Non fiction
Field of Blood - Freeman
Thunder at the Gates - Egerton
America on Fire - Hinton
Silencing the Past - Trouillot
How the South Won the Civil War - Cox Richardson
Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Freire
The Second Founding - Foner
Barrio America - Sandoval-Strausz
The Broken Heart of America - Johnson
Fiction
Rama Revealed - Clarke and Lee
The Fifth Season - Jemisin
Thrawn - Zahn
Ahsoka - Johnston
@philip_cardella@bookstodon I haven't read a lot of the Star Wars books but I really enjoyed Thrawn. It made me think I should read more of them. And then I got distracted
@willelm@bookstodon honestly, I've read all of Zahn's Star Wars books (10?), Johnston's Ahsoka (which is so good, the Tales of the Jedi episode where she destroys the inquisitor is based on it--except she destroys the inquisitor even meaner in the book) and a Star Wars horror book from twenty years ago.
And that's it. There's hundreds more. Never got into them though.
I started watching The Clone Wars movie (that's before the show) and didn't finish it. Then when the Dark Saber showed up in The Mandolorian I started watching and watched much of it the show including all of Seasons 5-7, which are fantastic.
Basically, Ahsoka is now my favorite SW character.
@philip_cardella@bookstodon I haven't and I know I should but I just don't have the time, 2 young kids take that all up. Maybe I'll get around to it someday but I like that I can read some of the stories
Still, though, seasons 5-7 of The Clone Wars are amazing and the last four episodes of S7 follow Ahsoka through the events of Revenge of the Sith. But as good as it is the emotional impact of the final episode is difficult without a good understanding of her relationship with the Clones. This video has some of that.
@philip_cardella@bookstodon this is great, I'll check it out and maybe get caught up without watching every episode. Though that goes against my more obsessive desires
@philip_cardella@bookstodon Yeah I remember seeing that when I looked into it, but still I want to see everything. What if I miss some easter egg or something? I don't want to be out of the loop. 😄 Just gotta keep those tendencies in check now
@philip_cardella@bookstodon Thrawn - exceptional in the franchise. I loved the book as a kid and even today return to the character at least once a year.
@tffmh@bookstodon Zahn keeps coming back to him. I haven't seen today's Ahsoka episode yet but I suspect by the end the Thrawn in the books (who is trying to thwart a threat from beyond the Republic/Chiss space) and the guy in Rebels will be more fully aligned.
@philip_cardella@bookstodon I have to admit, SW lost me with the old canons "Thread beyond". I can clearly remember how disappointed and even angry I was when, in my eyes, they ruined all the work and buildup that Zahn provided.
@tffmh@bookstodon I'm not entirely sure I know thread beyond but I do know the very first thing Filoni did after Disney nuked canon was start bringing "legends" into canon beginning with Thrawn in Rebels season 3. The Ahsoka show has a bunch of "Legends" stuff he's making canon and/or live actioning into more canon (like the Night Sisters)
@philip_cardella@bookstodon I was thinking we should add an option to list 13 authors to get to know me, but then I have at least 200 favorite authors. 😃
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