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Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee Cover Art (Japanese Release) by Tsuyoshi Nagano
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You know there’s actual official artwork of the next NJO book, of Luke, Mara and Jacen meeting Soontir Fel and the Chiss and the artist left Luke with the slick hair from the Japanese covers lol.
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New Jedi Order by Chris Trevas
#post-canon #because the REAL ‘canon’ ends at RotJ #this is the only post-RotJ reality that I accept #the New Jedi Order would thrive #it would NEVER fall prey to the same evils #or make the same exact mistakes that the old order did #to even suggest that it is completely ridiculous #and is a gross misunderstanding of the entire point of the Skywalker saga
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Knowing you two that’s probably an innuendo lol.
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Ah yes the Jedi Master Luke that should be.
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Straight from Luke’s thoughts in NJO. Leia isn’t the only one that feels that way.
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You got to appreciate how they got Mark Hamill to voice the trailer for NJO.
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Lol Artoo just doesn’t want Luke and Mara to have time alone.
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Dathomir and Krownest for the SW book asks!
dathomir: have you read any non-star wars books by a star wars author? would you recommend them?
Sadly no, although I do have interest in reading in the future the Acts of Caine series by Mathew Stover. I think anyone who spends a bit of time seeing my posts knows how much I love the guy and his writing lol.
krownest: favorite characterization of a non-original character in a novel? (ex: kanan in a new dawn, anakin in thrawn: alliances)
Every movie character Stover writes, look i’m not exaggerating when Stover nails every movie character from the OT trio to the PT trio he knows them like the back of his hand.
But because I spend most of time criticizing Luke’s character in the EU (lol) i’m going to give my favorite portrayals of him.
-Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor
-The Thrawn Trilogy
-I, Jedi
-Hand of Thrawn Duology
-New Jedi Order
For me those 5 stories are essential if you’re a Luke fan (ok I, Jedi not so much but I love Jedi Master Luke in that book so leave me be lol).
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Yeah that’s something I noticed, not everyone can write Luke well especially Jedi Master Luke.
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Luke Skywalker on Belkadan by Mikael Noguchi, from The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught
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You know I can’t believe that I actually know who the bunny Jedi Master is lol.
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Illustration by Jon Foster. “The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic: Remnant.” February, 2003.
“As the bloodied and weary galaxy faces battle once more, the Jedi take on the formidable task of bringing the last of the Empire into the light…”
The second New Jedi Order novel to feature Mara Jade was book 15 of the series, “Force Heretic: Remnant” by Australian authors Sean Williams and Shane Dix. The cover was created digitally by Star Wars artist Jon Foster, and depicted Luke Skywalker and Mara fighting side by side.
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The Japanese covers for NJO just exist to reminds us that our protagonists have aged like fine wine.
Like come on they knew how thirsty the fans where hahaha.
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Japanese covers to the New Jedi Order
Art by Tsuyoshi Nagano
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Illustration by Terese Nielsen, “Star Wars: Edge of Victory II: Rebirth.” July, 2001.
“Edge of Victory II: Rebirth,” written by Greg Keyes and book eight of The New Jedi Order series, was released in July of 2001 and portrayed a very pregnant Mara Jade. Slightly different art was initially released online, before the final cover was revealed. The final piece was painted traditionally with acrylic, oil, and colored pencil, with “a few squirts with the airbrush.” Artist Terese Nielsen had these memories to share on her website:
Rebirth was a “we-need-it-yesterday” sort of cover. I had far less time to work it out than I prefer. I think Del Rey needed it for catalog promotions or some such thing. Creative Director Dave Stevenson wanted to feature Luke and Mara along with some Vong ships. Mara was obviously pregnant in this book. She had some health difficulties as well, which I tried to foreshadow slightly on the cover. Speaking from experience, it’s more than a little hard to feel “tough” when you’re nine months pregnant, but in honor of Mara being a Jedi and all, I tried to endow her with as much toughness as possible, being in the state she was.
After the piece was finished and Lucasfilm had used it for their promotional purposes, I had the opportunity to work on it a little more for the final book cover. Alterations to the final painting included modifying Luke’s face, and changing the Coralskipper from a less slick look to a more rough, grittier, rock-like surface. Also, they wanted more of a “war bracelet” on Mara’s arm. Other than that, I had the time to add a little more to the large World Ship and touch up other areas here and there.
Terese was kind enough to participate in an interview with Jade Crusades in 2001 at San Diego Comic-Con. Here is an excerpt from that interview:
What preparations did you go through before producing Del Rey’s “Edge of Victory II: Rebirth” book cover?
Del Rey provided me with a basic idea of what the book was going to be about and they had a pretty clear idea of the direction they were looking for on the cover. I provided a few different compositions which included the elements they wanted to see and then I hopped on the painting. The deadline was very tight on this piece, so it didn’t allow me the time to research anything too much or experiment with lots of different ideas.
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The NJO japanese covers are best SW book covers ever. I think Traitor is my favorite.