There is a certain reason why I don't write Star Wars fanfiction anymore. Every time, there are new books, new concepts - all part of the canon. And that just blows my theories out of the water. Though I like reading AU fics and other fics written by others, it's just writing fanfics, especially during the NJO period is too hard.

Especially with Dark Nest I: The Joiner King out right now. Well, it's 5 years in between the NJO so there is room to write, but manipulating all those characters after the authors ran them through a wringer has become complex. They're not the same characters we fell in love with so many years ago. And I feel that NJO did something to rip them away.

I like parts of NJO, but there are also other parts in which I totally abhor and hate. Anakin's death, while it was very poignant, I felt what purpose did it have? There was something missing in his death and the effects afterwards.

So now I write thought pieces on Star Wars. Until I get the urge again to write a full length novel sized story. Only to find it shot down as more post-NJO or pre-NJO books come out. One good thing though, Michael Stackpole doesn't seem to be touching Tycho Celchu's time in Lusankya, so that's the only full-length novel I'm writing. ^_^ Another good thing, lightsabers rule.

-Shadow
posted by Shadow Chaser at 5:17 PM