Voss is beautiful

That is all.

Well, not really, but if I had to describe Voss in just one word that'd have to be 'beautiful'.

I love going back to Voss every time I'm leveling a new character. However I understand why some people dislike it -- too orange, too much running back and forth and the culture being so xenophobic that it all feels useless -- but the landscape and ambient music just gets me every time. And the spirit world. I know this might sound stupid but the first time I ever played through Voss I was just about to enter the Shrine of Healing and then heard my dear grandmother had been hospitalized. Things looked grim so needless to say the whole spirit world thing affected me stronger and more personally than it normally would have.

I've also heard Voss reminds people of a certain area in World of Warcraft. Having never personally played WoW I couldn't really tell but found out that's got to be the Eversong Woods. (Now that I've seen those pictures I must say it looks more like Lothlórien in LOTRO than Voss.)

Here are some of my favorite screenshots I've taken while leveling my last two characters.

My Star Wars novels

Note: This isn't a really a proper blog post but simply a list of my Star Wars books in chronological order. Since some of the names happen to be terribly similar it makes it easier for me to quickly check what I still need (or for my partner who often sees older Star Wars novels in secondhand stores and kindly buys them for me if I'm still missing them).

A big thank you to Wookieepedia for their novels timeline which has helped me to organize my books by era and year.

Updated 17.11.2014

Before the Republic

Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void (25,793 BBY)

Old Republic Era

Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories (5000–2975 BBY)

The Old Republic: Revan (3900 BBY)
The Old Republic: Deceived (3653 BBY)

Red Harvest (3645 BBY)

The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance (3643 BBY)
The Old Republic: Annihilation (3640 BBY)

Knight Errant (1032 BBY)

Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (1003-1000 BBY)
Darth Bane: Rule of Two (1000-990 BBY)

Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil (980 BBY)

Rise of the Empire Era

Jedi Apprentice 1: The Rising Force (44 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 2: The Dark Rival (44 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 3: The Hidden Past (44 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 4: The Mark of the Crown (44 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 5: The Defenders of the Dead (44 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 6: The Uncertain Path (44 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 7: The Captive Temple (44 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 8: The Day of Reckoning (44 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 10: The Shattered Peace (44 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 15: The Death of Hope (41 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 16: The Call to Vengeance (41 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice 18: The Threat Within (40 BBY)

Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (32 BBY)

Episode I: The Phantom Menace (32 BBY)

Jedi Quest 3: The Dangerous Games (27 BBY)
Jedi Quest 4: The Master of Disguise (25 BBY)
Jedi Quest 5: The School of Fear (25 BBY)
Jedi Quest 6: The Shadow Trap (25 BBY)
Jedi Quest 7: The Moment of Truth (25 BBY)
Jedi Quest 8: The Changing of the Guard (24 BBY)
Jedi Quest 9: The False Peace (24 BBY)

Episode II: Attack of the Clones (22 BBY)

Shatterpoint (22 BBY)

Republic Commando 1: Hard Contact (22 BBY)
Republic Commando 2: Triple Zero (22 BBY)
Republic Commando 3: True Colors (21 BBY)
Republic Commando 4: Order 66 (20-19 BBY)

MedStar I: Battle Surgeons (20 BBY)

MedStar II: Jedi Healer (20 BBY)

Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (19 BBY)

Labyrinth of Evil (19 BBY)

Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (19 BBY)

Kenobi (19 BBY)

Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (19 BBY)

Imperial Commando: 501st (19 ABY)

Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight (19 BBY)
Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadow (18 BBY)
Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force (18 BBY)

The Han Solo Trilogy 1: The Paradise Snare (10 BBY)

A New Dawn (11 BBY?)

Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy (5 BBY?)

Death Troopers (1 BBY)

Rebellion Era

Allegiance (0 ABY)

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (3 ABY)

Shadows of the Empire (3-4 ABY)

Tales of the Bounty Hunters (3 ABY)

The Bounty Hunter Wars 1: The Mandalorian Armor (4 ABY)
The Bounty Hunter Wars 2: Slave Ship (4 ABY)

The Truce at Bakura (4 ABY)

Tales from Jabba's Palace (4 ABY)

Tales from the Empire (5 BBY-10 ABY)

New Republic Era

X-Wing 1: Rogue Squadron (6 ABY)
X-Wing 2: Wedge's Gamble (7 ABY)
X-Wing 3: The Krytos Trap (7 ABY)
X-Wing 4: The Bacta War (7 ABY)
X-Wing 5: Wraith Squadron (7 ABY)
X-Wing 6: Iron Fist (7 ABY)
X-Wing 7: Solo Command (7-8 ABY)
X-Wing 8: Isard's Revenge (9 ABY)
X-Wing 9: Starfighters of Adumar (13 ABY)

The Courtship of Princess Leia (8 ABY)

Thrawn Trilogy 1: Heir To The Empire (9 ABY)
Thrawn Trilogy 2: Dark Force Rising (9 ABY)
Thrawn Trilogy 3: The Last Command (9 ABY)

The Jedi Academy Trilogy 1: Jedi Search (11 ABY)
The Jedi Academy Trilogy 2: Dark Apprentice (11 ABY)
The Jedi Academy Trilogy 3: Champions of the Force (11 ABY)

