How did the New Order bit end?

[JoeGKushner]

I read several books in that Jedi New Order bit that takes place years after the movies.

How did it end? It just got too long, boring and most importantly, uninteresting for me. The books so pushed the setting in ways that didn't seem to fit, that I didn't finish reading the series.

How did the Jedi eventaully win?

Did they use the good old Force to just push the invaders back out?

What eventually happened to Corsucant?

Any other big victims? I know Chewie got it in the first book by R A Salvatore and I think one of Han's kids gets it in another book. (It's been a while since I've read 'em.)

All spoilers welcome.

 

[Viking Bastard]

I'd like a good synopsis, too. I tried reading it, but it just didn't grab me.

But still, I'd like to know how they played it out. Plus, good to have for references
if I'm going to read any future novels.

 

[Belen]

Admiral Ackbar comes up with a plan to defeat a large number of their forces. It works and the Vong are seriously stretched thin on numbers of warriors they have to fight. Meanwhile, several actions by the Jedi and the discovery the the nameless ones are shamed at the whim of the elite cause a rebellion among the lowest of the cast members.

Finally, Luke and crew go out to find the lost, sentient planet, Sonoma Sekot, which has dealth with an earlier invasion by the Vong. They use the planet to discover why the Vong do not exist within the force and the Vong and the planet go to make nice and heal one another.

The Jedi decide that they should never have been protecters of the Republic because the Force is really a religion and they had been used as guardians rather than concentrating on the force.

The ending was really lame and they tied it back to Anakin (Vader) and pre-clone wars.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

A lot happened...I'll do it the easy way and just answer your direct questions, as I'm not sure I could really go over everything.

How did the Jedi eventaully win?

Essentially, Luke and a few other Jedi went searching out in the Unknown Regions to find the lost planet Zonoma Sekot. They found it, after a huge amount of searching, and we soon discover that Sekot is actually the birthplace(or related to it, I don't remember the exact detail) of the Vong before they were ejected from the galaxy.

A huge assault on Coruscant was put together, timed with an uprising of Shamed Ones and Zonoma Sekot even came to assist. We found out that the Supreme Overlord was not actually the one in charge, but instead a puppet for his Shamed One 'pet', Onimi, who had found a way to reconnect with the Force. The last fight was Jacen and Jaina against Onimi, and when he was killed, the fighting slowly came to a stop and the Vong were taken in by Sekot, which then left for the Unknown Regions again.

Did they use the good old Force to just push the invaders back out?

Sort of. It was mostly Zonoma Sekot's doing, as when the Vong realized they'd found their true home, they at first attempted to destroy it. That failed, and the remaining, mostly non-military Vong were taken in by Sekot, and just pretty much left.

What eventually happened to Corsucant?

The Vong worldshaped it into thier 'home', and its pretty much nothing at all like it was before. The new government estabolished(Galactic Alliance, I believe), is no longer seated on the planet, as its pretty much overgrown with plants. I believe the new seat of galactic government is Denon, with the Jedi Order setting up on the ancient Jedi Library world of Ossus.

Any other big victims? I know Chewie got it in the first book by R A Salvatore and I think one of Han's kids gets it in another book. (It's been a while since I've read 'em.)

Chewie and Anakin Solo were the two 'major' casualties, but there were definitely other deaths. Most of them were of characters set up in early NJO books, so nothing too terribly major. An interesting note is that Chewie sons are now taking up their father's life debt to the Solos.


That's all sketchy and just from memory, so I may not be completely correct on all of that. I plan to go through reading them again, sometime soon.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Was that living planet referenced in one of the other Star Wars novels, the one where Anakin (the original), makes a living ship and it dies because of some bounty hunter on him or something where they show him slip a little into the Dark Side by killing said hunter? They hinted at the Vong in that book too.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Was that living planet referenced in one of the other Star Wars novels, the one where Anakin (the original), makes a living ship and it dies because of some bounty hunter on him or something where they show him slip a little into the Dark Side by killing said hunter? They hinted at the Vong in that book too.

Yep, that was Zonoma Sekot. The book's name was Rogue Planet.

 

[barsoomcore]

New Order? They're doing a show with the Chemical Brothers next week in Oakland. I don't think their bit has ended at all.

 

[Desdichado]

Ha! That was my first thought too! Although their bit went to hell in a handbasket sometime after Technique, IMO. Then again, the same is true of most New Wave music...

 

[JoeGKushner]

Yep, that was Zonoma Sekot. The book's name was Rogue Planet.

Rogue Planet wasn't bad but when it came out, it was another slap in the face of continuity in trying to tie the old stuff with the new stuff. "Yeah, see, here we have these organic dudes and stuff and way back when... there was like a jedi and stuff and... yeah, that's the ticket." At least they planned that and it seems to have worked a little.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Rogue Planet wasn't bad but when it came out, it was another slap in the face of continuity in trying to tie the old stuff with the new stuff. "Yeah, see, here we have these organic dudes and stuff and way back when... there was like a jedi and stuff and... yeah, that's the ticket." At least they planned that and it seems to have worked a little.

Vergere also played a large part in the later books in the NJO, and I believe she made an appearance in Rogue Planet, also. Honestly, I haven't read too many of the prequel era books, as they just don't grab me like the post-RotJ ones seem to.

Well, except for Labyrinth of Evil. Great book.