Star Wars Essential Reading List

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Because it was requested of us at Ossus Academy many times, we’ve put together a timeline of Star Wars novels and comics for all of you. Now, this isn’t an exhaustive list of every book or comic ever published. Instead, it’s our list of things that we feel are essential for fans to read. The following pieces of literature listed are either very important lore-wise, or we felt that they were really awesome and people should definitely read them.

Note: Dates are listed as either BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin) or ABY (After).

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36,453 – 25,793 BBY	Dawn of the Jedi
5,000 – 4,975 BBY	Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
	Tales of the Jedi: Fall of the Sith Empire
	Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice
	Lost Tribe of the Sith: Skyborn
	Lost Tribe of the Sith: Paragon
	Lost Tribe of the Sith: Savior
4,000 – 3,986 BBY	Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic
	Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
	Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
	Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
	Tales of the Jedi: Redemption
3,964 -3,963 BBY	Knights of the Old Republic
3,962 BBY	Knights of the Old Republic: War
3,960 BBY	Lost Tribe of the Sith: Purgatory
	Lost Tribe of the Sith: Sentinel
3,954 -3,950 BBY	The Old Republic: Revan
3,953 BBY	The Old Republic: Deceived
3,000 BBY	Lost Tribe of the Sith: Pantheon
	Lost Tribe of the Sith: Secrets
1,032 BBY	Knight Errant (comics and novel)
1,003 -1,000 BBY	Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
1,000 BBY	Jedi vs. Sith
1,000 – 980 BBY	Darth Bane: Rule of Two
	Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil
67 -19 BBY	Republic
27 BBY	Outbound Flight
22 BBY	Republic Commando: Hard Contact
21 BBY	Republic Commando: Triple Zero
	Republic Commando: True Colors
19 BBY	Labyrinth of Evil
	Republic Commando: Order 66
	Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
	Imperial Commando: 501st
	Dark Times
10 BBY	The Paradise Snare
5 BBY	The Hutt Gambit
2 BBY	Rebel Dawn
1 – 0 BBY	Empire
0.5 ABY	Allegiance
	Choices of One
0 ABY	Rebellion
0 ABY – 4 ABY	Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
3.5 ABY	Shadows of the Empire (comics and novel)
5 ABY	Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction
6.5 – 7.5 ABY	X-Wing: Rogue Squadron
	X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble
	X-Wing: The Krytos Trap
	X-Wing: The Bacta War
	X-Wing: Wraith Squadron
	X-Wing: Iron Fist
	X-Wing: Solo Command
8 ABY	The Courtship of Princess Leia
9 ABY	Heir to the Empire
	Dark Force Rising
	The Last Command
	X-Wing: Isard’s Revenge
10 ABY	Dark Empire
	Dark Empire II
11 ABY	Empire’s End
	Crimson Empire
	Crimson Empire II
	Jedi Search
	Dark Apprentice
	Champions of the Force
	I, Jedi
13 ABY	X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar
18 ABY	Ambush at Corellia
	Assault at Selonia
	Showdown at Centerpoint
19 ABY	Specter of the Past
	Vision of the Future
	Union
22 ABY	Survivor’s Quest
23 -24 ABY	Young Jedi Knights Series
25-29 ABY	Vector Prime (The start of the New Jedi Order series)
	Dark Tide I: Onslaught
	Dark Tide II: Ruin
	Agents of Chaos I: Hero’s Trial
	Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
	Balance Point
	Edge of Victory I: Conquest
	Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
	Star by Star
	Dark Journey
	Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
	Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
	Traitor
	Destiny’s Way
	Force Heretic I: Remnant
	Force Heretic II: Refugee
	Force Heretic III: Reunion
	The Final Prophecy
	The Unifying Force (End of the NJO)
35 – 36 ABY	The Joiner King
	The Unseen Queen
	The Swarm War
40 – 41 ABY	Betrayal (Start of Legacy of the Force)
	Bloodlines
	Tempest
	Exile
	Sacrifice
	Inferno
	Fury
	Revelation
	Invincible (End of LotF)
41 ABY	Crosscurrent
	Riptide
43 – 44 ABY	Outcast (Start of Fate of the Jedi)
	Omen
	Abyss
	Backlash
	Allies
	Vortex
	Conviction
	Ascension
	Apocalypse (End of FotJ)
130 – 138 ABY	Legacy
138 ABY	Legacy: War
Non-canon	Star Wars: Tales
	Tag and Bink comics
	Infinities comics

