Hi. What star wars novel would you recommend for my 8 year old son to read? He just finished A New hope and I know there are a lot of option in the EU, but I have never sad any of them so I was looking for a best of the best list from all of you out there. I was going to get him the Darth Plageuis book (I've heard good things), but wasn't sure if any of the EU books had more adult content in them then the movies do.

I would recommend the Young Jedi Knight series. After that, I think the Heir to the Empire Trilogy and the Jedi Academy Trilogy are good places to start with full novels.

Darth Plaguis is a good book, but a little bit dark for the age. Along with being very, very continuity heavy.

The novelizations do go into a bit more detail and have scenes not in the movies. They'll also be easier to follow for him since he already knows the overall plot. I do consider the Revenge of the Sith novelization to be one of the better novelizations out there (my personal second favorite, losing only to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier).

For other suggestions, I'd go with the Tales books as they're collections of short stories rather than full-fledged novels and would be easier to digest.

And for reading in general, for a kid his age, I highly recommend a book series known as the Great Illustrated Classics. Basically, the books take the big classics like Oliver Twist, Huckleberry Finn, War of the Worlds, Hunchback of Notre Dame, etc., etc. and condense it down to a 200-some page book at the 3rd/4th-grade reading level with every other page being an illustration of what's happening. I credit those books as what ignited my interest in reading back when I was a kid. For more full-fledged novels, I'd suggest the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Discworld books, as they are rather funny and thus fun to read.

The Last of the Jedi (and other Jude Watson books) were quite thrilling for myself when I was younger

I'd need to know what the kid's reading level is...because at that age I was reading and understanding Stephen King's The Stand.

Jude Watson is a great Author. I highly recommend Jedi Apprentice series as they were the star wars books I read when I was 8.

The Junior Jedi Knights or Young Jedi Knights series are both fantastic (Young is a slightly more advanced reading level than Junior), and it would introduce a lot of the major characters that are involved throughout later books. It's where I first read about the Solo kids and their friends.

Jude Watson, Jedi Apprentice. The stories have so much emotion. You will be able to actually get to talk about evil and good, war or piece, what is good what Is evil...? The action is amazing, the adventures too. The friendships are very hart warming. It's the best series for that age. I read it with all three of my sons. It will take you some time to get through it all. Take your time, put some good star wars music in the background. Do the voices and he will never forget Obi and Qui-Gon. For all the good reasons nobody will ever understand the Jedi Order without reading Jedi Apprentice.

Cheers

Galaxy of fear! It's like Goosebumps meets star wars. Made for young readers.