Fel/Syal Antilles Fel | Wynssa Starflare, Chewbacca/Mallatobuck (Star Wars), Nawara Ven/Rhysati Ynr, Lando Calrissian/Tendra Risant, Boba Fett/Sintas Vel, Mirta Gev/Ghes Orade, Kir Kanos/Mirith Sinn, Rhys Dallows/Vana Sage, Dash Rendar/Javun Charn, Lux Bonteri/Ahsoka Tano, Ezra Bridger/Sabine Wren, Thane Kyrell/Ciena Ree, Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla, Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso, Norra Wexley/Brentin Lore Wexley, Bo-Katan Kryze/Fenn Rau, Jas Emari/Jom Barell, Shara Bey/Kes Dameron, Conder Kyl/Sinjir Rath Velus, Karé Kun/Temmin "Snap" Wexley, Bail Organa/Breha Organa, Finn/Rose Tico, Kasan Moor/Ace Azzameen, Poe Dameron/Jaina Solo, Ketsu Onyo/Wade Vox

Additional Tags: Rating: PG13, Alternate Canon, Alternate Universe, Fanon, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Multiple Pairings, Good versus Evil, Black & White Morality, Alternate Character Interpretations, Weapons, Spaceships, Outer Space, Interspecies Relationship(s), Heroes & Heroines, Villains, Rare Pairings, Rare Characters, Alien Character(s), LGBTQ Characters, Ancient Technology, Planets, Space Opera, Married Couples, Star Wars Headcanons, Ahsoka Tano Didn't Leave the Jedi Order, Rebel Alliance, Galactic Empire, Jedi Leia Organa, Female Friendships, Planet Naboo (Star Wars), Jedi, Death Star, Mandalorians - Freeform, Yuuzhan Vong - Freeform, Lightsabers, X-Wing(s), Rogue Squadron, New Republic, Mon Calamari, New Jedi Order, Force Ghost(s), Kanan Jarrus Lives, Battle of Yavin, Twi'leks, Hutts, Jedi Ahsoka Tano, Multiple Inquisitors, Defection from the Empire, Imperial Remnant, Planet Manaan (Star Wars), Operation Skyhook (Star Wars), Skywalker Family, Yavin 4, Battle of Endor, Tatooine (Star Wars), Kyber Crystals, Biggs Darklighter Lives, Hoth, Bounty Hunters, Geonosis, Millennium Falcon - Freeform, Coruscant, Operation Skyhook, Unrealistic Everything, Experimental Fiction, Time Travel, World Between Worlds, Star Wars Legends AU with Canon Elements, Jedi Luke Skywalker, References to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2S1NiEN

#ao3feed #rebelcaptain #rebel captain #jyn x cassian #cassian x jyn #rebelcaptain fanfic #jynxcassian

[atamascolily]

An incomplete review of the Star Wars EU/Legends canon

I never thought I would say this, but I'm actually very thankful there will never be another Star Wars EU/Legends book in the old - now non-canon - universe. I've been revisiting those books recently as part of my recent Star Wars kick, and let me tell you, I stopped reading them just at the right time - when Vector Prime came out and they killed Chewie off. It's all downhill from there.

Anyway, the Legends universe is a hot mess, but for me, the five Thrawn Books by Timothy Zahn - Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, and Vision of the Future - are amazing and totally canon in my heart for pretty much everything. Everything else is pretty much "meh" except for a few books that evoke some late '90s nostalgia (because really this blog is all about late '90s nostalgia).

So in my head, Luke and Mara Jade are happily married, and so are Han and Leia; their three children, Jacen, Jaina and Anakin, are all happy-go-lucky teenagers who can use the Force with their besties - Tenel Ka of the Hapes Cluster, Chewie's nephew Lowbaccha, and Tahiri Veila - and getting kidnapped/saving the galaxy every few months. The New Republic is alive and going strong on Coruscant (which never gets invaded by aliens from outside the galaxy), Luke runs the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV; the remnants of the Empire are scattered and disorganized and sue for peace with the New Republic and Captain Pelleaon finally gets the retirement he deserves. It's really great.

