On the old forums I made a post about this, but since they no longer exist, I’ll write something again.
The final chapter of The Soldiers of Halla has been talked about and discussed quite a bit. Some love it. Others hate it. Some understand it fully. Others don’t get it. I’m not going to explain it all here because I’d prefer that readers draw their own conclusions. But I will make a few comments. First off, I don’t consider the ending to be a cliff hanger. Not even close. The story is very clear about what is going to happen next, and that is that Bobby will soon go to Solara and Courtney will not be far behind. To understand how the events described in the last chapter could have happened, you have to look at the end of the second to last chapter. Bobby lamented to Uncle Press that after all they had been through, it seemed unfair that the Travelers were not being allowed to live the normal lives they fought so hard for. All they wanted was a little bit of time to live those lives, which in the general scheme of Halla, wasn’t much . . . and Uncle Press agreed with him. How that was able to happen, and what all the implications are, I’ll leave that up to you to debate and decide.
I’ll say one other thing, and that’s about the guy who delivered Bobby’s journals to him in the hospital. Short of actually writing his name, I pretty much described exactly who it was. From the events that unfolded in the hospital room with Bobby and Courtney kissing and being interrupted, to his physical description, to Bobby recognizing him, to him saying that he had nine other journals to deliver, there is no other possible person that could have been…but Uncle Press.
i will be a Traveler says:
has anybody noticed that that Naymeer dude (I forgot the name he originally hade before he changed it to Naymeer) hasn’t been on here in FOREVER? he was ———— That’s too embarassing to say. oh well
loor is awesome says:
my favorite is rivers of zadaa,(Im only on book 8)
Saangi says:
I really hope Pendragon will get made into a movie. ^ . ^
HELLO says:
i’m indesicive. however you spell that. how do you spell that?
HELLO says:
indecisive. there.
Bobby Pendragon says:
i hope that they make Pendragon a movie too. 🙂
SAINT DANE (i'm really a girl) says:
i really really hope that Pendragon becomes a movie too but i don’t want them to leave out 90% of the important stuff like Harry Potter did. 🙂 has anyone else wondered where Saint Dane is from is you know please tell me because i’m only on book 8 and my friend already finished the series and won’t tell me and i’m ticked of cuz of that.
SAINT DANE (i'm really a girl) says:
i mean IF you know please tell me. Not IS you know please tell me
HELLO says:
I LOVE YOUR BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE THE RULERS OF ALL OTHER BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i’m rereading them. again.
Twig says:
I agree. I’m actually re-reading them for the 7th time right now 😀
No other books can top Pendragon!
Nevva Winter says:
OMG I luv ur books
Nevva Winter says:
I luv ur books there amazing 🙂 ♥ them
Courtney Chetwynde says:
I got married to bobby <3
Gwyn says:
Oh. Now I understand. I knew the guy was Uncle Press, I jut assumed that this was some kind of alternate reality.
MarkDimond WARNING SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! says:
SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!
Your books rock 🙂 my favorite is Pilgrims of Rayne or Soldiers of Halla. I can’t decide which because of the battles. Why didn’t you make any ground assault (besides the tangs) in the Battle of Black Water? And also, just so you know, I’ve e-mailed you before, D.J.. If you remember, my real name starts with a B, ends with an N, and in the middle is an E (BEN) Which Pendragon book do you think would be best in a movie?
MarkDimond says:
Can you make another Pendragon series, maybe called Dimond (all about Mark Dimond) or Chetwynde (all about Courtney Chetwynde)?????
Jayce Matthews says:
Pendragon is awesome!!!
Seegen says:
Agreed. They’re the spiffest books out there! 😀
Jayce Matthews says:
Oh and MarkDiamond, dude that kinda defeats the whole purpose of the series being about the lead traveler Bobby pendragon. Mark and Courtney don’t have much excitement well, they did near the end but that’s it. A series like that wouldn’t get much good reviews.
Melanie says:
I absolutely loved the Pendragon series and the ending was amazing. Good job DJ! But as far as movies go, I WOULD NOT make Pendragon into a movie. It’s one of those series that is too good and too special to risk some director ruining everything. This is my favorite book series, and I picture everything a certain way, and I think all of the events are very important. If just one detail was missed, I wouldn’t be happpy…
P.S. I love Spader.
Kalli says:
I LOVE the pendragon books i started last month and just finished 2 weeks ago! they are sooo amazing my fav book is probaly the lost city of faar and my fav caracter is Aja Killian. I hope they make pendragon movies!!!!!!!
Kalli says:
P.S. Some day im gonna have a site as spiff as this (i am writing a book)
Hobey ho!!
Durgen says:
I hope they make movies too! I’d be first in line to see them! ^ . ^
Hobey-ho!
Spader says:
Hey, I just got The Merchant of Death Graphic Novel. When is Speed gonna come out with The Lost City of Faar? Spader is awesome! What’s he gonna look like? What’s Cloral gonna look like? I’d love to go there. The technology there sounds really cool!
P.S. My friend for some reason is kinda ticked off that the book covers changed. I think the new ones are really cool! On the old covers, it’s really weird when you look at the first one and then at the last one. I mean, how can you grow stubble on your face in only, like, 5-6 years time?
