Great review as always Meg. Last month I finished the audiobook and I agree it was interesting to kinda care about a character you know will be very evil haha. I really enjoyed the references to Tales of the Jedi and KOTOR in the story. It felt like it tied all the old republic things closer together from back then.
I'm also not a fan of rooting for the bad guys, which is the reason I've never read the Darth Bane Trilogy. However, I did enjoy Darth Plagueis when I read that, and it's one of my favourite EU novels, and Darth Bane is one of those interesting elements that came from George Lucas that was given to Terry Brooks to include in the novelization of The Phantom Menace because there was no room for it in the movie proper, so I'm gonna get my hands on the trilogy so I can read it. I've always found that there was a more conscious effort to tie the novels and comics together in the '90s and very early 2000s than there was after 2002 or 2003. Not that there wasn't some effort to connect the two mediums in the 2000s, but it seemed like it became less important as we started getting past the release of Revenge of the Sith in 2005. Especially if it had nothing to do with the 2008 Clone Wars movie and TV show. Even their respective timelines that appeared in each medium kept themselves separate. This also started happening with the Young Reader books like Junior Jedi Knights and Young Jedi Knights books. Both series were omitted from Del Rey's novel timeline starting with the Dark Nest Trilogy, despite the fact that the novels continued using characters introduced in both of those series. So it's not surprising that Path of Destruction would retcon Jedi vs. Sith. I think Lucasfilm generally chose to keep the two mediums separate after a certain point, with the exception of the Dark Empire Trilogy comics, the Tales of the Jedi comics, the X-Wing Rogue Squadron comics, and the Crimson Empire Trilogy comics, because they were mentioned in certain novels, because when you have dozens of comics and novels coming out every month, it does become tedious to try and maintain a single unified continuity between them. Especially when you're also including video games into the mix. There's a reason that Paramount kept the continuities separate between the Star Trek novels, comics, and video games as there were just so many by so many different publishers. And that's kind of what happened with Star Wars novels, comics, and video games too, though to a far lesser extent.
Great review. Just found your channel and your Legends book reviews have been amazing. Bane in particular is such a fascinating character obviously responsible for the Rule of Two but also the destruction of the Brotherhood of Darkness. The novel makes you root for him and his success.
Cortosis in this book acts more like Phrik or Beskar, where it's strong against EVERYTHING. All energy weapons have a hard time against it and even the physical weapons they resort to have a hard time. When in earlier works Cortosis was *Weak* against everything that WASN'T a lightsaber, even other energy weapons like common blasters! Maybe it is Phrikite or Beskar but it's just being lumped in as Cortosis since it stops sabers?
Hi nice review! I read Path of Destruction last year and thought the atmosphere was quite interesting. It felt much more like fantasy than science fiction which was a little strange because it seems like usually Star Wars is slightly more on the sci-fi side of the spectrum. Anyway, I felt like it could have been removed from the context of Star Wars completely and just been about an order of dark sorcerers and still worked.
I didn't like the Sith Academy part either. Bane is, when he becomes an acolyte, a combat veteran in his late-20s/early-30s, but he's portrayed like a teenage bookworm, complete with the equivalent of the hot cheerleader leading him around. Frankly, in KOTOR too and other places where it shows up, I've never liked the idea that Sith in this era were products of some sort of evil high school. A Jedi Academy makes sense; the Jedi ethos is about developing self-discipline and learning to control one's base nature, which fits a classroom setting. The Sith ethos is all about indulging one's base nature and disregarding how you might hurt others, which you don't really need to be taught formally.
The perfect piece of connective tissue between the Old Republic era and the Prequel era.
Great review as always Meg. Last month I finished the audiobook and I agree it was interesting to kinda care about a character you know will be very evil haha. I really enjoyed the references to Tales of the Jedi and KOTOR in the story. It felt like it tied all the old republic things closer together from back then.
Thanks for the review. Never read these at the time but I've seen a lot of people recommend it. Might take a chance after this review on it.
One of my favourite EU books. Thanks for the review! 👍🏿
I'm also not a fan of rooting for the bad guys, which is the reason I've never read the Darth Bane Trilogy. However, I did enjoy Darth Plagueis when I read that, and it's one of my favourite EU novels, and Darth Bane is one of those interesting elements that came from George Lucas that was given to Terry Brooks to include in the novelization of The Phantom Menace because there was no room for it in the movie proper, so I'm gonna get my hands on the trilogy so I can read it.
I've always found that there was a more conscious effort to tie the novels and comics together in the '90s and very early 2000s than there was after 2002 or 2003. Not that there wasn't some effort to connect the two mediums in the 2000s, but it seemed like it became less important as we started getting past the release of Revenge of the Sith in 2005. Especially if it had nothing to do with the 2008 Clone Wars movie and TV show. Even their respective timelines that appeared in each medium kept themselves separate. This also started happening with the Young Reader books like Junior Jedi Knights and Young Jedi Knights books. Both series were omitted from Del Rey's novel timeline starting with the Dark Nest Trilogy, despite the fact that the novels continued using characters introduced in both of those series. So it's not surprising that Path of Destruction would retcon Jedi vs. Sith.
I think Lucasfilm generally chose to keep the two mediums separate after a certain point, with the exception of the Dark Empire Trilogy comics, the Tales of the Jedi comics, the X-Wing Rogue Squadron comics, and the Crimson Empire Trilogy comics, because they were mentioned in certain novels, because when you have dozens of comics and novels coming out every month, it does become tedious to try and maintain a single unified continuity between them. Especially when you're also including video games into the mix. There's a reason that Paramount kept the continuities separate between the Star Trek novels, comics, and video games as there were just so many by so many different publishers. And that's kind of what happened with Star Wars novels, comics, and video games too, though to a far lesser extent.
Githany is a great way to write a character with stunning looks, where she uses said looks as merely one tool from her tool kit.
Githany's death in the comic was incredible.
Great review. Just found your channel and your Legends book reviews have been amazing. Bane in particular is such a fascinating character obviously responsible for the Rule of Two but also the destruction of the Brotherhood of Darkness. The novel makes you root for him and his success.
Cortosis in this book acts more like Phrik or Beskar, where it's strong against EVERYTHING. All energy weapons have a hard time against it and even the physical weapons they resort to have a hard time. When in earlier works Cortosis was *Weak* against everything that WASN'T a lightsaber, even other energy weapons like common blasters! Maybe it is Phrikite or Beskar but it's just being lumped in as Cortosis since it stops sabers?
I am a huge fan of the Old Republic. I'd like to see your review on Into the Void.
Hi nice review! I read Path of Destruction last year and thought the atmosphere was quite interesting. It felt much more like fantasy than science fiction which was a little strange because it seems like usually Star Wars is slightly more on the sci-fi side of the spectrum. Anyway, I felt like it could have been removed from the context of Star Wars completely and just been about an order of dark sorcerers and still worked.
I read this for 1st time 3 years ago. Incredible
Love the book, good review 👍
Nice touch with the makeup.
I agree that the academy section was far too long. It bogged down the book and made me want to rush through the ending.
I didn't like the Sith Academy part either. Bane is, when he becomes an acolyte, a combat veteran in his late-20s/early-30s, but he's portrayed like a teenage bookworm, complete with the equivalent of the hot cheerleader leading him around. Frankly, in KOTOR too and other places where it shows up, I've never liked the idea that Sith in this era were products of some sort of evil high school. A Jedi Academy makes sense; the Jedi ethos is about developing self-discipline and learning to control one's base nature, which fits a classroom setting. The Sith ethos is all about indulging one's base nature and disregarding how you might hurt others, which you don't really need to be taught formally.
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