Opinions on FOTJ series so far (spoiler free)

Master Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 4409 Location: Korriban

@Padme: Keep dreamin, Vestara and Ben are gonna have little half Sith babies Wink

And I don't wanna lose Tahiri!!! Haven't we as fans lost enough Sad

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Master Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 599

Personality wise, I don't seen Been intruding any on Anakin. The only similarities I see are the age range (though Ben is now past Anakin's age...I think) and the role: ie. the young Jedi Knight center of the story. But Ben definitely has some personality that makes him different. He's got his background as GAS which gives him cop traits, and there's the fact that he's Grandmaster Luke Skywalker's and Master Mara Jade Skywalker's son. He gets to be powerful Jedi and spy.

One thing that just popped into my head though is who are Ben's contemporaries? What Jedi are in his age range? Are there any? I think Seha is. Anybody else?
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Seha's in her early twenties by FotJ. Wink

I like Ben's character, although I read LotF before the NJO so I don't quite have the love for Anakin Solo like most EU fans do. Ben/Vestara is good in some ways, bad in others, but I don't mind it.
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Master Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 602 Location: boston

I don't see anything wrong with Ben. I think it's in the eye of the readers expectations. I mean, what is he expected to be? Obviously he should have great potential being the son of two powerful jedi. Obviously he is gonna get a lot of page time being on the journey with Luke.

I don't get the whole "he's a replacement for the solo boys" thing. He wasn't born after their deaths. He was always gonna be there. Do people think he was going to be handled much differently if one or both of the solo boys lived? I don't.

I don't have much of an issue with the handling of ben. My only problem is that I've always been surprised that Mara and Luke only had one child.

I also don't really buy the theory of DR making up for mistakes. The Lake of Apparitions was a great scene, and it brought some closure on some issues. But an apology? I don't view it that way at all.

Truth be told, the only apology of sorts that I could see would be Anakin's death. Of course GL had to step in and make it Anakin rather than Jacen, so they were kind of boxed into a corner. Did I like it that Chewbacca, Jacen, Anakin and Mara were all killed off? Heck no. But I don't see the storylines as an awful thing as a result.

One point I agree with is the 5 year post NJO gap being a giant missed opportunity to flesh out the characters of some of the younger jedi. There could have been many more late teens through early 30's jedi with much more of a history for us to follow.

I think Ben needs some friends, or at least some Jedi created in his age range that he can work with (in the future at the very least). Even if they aren't going to interact with him now, the sooner they are established, the better. That would probably help develop Ben's character because so far he's only worked with older Jedi who have mentored him, for the most part. Of course we do have Vestara now.

There's a ten year difference between Ben and Jysella Horn. That's a pretty big gap between the new Jedi they are rolling out in FOTJ and whoever should be in Ben's age group. It would seem the young Jedi Knights are being neglected right now.
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I agree Darth Skuldren.

@kurtdc: Actually Anakin Solo had a death sentence before the beginning of the NJO so Ben could very well be his replacement even if he was born during the NJO.
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Master Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 602 Location: boston

The version of the story I heard was Anakin was killed of(instead of Jacen) because GL didn't want confusion with the Anakin of the prequels. Maybe I misremember, but that's how I recall it. I could swear I read something where the authors said Jacen was originally supposed to go.

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