LTotS: Paragon - Bridging Stories

Now we will discuss Paragon. This book kind of flew by (as if the others haven't either- they are rather short) and I'm already halfway through book 4. Without giving away spoilers, I don't have much to discuss. That does lead me to a bit of housekeeping: would you mind spoilers? Would you like them, but behind a 'Read More' cut so that you have to choose to read them? Or shall I continue with overviews and thoughts on general plots, characters, and races as I have been?

Please feel free to leave a comment (or contact me via other methods if you have them) and let me know.

Paragon begins 15 years after the Omen crash landed on Kesh. We are treated in this novel to Seelah's point of view. Considering how much I dislike her character, I was surprised it read so quickly. Reading into the Wookiepedia about the (spoiler alert!) Red Sith Purge did give me some insight. It seems the author did this to bridge the Tales of the Jedi comics to the later (timeline-wise) Fate of the Jedi novels. This is a rare situation in which needing to explain the reasoning for a situation has actually worked out well.

Know when it doesn't work out well? (Tangent warning)
Leia. This has bothered me for a while. In the original trilogy, when Luke asks Leia about their mother, she explains her only memory is of a sad, beautiful woman. That's all fine and well, until the new trilogy in which Padme dies shortly after giving birth to the twins. They explain this in a novel at some point as Leia having had a connection through the Force to their mother (which she then develops with her own twins, Jacen/Jaina). It's a major example of how annoyingly quirky the main characters can be.

Alright, tangent over.

So in Paragon, most of the story is set in the temple that Korsin had the Keshiri help build for the Skyborn / Sith. They do ultimately move to the city (pictured above) of Tahv. Like I said, it's a very swift-paced book, made especially so by the lack of any new details. There are thing relevant only to the novels that do not pertain to any other aspects of the Star Wars universe and no new species or creatures.

It's been a good story so far, but I have to admit I'm looking forward to finishing them. After the LTotS books, it's on to a number of comics (Tales of the Jedi, Knights of the Old Republic, The Old Republic: Threat of Peace, and Knight Errant). The Knight Errant comic seems to segue into a novel (I think the comic comes first or it might be in tandem- I need to look into that).

As I believe I mentioned before, the only games I'll be playing at the Knights of the Old Republic games. Other games, I will search for cutscenes and the like on YouTube, but I'm not going to waste my time on them.


Recommended reading:
Takara Mountains
Ravilan Wroth
Grand Lord


Last, but not least: Returning military Dad throws surprise 'Star Wars' party for son.