HTTE: 20th Anniversary

[Raesene]

My copy arrived today - I'm looking forward to reading it and all the comments by Zahn and his then-editor, Betsy Mitchell.

And the new story that continues after Choices of One ended

I really hope they'll reissue the other two books from the trilogy too - I want them as matching hardcover edtions

[JME2]

I want them as matching hardcover edtions

Or unabridged audiobooks -- even if Marc Thompson is narrating.

[Anguirus]

Zahn's timeline only makes sense if Vader conceived Luke and Leia after getting encased in his armor.

Now THAT would have been an interesting story.

Remember, it's not just the Clone Wars forty years ago, it's Vader in the black armor showing up on Honoghr forty years ago.

I certainly don't blame Zahn, who had the unenviable task of too-old Obi-Wan or else too-young Luke and Leia to deal with. It was just a collective screwup, before the EU had its continuity dragnet to catch such things. Of course now it's bloated and ridiculous.

[Batman]

Zahn's timeline only makes sense if Vader conceived Luke and Leia after getting encased in his armor.
Now THAT would have been an interesting story.

Absolutely, given that that Anakin Sr is supposed to be Luke and Leia's father, so he would have been the one who sired them. The one who conceived them would be their mother.

Remember, it's not just the Clone Wars forty years ago, it's Vader in the black armor showing up on Honoghr forty years ago.

Yeah, I mean it's totally not like I brought that up on page 1 or something.

I certainly don't blame Zahn, who had the unenviable task of too-old Obi-Wan or else too-young Luke and Leia to deal with. It was just a collective screwup, before the EU had its continuity dragnet to catch such things. Of course now it's bloated and ridiculous.

How's Kenobi too old as per the OT? He's too old now thanks to the PT but there's nothing in the OT saying the Clone Wars need to have been more than 20 years before ANH. So it turns out General Kenobi was 45-50 for that war. Big deal. Yoda was what, 880 for the Clone Wars?