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Reinanigans posted:Is there any sort of "What if" story that depicts what things would have been like had Anakin never turned to the dark side? It'd be cool to see all the cool poo poo he could've done if he kept his body and reached his full potential. Also, what the galaxy would have been like with a good Skywalker around instead of the Empire, or fighting the Empire at least. Dark Horse has said they won't make Prequel Infinities like they did for the OT, because the OT ones didn't sell well, so the closest to what you're talking about will probably remain the recent Darth Vader and the Last Command comic that just finished running. In it there's a subplot where Vader comes up with a fantasy scenario in his head where he didn't turn evil. From what I recall, he helped Mace kill Palpatine, and in return the Jedi let him stay openly married to Padme. Anakin eventually becomes the leader of the Jedi and Padme becomes the Chancellor, and they have a son who Anakin takes on as his Padawan and together they fight Sith (although it's not really made clear who exactly those Sith are or where they came from).
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Nckdictator posted:I'd love a Palpatine-era Empire vs Vong short story or something...
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Jun 30, 2011 04:43
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God I'm nerdy.
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Torael_7 posted:
He'd have to get a sample of their art first...actually, the Vong don't really seem like the sort of people to go in for art.
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Jun 30, 2011 05:25
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Didn't Han get a line in some book regarding that scenario after a bunch of books implied that the Empire would have beaten the Vong handily if the Rebels had left them intact? Found it. Thanks, Wookiepedia quote:"What the Empire would have done is build a supercolossal Yuuzhan Vong-killing Battle Machine. They would have called it the Nova Colossus or the Galaxy Destructor or the Nostril of Palpatine or something equally grandiose. They would have spent billions of credits, employed thousands of contractors and subcontractors, and equipped it with the latest in death-dealing technology. And you know what would have happened? It wouldn't have worked. They'd forget to bolt down a metal plate over an access hatch leading to the main reactors, or some other mistake, and a hotshot enemy pilot would drop a bomb down there and blow the whole thing up. Now that's what the Empire would have done." Considering the fleet that fought the second Death Star was the Star Wars equivalent of Carnival Cruise Lines strapping cannons onto the Seaward Princess I'm inclined to agree with him. EDIT: Also, their ground forces were taken out by space bears.
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Jun 30, 2011 07:49
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Razorwired posted:Didn't Han get a line in some book regarding that scenario after a bunch of books implied that the Empire would have beaten the Vong handily if the Rebels had left them intact? See. The entire EU was worth it just for that one paragraph.
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Jun 30, 2011 07:52
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Chairman Capone posted:He'd have to get a sample of their art first...actually, the Vong don't really seem like the sort of people to go in for art. They quite liked those porcelean statues your gran enjoys really.
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Jun 30, 2011 16:34
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So when does the X-Wing series come to iBooks/Kindle so I can not eat for a month but read about Wedge flying in space dogfights with an elbow hanging out the window?
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Jun 30, 2011 17:47
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Ringo Star Get posted:So when does the X-Wing series come to iBooks/Kindle so I can not eat for a month but read about Wedge flying in space dogfights with an elbow hanging out the window? Seriously. I need more Star Wars on my Kindle :-(
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Jun 30, 2011 20:01
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I just saw that my local library has the NPR Star Wars radio drama and I just started listening to it today on the way to/from work. I got through the first episode with Luke and his friends on Tatooine. It's interesting to hear some of the early take on things from the movie, before the current EU set in stone its own interpretation. Probably the most interesting thing was that the "Academy" that Biggs went to and Luke wanted to go to wasn't an Imperial military institution, but seemed more like some kind of training center for commercial starship crews. Biggs mentions that the Empire is encouraging more people to go to the Academy just so it can draft them into the Imperial fleet later. Also the rebellion seems to be a lot lower-key, Luke talks about Biggs never being able to find anyone in the Rebel Alliance and Luke's friends all dismiss the rebellion as something that's only a minor thing a long way from Tatooine. Also, "Empire" gets used as a geographical (astrographical?) term while in the modern EU "galaxy" would probably be used instead.
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Chairman Capone posted:Also the rebellion seems to be a lot lower-key, Luke talks about Biggs never being able to find anyone in the Rebel Alliance and Luke's friends all dismiss the rebellion as something that's only a minor thing a long way from Tatooine. Makes sense I guess. I mean, the Rebellion wasn't exactly recruiting on Tatooine and the Empire clearly didn't care about it either, seeing as how Obi Wan hid out there for a while, right?
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Homura posted:Makes sense I guess. I mean, the Rebellion wasn't exactly recruiting on Tatooine and the Empire clearly didn't care about it either, seeing as how Obi Wan hid out there for a while, right? http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Anchorhead_Base  Why do I know this?
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Ringo Star Get posted:So when does the X-Wing series come to iBooks/Kindle so I can not eat for a month but read about Wedge flying in space dogfights with an elbow hanging out the window? Homura posted:Seriously. I need more Star Wars on my Kindle :-( You're both in luck because all the SW books were released on the 28th http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_32?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=star+wars+xwing
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Jun 30, 2011 21:55
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Razorwired posted:Didn't Han get a line in some book regarding that scenario after a bunch of books implied that the Empire would have beaten the Vong handily if the Rebels had left them intact? Which author wrote that line?
