The Phantom Menace

I wanted to write this to express my dissent from the norm of bintang Wars peminat-peminat with regard to the New Jedi Order series of books. Many peminat-peminat (and sejak many, I mean 99% of what I've found) are very critical of the series, saying that the Yuuzhan Vong don't belong in bintang Wars, saying that the dark tone is wrong, and expressing outrage over the death of a beloved main character (I will not say the character's name, to avoid spoilers.)

I, however, feel that the dark tone of the novels was a nice change in the increasingly childish tone of the bintang Wars canon. Not to say that I dislike any of the childish...

When the Toydarians entered Moana, the sun was starting to rise. The sky was orange, and some clouds were pink.

Toydarian Pilot 42: Sore wa kirei ni miemasu. *That looks beautiful.*
Gonda: Japka o omoidasa semasu. *Reminds me of Japka.*

An ETA-2 Actis was flying alongside a mountain. It was modified to carry two pilots. Two humans were in the cockpit, a student, and his instructor. The instructor was pleased in her student so far.

Instructor: Pretty nasty wind today, but anda have to learn how to fly in all kinds of weather.
Student: *Nods*
Instructor: It's your turn now.
Student: Thank you.
Instructor:...