But let's face it, I read just about all of the books published prior to 1999 because I was a Star Wars geek and that's just what you did in the late '90s. (They were New York Times best-sellers so I know I wasn't the only one.) In general, I love the art on the books because it looks just like movie posters for films that were never made and that's exactly what I wanted.

Random thoughts on said EU/Legends canon cut below, for length:

-Ben Kenobi's last appearance to Luke in the Legends AU: "You're not the last of the old Jedi... but the first of the new." (TAKE THAT, DISNEY EPISODE 8!) -Awesome things from the Thrawn books: Mara Jade - check. Talon Karrde - check. Art as a major form of military strategy - check. Secret commando ninjas - check. Leia's title as "Lady Vader" - check. Borsk Fey'lya -check. Camaas Document macguffin-thingy- check. Ysalamiri - lizards that block the Force - check. Vornskrs - Force-sensitive predators - check. Insane Jedi master- check. Lots of clones - check. Lawful Evil Imperials - check. Mara fulfilling her orders to the Emperor in the most badass way possible in The Last Command - check, PLEASE. -Jacen, Jaina and Anakin Solo forEVER! -Also, Coruscant and New Republic forever!! -Shadows of the Empire: WTF, Xizor/Leia sex pollen (okay, pheromones) seduction scene???; Dash Rendar is a Han Solo expy, you're not fooling anyone.   -Truce at Bakura: wow, Ssi-ruuvi are full of Fridge Horror, powering their tech with human life force; maybe the Imperials aren't so bad after all; Luke and Gaeriel have no chemistry and also her entire religion is against the Jedi on principle, and she's not interested in changing it for you, Luke, sorry; of course Dev dies after his redemption arc; watching the force-ghost of Anakin Skywalker try to talk to Leia is amazing, because Leia is so not interested in his shit. -The Courtship of Princess Leia: I love the Hapes cluster, but man Han buying a planet in a card game and kidnapping Leia with the Hapan Gun of Command (pretty much what it sounds like) is NOT OKAY; Teneniel Djo is awesome and so is Dathomir in general. Isolder is okay once he gets over Leia, which takes most of the book. Also on the cover on one edition, Leia looks like Sarah from Labyrinth during that dream sequence with Jareth - what? On the other, she's wearing her Endor outfit, as are Han and Luke and there's a Rancor there, too for no good reason that I can recall.   -Jedi Academy Trilogy: Yay getting to see the Kessel spice mines; I'm not so into the Sun Crusher and the Maw Installation, but Qwi Xux and Wedge Antilles are adoreable together, poor Admiral Daala and Imperial sexism (yet another reason Tarkin is an asshole); yay for a Jedi Academy on Yavin IV; Kyp Durron seriously needs to chill, Luke's in a coma for a lot of the series, Exar Kun is not as clever as he thinks himself. -I, Jedi: I'm supposed to like you, Corran Horn, and I'm just not interested and your narrative voice is kinda annoying.... Just sayin'. -The Crystal Star: super weird and trippy, Han and Leia's kids are kidnapped by "The Empire Reborn", which is as dark and terrible as it sounds, Crystal Star explodes, do not read. -The Black Fleet Crisis: super dark and trippy, especially the Yevethan culture; reveal that Luke's mother was one of the Fallanassi - pacifist Jedi who hid when the Empire was formed - only it turns out to be a huge macguffin, which is too bad. -Children of the Jedi: EVEN TRIPPIER AND DARKER THAN THE CRYSTAL STAR, HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE; Luke gets a love interest who's a Force ghost trapped in a ship's computer; sacrifice, body-swapping, creepy song motifs. -Darksaber: Hutts try to build a Death Star, what can possibly go wrong? Luke's new Jedi girlfriend can't live without her force powers when she loses them, so she leaves him. -Planet of Twilight: Luke goes chasing off after Callista and they don't get back together, so that's good. Also dark and trippy.   -The New Rebellion: SUPER DARK AND TRIPPY, LOTS OF MASS MURDER, NOT A FAN. Thank goodness for Mara Jade and Talon Karrde showing up with ysalamiri to turn the force off so Leia can shoot the Evil Dark Jedi behind it all with a blaster. I can't believe I read this. -Ambush at Corellia/Assault on Selonia/Showndown at Centerpoint: also weird and trippy. Han has an evil identical cousin. Luke has to go back and ask Gaeriel for help (she's married now and it's awkward). Lando tries to marry for money and after some awkwardness ends up with Tendra Risant, who is awesome. Lots of things blow up. Kids save the day at the last minute. -I only read one of the Junior Jedi Knights series, Lyric's World, about young Anakin Solo and his friend Tahiri, taking some time off from their Jedi studies to help a friend metamorphose into a new life stage, and I remember it being really charming, despite the inevitable intelligent secret animal sidekick. I later learned that Anakin and Tahiri were kinda an item and then it went horribly wrong in New Jedi Order so I'm glad I didn't read that. -Young Jedi Knights: yay young adult Star Wars novels from the '90s; I  stopped reading after Diversity Alliance, but these were fun - especially Tenel Ka, who was a badass, and I quietly shipped her and Jacen (and then that ALSO ended badly in later books - why can't we have nice things?) Especially good in my memory: Shadow Academy (trying not to get corrupted to the dark side at an academy for Dark Jedi), Lightsabers (Tenel Ka has to deal with losing a hand during a training accident); Diversity Alliance (aliens get pissed off at human dominion in the New Republic government but decide that killing the humans off is the only way to achieve justice).

