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Star Wars Beyond the Films is pretty good. One of the hosts (Mark) can be pretty hyperactive, but the other host (Nathan) keeps him in check. If you like Star Wars collectibles, Star Wars Action News is amazing. They're a husband and wife team of collectors, everything from Hasbro action figures to the fancy statues and prop replicas. They also have a sister show Republic Forces Radio Network that discusses each episode of Clone Wars as it airs. Their other sister show isn't Star Wars related, but its the best Movie Review podcast I've even listened to, Now Playing Podcast.
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SirPhoebos posted:The bug orgy was at the end of book one. I know because I read it for the first Let's Read thread. Wait, really? My memory is faulty about that, then.
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Jan 23, 2013 23:48
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So I'm listening to the X-Wing: Mercy Kill audiobook while to pass the time during my commute to work. Some of the choices for the voices are...interesting. Piggy sounds almost exactly like Bane from The Dark Knight Rises (which is kind of neat). Bhindi Drayson is...Australian. Trey Courser sounds like he's from Lake Woebegone. Shalla is Jamaican (since she's black, of course). Kell Tainer is very definitely Texan. And Runt, everyone's favorite Horse Pilot, has the strongest Russian accent imaginable. It's actually kind of awe-inspiring. I don't think it's ever going to leave my mind now that I've heard it. Also, I realized the plot is basically The A-Team meets Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in a Star Wars setting. Which is an awesome premise...only I'm not really sure it's really living up to it, at least so far.
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So, apparently the director of the next Star Wars movie is confirmed. In theory. And it's JJ Abrams. http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2013/01/24/j-j-abrams-set-to-direct-star-wars-episode-vii/ quote:J.J. Abrams is set to direct “Episode VII.” I don't know how I feel about this. I mean, don't get me wrong, I actually love Abrams. Have since Alias. And I love his Star Trek. But he laid out some good reasons why he shouldn't direct a new Star Wars movie like a month ago, when he flat out denied this. He said he could make new Star Trek movies, because he didn't have any reverence for that series, but he would never be able to do Star Wars because he loves it too much to mess with it. And now this.
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Jan 24, 2013 23:45
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I really like JJ Abrams and I think that this could work out OK.
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Jan 24, 2013 23:54
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I have a good feeling about it too. He'll do his best with it.
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Jan 25, 2013 00:24
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This is all just setup for Star Trek Wars.
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Jan 25, 2013 00:26
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ImpAtom posted:This is all just setup for Star Trek Wars. Don't you mean the Star Wars Trek?
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Jan 25, 2013 01:02
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VanSandman posted:Don't you mean the Star Wars Trek? No, he means Tek Wars. 
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Jan 25, 2013 02:36
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VanSandman posted:Don't you mean the Star Wars Trek? That was the mass migration of Star Wars fans...
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Jan 25, 2013 03:08
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ImpAtom posted:This is all just setup for Star Trek Wars. I'm waiting for BattleStar Trek WarHammer. Kirk and Adama team up to fight an army of Space Marines under the control of Darth Vader. (Be sure to watch for the cameo by Gort!)
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Jan 25, 2013 03:31
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I like Abrams and his movies/TV shows (even if he doesn't do much more than lend his name there), but his movies share one weakness with those of Lucas: the story isn't really all that great. But at least his (or those of his favourite writing team) dialogues are good and he understands how to develop characters. All in all it should be a huge step forward for Star Wars movies.
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Jan 25, 2013 07:04
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As someone who loved JJTrek, I am okay with this, should it turn out to be true.
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Jan 25, 2013 10:21
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So, will Simon Pegg be the new wise cracking Droid then?
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JJ Abrams is a pretty safe bet, director-wise, especially considering he's not writing the movie. The guy who wrote Little Miss Sunshine and Toy Story 3 is writing it. Still, what I'd like to see is what I think has been bandied about a little bit: A bunch of spinoff films, set in the same universe but not necessarily connected to the main line of films. Apparently one of the directors on the shortlist was Ben Affleck. Now if you haven't been paying attention to movies lately, you probably think "Affleck? But he's a mediocre actor, not a director!" Which means you're badly out of the loop. He did the Oscar-worthy Argo and the amazing The Town, so he's a drat fine director. Anyway, I want to see him do a gritty Coruscant crime drama, or a gangster flick about the Hutts. But what I really want to see most is Quentin Tarantino's Motherfucking Star Wars, which should be the actual title of the movie.
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Jan 25, 2013 16:18
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Based on the latest Star Trek movie, I am okay with this. Based on the last two seasons of LOST, I am terrified that it will be horrible.
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VanSandman posted:Still, what I'd like to see is what I think has been bandied about a little bit: A bunch of spinoff films, set in the same universe but not necessarily connected to the main line of films. Apparently one of the directors on the shortlist was Ben Affleck. Now if you haven't been paying attention to movies lately, you probably think "Affleck? But he's a mediocre actor, not a director!" Which means you're badly out of the loop. He did the Oscar-worthy Argo and the amazing The Town, so he's a drat fine director. Anyway, I want to see him do a gritty Coruscant crime drama, or a gangster flick about the Hutts. But what I really want to see most is Quentin Tarantino's Motherfucking Star Wars, which should be the actual title of the movie. I wouldn't object to spin offs set during the Original Trilogy with just the names of the big three being heard in passing. So much is wasted or so poorly written with the big rear end universe kicking around in the background of the OT it breaks my heart. This would work for TV too. Come on, we all want Band Of Brothers: Rogue Squadron now.
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ScarletBrother posted:Based on the latest Star Trek movie, I am okay with this. Based on the last two seasons of LOST, I am terrified that it will be horrible. JJ Abrams had nothing to do with the last 2 seasons of Lost. Or most of Lost, in fact. Didn't he just help develop the pilot, then backed away?