Introducing Wits End Radio: A League of Legends Podcast

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Hey guys. Over the past few years I have got to know a lot of you in our MER community and I discovered there is a large number of us that enjoy League of Legends. I wanted to let everyone in on a little project I am starting dedicated to LoL, called Wits End Radio. This is a podcast that is similar to Mos Eisley Radio but discuss the latest news, startigies and more about our favorite MOBA game. If you guys are interested check it out.

Right now we are giving away Sivir with her Pax skin. For more information head over to our website www.witsendradio.com . You can follow us on twitter as well for more information. (which you will need to know for the contest ) We hope you enjoy it.

Companion Madness

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Welcome to the third annual March Madness tournament for Star Wars: The Old Republic! If you’re new to MER, you should feel free to go back and listen to the last two years’ editions of this special event, wherein the hosts matched up classic Star Wars characters to each of SWTOR’s Classes and debated the age-old question: in a straight-up fight, who’s gonna win?

The first year, we didn’t know any of the advanced classes so we only had eight spots to fill. Year two we knew all the AC’s and had to plumb the depths of the Expanded Universe to fill out the brackets. This year, now that the game is actually out and we’ve been playing for several months, we are switching things up and drafting the brackets with each classes’ first two companions! Why the first two only? It’s the least biased and most spoiler-free way to do this and still have fun. Also, we won’t be the ones picking the winners. We will be leaving that up to you! This won’t be a one night brawl either. Each day, we will post a new match-up which you can cast your vote for in our forums. The person with the highest amount of votes at the end of the day will win and move on to the next round. We will continue to do this throughout the entire bracket until we reach the end. -

So, get your office brackets set, start your betting pools, and since the fate of your favorite companion depends on votes, get your friends in on it and rally others to your cause!

Championship Round: Elara vs Vette

Discuss Here

 

TK-726 Journal Entry 21-12-20

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The following journal entries are those of Stormtrooper TK-726, a struggling, low-level attorney stationed on the first Death Star. They largely depict his trials and tribulations as a last-resort Imperial attorney. Found floating in space by a band of smugglers, Mos Eisley Radio acquired the journals and has set to work on translating and documenting the content. Though his fate is still shrouded in mystery, at this point, one thing is strikingly unclear: Who knows why TK-726 even bothered to record his these things?

TK-726 IN
Journal Entry 11-82-21

A pretty angry trooper came stomping into my office earlier today. He was all irate about something, but I was finishing a brief so I told him to just have a seat. When he went to sit down, instead of turning around, he backed up while facing me and then shuffled laterally. It was very bizarre and it immediately caught my attention.

“OK, take your helmet off and tell me what’s on your back that you don’t want me to see?” I asked, putting my brief away.

He had his full stormtrooper gear on. I like to have people take their helmet off so I can read their eyes. I, of course, keep mine on because I don’t want them to see my eyes, and it looks cool with my suit.

He looked mad and sheepish at the same time, which is quite the expression. When he turned around I didn’t see anything particularly interesting about the back of his armor. Then he pointed at his ass-plate.

Somebody had branded a perfect visage of Vader’s helmet on the left cheek of his pearly white backside armor.

It was spectacular.

“I gotta say, somebody is an artist. Where do you even get a brand capable of doing that on the Star?” I asked. It was truly impressive work, and to acquire or build a brand like that was amazing. The trooper didn’t share my appreciation.

“I want to sue someone.”
“Hold on. Why don’t you just get a new plate?”
“The guys at Equipment and Maintenance think it’s funny, they said they’re out of plates until Friday.”
“I assume it’s the talented SOB that branded your armor that you’re looking to sue here, and not the clowns at Equipment. Who was it?”
“I’m not sure.”

