Star Wars: Top Twenty! Illustrated!

So, after yesterdays srs post about srs bizness (well day before yesterday now, cus it's after midnight), I thought I'd post something fun. Again, I am inflicting Star Wars on my flist so if you are not interested, look away now! Or just skip to the picture of the pretty man at the end too many pictures already; will save pretty picspam for another day. :)

A while back a forum I frequent held a "Top 100 EU Works," poll, where everyone was welcome to submit their top 20 EU Works (be that novel, radio drama, comic, sourcebook, cartoon, video game, non-OT or PT movie...whatever) and then a top 100 would be compiled by the moderators. (Yes, there is just that much EU material).

So in case you're interested in what kind of Star Wars fan I am - I present to you, my list! Along with the end ranking of the work according to the TF.N forums. I've tried to pick a combination of my personal favourites, the ones I think are the best objectively, and the ones I think do important things for the EU, or show its breadth. I wanted the list to be...representative of what I like about the EU.

So: In REVERSE ORDER!

( 20. Shadows of the Empire (novel) - Steve Perry. )

( 19. Starfighters of Adumar (novel) - Aaron Allston. )

( 18. I, Jedi (novel) - Michael Stackpole. )

( 17. The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines (novel duology) - Aaron Allston. )

( 16. The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory (novel duology) - Greg Keyes. )

( 15. Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume II (cartoon) - Genndy Tartakovsky. )

( 14. Revenge of the Sith (movie novelisation) - Matthew Stover. )

( 13. Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (video game) - Obsidian Entertainment. )

( 12. Legacy of the Force: Betrayal (novel) - Aaron Allston. )

( 11. The Thrawn Trilogy (novel trilogy) - Timothy Zahn. )

( 10. Star Wars Tales: Unseen, Unheard (comic) - Chris Avellone. )

( 9. The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett (short story) - Daniel Keys Moran. )

( 8. Legacy: Broken (comic) - John Ostrander & Jan Duursema. )

( 7. Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement (comic) - John Jackson Miller. )

( 6. Dark Times: The Path to Nowhere (comic) - Mick Harrison. )

( 5. Knights of the Old Republic: Days of Fear (comic) - John Jackson Miller. )

( 4. The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide (novel duology) - Michael Stackpole. )

( 3. Jedi Vs Sith (comic) - Darko Macan. )

( 2. Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (novel) - Sean Stewart. )

( 1. The New Jedi Order: Traitor (novel) - Matthew Stover. )

And...that's that. :)

If you're interested in the complete TF.N list - click here

Hope y'all at least enjoyed the pretty pictures. Perhaps tomorrow, if you are all very good, I will spam you with pictures of Chiwetel Ejiofor. That might be a cheer-up-Becka method that would be more, err, flist-friendly? Well TOO LATE NOW! MWAHAHAHAHA!