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Captain von Trapp posted:"Oh COME ON?! A broken heart?"
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Slantedfloors posted:This has always been my favourite. Sure, Vader kills officers when they annoy him, but he's down with the grunts! He supports the troops! (isn't there an empire version of  ?)
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Sep 2, 2010 05:55
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Doc Hawkins posted:(isn't there an empire version of There's an emoticon of Thrawn shedding a tear in front of the Imperial logo, it's not an official one, but I know I saw it in the last version of the thread.
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Sep 2, 2010 06:19
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Cross-posting this from TBB, just feel like it was appropriate. Ensign_Ricky's Summary of Death Troopers Part 1.
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Sep 2, 2010 08:05
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Death Troopers wasn't bad, just aggressively mediocre. A derelict Star Destroyer with creepy poo poo happening onboard is a great setup for a horror story. Shame it was wasted on some stupid "Han and Chewie fought zombie stormtroopers before they met Luke" tripe.
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Sep 2, 2010 08:24
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You know, The EU is basically glorified fanfiction. That being said, if, by some amazing coincidence, you were offered a chance to write an EU story, would you do it? You KNOW everyone has said "Well I could do better..." at some point.
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Sep 2, 2010 08:40
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Mister Roboto posted:You know, The EU is basically glorified fanfiction. In a heartbeat. It would probably suck.
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Sep 2, 2010 13:07
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Mister Roboto posted:You know, The EU is basically glorified fanfiction. I just happen to have some outlines here... Although, honestly, I'm not sure. During the Bantam Spectra days, in a heartbeat. In the current EU, I'm not as sure that I could even work with the universe as it stands, plus I haven't kept up with it, anyway.
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Sep 2, 2010 15:12
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Mister Roboto posted:You know, The EU is basically glorified fanfiction. Troy Denning is the one I could say is very much overtly doing just that, actually, treating it all as his own personal playground and saying "well I could do better..." but he can't. Most of the rest have either too few entries to establish a pattern or actually have some reverence for working in the franchise.
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Sep 2, 2010 15:24
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Doc Hawkins posted:Sure, Vader kills officers when they annoy him, but he's down with the grunts! He supports the troops! I like the Scout Troopers pose. He is down with it the most.
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Sep 2, 2010 17:10
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Mister Roboto posted:You know, The EU is basically glorified fanfiction. Sure, assuming I was allowed to do so without including anyone who ever appeared in the films.
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Sep 2, 2010 18:19
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Sure, assuming I was allowed to do so without including anyone who ever appeared in the films. This. I think this is the make or break point for a lot of people, and its one of the things that made me stop reading EU. Good goddamn Han Luke and Leia don't need to be in every story. Its a huge galaxy and there are a lot of stories I read where they just don't fit and it drags the whole thing down.
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Sep 2, 2010 18:21
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I still want to write my GCW story where a plucky band of Rebels have to team up with s few stormtrooper to escape a planet being bombarded by an over zealous Star Destroyer. Really I would kill for some EU books written during the GCW. Not before, Not after. During.
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Sep 2, 2010 20:09
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Throb Robinson posted:Really I would kill for some EU books written during the GCW. Not before, Not after. During. I can't think of a better way to really ensure "all Han/Luke/Leia, all the time."
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Sep 2, 2010 22:19
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Throb Robinson posted:I still want to write my GCW story where a plucky band of Rebels have to team up with s few stormtrooper to escape a planet being bombarded by an over zealous Star Destroyer. And in the end, the stormtroopers take off their costumes and it turns out it was Han, Luke and Leia in disguise the whole time!
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Sep 2, 2010 22:31
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Slantedfloors posted:Is it actual names? I got up to "Chatinh" on one of them
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Sep 2, 2010 23:00
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Throb Robinson posted:I still want to write my GCW story where a plucky band of Rebels have to team up with s few stormtrooper to escape a planet being bombarded by an over zealous Star Destroyer. I'd totally read the gently caress out of that book.
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Sep 2, 2010 23:06
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SeanBeansShako posted:I'd totally read the gently caress out of that book. Maybe Allegiance #3. Somebody go pitch this to Zahn.
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Sep 2, 2010 23:41
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This might be a really stupid question, but that's never, ever stopped me before. At the end of RotS, when Palpatine used his Force Lightning and it fried him and made his skin all icky and his voice... pretty darn cool to be honest, anyway when he talked like that, were digital effects used on his voice, or did actor Ian McDiarmid do it himself?
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Sep 2, 2010 23:42
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Gynovore posted:This might be a really stupid question, but that's never, ever stopped me before. At the end of RotS, when Palpatine used his Force Lightning and it fried him and made his skin all icky and his voice... pretty darn cool to be honest, anyway when he talked like that, were digital effects used on his voice, or did actor Ian McDiarmid do it himself? McDiarmid supposedly did it himself. I believe him.
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Sep 2, 2010 23:45
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NGL posted:McDiarmid supposedly did it himself. I believe him. The only thing in RotS that wasn't digital 
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Sep 3, 2010 00:22
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Gynovore posted:This might be a really stupid question, but that's never, ever stopped me before. At the end of RotS, when Palpatine used his Force Lightning and it fried him and made his skin all icky and his voice... pretty darn cool to be honest, anyway when he talked like that, were digital effects used on his voice, or did actor Ian McDiarmid do it himself? I don't know about during the frying, but afterward they almost certainly did something to add a throaty rumble to poo poo like "A powerful Sith you will become..."
