[Jedi Master Pikachu]

They (Star Wars writers) KILLED HIM OFF. In that lame book, Star Wars: Vector Prime. That still could be the "most momentous moment" in Star Wars "history." Was looking to read whether they'd bring him back (his death was somewhat ambiguous--he was on a planet while its moon crashed into it), but they haven't brought him back. Roughly, half of the Star Wars readership stopped reading new Star Wars novels after that book.

Personally, find all books set chronologically during and after the Yuuzhan Vong invasion along with those set during the Clone Wars are being pretty bad.

[RepoGirl]

THEY KILLED CHEWIE?

Good criminy. I've never read any of the Star Wars books--and was actually surprised to see the sheer number of character franchises at Borders the other day. Luke has his own series, Vader has his, Han and Leia, etc. The only thing I've actually followed other than the films are those collections of star wars comics.

I'm kind of an old fart when it comes to Star Wars. Yes, I have all of my 12" action (don't call them dolls!) figures on display (none are mint, but they're darn close). I don't really acknowledge the last three movies (in my opinion, they all blew) and still refer to the 1977 film as simply, Star Wars, and the 1980 film as, "that second one that's better." The horrible 1983 film is referred to as simply "Muppets in Space."

I love Chewbacca and refuse to believe he's gone. ;-)

[Jotmo]

I kept up reading the books for a few years, but then it became overwhelming.

I was devoting all of my reading time to SW books to keep up. I needed more variety.

Besides, after the third "Leia and Han's kids are kidnapped right out from under the nose of their fearsome protector Chewey" plot if figured I'd had enough.