Best galactic empire science fiction books according to redditors
We found 6 Reddit comments discussing the best galactic empire science fiction books. We ranked the 3 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Well there is a book which isn't cannon, haven't read it yet but it does take place during his exile on Tatooine.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-John-Jackson-Miller/dp/0099594242/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452259751&sr=1-4&keywords=obi+wan
I came across a quote from Harrison during the filming of Empire (I think), something along the lines of "George, you can type this shit, but you sure as hell can't say it."!
edit: it was apparently said during the making of "A New Hope"
The "making of Empire" has a transcript of Harrison and Kershner tossing out most of George's dialogue during the goodbye scene between Han and Leia in Cloud City, and making up their own. Fun stuff: http://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Galaxy-Journal-Strikes/dp/0345290755/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
FYI, Ivan Kirshner was the director of Empire, Lawrence Kasdan was a co-writer of the script, along with Leigh Brackett and Lucas.
This was one of, if not the, first technical books I ever read.
https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Galaxy-Journal-Strikes/dp/0345290755
My 10 yo brain could not process the technicals in depth, but I slogged through it for tidbits pertaining to the extended universe and the 3rd installment. I could never get as lost in movies/stories the same way afterward, kinda ruined the magic. Luckily, every once in awhile, an Annaud, a Besson, or a Del Toro comes along & reignites the fire for me.
SW is 40... wow... time flies.
Fire Warrior is still available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQWBGM3/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_w6WvDbS59R6WQ
The first book I bought was an E book full of other books.
The Tau Empire A Legends of the Dark Millennium book
Aun'Shi
Commander Shadow
Shadowsun: The Last of Kiru's Line
A Sanctuary of Wyrms
Out Caste
Fire and Ice
Farsight
The Patient Hunter
The Kauyon
The Tau'va
This book is from the perspective of a Rogue Trader and the first crusade attacking the Tau Empire.
Rogue Trader Omnibus
This book is about an Imperial Guard regiment fighting Gue'vesa and Tau forces.
Fire Caste
Fire Warrior Is about an individual fire warrior absolutely wrecking imperial forces on his own. It gives a lot of interesting views on imperial culture from the perspective of the fire caste.
I would absolutely buy the first book listed again, it's 10 stories. Some of them are pretty short but it's neat how you hear about some of the characters again in other books.