We're not going to even go into all the stuff that happens post-Vector Prime, because it is truly awful. Go look it up if you're curious.

I did read a few stand-alone books this week, though:

-The later Zahn novels lack the spark and vigor I remember from the Thrawn books. Scoundrels couldn't keep my interest. Allegiance and Choices of One feel very weird to me because Luke and Mara manage to work together without actually meeting each other. Survivor's Quest ought to have been good except somehow Luke and Mara encountering the Outbound Flight expedition was BORING and it shouldn't have been. It's not clear if reading the follow-up novel set during the Old Republic era - titled Outbound Flight - will help with this. -Also, I dislike the retconning so that Mara and Luke make references to Naboo and the Trade Federation, which they didn't do in earlier books, and also Thrawn's major motivation for everything is getting the galaxy ready for the impending invasion of the Yuuzhan Vong in New Jedi Order, which I just - really don't like, especially since NJO was pretty awful. -Also, there are an awful lot of Jedi healing trances in Survivor's Quest, which are only tolerable because the code word that Luke and Mara use to snap each other out of it is "I love you". D'aww. -Also, perhaps this is just me reading too much fanfic, but would it hurt to have at least an allusion to the fact that Luke and Mara have sex on occasion - in addition to snuggling and having Force mind-meld sessions? I'm not asking for porn, mind you, but just anything beyond platonic Force buddies would have been good. -Kenobi, by  John Jackson Miller was another, relatively recent Legends book that ought to have been good. I mean, it's Obi-wan Kenobi hanging out on Tatooine, dealing with Tusken Raiders and moisture farmers - I eat that sort of fanfiction up - but although there were some good bits, it just really didn't work for me. -Those handy timelines in the front - listing every single book and how it fits into the convoluted chronology - is really helpful, though! The only thing that would make it better would be to add authors and dates. But that is what the Internet is for, I guess.

