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My favorite is the KOTOR era. This era is the golden age of Jedi and Sith. Both are at full strength with thousands of Jedi and Sith battling across the galaxy. There are no childish plastic battledroid armies. The Sith army mirrors the later Empire on a smaller scale. In this era Mandalorians are at their prime too, Characters of these era are great as well. Revan, Bastila, Malak etc are awesome and I like them as much as the OT characters. The writers of KOTOR did a wonderful job, much better than prequels.

So what is YOUR favorite SW era ?

The Imperial Civil War.

Those eras are a bit arbitrary, incidentally.

Arbitrary, they may be but they help me when I'm writing.

Personally, I like the time between KotOR and the Prequels. It is the most unexplored period of time. (I know there are comics but I don't read them.)

I mean Sarevok's eras are arbitrary.

000 wrote:I mean Sarevok's eras are arbitrary.

Oh, I misunderstood what you meant. Sorry.

Then again, aren't all eras arbitrary if you really think about it?

Not really. The publishing ones make sense from a publishing point of view, and the in-universe historical ones make sense. Although I'd advocate renaming some of the wars and whatnot.

I put the Prequel period (although I'm not sure I really like the period selected, either). It's the greatest galactic epoch we really see in detail; the collapse of the Republic that has ruled the galaxy for 25,000 years, the virtual destruction of the old Jedi Order, the culmination of thousands of years of plotting and half a dozen campaigns by the Sith. And it contains the Clone Wars, which, despite the desperate mechanations of certain insecure authors, is the most impressive war described in the SW universe.

Pfft. The Clone War ain't got nothin' on the Civil War.

The OT and the period right after. That's where all the good battles are.

000 wrote:Pfft. The Clone War ain't got nothin' on the Civil War.

When the Rebels start deploying quintillions of battle droids, escorts ships that can destroy ice moons with a single blast, and battle groups in excess of five thousand capital ships, I might agree with you.

I'd say either the Clone Wars period or (surprise) the KotOR era. The Clone Wars has all kinds of fun stuff going on, and the KotOR era is far enough separated from the 'regular' SW universe that anything goes... and it's far more palatable than the NJO etc. I'd hardly call it the 'golden age' of the Jedi/Sith, though.

Stark wrote:I'd say either the Clone Wars period or (surprise) the KotOR era. The Clone Wars has all kinds of fun stuff going on, and the KotOR era is far enough separated from the 'regular' SW universe that anything goes... and it's far more palatable than the NJO etc. I'd hardly call it the 'golden age' of the Jedi/Sith, though.

You actually like KotOR? I'm shocked.

Actually I'm not, because KotOR rocks my box, but do you like it because it's so far removed from the OT/PT era? Or because it's 'just not the EU/NJO'? It still has a familiar feel to it, but it's still different enough that when you play it you kinda feel like you're exploring a part of the universe that hasn't been covered before.

Sarevok wrote:My favorite is the KOTOR era. This era is the golden age of Jedi and Sith. Both are at full strength with thousands of Jedi and Sith battling across the galaxy. There are no childish plastic battledroid armies.

Wasn't it a large army of battledroids that was used against that Jedi Meeting where they killed Ulric Quel Droma's master? (Master Arca?)

Stofsk wrote:You actually like KotOR? I'm shocked.

Actually I'm not, because KotOR rocks my box, but do you like it because it's so far removed from the OT/PT era? Or because it's 'just not the EU/NJO'? It still has a familiar feel to it, but it's still different enough that when you play it you kinda feel like you're exploring a part of the universe that hasn't been covered before.

The D20 part is silly, but it's not a bad story and it's a fresh use of the SW universe, so I was impressed. You're right - simply by ditching all the baggage of the post-ROTJ era (in a way even the new SW:Legacy can't do) it gets a lot more freedom to tell NEW stories, and even familiar things like the Jedi, Sith, Republic, Mandalorians etc are satisfyingly different.

Stark wrote:The D20 part is silly, but it's not a bad story and it's a fresh use of the SW universe, so I was impressed. You're right - simply by ditching all the baggage of the post-ROTJ era (in a way even the new SW:Legacy can't do) it gets a lot more freedom to tell NEW stories, and even familiar things like the Jedi, Sith, Republic, Mandalorians etc are satisfyingly different.

I must agree. I can't really stomach Dungeons and Jedi, but the story in KotOR, and to a lesser degree, KotOR II, really felt new in way that nothing from the post RotJ period has managed. Add in the fact the KotOR was a CRPG (and a good one at that) which put the fugly d20 rules in the background, and you're cooking with gasoline. Plus HK-47 is one of the best side-kick characters ever! Custom blasters, lightsabers, armor, jet-bike racing, flying around in your own tramp freighter, it was a veritable Star Wars playground.

While I wasn't exactly inpressed with KotOR as a game, I must admit it had a certain...freshness to it. It had all the things thad need to be there to make it Star Wars, but it did have them in ways that made it different.
That being said, post-RotJ. It had most of the good books, I like having familiar characters if they're not overdone, plus there was always the hope of Kyp Durron biting the bullet Pity 'bout that.
Pity they had to ruin it all with the NJO...

I like KOTOR and the Old Jedi Era, I love the prequels, I admire the OT.
I despise the Post-ROTJ save Thrawn (Zahn's storyline) and I certainly loathe the NJO.
Everything Post-NJO, I don't even give a shit about.

I like the KOTOR era, but right now, it just occurred to me that we should always pray that Traviss never writes a KOTOR era book containing Mandalorians.

Nonchalent massacres anyone?

I really like the KOTOR era. I love the feel of it. Perhaps it’s the “freshness” that some people in this thread have already mentioned that makes me like it so much.

Primarily the prequel era. It we allow for a moment to throw out all knowledge of the OT-era and what is to come, it's fun following the mysteries and intrigue, from who Sidious is, what is master goal is, and whether or not Anakin is the Chosen One. And of course, a complete fleshing out of the Clone Wars.

After that, post-ROTJ, primarily the NJO. I know, I know, everybody hates the NJO, but I've got a soft spot for the Yuuzhan Vong -- unlike the crap that is to debut in the Legacy comic...

I think I am in the minority of people who like reading all the novels. I agree that most of them are jarring but they still add a bit to Star Wars history so I'll keep up to date (even if it means reading Traviss). For me, it is not the name that brings it in, it's the layer it adds to the universe.

With all of that said, my vote still goes to the time between KotOR and Cloak of Deception. As has been said, it is perhaps the most potential as a clean slate. This is ignoring the comics, which I don't read and would be overridden by novels anyway.

KOTOR is also my fav, better than the tyrannical Empire days, or the Clone Wars days. For me, it was because I got to see some day to day life, in the KOTOR material, and I enjoyed that.

Post-Return of the Jedi in general, and the New Jedi Order in particular. That Vong era gives me one of the things I've always wanted from Star Wars literature, fresh enemies, a long-running plot and multiple Jedi squaring off with enemies that are actually on par with them.

I have high hopes for this new series they're apparently coming out with for the later reason.

Like many others here, I particularly like the era the includes the prequels. The clone wars have been portrayed quite well. And there's more to come, which is exciting. I especially like the way that they've worked in references to a lot of the rest of the EU.

I love the original era, mostly due to the Ubiquitous presence of Imperators and Vader. Second to that I liked KOTOR era, the stories available were interesting, and it opened up a whole new and genuinely different period in the Star Wars universe. The other eras to me seem more like clones, or poor attempts at clones of the original era.