I, Jedi (11 ABY)

Callista Trilogy 1: Children of the Jedi (12 ABY)
Callista Trilogy 2: Darksaber (12 ABY)

The Black Fleet Crisis 1: Before the Storm (16-17 ABY)
The Black Fleet Crisis 2: Shield of Lies (16-17 ABY)
The Black Fleet Crisis 3: Tyrant's Test (16-17 ABY)

The New Rebellion (17 ABY)

The Corellian Trilogy 1: Ambush at Corellia (18 ABY)
The Corellian Trilogy 2: Assault at Selonia (18 ABY)
The Corellian Trilogy 3: Showdown at Centerpoint (18 ABY)

The Hand of Thrawn Duology 1: Specter of the Past (19 ABY)
The Hand of Thrawn Duology 2: Vision of the Future (19 ABY)

Scourge (19 ABY)

Young Jedi Knights 4: Lightsabers (23 ABY)
Young Jedi Knights 7: Shards of Alderaan (23-24 ABY)

New Jedi Order Era

The New Jedi Order 1: Vector Prime (25 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 2: Dark Tide I: Onslaught (25 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 3: Dark Tide II: Ruin (25 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 4: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial (25 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 5: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse (25 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 6: Balance Point (26 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 7: Edge of Victory I: Conquest (26 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 9: Star by Star (27 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 10: Dark Journey (27 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 11: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream (27 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 12: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Stand (27 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 13: Traitor (27 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 14: Destiny's Way (28 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 15: Force Heretic I: Remnant (28 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 18: The Final Prophecy (28 ABY)
The New Jedi Order 19: The Unifying Force (29 ABY)

Dark Nest I: The Joiner King (35 ABY)
Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (36 ABY)
Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (36 ABY)

Legacy Era

Legacy of the Force: Tempest (40 ABY)
Legacy of the Force: Exile (40 ABY)
Legacy of the Force: Inferno (40 ABY)
Legacy of the Force: Revelation (41 ABY)

Millennium Falcon (43 ABY)

Fate of the Jedi: Outcast (43 ABY)
Fate of the Jedi: Omen (43 ABY)
Fate of the Jedi: Abyss (43 ABY)

X-Wing: Mercy Kill (44 ABY)

Others

A Guide to the Star Wars Universe

The Essential Atlas

The Jedi Path

Book of Sith

Comics

Lost Tribe of the Sith: Spiral

Omnibus: Knights of the Old Republic Volume 1
The Old Republic: Threat of Peace
The Old Republic: Blood of the Empire
The Old Republic: The Lost Suns

Boba Fett: Gruba przesada (Boba Fett: Overkill in Polish)

Introduction

Hey there. I'm Salla, 21, from a small town in Finland in the middle of nowhere but hoping to move to Helsinki later this year to study ICT. I've been thinking about starting a Star Wars themed blog for a good while now but just wasn't sure if I'd had the motivation for blogging. At first I meant to simply start a blog for Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) but then realized there's so much more I love about Star Wars in general that it simply wouldn't be enough.

I've been a fan of Star Wars for most of my life, ever since I watched the original trilogy with my parents. Can't remember for sure how old I was, 6 or 7 maybe. I grew up with the prequel trilogy, being 6 at the time of The Phantom Menace, 9 at the time of Attack of the Clones and 12 at the time of Revenge of the Sith. I know people love to hate the prequel trilogy but I just find it hard to dislike it in general although there are scenes I still don't like and probably never will. I guess I'm one of the rare Star Wars fans who equally like both trilogies and are unbiasedly able to watch both. Not that I watch them that often though, I tend to prefer books, video games and basically everything they call the Expanded Universe (or just Legends now, thanks Disney). I own over 60 Star Wars novels and hope to read them all eventually, currently waiting for Into The Void and Lost Tribe of the Sith to arrive in the mail so I can continue reading them chronologically. Needless to say I enjoy the Old Republic era most, thanks to SWTOR and KOTOR.

Aside from Star Wars I'm also a huge fan Lord of the Rings. I discovered Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) by accident almost 3 years ago, knowing pretty much nothing of MMORPGs but instantly fell in love with it. In a way it's still my main MMO and for me there are certain aspects where SWTOR doesn't even come close. As a kid I liked the LOTR films over books but nowadays it's the other way around although I still enjoy the films (however, you might not want to ever mention The Hobbit films in my presence -- the second film almost ruined LOTR for me).

Anyway, let's move on. I'll most likely be writing about SWTOR here. I'm the kind of player who likes to take their time to go deep into the story and luckily I still have a couple of storylines to explore. I prefer to level alone (yes, I'm an introvert) and don't understand of point of "power leveling". You'll probably be seeing a bunch of scenery screenshots and some cosmetic outfits too. Don't expect guides or walkthroughs though, for that we have the awesome dulfy.net which you should definitely check out if you haven't already.

Lastly, I play on The Progenitor where I started 1,5 years ago after a fresh start. My main character is a level 55 Jedi Sage healer Qin'an but I have 9 characters in total, mostly low levels that I hope to bring to level 55 eventually. Feel free to say hi if you see a character with the legacy name Zend -- yes, I do love my legacy name!

Stay tuned.

- Salla