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Jan 25, 2013 16:25
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SeanBeansShako posted:I wouldn't object to spin offs set during the Original Trilogy with just the names of the big three being heard in passing. So much is wasted or so poorly written with the big rear end universe kicking around in the background of the OT it breaks my heart. This reminds me, are there any other books with the deserting stormtoopers from Allegiance and, if so, are they any good? The parts focusing on them tended to be my favorite parts.
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Trojan Kaiju posted:This reminds me, are there any other books with the deserting stormtoopers from Allegiance and, if so, are they any good? The parts focusing on them tended to be my favorite parts. There's a sequel to that one called Choices of One. It's pretty good, but not quite as good as Allegiance.
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thrawn527 posted:JJ Abrams had nothing to do with the last 2 seasons of Lost. Or most of Lost, in fact. Didn't he just help develop the pilot, then backed away? I actually don't know and it's quite possible that you are right.
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I was going to say Alcatraz was a lovely, almost carbon copy of Lost but Abrams was only a producer on that.
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Jan 25, 2013 19:43
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SeanBeansShako posted:This would work for TV too. Come on, we all want Band Of Brothers: Wraith Squadron now. I corrected this for you.
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Jan 25, 2013 21:15
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The movie needs to have interesting and fun characters, swashbuckling action, mystery, and some cool space battles. I think JJ can pull that off.
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I would love to see Thrawn on screen, but I doubt they will do those stories since they'd have to get all new actors for Luke, Han, Leia, and Lando.
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SeanBeansShako posted:This would work for TV too. Come on, we all want Band Of Brothers: Rogue Squadron now. All they would hafta do is use the X-wing comics for reference and they're golden. I'm pretty sure that timeline is closer to ROTJ than the books as well.
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ScarletBrother posted:I would love to see Thrawn on screen, but I doubt they will do those stories since they'd have to get all new actors for Luke, Han, Leia, and Lando. I don't know why people keep acting as though using anything from the EU is an either/or situation. Even if you have a blue-skinned Imperial officer called Thrawn in Episode VII, whether in a minor or major role, it doesn't mean you have to stop the movie for a ~HUGO STIGLITZ~ aside to explain to everybody who he is and why he's so cool. And on top of that, even if there's a blue-skinned officer called Thrawn you don't have to adopt the entire EU wholesale. There's stuff from the EU in the Clone Wars show that has been retooled to Lucas' vision or whatever you want to call it. You want Thrawn? Put him in there. Cherry pick what you want from the EU if it's not being abandoned totally. If it is, then you still get a "new" dude called Thrawn that's a whole lot like the original. Seems like almost every discussion on every forum I see that mentions the EU gets into a debate like it's a mathematical equation or a logic puzzle.
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Arschlochkind posted:I don't know why people keep acting as though using anything from the EU is an either/or situation. Even if you have a blue-skinned Imperial officer called Thrawn in Episode VII, whether in a minor or major role, it doesn't mean you have to stop the movie for a ~HUGO STIGLITZ~ aside to explain to everybody who he is and why he's so cool. And on top of that, even if there's a blue-skinned officer called Thrawn you don't have to adopt the entire EU wholesale. There's stuff from the EU in the Clone Wars show that has been retooled to Lucas' vision or whatever you want to call it. You see, you either adopt the entire slate of Wookieepedia or it's a slap to the face.
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Jan 25, 2013 23:14
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Thrawn and the Jedi Prince books are a package deal.
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A lot of people are just invested in seeing the good parts of the EU make it through in a non-piecemeal fashion. Having a blue guy named Thrawn as a nod to the EU who proceeds to be the movie's Jar Jar is such a  -worthy idea that people don't want to consider it.
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Urdnot Fire posted:Thrawn and the Jedi Prince books are a package deal. That's it, burn it all down.
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api call girl posted:That's it, burn it all down. Either you get Thrawn starring in a truncated Jedi Prince story as Episode VII or a complete, faithful adaptation of Darksaber as Episode IX. Those are your options, mister.
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Jan 25, 2013 23:46
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Episode VII will just be Thrawn presiding over the Mofference for two hours.
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Arschlochkind posted:Either you get Thrawn starring in a truncated Jedi Prince story as Episode VII or a complete, faithful adaptation of Darksaber as Episode IX. Those are your options, mister. Urdnot Fire posted:Episode VII will just be Thrawn presiding over the Mofference for two hours. 
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Jan 25, 2013 23:51
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Look, we can have Thrawn as part of a real movie. The Jedi Prince stuff can just be a Disney Channel series where Han is telling stories to his kids to get them to go to sleep
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April 2013: An official announcement is made that the new films will be totally compliant with existing EU canon. Fans cheer. November 2013: It's leaked that Disney is in talks with "a prominent EU author" to directly use his works as the plots of the new movies. Fans have collective Thrawngasm. March 2015: The MPAA releases its rating for the upcoming movie: NC-17. Fans are unsure what to make of that. May 2015: The gala opening night of Star Wars Episode VII: The Dark Nest! Mass suicides follow in basements across the world.
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Jan 26, 2013 00:10
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Has anybody seen Jason Fry's Essential Guide To Warfare endnotes? I've not read the actual book, but it's interesting stuff nonetheless.
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Urdnot Fire posted:Episode VII will just be Thrawn presiding over the Mofference for two hours. Sorry, he already turned the offer down: quote:"Grand Admiral Thrawn, we've received a coded Imperial request. It seems your presence is requested at a...'mofference'."
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I imagine such an exchange would be even shorter: "Sir, Grand Moff Bertroff Hissa has..." "No."
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