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Epi Lepi posted:Which author wrote that line? I believe it's from Destiny's Way, which would make it Walter Jon Williams. A really great author and the EU would really benefit by having him back. I'd particularly recommend his Dread Empire's Fall trilogy and his standalone novel Aristoi.
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Chairman Capone posted:He'd have to get a sample of their art first...actually, the Vong don't really seem like the sort of people to go in for art. I'm sure we all know that he would be far from helpless even without their art. I mean, in Outbound Flight he gained plenty of insight from his nothing but his foe's ships. 
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In Star Wars related video game news Battlefront 2 and Empire at War are on sale at Steam for $2:49 and $4:99 and all the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games for $13:99. Jedi Knight II is still a amazing game despite its age. That reminds me of a question I had: What's Kyle Katarn and/or Jan Ors doing in the EU lately? I stopped reading after the first Dark Nest book and recall Kyle had a brief cameo in the last NJO book.
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Jul 1, 2011 18:52
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Nckdictator posted:In Star Wars related video game news Battlefront 2 and Empire at War are on sale at Steam for $2:49 and $4:99 and all the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games for $13:99. The only thing I can remember happening is Kyle getting his poo poo wrecked by Jac- I mean caedus. I know he's been involved in the Jedi trial and removing Daala. That's great news about the games though. Besides KotoR 2, those are my two favorite star wars games.
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astr0man posted:You're both in luck because all the SW books were released on the 28th Welp time to get downloadin'.
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astr0man posted:You're both in luck because all the SW books were released on the 28th Ringo Star Get posted:Welp time to get downloadin'. Also on it, hell yes!
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Nckdictator posted:http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Anchorhead_Base Biggs sucks at finding Rebels then. 
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Jul 1, 2011 21:00
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Nckdictator posted:In Star Wars related video game news Battlefront 2 and Empire at War are on sale at Steam for $2:49 and $4:99 and all the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games for $13:99. KOTOR is also on sale for 2.49 today. And until July 10 all LucasArts games are 33% off.
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Why can't Lucasarts make a Jedi Knight 3 instead of the Force Unleashed bullshit? Didn't Force Unleashed bankrupt the company?
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Why can't Lucasarts make a Jedi Knight 3 instead of the Force Unleashed bullshit? Didn't Force Unleashed bankrupt the company? Did it really? God, I hope so. What I would really like is for LucasArts to finally put Curse of Monkey Island on Steam, dammit! Also at one point they were at least considering making more Jedi Knight games, because Denning wanted to kill Kyle Katarn in Star by Star, but LucasArts put a hold on it in case they ever did a Jedi Knight NJO game. But now that both Kyle and Jaden Korr are prominent book characters I doubt that they'll be the star of games again, especially with Starkiller now being the default Force-using OT-era action game character.
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This has probably been answered a while back, but was there ever any consensus if The Force Unleashed was better or worse for Wii? I saw it in store for $20 (used, I think), and was wondering if it's worth it. Or maybe I'll finally figure out how to emulate Windows on my Mac and get KotOR II.
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Jul 1, 2011 22:32
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mojo1701a posted:This has probably been answered a while back, but was there ever any consensus if The Force Unleashed was better or worse for Wii? I saw it in store for $20 (used, I think), and was wondering if it's worth it. It's loving terrible on the Wii. I played it on the PS3 and on the Wii, the Wii version was like playing a Hong Kong knockoff game.
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Jul 1, 2011 22:46
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:It's loving terrible on the Wii. I played it on the PS3 and on the Wii, the Wii version was like playing a Hong Kong knockoff game. Well, poo poo. Is it at least worth getting on the PS3 for $20?
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mojo1701a posted:Well, poo poo. Is it at least worth getting on the PS3 for $20? For twenty bucks? I'd say that would be a decent buy. I'll admit, the game is pretty fun, in a "unstoppable juggernaut of destruction" way.
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I wouldn't buy the 1st Force Unleashed for that much, as it has been out for a fair few years now. Then again, it has been out of print for a while and prices do rise. Despite it being a shadow of a proper Star Wars game.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Why can't Lucasarts make a Jedi Knight 3 instead of the Force Unleashed bullshit? Didn't Force Unleashed bankrupt the company? What? No, the Force Unleashed series made a ton of money. The first game sold 1.5 million copies in one week when it first came out and sold over 8 million copies altogether. Finding sales figures for TFU2 is a little harder but one source says it sold at least 2 million.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:So why is Lucasarts basically dead?
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:So why is Lucasarts basically dead? It seemed to happen about the same time they got that new ceo or president. I would say she's not a fan of TFU since she cancelled it.
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Jul 2, 2011 04:52
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gently caress TFU, gimmie more X-Wing \ TIE Fighter or get out.
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Jul 2, 2011 05:47
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What is Factor 5 up to? Are they dead?
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I probably would have enjoyed TFU more if the PC port wasn't god awful. The DLC was probably the only good part of it too.
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Nckdictator posted:I really hope the rumors about Spark Unlimited showing Battlefront 3 at ComicCon this year will be true I have been waiting for this game for way too long.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:What is Factor 5 up to? Are they dead? Dead. Lair was their last hope and it bombed hard.
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CerebralAssassin posted:I have been waiting for this game for way too long. Ditto. God drat I want it so bad 
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:So why is Lucasarts basically dead? I like all the old stuff, like Full Throttle. I wish they were playable on my current system.
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