Durgen says:
That’d be awesome if they could make Lost City of Faar. Hah, it would be interesting to see Andy Mitchell 😛
Spader says:
Andy’s an idiot. I wanna see what the illustrator makes of his ‘pointy yellow’ teeth. Gross!
Durgen says:
Yeah, that’d be interesting. It would also cool to see the Faarians, with their bald heads, blue eyes, and no eyebrows.
Spader says:
Dude, the Faarians sound kinda creepy.
Durgen says:
Yeah, I know, but it would still be cool to see them.
Spader says:
Today these really mean girls at school said that I was weird cause I liked Pendragon. I mean, hello? Girls can like Pendragon, too! Idiots…
TheDarknessWithin says:
In most respects, the Pendragon series is in fact unsurpassable, as in 5.5 out of 5; however, I have to say the one thing I had trouble with was the fact that Solara was, is and will be the energy and spiritual strength… or something… of all [intelligent] life there ever was, is, and will be in existance. Just never seemed to “click” with me…
Anyway, loved the series, and overall i would give it 9.5 out of ten. I’ve never given a ten out of ten before, and rarely that high at all. Gotta say, I may not be important, but the fact that someone as stingy with their ratings as me would give such an excellent score, you sir, D.J. MacHale, should feel glad, and also, there are many more people much more stingy than me that also give it an almost perfect rating. Gotta say, though… I LOVE YOUR BOOKS!!!!!
Later.
Siry Remudi says:
If they dont come out with a movie, someone is gonna get hit
Spader says:
I M BORD!!! I’ve been SICK the WHOLE three-day WEEKEND!!! At least I got to read the first four Pendragon books again. But, still. If I cough ONE MORE TIME, I SWEAR I will KILL myself!
Spader says:
*cough,cough* AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Spader says:
Okay, I didn’t literally kill myself. But I did go MENTALLY INSANE!!! Somebody help me…
HELLO says:
dj! i think you should make another pendragon series about when Press became a traveler and his battles and getting to know about Solara etc….. and it would be cool to meet the Traveler before him…..i always loved Press……it was sad when he died…….i almost cried………but i didnt………..he was my favorite…….
kater says:
no don’t make a pendragon movie. that’s MY job!!!!!!!!!!
k8r says:
my rating out of ten is 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000o000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000+
Phader says:
A Pendragon movie would be amazing!
Or as Spader says…spiff!! 😀
Loor says:
The Pendragon series is the best series i’ve ever read and i’ve read alot of books.But i agree i would change something about the ending.And I wish there was a movie. It would be cool to see you got the part for bobby
Book nerd says:
I feel reeeaaalllyy stupid but did Bobby get his memory wiped at the end of the Soldiers of Halla???????
A Soldier of Halla says:
I started reading the Pen. Series 2 weeks after The Merchant of Death cam out…and I’m still re-reading them all to this day.
(If they do happen to make movies of this series, make sure to file a lawsuit if they mess up a single detail. It doesn’t matter [at least to me] if it takes 6 movies to cover 1 book, they’d be worth it.)
Kasha says:
I LOVE your books…
im only on the Rivers of Zadaa so when i saw any mention of the books after it i stopped reading!!
but im so curious to see what happens in the end!!!!!!
in my opinion they should only make a movie if the do it correctly!!!!! i dont care if it takes 24 hours per movie!!!
i Think you should write a book telling, in detail, about each travelers past including: Press,Kasha, Seegen,Loor,Osa,(all the travelers that lived in Seegen’s, Press’s,Osa’s generation), Aja, Spadar, etc. (you get the point)
I think it would be cool to learn about all of their adventures, since we didnt get much insite into their lives other than through Bobby’s, Courtney’s,or Mark’s eyes….
but who cares what i think!!!!!
PENDRAGON FOREVER!!!!
-Hobey-Ho
Kasha says:
KASHA ROX
i almost cried when she died
but as the travlers say:
this is the way it is meant to be
Scarlet says:
Bring on the movies! 😀
Uncle Pendragon says:
you should make a series about Bobby when he comes back from Solara and leads a new life, and he discovers his previous life and becomes a traveler again with courtney and mark and travels to the worlds again.
Uncle Pendragon says:
you should also convince a director who likes to follow the author book. you should also convince the director of the harry potter #1 movie. and also how come bobby doesn’t remember his old life at the end of the Soldiers of Halla?
Uncle Pendragon says:
YOUR SERIES ROCKS!!!!! I WAS SO DEVASTATED WHEN I FINISHED YOUR SERIES IN 2 WEEKS!!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MAKE ANOTHER SERIES ABOUT BOBBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOUR SERIES ROCKS!!!!!!!!
THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE! ( THATS WHAT BOBBY WOULD’VE SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Uncle Pendragon says:
SOLDIERS OF HALLA ROCKS!!!!!!!
SWEETDEVIL says:
k so i belive there will be a movie cuz like djmachale has directed and produced tuns of shows ive read the pendragan novel series (all of them the first tim)in 6 months finished the last one two weeks after it had came out needless osay i couldnt put it down.im currwently reading them again for th 69th time=)
will yiou PLEASE MAKE THIS DARN MOVIE?!?!?!? IF YOU NEED A COURTNEY LET ME KNOW 😉