What are you reading right now? (possible RotE spoilers)

[redchild]

I have seen trailers and was looking forward to it for quite a while. However after seeing how they've decided to treat the KOTOR franchise, I doubt TOR will rise to my expectations as a worthy successor to KOTOR. I already knew the setting for TOR is a few hundred years forward from the Revan and the Exile's story, but the way the novel handled the bridging was terrible. It seems like they've decided to abruptly abandon KOTOR when it really should be developed with care and devotion, rather than hastily use its namesake for a new project that will likely have nothing to do with the characters or stories that grew out of KOTOR.

The novel was supposed to be the link between the KOTOR and TOR games and to bring some veteran fans into playing TOR. But it's pretty much a train wreck. It's marketing purpose was so blatantly obvious, you can't really take it seriously as an original Star Wars novel. I think it likely alienated many KOTOR fans who were up to now tentatively optimistic about the new game. Maybe I'll be wrong and TOR will actually have good writing. But if the sloppy and hugely disappointing treatment of Revan is any clue, I wouldn't bet on TOR to be anything more than another overly hyped up standard-fare MMO.