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I suppose another way of phrasing the question would be what is your "personal canon," i.e. what stories do you think are essential or otherwise worth reading/experiencing?
A few examples for myself:
The Force Unleashed
I think the story is underrated and Galen Marek/Starkiller is underrated as a character due to the title of the game and the premise of the gameplay, and the accusations of Gary Stu, which I don't think are true... anymore than any other SW protagonist is Gary Stu/Mary Sue. I'm not quite sure why there's so much hate for it, at least at SWTOR and TFN, except maybe because people feel it belittles Vader?
I was listening to the soundtrack for the first time a few months ago, and came across a track titled "Redemption" which was toward the end of the soundtrack, and so I assumed given its title and placement that it was used during the final level, the Death Star, and listening to it, I think the music did a good job of conveying the idea in my head of Starkiller determinedly fighting through the Death Star to redeem himself and save the Rebel Alliance. Starkiller made the Rebel Alliance, the New Republic, the New Jedi Order, all possible through his sacrifice. The first half of this is the second half of Redemption.
Shadows of the Empire
This is basically a Star Wars movie without the movie, having its own novel, comic, soundtrack, videogame, toys, etc. I thought it did a good job filling in between Episode V and VI, and developing Luke and Vader between the two. I liked Dash Rendar.
I'd say I'm pretty much partial toward anything written by Matt Stover, James Luceno, or Michael Reaves. I like the last two hardcovers of the New Jedi Order series and Traitor. I like Dark Empire, but I wish Empire's End wasn't rushed. I like Zahn's first five novels.
I've been enjoying TCW. I think it's at its best with the story arcs like the just concluded Nightsisters arc.
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