Conclusions and Follow-Up Questions to Research:

-Wow, the '90s were an interesting time. -Bantam Spectra line of EU novels: mostly good, some weirdness. Del Rey line: ARGHHHHH. -Wow, there are a lot more Star Wars books out there then I remember. -Wow, Mara Jade is awesome. -I have a lot of strong opinions on the subject. -Since they stopped putting out Legends novels as of April 2014, I never have to care about keeping up with canon or anything I don't like about this universe ever again. -Has fanfiction spoiled me for the "real" thing? Or is it just a failure of the published works to address the topics I'm REALLY interested in? -Is the Disney EU canon any better? (My guess, given how I feel overall about the direction of the recent movies: probably not for me, but maybe worth checking out.)

#star wars #book reviews #star wars feels #star wars legends #'90s nostalgia

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

Lando, holding a flyer: I got an invite to the opening of a new club. Look at this place, it was like it was designed for me.

Tendra Risant: It was. I made it in Photoshop and mailed it to you a month ago so you'd keep tonight open on your calendar.

Lando Calrissian: There's no such thing as Single Malt Platinum Boobs and Poker Club?

Lando Calrissian: I guess I never said it out loud.

#Lando Calrissian #Tendra Risant #star wars #star wars legends #incorrect star wars quotes #original: community

[ao3feed-kyloren]

The Eye of the Needle

read it on AO3 at http://ift.tt/2uiTIjg

by Darcyfitz

Dr. Ben Solo is a Professor of Ancient Religions and Psychology at New York City's Columbia University. Handsome yet shy, with a past that haunts him and an uncertain future, he stumbles upon a train late one night where a chance encounter with a lovely young woman changes his lonely life forever. Ben doesn't know it yet, but their lives are about to collide in the strangest of ways.

Words: 19047, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars - All Media Types

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

Characters: Kylo Ren, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Rey (Star Wars), Han Solo, Leia Organa, Finn (Star Wars), Rose Tico, Armitage Hux, Phasma (Star Wars), Lando Calrissian, Tendra Risant

Relationships: Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Leia Organa/Han Solo, Finn & Rose Tico, Armitage Hux & Phasma, Lando Calrissian/Tendra Risant

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Trust Issues, Suicide Attempt

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Chapters: 17/? Fandom: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Leia Organa/Han Solo, Finn & Rose Tico, Armitage Hux & Phasma, Lando Calrissian/Tendra Risant, Poe Dameron/Other Characters: Kylo Ren, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Rey (Star Wars), Han Solo, Leia Organa, Finn (Star Wars), Rose Tico, Armitage Hux, Phasma (Star Wars), Lando Calrissian, Tendra Risant, Bazine Netal, Paige Tico, Poe Dameron, Chewbacca is a dog - Character, Unkar Plutt Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Trust Issues, Suicide Attempt, Professor Ben Solo, Architect in Training Rey, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, spirituality, Lemons, Mutual Masturbation, Cunnilingus, Felatio, Nipple Play, Female Ejaculation, earth shattering sex, Nerds in Love, friendships, Dirty Talk, Cuddling & Snuggling, psychotic ex girlfriend on the loose, So romantic it's crazy, Fluff, Past Rape/Non-con, love heals all wounds, Rey Kenobi, Sensitve Ben Solo, Ben Solo Needs A Hug, Bazine Netal Needs An Ass Kicking, Protective Family, protective friends, Rey is fierce, Ben Solo Has Demons, Mental Illness, Therapy, First Time, Just Wait Until Han & Leia Hear About This, Phasma & Hux Are NICE, Retired Senator Leia, Retired Astronaut Han, Lando & Tendra Own a Restaurant, Lots of New York City Depictions Summary:

Dr. Ben Solo is a Professor of Ancient Religions and Psychology at New York City's Columbia University. Handsome yet shy, with a past that haunts him and an uncertain future, he stumbles upon a train late one night where a chance encounter with a lovely young woman changes his lonely life forever. Ben doesn't know it yet, but their lives are about to collide in the strangest of ways.