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Legacy is loving terrible, snap out of it.
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Yeah, I'm for making a general "Let's Read" thread in theory. But the good stuff should be used sparingly, as a contrast to the stinkers (which is where the best comedy is at, imho). I don't want the thread to start out with collected works of Zahn and Stover. And try to go for stuff that was "good but weird" like the newspaper comics. Some examples in the "good but still mockable" would be Stackpole. The X-Wing books were good (or so everyone says-still need to read them myself  ), but Corran Horn does sound like a Mary Sue. Another would be "Tales of the Jedi," featuring a Jedi Crawfish.EDIT:vvv Not sure if you are volunteering. But they're free if you want to take a crack at it  vvv
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Oct 30, 2012 16:11
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I'd love a continuation of the NJO. There's so many lovely books in the series that it could provide endless amusement.
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Oct 30, 2012 16:16
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The Tales series might not be a bad idea to focus. There is some good stuff but it suffers from some really crazy stuff and the whole everything-knows-everyone-in-the-movies trope of Star Wars.
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Oct 30, 2012 16:24
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How about the original Essential Guide To Characters? It's pretty weird in retrospect always, seeing how prominent al these forgotten characters like Tigris, Bodo Baas, Moruth Doole and Bollux used to be in the 1990s. Obviously, it wouldn't be a full-on Let's Read, but it might be an interesting retrospective. Regrettably, I can't volunteer myself since I don't have any of my Star Wars books any more (sold them, and my comics too; I'm hoping to buy the Omnibus comics at some point in the future) but if I can help, I will.
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Oct 30, 2012 19:45
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I also can't volunteer anymore, because doing the Jedi Prince series drat near broke my will to live. But you guys have fun, and I'll read the thread if you get one going.
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Oct 30, 2012 20:16
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api call girl posted:Legacy is loving terrible, snap out of it. Do you want to back up your assertion with some actual reasoning or examples? Or are you just acting like like a five year old being contrary for the sake of getting attention?
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Oct 30, 2012 20:50
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thrawn527 posted:I also can't volunteer anymore, because doing the Jedi Prince series drat near broke my will to live. But you guys have fun, and I'll read the thread if you get one going. Your sacrifice will be remembered  Looking back at the original thread, I see that the pictures you posted died off in the middle of book two. Do you think you could fix that? PROGRESS UPDATE: I have the OP written up in a Google Doc and I'm midway through reading the first chapter. Once I have an update to post (as well as collect some of the more hilarious pictures from the old thread), I'll start the thread. SirPhoebos fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Oct 30, 2012 |
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Oct 30, 2012 20:53
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So, uh, this just happened:StreetInsider posted:Global leader in high-quality family entertainment agrees to acquire world-renowned Lucasfilm Ltd, including legendary STAR WARS franchise. Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Oct 30, 2012 |
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Oct 30, 2012 21:04
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I was just about to post that. Prepare for the entire post-RotJ EU to be retconned. I have mixed feelings about that.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:08
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 Well, um, wow. I gotta say that my feelings are mostly positive if reserved. At least until more news is forthcoming.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:10
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SirPhoebos posted:
This could be very good or very bad, depending. Holy poo poo. This was the last thing I expected to read today.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:13
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Casyl posted:I was just about to post that. Prepare for the entire post-RotJ EU to be retconned. I have mixed feelings about that. Same here; granted, most of that period (half of NJO, LotF, KJA books) is crap anyway, but you know, Thrawn Trilogy.  EDIT: Wait... Thrawn Trilogy? 
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Oct 30, 2012 21:13
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Cross-Section posted:Same here; granted, most of that period (half of NJO, LotF, KJA books) is crap anyway, but you know, Thrawn Trilogy. Maybe we'll get lucky...
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Oct 30, 2012 21:16
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Well, they are already jumping on a new movie. Who knows, maybe Episode 7 will be an adaptation of Heir to the Empire?  I'm at least interested to see how this goes down.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:17
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Maybe I'm taking this too personally...but I have a collection of every single Star Wars adult novel, a good selection of YA stuff, and around 80% of the comics. I do not want this continuity "overridden", "retconned", or otherwise trampled by a new movie. This news actually angers me.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:20
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I'm hoping that the movie is based on one of the good EU stories, but it probably won't be.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:22
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Well, I didn't expect this. I was hoping we'd finally get TV series that wasn't terrible and then the words 'new movie' hit me. They might be sane and just set it in the distant future future of Star Wars so they have a blank slate with everything.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:25
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Ugh, I thought I stopped caring about Star Wras continuity poo poo but I'm already worried about how brutally horrible the EU will be hosed because of this.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:30
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Maybe this will force a 'Crisis Of Infinite Earths' comic book style retcon at last with the EU? Since Force Cthulu happened there is literally nothing now that is impossible.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:32
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If this is an adaptation of the Thrawn Trilogy, I'll be totally fine with it.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:32
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SirPhoebos posted:Your sacrifice will be remembered I can't, because the thread was closed (not by me) and I can't edit them. Sorry. edit: Holy poo poo.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:32
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Urdnot Fire posted:If this is an adaptation of the Thrawn Trilogy, I'll be totally fine with it. We can only hope and prey. EDIT: I saved most of the pictures of the Jedi Prince books from the Lets Read if they are needed.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:33
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SeanBeansShako posted:Well, I didn't expect this. I was hoping we'd finally get TV series that wasn't terrible and then the words 'new movie' hit me. Probably the most diplomatic move would be to do a movie of the Legacy comics. Thrawn Trilogy would own bones, but I doubt it. You'd have to sync up what Zahn thought the Clone Wars were about with what we actually got, and that'd probably be a mess. If David Bowie were younger, I wouldn't mind seeing a Dark Empire movie with him as young Palpatine. As for the retconning...the books are still there. If you look at Star Wars as a fable rather than a historical record, then you can have conflicting versions of events exsisting besides each other. In any case, the majority of the EU is crap  I am wondering how theforce.net is reacting to the news, however. 
