Star Wars and Me
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unspeakablehorrorMy exposure to Star Wars began with the original trilogy, followed by the EU novels. I read a whole bunch of the EU back in its heyday, and always felt a lot of excitement when a new Star Wars novel came out. I wrote fanfiction and did fanart, but it was never something I shared with others. So, despite being a huge fan, I wasn't really involved in the fandom, which was because I'm an introvert and for much of my life suffered from severe social anxiety. The idea that sharing things with others might be fun was therefore far overshadowed by these factors.
There's a certain, hmm, irony perhaps in my current fixation on the prequels period. When the prequels came out I watched them all in theatres but besides finding them visually stunning and enjoying Grievous and Palpatine's appearances, they didn't strike much of a chord to me. At around the same time, the New Jedi Order series started up, which turned me off to the rest of the EU (I really didn't like the concept of the Yuuzhan Vong as the main antagonists). I largely began to lose interest in new canon Star Wars content at this point.
It was only when The Force Awakens came out that I started becoming interested in Star Wars again. When I went looking for new material, having already read a lot of the EU material for the original trilogy characters, I started looking into the prequels characters that interested me. During this period I watched both Clone Wars and The Clone Wars, and read anything I could get my hands on that featured Grievous or Palpatine. Probably my favorite novel is Darth Plagueis by James Luceno.
I've also read some of the Star Wars novels in the new canon. I've read the Aftermath trilogy and Cobalt Squadron. I've also read Tarkin and Ahsoka. Am currently reading Thrawn. I've watched the entirety of the Rebels cartoon, and I watched the first season of The Freemakers. I've seen all the new Star Wars movies as well.
I recently started playing Knights of the Old Republic and am on Dantooine.
I've written quite a bit of fanfic for Star Wars. Currently working on two long stories and have written a couple one-shots for exchanges. My favorite characters are General Grievous, Darth Plagueis, Darth Sidious, and Darth Maul, though I enjoy a large number of other characters as well. My main ships are ObiGrievous and Talzin/Sidious, though there are many others I enjoy as well. I'm a multishipper with a tendency toward rarepairs.
I love mixing elements from different time periods or media or the old and new canon.
There's a certain, hmm, irony perhaps in my current fixation on the prequels period. When the prequels came out I watched them all in theatres but besides finding them visually stunning and enjoying Grievous and Palpatine's appearances, they didn't strike much of a chord to me. At around the same time, the New Jedi Order series started up, which turned me off to the rest of the EU (I really didn't like the concept of the Yuuzhan Vong as the main antagonists). I largely began to lose interest in new canon Star Wars content at this point.
It was only when The Force Awakens came out that I started becoming interested in Star Wars again. When I went looking for new material, having already read a lot of the EU material for the original trilogy characters, I started looking into the prequels characters that interested me. During this period I watched both Clone Wars and The Clone Wars, and read anything I could get my hands on that featured Grievous or Palpatine. Probably my favorite novel is Darth Plagueis by James Luceno.
I've also read some of the Star Wars novels in the new canon. I've read the Aftermath trilogy and Cobalt Squadron. I've also read Tarkin and Ahsoka. Am currently reading Thrawn. I've watched the entirety of the Rebels cartoon, and I watched the first season of The Freemakers. I've seen all the new Star Wars movies as well.
I recently started playing Knights of the Old Republic and am on Dantooine.
I've written quite a bit of fanfic for Star Wars. Currently working on two long stories and have written a couple one-shots for exchanges. My favorite characters are General Grievous, Darth Plagueis, Darth Sidious, and Darth Maul, though I enjoy a large number of other characters as well. My main ships are ObiGrievous and Talzin/Sidious, though there are many others I enjoy as well. I'm a multishipper with a tendency toward rarepairs.
I love mixing elements from different time periods or media or the old and new canon.