Just bought Force Heretic II

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-01 09:52pm

So far so BLAH! But im only 1/4 of the way through. I won't put any spoilers in this post but I will tell you this is so far running boring along the lines of the first few NJO books, despite one or two interesting revelations regarding the Ssi Ruuk.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-05-01 10:11pm

Force Heretic II is out?

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-05-01 11:11pm

Hasn't it been out for a few days now? I noticed it earlier when I went to Borders during lunch.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-01 11:26pm

WEll its out, It wasnt supposed to be out until either today or later this week but oh well.

At EIther rate, this book was not nearly as entertaining as Remnant, and the Bakuran/Ssi Ruuk Portion of this story might have been better written as a sequel to Truce at Bakura taking place in the short time after the corellian Trilogy. there were a few decent twists with that story but for the most part. BLEH!

Anyone who wants details can PM me because im not going to post spoilers.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-01 11:51pm

Damn. I can't find it at my local Borders.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-02 12:09am

I got mine at Waldenbooks

edit: btw thats a beautiful sig pic, aI always stop and admire it whenever I read your posts

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-05-02 12:09am

Durran Korr wrote:Damn. I can't find it at my local Borders.

Wierd. Fanboy may be right; release date might be tomorrow. Anyway, I'm not that confident with borders. The one I went to put Love Hina 9 on the shelf like 2-3 weeks late.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-02 01:07am

IIRC it wan't supposed to be until May 5th, I waled into the Waldenbooks at the mall today with the sole intention of reading every comic book in the place then going to my night class when suddenly that popped out at me. And my class ended up being cancelled to boot.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-02 01:10am

You ought to admire it, your creation.

Hmm, Waldenbooks...I have one of those at the mall, will have to try it.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-02 01:29am

Durran Korr wrote:You ought to admire it, your creation.

Hmm, Waldenbooks...I have one of those at the mall, will have to try it.

that it is that it is

The price isnt too bad though, $7.00 and I got another dollar or so knocked off with my preferred readers card. SO at least I didn't pay much, unlike the travesty that is "Balance Point"

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2003-05-02 03:43pm

I picked it up ath the locaal B&N.

Waldenbooks tends to have books out alot earlier than other stores, I noticed. Apparently not all bookstores release books at the same time.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-02 04:07pm

The Bakura/Ssi-ruuk stuff is lame so far. The only interesting stuff is taking place on Corsucant with Nom Anor, and with Luke and company in Chiss Space.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-02 06:10pm

Durran Korr wrote:The Bakura/Ssi-ruuk stuff is lame so far. The only interesting stuff is taking place on Corsucant with Nom Anor, and with Luke and company in Chiss Space.

I agree that the Nom Anor stuff is the most entertaining portion, but wouldn't you maybe have liked to a the book have a lot MORE Yu'Shaa content and a lot more of his exploits against Shimmrra?

Seems we disagree though on wether the Bakuran or Chiss storyline is more interesting. maybe its just me tho

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-02 06:12pm

I'm almost finished, and the Bakura/Ssi-ruuk story got entertaining. I just found the first half dull, I was basically skimming over parts at random.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-02 06:32pm

Well the part with the chiss is gonna get boring in a hurry.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-02 06:43pm

Darth Fanboy wrote:Well the part with the chiss is gonna get boring in a hurry.

Agreed, I just finished it. It was an enjoyable read, much better than I was expecting it to be based on the first half, but still not quite in the same league as the last five NJO books.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-05-03 01:17am

I saw Force Heretic on the rack and the picture on the cover irked me because the artist forgot the Ssi-ruuk's beak.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-03 01:19am

I should also add that that androgynous-looking Jedi Knight on the cover is Jaina. She is the only brown-haired Jedi to come into contact with Ssi-ruuk in the book.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-05-03 01:21am

Durran Korr wrote:I should also add that that androgynous-looking Jedi Knight on the cover is Jaina.

You have GOT to be kidding me.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-03 01:25am

IG-88E wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:I should also add that that androgynous-looking Jedi Knight on the cover is Jaina.

You have GOT to be kidding me.

Either that or they just seriously fucked up with the cover art and put the wrong Jedi on it (Jaina also does not have a blue saber, IIRC).

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-03 02:34am

IG-88E wrote:I saw Force Heretic on the rack and the picture on the cover irked me because the artist forgot the Ssi-ruuk's beak.

Technically, on Raptors like that the snout is refferred to aas a beak, but they did make it look too much like a true velociraptor and not the alien it really is.

Thing is, that Jedi has got to be Jaina because the only other alternatives are Tahrir and Leia. tHere were no human male Jedi on Bakura IIRC.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-05-04 12:31am

Darth Fanboy wrote:Technically, on Raptors like that the snout is refferred to aas a beak, but they did make it look too much like a true velociraptor and not the alien it really is.

Except that Ssi-ruuk have a TRUE beak, not a metaphorical one.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-04 06:43am

IG-88E wrote:
Darth Fanboy wrote:Technically, on Raptors like that the snout is refferred to aas a beak, but they did make it look too much like a true velociraptor and not the alien it really is.
Except that Ssi-ruuk have a TRUE beak, not a metaphorical one.

Not in any picture I've seen, care to enlighten?

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2003-05-04 08:28pm

Darth Fanboy wrote:
IG-88E wrote:
Darth Fanboy wrote:Technically, on Raptors like that the snout is refferred to aas a beak, but they did make it look too much like a true velociraptor and not the alien it really is.
Except that Ssi-ruuk have a TRUE beak, not a metaphorical one.
Not in any picture I've seen, care to enlighten?

They have one in the essential guide to species.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-05-04 10:28pm

Darth Fanboy wrote:Not in any picture I've seen, care to enlighten?

The pictures of them in the Essential Guide to Planets and the Essential Guide to Aliens show them, and they are backed up by text:

Essential Guide to Alien Species:

They have strong tails, three digits on their claws, and a sharp beak and talons for rending prey.

Truce at Bakura:

She wanted to throw it at him, but resisted. She might cause more effective damage later. "I hope you can add a set of Ssi-ruu teeth soon." She tried to sound cool.

"Yes interesting that they have beaks with teeth."

Emphasis mine.