Talk:Star Wars: The Yuuzhan Vong/@comment-5148107-20191010035014

I managed to finish Civil War and Yuuzhan Vong back to back, and now I feel so relieved to be caught up in the story! But without further ado, here's my honest review for The Yuuzhan Vong.

Firstly, I found this story to be a great improvement. Arguably the best in terms of description, and the plot is compelling, although I still prefer stories like Revival when it comes to character. That being said, Yuuzhan Vong was much better.

Ponds is definitely one of your most intriguing characters--I really liked how he went back to more or less how he was in Revival, he's still struggling and writhing from the scars inflicted upon him. In all honesty, I think you could've finished that character arc at the end of Revival and left it there, but bringing back Aurra Sing was a bold choice that I think works; something that I certainly think needs to expanded on moving on to Revelations and the future. I felt like this plot point was somewhat sudden, unless I missed something, but a little bit of polishing and Ponds's character can be brought full circle.

Now, I'm not too familiar with the Yuuzhan Vong in Legends, but I will admit I didn't think their portrayal was correct here. That's not to say they were completely wrong, although I felt like their opening scenes were a little bit cheesy (that's just my opinion, of course), especially with Jamaane's early dialogue. Also, I think Jamaane wasn't involved in the story as much as he should've been, granted he is the leader of the Vong. Nonetheless, I do see lots of potential for him and the Vong going into Revelations!

Scrape obviously wasn't as heavily involved except for the ending, but I didn't mind him as much this time. He felt better than in the past--less comical and more like, well, Scrape. Could be a result of him not being the direct antagonist this time around. I liked his decision to ally with the Vong, although I feel like that scene went by a little too quickly. And by the way, him killing Two-Gun, who I'll admit I don't really know anything about, was a perfect scene to reestablish Scrape, and is effective for proving his authenticity to the Vong.

One thing I wasn't so much a fan of was how contained the story felt. Everything takes place on Yavin 4, and I've always thought the Yuuzhan Vong were better suited as "galaxy-wide conquerors"--but as I said before, I'm not too familiar with them in general. Why were they on Yavin 4? What is their goal? These are questions--particularly the second one--that I think we need to answer in Revelations.

Overall, I enjoyed Yuuzhan Vong! I liked the cliffhanger at the end, and you have a nice setup going into Revelations for us to build off of. I didn't feel the same impact as a reader unfortunately, probably because I know that I'll have a hand in the resolution of the Yuuzhan Vong plot, which is now next priority on my bucket list!