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Oct 30, 2012 21:38
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I've heard that George Lucas's favourite EU story is Dark Empire...
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Oct 30, 2012 21:39
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gently caress it, if this means that the current EU can be retired then I guess I can support it. I used to love it but after Darth Jacen and Force Chtullu completely making a mockery out of the literally everything that came before it I'm just tired of it. It can only get worse from here on out so why bother. JUST END IT.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:39
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They could just fast forward to the current EU and have old Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher star in as many movies as possible until they die. edit: I think I just discovered why Del Rey refuses to move past the big 3.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:40
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Oh boy, a Darksaber movie!
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Oct 30, 2012 21:43
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Casyl posted:I was just about to post that. Prepare for the entire post-RotJ EU to be retconned. I have mixed feelings about that. This might be our chance to get the theatrical versions of the original trilogy on Bluray. Disney actually cares about film preservation, and doesn't have a boner for altering poo poo in post unless you count trimming some racism out of Fantasia. EDIT: Also, hopefully they don't introduce (more) time travel or alternate universe poo poo, that's always annoying. It's a big galaxy with thousands of years of history, find room and play in your corner. Casimir Radon fucked around with this message at 21:49 on Oct 30, 2012 |
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Oct 30, 2012 21:46
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Are you guys not happy? It can't be worse than the last 15 years of Star Wars
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Oct 30, 2012 21:48
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Metal Loaf posted:I've heard that George Lucas's favourite EU story is Dark Empire... But there is only two Dark Empire comic arcs. Though this is a good thing, because DE1 is mostly decent whilst DE2 pretty much goes balls crazy. Not that I'd refuse to see a CGI Emperor Bowietine voiced by the man himself oh god!
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Oct 30, 2012 21:49
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Calliper posted:Are you guys not happy? It can't be worse than the last 15 years of Star Wars  Let's start a petition to remake the prequels.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:51
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Sorry to break up the Episode VII talk for a moment, but look this thread's old friend that I found in my parents' house when I went back last weekend: I used to love those books. 
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Oct 30, 2012 21:51
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SirPhoebos posted:Thrawn Trilogy would own bones, but I doubt it. You'd have to sync up what Zahn thought the Clone Wars were about with what we actually got, and that'd probably be a mess. I re-read the Thrawn books recently, and don't recall seeing anything that was blatantly wrong. They make comments about not having records from the old clone masters, and comments from the good guys about "Not wanting another round of Clone Wars", but I'm pretty sure he left it very open ended, unless I missed a paragraph somewhere. Casimir Radon posted:On one hand I don't want them erasing some of the poo poo I love, on the other they'd never do something as stupid Abeloth. Probably not, but on the other hand, EU went that way because they basically ran out of death-star-laser-wielding superweapons. Which means... PhotoKirk posted:Oh boy, a Darksaber movie! On the other hand, though, they can't go too far back, unless they recast all of the main movie characters. Unlike the books, when your actors are 30-40 years older than they were, you can't pretend they haven't aged in character. Casimir Radon posted:This might be our chance to get the theatrical versions of the original trilogy on Bluray. Disney actually cares about film preservation, and doesn't have a boner for altering poo poo in post unless you count trimming some racism out of Fantasia. BUY IT NOW BEFORE IT GOES BACK IN THE VAULT FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS
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Oct 30, 2012 21:52
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SeanBeansShako posted:But there is only two Dark Empire comic arcs. There's a 3rd arc, Empire's End, that's only 2 issues long.
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Oct 30, 2012 21:59
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jivjov posted:Do you want to back up your assertion with some actual reasoning or examples? Or are you just acting like like a five year old being contrary for the sake of getting attention? It's an example of everything that's wrong with modern Star Wars EU. 1) "edgy" "gritty" characters 2) re-tread of prequel/OT storylines 3) Sith-of-the-Day (as opposed to Superweapon-of-the-Week, but can't have everything) 4) dumb-as-poo poo characters 5) new ships that just look exactly like the old ships It's also not nearly far enough into the future so now you know that everything Luke/etc. worked for was worthless, and he and his descendants, despite having defeated the most complete Sith rule over the galaxy ever and put an end to the Bane Sith, also managed to not notice an entire second Sith empire building under his nose. Thematically it gets only one thing right but it invalidates everything that came before it to get there.
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Oct 30, 2012 22:04
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I don't see how they can do the Thrawn Trilogy without heavy modifications. Harrison Ford has made it very clear that Han Solo is one character he never wants to play again. I'm thinking the new movies will be entirely new stories, and the books will be retconned into oblivion.
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Oct 30, 2012 22:07
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api call girl posted:It's an example of everything that's wrong with modern Star Wars EU. I'll address 3-5 here. 3. Its not really "Sith of the Day". They establish that the new "One Sith" is a whole organization, and several of the members get fleshed out motivations and full storylines. I will admit, there are a couple one-off Sith. 4. That's is pure opinion. I disagree with it, but there's really no sense debating it because we'll probably never agree on it. 5. To me, they look like logical evolution of the 'modern' ships designs. Look at the Legacy-era TIE variant vs the "regular" TIE fighters. They're obviously still TIEs, but new design.
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Oct 30, 2012 22:09
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They could also do my fast forward suggestion to just after where we are now and force Del Rey to never write a book that has the big 3 in it ever again. (This will never happen)
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Ursine Asylum posted:BUY IT NOW BEFORE IT GOES BACK IN THE VAULT FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS
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