I paused. This, believe it or not, is not an uncommon situation. “Well, that’s going to be a bit of a problem.”

“I think it’s TK-1037. He accused me of cheating when I beat him in sabaac a few weeks ago.”

Now this type of thing happens quite a bit. Some angry person comes storming in wanting vengence. The problem is that the law isn’t always the best avenue for this. Sometimes you just have to be a little more creative.

“Let me break this down for you. You want to sue TK-1037 because he stamped Vader’s face on your ass, which by the way is truly impressive work. So you’re going to sue this guy and guess what? You’re going to be famous by the end of the day. Every officer on this whole space station is going to know that you’re sitting on Vader’s mug, and sooner or later so will the big guy himself, and then it’s chokey-chokey time. And for what? You think you’re going to get “paid” for this? What are your damages? Embarrassment and future infamy? Good luck with that, buddy.”

I motioned him closer.

“Here’s what you do, kid. You take whatever money you wanted to pay me and go down to Equipment. You give it to my buddy TK-481 and tell him that I sent you. Explain that this guy got you good and you’re looking for some payback. Tell him to hide all the codpieces for 48 hours. Then you go back up to joker’s room when he’s working out and superglue a whole bunch of your hair in strategic places to his. Oh, and get yourself a new assplate before you get yourself killed.”

Who says lawyers aren’t creative?

TK-726 OUT

Digital Disappointment

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The wait is over. The Old Republic is finally out and we can all enjoy playing the game that we’ve been waiting so long for. But for some of us, the wait has beem for more than just the game. For those of us who ordered the Collector’s Edition, we’ve been waiting for a long time to get our hands on our extra goodies that come as part of the package. When I was finally able to open up my box, I was extremely satisfied with all the physical items I got. The Gnost-Dural journal, in particular, was more impressive than I was expecting. The digital items, on the other hand, were quite disappointing.

First we’ll start with the item that everyone got for pre-ordering any edition of the game; the color stone. There have been many complaints about the color of this stone and many people feel that it is quite ugly. I’m not one of those guys. But what does bother me is the relatively low stats on the stone. At +7 Endurance, the stone didn’t last me past my late-20s. I would have liked to seen a graduated set of stones. You know, maybe at level 20 I can then buy a new color stone with something like +10 Endurance on it. Something to let me keep my pre-order colors through to the level cap if that was my wish.

Next are the holodancer, holocam, STAP, training droid and flare gun; the items that both the Collector’s Edition and Digital Deluxe buyers were given. The holocam is complete waste. So I click a button instead of hitting “Print Screen” to take a screenshot. Who cares? The holodancer is kinda entertaining, but quickly becomes annoying. The holodancer only last for 30 seconds, but the cooldown on the item is 60 seconds.. It’s totally ruining my dance parties. The flare gun is cool, but it shoots the flare so absurdly high that even in huge caverns the flare usually will disappear into the ceiling. Only use this gun outdoors, and even then the flare will be up so high that no one is likely to even see it going off. The training droid has absolutely no use other than wasting inventory space. In the end, the STAP is the only item really worth having. It’s a kind of neat looking vehicle and it saves you from having to spend the money to purchase one once you hit level 25.

Finally come the two things exclusive to Collector’s Edition owners, the mouse droid and access to a special vendor. The mouse droid is pretty neat. He follows you about, like any vanity pet, and that’s about it. I was pretty happy with my mouse droid for a couple days, until I took a look at the vendor that people who use security keys have access to. It turns out that he sells a mouse droid. A real mouse droid that actually looks like the mouse droids from the films. I want that instead of the ugly green Rhoomba that BioWare gave me. But the thing that I am most disappointed in is the vendor. Who cares if we have an exclusive vendor if it’s full of things that nobody wants to buy. You can choose from another vanity pet, a couple companion customizations, or a really ugly uniform. The VIP vendor that anyone can get access to sells a cool looking speeder and even the Security Key vendor has more and better items than the Collector’s Edition vendor. However, BioWare has said that they plan to occasionally update the vendor’s inventory with new items. I sure hope it happens soon, because right now I’m feeling kind of cheated.