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Sep 3, 2010 04:00
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Reading the OP I'm surprised at how much of this I already knew, despite not really following Star Wars outside of the films. I think I even have an EU book somewhere at my parents' place from years ago (at the very least, the names of Han and Leia's kids are familiar); I remember it had some gold on the cover as well as a Wookie? Also, I can't remember when Jango Fett ever killed a Jedi, unless it was just a throwaway shot with some random goober Jedi in Episode II- help me out?
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Sep 3, 2010 04:19
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Yeah, some random goober Jedi showed up to kill christopher lee, and Jango shot him and he died. So much for all that Jedi training eh?!
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Sep 3, 2010 04:20
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C-Euro posted:Reading the OP I'm surprised at how much of this I already knew, despite not really following Star Wars outside of the films. I think I even have an EU book somewhere at my parents' place from years ago (at the very least, the names of Han and Leia's kids are familiar); I remember it had some gold on the cover as well as a Wookie? Darkest Knight?
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Sep 3, 2010 04:25
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Gutcruncher posted:Yeah, some random goober Jedi showed up to kill christopher lee, and Jango shot him and he died. So much for all that Jedi training eh?! I...guess? Thanks, I actually remember that scene now. As for the book, I think it had four characters along the top of the cover art (3 humans and a Wookie?) and then underneath it was a larger picture of a Wookie with maybe a blaster in one hand and a rope or something in the other? The top and bottom of the cover were gold I think. Now that I'm thinking about this it's really bugging me that I don't remember the name. EDIT: Suenteus Po posted:Darkest Knight? No but it looks like it was Diversity Alliance, which is maybe one of the shittiest titles for a book ever. Thanks  C-Euro fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Sep 3, 2010 |
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Sep 3, 2010 04:25
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Gutcruncher posted:Yeah, some random goober Jedi showed up to kill christopher lee, and Jango shot him and he died. So much for all that Jedi training eh?! Oddly enough, years of Jedi training from puberty always neglects to not teach them jumping like a moron head first into everything. Thats why the drat order keeps getting wiped out.
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Sep 3, 2010 04:26
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C-Euro posted:I...guess? Thanks, I actually remember that scene now. Diversity Alliance.
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Suenteus Po posted:Diversity Alliance. To be a fly on the wall at the meeting where they decided the name for this.
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Sep 3, 2010 04:32
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I actually had a dream last night that GL read Karen Traviss' "Revelation" and ordered it, along with all her other Star Wars work, un-canon. Revelation itself was to a "clean slate" (I remember him saying those words exactly) to be filled in by some other author. Next time I see a stray eyelash...
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Sep 3, 2010 04:41
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Mister Roboto posted:You know, The EU is basically glorified fanfiction. I actually have an idea for a story about an Alderaan born Stormtrooper stuggling with the loss of his home and his disillusionment in the Empire he devoted his life to. The only reason I haven't written any of it actually down is because then I'd be writing fanfic, and that is not a line I'm willing to cross. But I'd love to read more stories with Stormtroopers as the focus. I love those wacky bucketheads 
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Crowetron posted:I actually have an idea for a story about an Alderaan born Stormtrooper stuggling with the loss of his home and his disillusionment in the Empire he devoted his life to. The only reason I haven't written any of it actually down is because then I'd be writing fanfic, and that is not a line I'm willing to cross. The Flashman novels are based on a character from someone else's book. Myths propogate and multiply, as people come up with new stories of what Coyote did, or Roland, or Rama, or whatever. What I'm saying is, it's only "fanfic," the pejorative, when it's bad. Otherwise, it's a story. Either way, it's culture, and either way, it's something that would make you happy to write.
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Sep 3, 2010 06:58
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Doc Hawkins posted:The Flashman novels are based on a character from someone else's book. Myths propogate and multiply, as people come up with new stories of what Coyote did, or Roland, or Rama, or whatever. Not exactly how I'd say it, but close enough. Write it for yourself. You don't have to show it to anyone if you think it's poo poo.
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Sep 3, 2010 08:32
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Crowetron posted:I actually have an idea for a story about an Alderaan born Stormtrooper stuggling with the loss of his home and his disillusionment in the Empire he devoted his life to.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:So, basically Tycho from the X-Wing books? They, they blew up my planet 
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Sep 3, 2010 17:03
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Crowetron posted:I actually have an idea for a story about an Alderaan born Stormtrooper stuggling with the loss of his home and his disillusionment in the Empire he devoted his life to. The only reason I haven't written any of it actually down is because then I'd be writing fanfic, and that is not a line I'm willing to cross. Hate to say it, but... http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Unidentified_Alderaanian_stormtrooper http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_86:_The_Alderaan_Factor Wookieepedia posted:This stormtrooper from Alderaan was a soldier and TIE pilot in the Galactic Empire. Although originally a servant in the household of the Royal family of Alderaan, he left the world to become a trooper in the Imperial Military. The soldier found a sense of belonging in the Empire, something that he had not been able to discover on his home planet. Eventually, the soldier received word of the Destruction of Alderaan, a massacre carried out by the Empire with the use of the Death Star. Although the Imperials had obliterated his home planet, the soldier still stayed loyal to the Empire. He was still working as a stormtrooper a short time before the Battle of Endor when he was assigned to the planet Yinchorr, under the command of Imperial Governor Marcellin Wessel. So, uh, yeah.
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There should seriously be a thread dedicated to the Marvel Star Wars comics. Perhaps in BSS.
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I've had a copy of Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast that I haven't bothered to finish in almost five years now of owning it (don't know why, I really enjoyed what I did play and I plan to beat it someday). Out of curiosity, where in the EU timeline does that take place, if it's something that's mentioned?
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That would be 12 ABY.
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Powered Descent posted:Hate to say it, but... I never said it was a particularly unique idea 
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